1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  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 (8.761 mi)
500 cc
Rider 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
Rider 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
Rider 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
Rider 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
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Cyril Smith Norton Time 5:18.1 Podium First Wilhelm Noll BMW Second Pip Harris Norton Third Bob Mitchell Norton

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
[1]

References

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