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 (8.761 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 Norton Time 5:18.1 Podium First BMW Second Pip Harris Norton Third 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	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		Norton	15		1
7		Norton	15
8	John Storr	Norton	15
9	Bob Matthews	Norton	14	+1 lap
10	Keith Bryen	Norton	14	+1 lap
11		Norton	14	+1 lap
12		Norton	14	+1 lap
13		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		DKW	11		3
5	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	11		2
6		DKW	11		1
7		Norton	11
8	Bob Matthews	Norton	11
9		Norton	11
10	John Storr	Norton	11
11	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi	11
12		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		AJS	10	+1 lap
17	Bob Brown	AJS	10	+1 lap
18		Norton	10	+1 lap
19		Norton	10	+1 lap
20		Norton	10	+1 lap
21		AJS	10	+1 lap
22		AJS	10	+1 lap
23		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		NSU	9		3
5		NSU	9		2
6		NSU	8	+1 lap	1
7		NSU	8	+1 lap
8	Tarquinio Provini	Mondial	8	+1 lap
9		Adler	8	+1 lap
10		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		DKW	8		2
6		Montesa	7	+1 lap	1
7		Montesa	7	+1 lap
8		Mondial	7	+1 lap
9		MV Agusta	6	+2 laps
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Sidecar classification[]

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