1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

Belgian Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8.762 14.100 3 6 8 July 1956 Spa 1950.jpg Geoff Duke UK Gilera 4:29.0 John Surtees UK MV Agusta Walter Zeller West Germany BMW Pierre Monneret France Gilera Bill Lomas UK Moto Guzzi 4:41.5 John Surtees UK MV Agusta August Hobl West Germany DKW Cecil Sandford UK DKW Enrico Lorenzetti Italy Moto Guzzi 4:54.5 Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta Luigi Taveri Switzerland MV Agusta Horst Kassner West Germany NSU Motorenwerke Romolo Ferri Italy Gilera 5:13.2 Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta Fortunato Libanori Italy MV Agusta Pierre Monneret France Gilera Cyril Smith UK Norton Stanley Dibben UK 5:18.1 Wilhelm Noll West Germany Fritz Cron West Germany BMW Pip Harris UK Ray Campbell UK Norton Bob Mitchell Australia Eric Bliss UK Norton The 1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 July 1956 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 500 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR John Surtees MV Agusta 15 1:09:02.2 8 2 FRG Walter Zeller BMW 15 +39.0 6 3 FRA Pierre Monneret Gilera 15 +1:28.5 4 4 ITA Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 15 3 5 ITA Alfredo Milani Gilera 15 2 6 BEL Auguste Goffin Norton 15 1 7 AUS Barry Hodgkinson Norton 15 8 GBR John Storr Norton 15 9 GBR Bob Matthews Norton 14 +1 lap 10 AUS Keith Bryen Norton 14 +1 lap 11 ZAF 1928 Eddie Grant Norton 14 +1 lap 12 GIB John Grace Norton 14 +1 lap 13 NZL Fred Cook Matchless 14 +1 lap 14 M. Roche Norton 14 +1 lap 15 P. Nicholas Norton 14 +1 lap Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957 Temple Press Ltd Cook R. A. B. 158–159 350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR John Surtees MV Agusta 11 52:48.6 8 2 FRG August Hobl DKW 11 +16.8 6 3 GBR Cecil Sandford DKW 11 +48.1 4 4 FRG Karl Hofmann DKW 11 3 5 ITA Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 11 2 6 FRG Hans Bartl DKW 11 1 7 BEL Auguste Goffin Norton 11 8 GBR Bob Matthews Norton 11 9 AUS Barry Hodgkinson Norton 11 10 GBR John Storr Norton 11 11 GBR Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 11 12 ZAF 1928 Eddie Grant Norton 11 13 AUS Keith Bryen Norton 10 +1 lap 14 J. J. Wood Velocette 10 +1 lap 15 M. Roche Norton 10 +1 lap 16 NZL Fred Cook AJS 10 +1 lap 17 AUS Bob Brown AJS 10 +1 lap 18 BEL Pierre Vervroegen Norton 10 +1 lap 19 BEL Firmin Dauwe Norton 10 +1 lap 20 FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 10 +1 lap 21 NLD Lo Simons AJS 10 +1 lap 22 NLD Leen Rehorst AJS 10 +1 lap 23 BEL Christian Baix Norton 10 +1 lap 250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 9 45:11.9 8 2 CHE Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 9 +38.1 6 3 FRG Horst Kassner NSU 9 +1:41.2 4 4 NLD Kees Koster NSU 9 3 5 NLD Lo Simons NSU 9 2 6 FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle NSU 8 +1 lap 1 7 FRG Karl-Julius Holthaus NSU 8 +1 lap 8 ITA Tarquinio Provini Mondial 8 +1 lap 9 FRG Siegfried Lohmann Adler 8 +1 lap 10 GBR Bill Maddrick Moto Guzzi 8 +1 lap 125cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points 1 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 8 42:09.1 8 2 ITA Fortunato Libanori MV Agusta 8 +39.6 6 3 FRA Pierre Monneret Gilera 8 +51.9 4 4 CHE Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 8 +2:04.5 3 5 FRG Karl Hofmann DKW 8 +2:52.3 2 6 GIB John Grace Montesa 7 +1 lap 1 7 ESP 1945 Francisco González Montesa 7 +1 lap 8 NLD Lo Simons Mondial 7 +1 lap 9 GBR Bill Maddrick MV Agusta 6 +2 laps 17 starters, 9 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 8 43:17.5 8 2 GBR Pip Harris GBR Ray Campbell Norton 8 +35.5 6 3 AUS Bob Mitchell GBR Eric Bliss Norton 8 +40.2 4 4 FRG Fritz Hillebrand FRG Manfred Grunwald BMW 8 3 5 FRG Helmut Fath FRG Emil Ohr BMW 8 2 6 FRA Jacques Drion CHE Inge Stoll BMW 8 1 7 BEL Jack Wijns BEL Jean Verwoot BMW 8 8 FRG Walter Schneider FRG Hans Strauss BMW 8 9 FRA Marcel Beauvais FRA André Coudert Norton 8 10 B. R. Vervroegen ? Norton 8 11 R. Ransens ? Norton 7 +1 lap References Belgian Grand Prix 1956 1956 Dutch TT 1956 German Grand Prix 1955 Belgian Grand Prix 1957 Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix Belgian Motorcycle Grand Prix