1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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The 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the eighth competitive motorcycle season, with six Grands Prix and 4 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc.

Contents 1 Grands Prix 2 Championship Standings 2.1 500cc Standings 2.2 350cc Standings 2.3 250cc Standings 2.4 125cc Standings

[edit] Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	125 winner	250 winner	350 winner	500 winner	Report
1	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Carlo Ubbiali	Carlo Ubbiali	Ken Kavanagh	John Surtees	Report
2	Dutch TT	Assen	Carlo Ubbiali	Carlo Ubbiali	Bill Lomas	John Surtees	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Carlo Ubbiali	Carlo Ubbiali	John Surtees	John Surtees	Report
4	West German Grand Prix	Solitude	Romolo Ferri	Carlo Ubbiali	Bill Lomas	Reg Armstrong	Report
5	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Carlo Ubbiali	Luigi Taveri	Bill Lomas	John Hartle	Report
6	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Carlo Ubbiali	Carlo Ubbiali	Libero Liberati	Geoff Duke	Report

[edit] Championship Standings

[edit] 500cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	John Surtees		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	24	3
2	Walter Zeller		Germany	BMW	16	0
3	John Hartle		United Kingdom	Norton	14	1
4	Pierre Monneret		France	Gilera	12	0
5	Reg Armstrong		Ireland	Gilera	11	1
6	Umberto Masetti		Italy	MV Agusta	9	0
7	Geoff Duke		United Kingdom	Gilera	8	1
8	Bob Brown		United Kingdom	Matchless	6	0
=	Libero Liberati		Italy	Gilera	6	0
10	Eddie Grant		South Africa	Norton	6	0
11	Jack Brett		United Kingdom	Norton	5	0
12	Peter Murphy		New Zealand	Matchless	4	0
13	Keith Bryen		Australia	Norton	4	0
14	Gerold Klinger		Austria	BMW	3	0
=	Geoffrey Tanner		United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
16	Carlos Bandirola		Italy	MV Agusta	2	0
=	Alfredo Milani		Italy	Gilera	2	0
=	Bill Lomas		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	2	0
=	Paul Fahey		New Zealand	Matchless	2	0
=	Wilfred Herron		United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
21	Ernst Hiller		Germany	BMW	1	0
=	Derek Ennett		United Kingdom	Matchless	1	0
=	Auguste Goffin		Belgium	Norton	1	0

[edit] 350cc Standings

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

[edit] 250cc Standings

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

[edit] 125cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Carlo Ubbiali		Italy	MV Agusta	32	5
2	Romolo Ferri		Italy	Gilera	14	1
3	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	MV Agusta	12	0
4	Tarquinio Provini		Italy	Mondial	10	0
5	Fortunato Libanori		Italy	MV Agusta	9	0
6	Marcelo Cama		Spain	Montesa	6	0
7	August Hobl		Germany	DKW	6	0
8	Karl Hofman		Germany	DKW	5	0
9	Pierre Monneret		France	Gilera	4	0
=	Francisco Gonzalez		Spain	Montesa	4	0
=	Renato Sartori		Italy	Mondial	4	0
=	Bill Webster		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	4	0
13	Cecil Sandford		United Kingdom	Mondial	4	0
14	Enrico Sirera		Spain	Montesa	3	0
=	Bill Maddrick		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	3	0
16	Sandro Artusi		Italy	Ducati	2	0
=	Dave Chadwick		United Kingdom	LEF	2	0
=	Frank Cope		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	2	0
=	Frantisek Bartos		Czechoslovakia	ČZ	1	0
=	Johnny Grace		Gibraltar	Montesa	1	0
=	Vaclav Parus		Czechoslovakia	ČZ	1	0