1956 German motorcycle Grand Prix

German West Germany Solitude 7.809 11.409 4 6 21–22 July 1956 Solitude1935-1965layout.png Bill Lomas UK Moto Guzzi 4:27.9 Reg Armstrong IRL Gilera Umberto Masetti Italy MV Agusta Pierre Monneret France Gilera Bill Lomas UK Moto Guzzi 4:36.0 Bill Lomas UK Moto Guzzi August Hobl West Germany DKW Dickie Dale UK Moto Guzzi Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta 4:45.2 Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta Luigi Taveri Switzerland MV Agusta Remo Venturi Italy MV Agusta Romolo Ferri Italy Gilera 4:56.0 Romolo Ferri Italy Gilera Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta Tarquinio Provini Italy Mondial Wilhelm Noll West Germany BMW Fritz Cron West Germany 4:54.3 Wilhelm Noll West Germany Fritz Cron West Germany BMW Fritz Hillebrand West Germany Manfred Grunwald West Germany BMW Helmut Fath West Germany Emil Ohr West Germany BMW 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 IRL Reg Armstrong Gilera 18 1:23:16.4 8 2 ITA Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 18 +14.0 6 3 FRA Pierre Monneret Gilera 18 +41.8 4 4 AUT Gerold Klinger BMW 18 3 5 ZAF 1928 Eddie Grant Norton 18 2 6 AUS Keith Bryen Norton 18 1 7 FRG Alois Huber BMW 18 8 FRG Ernst Hiller BMW 18 Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957 Temple Press Ltd Cook R. A. B. 159–160 350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 13 1:00:52.3 8 2 FRG August Hobl DKW 13 +31.1 6 3 GBR Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 13 +1:00.7 4 4 GBR Cecil Sandford DKW 13 3 5 FRG Hans Bartl DKW 13 2 6 GBR Bob Matthews Norton 13 1 7 GBR John Storr Norton 13 8 AUS Keith Bryen Norton 13 9 FRG Helmut Hallmeier NSU 13 250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 13 1:02:58.6 8 2 CHE Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 13 +54.2 6 3 ITA Remo Venturi MV Agusta 13 +57.9 4 4 FRG Hans Baltisberger NSU 13 3 5 AUS Bob Brown NSU 13 2 6 FRG Roland Heck NSU 13 1 7 FRG Fritz Kläger NSU 13 8 FRG Horst Kassner NSU 13 125cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points 1 ITA Romolo Ferri Gilera 9 45:04.2 8 2 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 9 +8.8 6 3 ITA Tarquinio Provini Mondial 9 +16.8 4 4 ITA Fortunato Libanori MV Agusta 9 +1:27.6 3 5 FRG August Hobl DKW 9 +1:40.6 2 6 GBR Cecil Sandford Mondial 9 +2:06.6 1 7 FRG Karl Hofmann DKW 9 8 ITA Alano Montanari Ducati 9 9 ESP 1945 Marcelo Cama Montesa 9 10 DDR Ernst Degner MZ 9 11 ITA Adelmo Mandolini Ducati 9 12 FRG Karl Lottes DKW 9 31 starters, 24 finishers Source:Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 26 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 FRG Wilhelm Noll FRG Fritz Cron BMW 9 45:04.9 8 2 FRG Fritz Hillebrand FRG Manfred Grunwald BMW 9 +0.9 6 3 FRG Helmut Fath FRG Emil Ohr BMW 9 +1:15.8 4 4 FRG Walter Schneider FRG Hans Strauss BMW 9 3 5 GBR Cyril Smith GBR Stanley Dibben Norton 9 2 6 FRG Loni Neussner FRG Dieter Hess BMW 9 1 7 GBR Pip Harris GBR Ray Campbell Norton 9 8 CHE Florian Camathias CHE Maurice Büla BMW 9 9 FRA Jacques Drion CHE Inge Stoll BMW 9 10 CHE Edgar Strub FRG Hilmar Cecco Norton 9 11 FRG Otto Schmid ? BMW 9 12 FRA Jean Murit MAR Francis Flahaut BMW 9 References German Grand Prix 1956 1956 Belgian Grand Prix 1956 Ulster Grand Prix 1955 German Grand Prix 1957 German Grand Prix Category:German motorcycle Grand Prix German German Motorcycle Grand Prix