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1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the eighth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 8 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 9 September.

Reigning 500cc champion Geoff Duke had to serve a six months ban at the start of the season for supporting a strike by privateer riders over starting money at the 1955 Dutch TT.

1956 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
8 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	AUS Ken Kavanagh	GBR John Surtees	DEU Hillebrand / Grunwald	Report
30 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR Bill Lomas	GBR John Surtees	DEU Hillebrand / Grunwald	Report
8 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR John Surtees	GBR John Surtees	DEU Noll / Cron	Report
22 July	FRG German Grand Prix	Solitude	ITA Romolo Ferri	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR Bill Lomas	IRL Reg Armstrong	DEU Noll / Cron	Report
11 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	CHE Luigi Taveri	GBR Bill Lomas	GBR John Hartle	DEU Noll / Cron	Report
9 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Libero Liberati	GBR Geoff Duke	ITA Milani / Milani	Report

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races were counted in all five classes: the Sidecars, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Points
8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	=	21	22	=	24	25	26	27	28	=	30	31	32	=	34	35	36	=	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	=	47	=	49	=	=	52	53	=	=	56	=	=	59	=	=	62	=	64	=	66	=	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	=	=	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts
GBR John Surtees	MV Agusta	1	1	1				24
DEU Walter Zeller	BMW	4	2	2	Ret	Ret	6	16
GBR John Hartle	Norton	2				1		14
FRA Pierre Monneret	Gilera			3	3		3	12
IRL Reg Armstrong	Gilera			Ret	1	Ret	4	11
ITA Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	DNS	Ret	4	2		Ret	9
GBR Geoff Duke	Gilera			Ret	Ret	Ret	1	8
AUS Bob Brown	Matchless			Ret		2		6
ITA Libero Liberati	Gilera						2	6
ZAF Eddie Grant	Norton	37	3	11	5			6
GBR Jack Brett	Norton	3				6		5
NZL Peter Murphy	Matchless	Ret				3		4
AUS Keith Bryen	Norton	Ret	4	10	6			4
AUT Gerold Klinger	BMW				4		9	3
GBR Geoffrey Tanner	Norton	Ret				4		3
ITA Alfredo Milani	Gilera			5			8	2
GBR Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret		2
NZL Paul Fahey	Matchless	Ret	5	Ret	Ret			2
ITA Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta						5	2
NIR Wilf Herron	Norton					5		2
DEU Ernst Hiller	BMW		6		8		10	1
IOM Derek Ennett	Matchless	6						1
BEL Auguste Goffin	Norton			6				1
GBR Alan Trow	Norton	7				9		0
CAN Gerald Robarts	Norton	15	7					0
AUS Barry Hodgkinson	Norton	22	Ret	7	Ret			0
DEU Alois Huber	BMW RS				7		Ret	0
NIR Austin Carson	Norton					7		0
ITA Roberto Colombo	MV Agusta						7	0
GBR John Storr	Norton			8	Ret		12	0
GBR Dave Chadwick	Norton	23				8		0
NLD Piet Bakker	Norton		8					0
NZL Gavin Dunlop	Matchless	8						0
IOM Jackie Wood	Velocette / Norton	24		Ret	9		Ret	0
NIR Bob Matthews	Norton			9	Ret			0
NLD Priem Rozenberg	BMW		9					0
GBR George Salt	Norton	9						0
GBR Dennis Chapman	Norton	10				11		0
NZL Frederick Cook	Matchless	18	10	13	17			0
NIR Angus Martin	Matchless	Ret				10		0
FRA Jacques Collot	Norton Manx				10		Ret	0
DEU Ernst Riedelbauch	BMW			Ret	11		11	0
GBR Ralph Rensen	Norton	11				13		0
NLD Casper Swart	Norton		11					0
GIB John Grace	Norton	Ret	Ret	12				0
DEU Hans-Günther Jäger	Norton		Ret	Ret	12			0
GBR Stephen Murray	Norton					12		0
NIR Mike O'Rourke	Norton	12						0
ITA Giuseppe Cantoni	MV Agusta						13	0
IOM George Costain	Norton	13						0
DEU Peter Knees	BMW				13			0
Wales Frank Perris	Matchless	14				Ret		0
IRL Michael Roche	Norton	DNS		14				0
DEU Hans-Joachim Scheel	Norton				14			0
NIR Harry Turner	Norton					14		0
SWE Ulf Gate	Norton				15			0
BEL Pierre Nicholas	Norton			15				0
GBR Des Sloan	Norton			15				0
IOM Frank Fox	Norton	16						0
GBR Bill Roberton	Matchless					16		0
DEU Berthold Sieler	Norton				16			0
NIR Martin Brosnan	BSA					17		0
GBR Harry Plews	Norton	17						0
GBR Harry Lowe	BSA	41				18		0
DEU Karl-Heinz Scheifel	Norton				18			0
NIR Phil Carter	Norton	19						0
NIR Stanley Williamson	Norton					19		0
GBR Denis Christian	Matchless	20						0
GGY Ken Tostevin	Matchless	21	Ret					0
GBR Ken Tully	Norton	25						0
NIR Bob Ferguson	Matchless	26						0
GBR Louis Carr	Matchless	27						0
GBR Brian Duffy	Norton	28				Ret		0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton	29						0
AUS Dick Thomson	Matchless	30			Ret			0
GBR Llewelyn Ranson	Norton	31						0
British East Africa Vic Preston	Norton	32						0
GBR Bill Beevers	Norton	33						0
GBR Ken Willis	Norton	34						0
ZAF James Edwards	Norton	35						0
NZL George Begg	AJS	36				Ret		0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	Norton	38						0
COL E. Barona	Norton	39						0
GBR Walter Hancock	BSA	40						0
NZL Stan Cameron	AJS	42						0
Ceylon Ralph Wijesinghe	BSA	43						0
GBR Roly Capner	BSA	44						0
GBR John Denton	Norton	45						0
AUS Keith Campbell	Norton / Moto Guzzi			Ret	Ret		Ret	0
DEU Günther Borgesdiek	Norton			Ret	Ret			0
NZL Robert Coleman	Norton				Ret	Ret		0
ESP Francisco González	Norton	Ret	Ret					0
AUS Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi	DNS	Ret	Ret	DNS			0
SWE Olle Nygren	Matchless	Ret					Ret	0
NLD Leen Reehorst	Jawa		Ret	Ret				0
NLD Martinus van Son	Matchless		Ret				Ret	0
SWE Sven Andersson	Norton				Ret			0
FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton						Ret	0
BEL Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton			Ret				0
DEU Buno Böhrer	Horex				Ret			0
ITA Paolo Campanelli	Gilera						Ret	0
GBR George Catlin	Norton	Ret						0
ITA Artemio Cirelli	Gilera						Ret	0
GBR John Clark	Matchless	Ret						0
NZL Robert Cook	BSA	Ret						0
GBR Ronald Cousins	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	Ret						0
BEL Firmin Dawue	Norton			Ret				0
ITA Gerardo Düring	Matchless						Ret	0
NLD Anton Elbersen	Matchless		Ret					0
DEU Karl-Heinz Ewig	Norton				Ret			0
GBR Ray Fay	BSA	Ret						0
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton					Ret		0
GBR Brian Freestone	Norton	Ret						0
ITA Enrico Galante	Norton						Ret	0
ITA Martino Giani	Gilera						Ret	0
ITA Francesco Guglielminetti	Norton						Ret	0
GBR William Hall	Norton						Ret	0
CZE Gustav Havel	Jawa		Ret					0
CZE Frantisek Helikar	Jawa		Ret					0
AUS Eric Hinton	Norton	DNS			Ret			0
NLD Jaap Iesberts	Matchless		Ret					0
GBR Roy Ingram	BSA	Ret						0
GBR Arnold Jones	Matchless	Ret						0
NLD Kees Koster	Norton		Ret					0
GBR George Leigh	Norton	Ret						0
CAN Ivor Lloyd	Norton	Ret						0
ITA Giuseppe Mantelli	Gilera						Ret	0
NIR Robert McCracken	Norton					Ret		0
GBR Bob McIntyre	Norton	Ret						0
BEL Jules Nies	Norton			Ret				0
GBR Frank Norris	Norton	Ret						0
NIR Ernie Oliver	Norton					Ret		0
ITA Sergio Pinza	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
GBR Maurice Pizzey	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Derek Powell	Matchless	Ret						0
GBR Charlie Salt	BSA	Ret						0
GBR Brian Setchell	AJS	Ret						0
GBR Terry Shepherd	Norton	Ret						0
NLD Lodewijk Simons	Norton		Ret					0
CZE František Šťastný	Jawa		Ret					0
GBR Ken Swallow	Matchless					Ret		0
NLD Gerrit Ten Kate	Norton		Ret					0
GBR Gerry Turner	Pike-BSA	Ret						0
NLD Drikus Veer	Jawa		Ret					0
CAN John Waring	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi					Ret		0
IND Jack Wilks	BSA	Ret						0
GBR Trevor Williams	Norton	Ret						0
NZL Len Aislabie	Norton	DNS						0
NZL Rod Coleman	Norton	DNS						0
GBR Robert King	Norton	DNS						0
GBR Derek Minter	BSA	DNS						0
Morocco E. Muñoz	Norton	DNS						0
Morocco M. Muñoz	Norton	DNS						0
GBR George Northwood	BSA	DNS						0
GBR Tony Ovens	Norton	DNS						0
CAN H. Wieland	Norton	DNS						0
IRL J. Woods	Norton	DNS						0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Bill Lomas	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	24	3
2	GBR Dickie Dale	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	17	0
=	FRG August Hobl	Germany	DKW	17	0
4	GBR John Surtees	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	14	1
5	GBR Cecil Sandford	United Kingdom	DKW	13	0
6	AUS Ken Kavanagh	Australia	Moto Guzzi	10	1
7	ITA Libero Liberati	Italy	Gilera	8	1
8	GBR John Hartle	United Kingdom	Norton	8	0
9	GBR Derek Ennett	United Kingdom	AJS	6	0
10	FRG Karl Hofmann	Germany	DKW	6	0
11	ITA Roberto Colombo	Italy	MV Agusta	4	0
12	GBR Jack Brett	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
13	NLD Hans Bartl	Netherlands	DKW	3	0
14	ITA Umberto Masetti	Italy	MV Agusta	2	0
=	NZL Peter Murphy	New Zealand	AJS	2	0
=	ZAF Eddie Grant	South Africa	Norton	2	0
17	AUS Bob Brown	Australia	AJS	1	0
=	GBR Bob Matthews	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	GBR Alan Trow	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	MV Agusta	32	5
2	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	MV Agusta	26	1
3	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	Italy	Moto Guzzi	10	0
4	ITA Roberto Colombo	Italy	MV Agusta	9	0
=	FRG Horst Kassner	Germany	NSU	9	0
6	ITA Remo Venturi	Italy	MV Agusta	8	0
7	GBR Sammy Miller	United Kingdom	NSU	7	0
8	FRG Hans Baltisberger	Germany	NSU	7	0
9	GBR Arthur Wheeler	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	5	0
10	NZL Bob Coleman	New Zealand	NSU	3	0
=	NLD Kees Koster	Netherlands	NSU	3	0
12	CSK František Bartoš	Czechoslovakia	ČZ	2	0
=	GBR Bill Maddrick	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	2	0
=	NLD Lo Simons	Netherlands	NSU	2	0
=	ITA Alano Montanari	Italy	Moto Guzzi	2	0
=	AUS Bob Brown	Australia	NSU	2	0
17	FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle	France	NSU	1	0
=	CHE Maurice Büla	Switzerland	NSU	1	0
=	FRG Roland Heck	Germany	NSU	1	0
=	CSK Jiří Koštíř	Czechoslovakia	ČZ	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	32 (46)	2	14	3	12	4	10	5	9	6	6	7	6	8	5	9	4	9	4	9	4	9	4	13	4	14	3	14	3	16	2	16	2	16	2	19	1	19	1	19	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	GER
DEU	NED
NLD	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	1F	1F	1	2	1F	1
ITA Romolo Ferri	Gilera			NCF	1	2
CHE Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta		2	4			4
ITA Tarquinio Provini	Mondial				3		2F
ITA Fortunato Libanori	MV Agusta			2	4
ESP Marcelo Cama	Montesa	2
FRG August Hobl	DKW		3		5
FRG Karl Hofmann	DKW		5	5			6
ESP Francisco Gonzalez	Montesa	3
FRA Pierre Monneret	Gilera			3
GBR Bill Webster	MV Agusta					3
ITA Renato Sartori	Mondial						3
GBR Cecil Sandford	Mondial		4		6
ESP Enrico Sirera	Montesa	4
GBR Bill Maddrick	MV Agusta					4
GBR Dave Chadwick	LEF	5
GBR Frank Cope	MV Agusta					5
ITA Sandro Artusi	Ducati						5
CSK Vaclav Parus	ČZ	6
CSK František Bartoš	ČZ		6
GIB Johnny Grace	Montesa			6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	32 (46)	2	18	3	13	4	9	5	7	6	2	6	2	8	2	Pos.	Constructor	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA MV Agusta	1	1	1	2	1	1
ITA Gilera			3	1	2
ITA Mondial		4		3		2
FRG DKW		3	5	5		6
ESP Montesa	2		6
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ITA Ducati						5
CSK ČZ	6	6

Sources

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

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