1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1956 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 6 races in the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 July 1956
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.100 km (8.762 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke	Gilera
Time	4:29.0
Podium
First	John Surtees	MV Agusta
Second	Walter Zeller	BMW
Third	Pierre Monneret	Gilera
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi
Time	4:41.5
Podium
First	John Surtees	MV Agusta
Second	August Hobl	DKW
Third	Cecil Sandford	DKW
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi
Time	4:54.5
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Second	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta
Third	Horst Kassner	NSU Motorenwerke
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Romolo Ferri	Gilera
Time	5:13.0
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Second	Fortunato Libanori	MV Agusta
Third	Pierre Monneret	Gilera
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Cyril Smith	Norton
Passenger	Stanley Dibben
Time	5:18.1
Podium
First	Wilhelm Noll	BMW
	Fritz Cron
Second	Pip Harris	Norton
	Ray Campbell
Third	Bob Mitchell	Norton
	Eric Bliss

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	John Surtees	MV Agusta	15	1:09:02.2	8
2	Walter Zeller	BMW	15	+39.0	6
3	Pierre Monneret	Gilera	15	+1:28.5	4
4	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	15		3
5	Alfredo Milani	Gilera	15		2
6	Auguste Goffin	Norton	15		1
7	Barry Hodgkinson	Norton	15
8	John Storr	Norton	15
9	Bob Matthews	Norton	14	+1 lap
10	Keith Bryen	Norton	14	+1 lap
11	Eddie Grant	Norton	14	+1 lap
12	John Grace	Norton	14	+1 lap
13	Fred Cook	Matchless	14	+1 lap
14	M. Roche	Norton	14	+1 lap
15	P. Nicholas	Norton	14	+1 lap
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	John Surtees	MV Agusta	11	52:48.6	8
2	August Hobl	DKW	11	+16.8	6
3	Cecil Sandford	DKW	11	+48.1	4
4	Karl Hofmann	DKW	11		3
5	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	11		2
6	Hans Bartl	DKW	11		1
7	Auguste Goffin	Norton	11
8	Bob Matthews	Norton	11
9	Barry Hodgkinson	Norton	11
10	John Storr	Norton	11
11	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi	11
12	Eddie Grant	Norton	11
13	Keith Bryen	Norton	10	+1 lap
14	J. J. Wood	Velocette	10	+1 lap
15	M. Roche	Norton	10	+1 lap
16	Fred Cook	AJS	10	+1 lap
17	Bob Brown	AJS	10	+1 lap
18	Pierre Vervroegen	Norton	10	+1 lap
19	Firmin Dauwe	Norton	10	+1 lap
20	Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton	10	+1 lap
21	Lo Simons	AJS	10	+1 lap
22	Leen Rehorst	AJS	10	+1 lap
23	Christian Baix	Norton	10	+1 lap
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	9	45:11.9	8
2	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	9	+38.1	6
3	Horst Kassner	NSU	9	+1:41.2	4
4	Kees Koster	NSU	9		3
5	Lo Simons	NSU	9		2
6	Jean-Pierre Bayle	NSU	8	+1 lap	1
7	Karl-Julius Holthaus	NSU	8	+1 lap
8	Tarquinio Provini	Mondial	8	+1 lap
9	Siegfried Lohmann	Adler	8	+1 lap
10	Bill Maddrick	Moto Guzzi	8	+1 lap
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125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	8	42:09.1	8
2	Fortunato Libanori	MV Agusta	8	+39.6	6
3	Pierre Monneret	Gilera	8	+51.9	4
4	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	8		3
5	Karl Hofmann	DKW	8		2
6	John Grace	Montesa	7	+1 lap	1
7	Francisco González	Montesa	7	+1 lap
8	Lo Simons	Mondial	7	+1 lap
9	Bill Maddrick	MV Agusta	6	+2 laps
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	8	43:17.5	8
2	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	Norton	8	+35.5	6
3	Bob Mitchell	Eric Bliss	Norton	8	+40.2	4
4	Fritz Hillebrand	Manfred Grunwald	BMW	8		3
5	Helmut Fath	Emil Ohr	BMW	8		2
6	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	BMW	8		1
7	Jack Wijns	Jean Verwoot	BMW	8
8	Walter Schneider	Hans Strauss	BMW	8
9	Marcel Beauvais	André Coudert	Norton	8
10	B. R. Vervroegen	?	Norton	8
11	R. Ransens	?	Norton	7	+1 lap
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References

1. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 158–159.