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1956 German motorcycle Grand Prix
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Grand Prix | German |
| flag | West Germany |
| Location | Solitude |
| Course_mi | 7.809 |
| Course_km | 11.409 |
| Race_No | 4 |
| Season_No | 6 |
| Date | 21–22 July |
| Year | 1956 |
| Image | Solitude1935-1965layout.png |
| Fast_Rider_500 | Bill Lomas |
| Fast_Rider_500_Country | UK |
| Fast_Rider_500_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Fast_Time_500 | 4:27.9 |
| First_Rider_500 | Reg Armstrong |
| First_Rider_500_Country | IRL |
| First_Rider_500_Bike | Gilera |
| Second_Rider_500 | Umberto Masetti |
| Second_Rider_500_Country | Italy |
| Second_Rider_500_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Third_Rider_500 | Pierre Monneret |
| Third_Rider_500_Country | France |
| Third_Rider_500_Bike | Gilera |
| Fast_Rider_350 | Bill Lomas |
| Fast_Rider_350_Country | UK |
| Fast_Rider_350_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Fast_Time_350 | 4:36.0 |
| First_Rider_350 | Bill Lomas |
| First_Rider_350_Country | UK |
| First_Rider_350_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Second_Rider_350 | August Hobl |
| Second_Rider_350_Country | West Germany |
| Second_Rider_350_Bike | DKW |
| Third_Rider_350 | Dickie Dale |
| Third_Rider_350_Country | UK |
| Third_Rider_350_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Fast_Rider_250 | Carlo Ubbiali |
| Fast_Rider_250_Country | Italy |
| Fast_Rider_250_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Fast_Time_250 | 4:45.2 |
| First_Rider_250 | Carlo Ubbiali |
| First_Rider_250_Country | Italy |
| First_Rider_250_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Second_Rider_250 | Luigi Taveri |
| Second_Rider_250_Country | Switzerland |
| Second_Rider_250_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Third_Rider_250 | Remo Venturi |
| Third_Rider_250_Country | Italy |
| Third_Rider_250_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Fast_Rider_125 | Romolo Ferri |
| Fast_Rider_125_Country | Italy |
| Fast_Rider_125_Bike | Gilera |
| Fast_Time_125 | 4:56.0 |
| First_Rider_125 | Romolo Ferri |
| First_Rider_125_Country | Italy |
| First_Rider_125_Bike | Gilera |
| Second_Rider_125 | Carlo Ubbiali |
| Second_Rider_125_Country | Italy |
| Second_Rider_125_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Third_Rider_125 | Tarquinio Provini |
| Third_Rider_125_Country | Italy |
| Third_Rider_125_Bike | Mondial |
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar | Wilhelm Noll |
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | BMW |
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar | Fritz Cron |
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| Fast_Time_Sidecar | 4:54.3 |
| First_Rider_Sidecar | Wilhelm Noll |
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| First_Passenger_Sidecar | Fritz Cron |
| First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | BMW |
| Second_Rider_Sidecar | Fritz Hillebrand |
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar | Manfred Grunwald |
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | BMW |
| Third_Rider_Sidecar | Helmut Fath |
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar | Emil Ohr |
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | BMW |
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The 1956 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 21–22 July 1956 at the Solitude circuit.
500 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRL Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 18 | 1:23:16.4 | 8 | |||||||||
| ITA Umberto Masetti | MV Agusta | 18 | +14.0 | 6 | |||||||||
| FRA Pierre Monneret | Gilera | 18 | +41.8 | 4 | |||||||||
| AUT Gerold Klinger | BMW | 18 | 3 | ||||||||||
| ZAF Eddie Grant | Norton | 18 | 2 | ||||||||||
| AUS Keith Bryen | Norton | 18 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FRG Alois Huber | BMW | 18 | |||||||||||
| FRG Ernst Hiller | BMW | 18 |
350 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBR Bill Lomas | Moto Guzzi | 13 | 1:00:52.3 | 8 | ||||||||||
| FRG August Hobl | DKW | 13 | +31.1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| GBR Dickie Dale | Moto Guzzi | 13 | +1:00.7 | 4 | ||||||||||
| GBR Cecil Sandford | DKW | 13 | 3 | |||||||||||
| FRG Hans Bartl | DKW | 13 | 2 | |||||||||||
| GBR Bob Matthews | Norton | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||
| GBR John Storr | Norton | 13 | ||||||||||||
| AUS Keith Bryen | Norton | 13 | ||||||||||||
| FRG Helmut Hallmeier | NSU | 13 |
250 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 13 | 1:02:58.6 | 8 | |||||||||
| CHE Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 13 | +54.2 | 6 | |||||||||
| ITA Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | 13 | +57.9 | 4 | |||||||||
| FRG Hans Baltisberger | NSU | 13 | 3 | ||||||||||
| AUS Bob Brown | NSU | 13 | 2 | ||||||||||
| FRG Roland Heck | NSU | 13 | 1 | ||||||||||
| FRG Fritz Kläger | NSU | 13 | |||||||||||
| FRG Horst Kassner | NSU | 13 |
125cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Source: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA Romolo Ferri | Gilera | 9 | 45:04.2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 9 | +8.8 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Tarquinio Provini | Mondial | 9 | +16.8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Fortunato Libanori | MV Agusta | 9 | +1:27.6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| FRG August Hobl | DKW | 9 | +1:40.6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| GBR Cecil Sandford | Mondial | 9 | +2:06.6 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| FRG Karl Hofmann | DKW | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| ITA Alano Montanari | Ducati | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| ESP Marcelo Cama | Montesa | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| DDR Ernst Degner | MZ | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| ITA Adelmo Mandolini | Ducati | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| FRG Karl Lottes | DKW | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 starters, 24 finishers |
Sidecar classification
| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRG Wilhelm Noll | FRG Fritz Cron | BMW | 9 | 45:04.9 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| FRG Fritz Hillebrand | FRG Manfred Grunwald | BMW | 9 | +0.9 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| FRG Helmut Fath | FRG Emil Ohr | BMW | 9 | +1:15.8 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| FRG Walter Schneider | FRG Hans Strauss | BMW | 9 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| GBR Cyril Smith | GBR Stanley Dibben | Norton | 9 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| FRG Loni Neussner | FRG Dieter Hess | BMW | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| GBR Pip Harris | GBR Ray Campbell | Norton | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| CHE Florian Camathias | CHE Maurice Büla | BMW | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Jacques Drion | CHE Inge Stoll | BMW | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| CHE Edgar Strub | FRG Hilmar Cecco | Norton | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| FRG Otto Schmid | ? | BMW | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean Murit | MAR Francis Flahaut | BMW | 9 |
References
| Previous_year's_race = 1955 German Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1957 German Grand Prix
References
- "Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957". Temple Press Ltd.
- Haefliger, Werner. "FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide".
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