1956 German motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 4 of 6 races in the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 21–22 July 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Solitude | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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350 cc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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1 | Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 18 | 1:23:16.4 | 8 |
2 | Umberto Masetti | MV Agusta | 18 | +14.0 | 6 |
3 | Pierre Monneret | Gilera | 18 | +41.8 | 4 |
4 | BMW | 18 | 3 | ||
5 | Norton | 18 | 2 | ||
6 | Keith Bryen | Norton | 18 | 1 | |
7 | Alois Huber | BMW | 18 | ||
8 | Ernst Hiller | BMW | 18 | ||
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350 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Bill Lomas | Moto Guzzi | 13 | 1:00:52.3 | 8 |
2 | August Hobl | DKW | 13 | +31.1 | 6 |
3 | Dickie Dale | Moto Guzzi | 13 | +1:00.7 | 4 |
4 | Cecil Sandford | DKW | 13 | 3 | |
5 | DKW | 13 | 2 | ||
6 | Bob Matthews | Norton | 13 | 1 | |
7 | John Storr | Norton | 13 | ||
8 | Keith Bryen | Norton | 13 | ||
9 | Helmut Hallmeier | NSU | 13 | ||
[1] |
250 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 13 | 1:02:58.6 | 8 |
2 | Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 13 | +54.2 | 6 |
3 | Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | 13 | +57.9 | 4 |
4 | Hans Baltisberger | NSU | 13 | 3 | |
5 | Bob Brown | NSU | 13 | 2 | |
6 | NSU | 13 | 1 | ||
7 | NSU | 13 | |||
8 | Horst Kassner | NSU | 13 | ||
[1] |
125 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Romolo Ferri | Gilera | 9 | 45:04.2 | 8 |
2 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 9 | +8.8 | 6 |
3 | Tarquinio Provini | Mondial | 9 | +16.8 | 4 |
4 | Fortunato Libanori | MV Agusta | 9 | 3 | |
5 | August Hobl | DKW | 9 | 2 | |
6 | Cecil Sandford | Mondial | 9 | 1 | |
7 | DKW | 9 | |||
8 | Alano Montanari | Ducati | 9 | ||
9 | Montesa | 9 | |||
10 | Ernst Degner | MZ | 9 | ||
11 | Ducati | 9 | |||
12 | DKW | 9 | |||
[1] |
Sidecar classification[]
Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Fritz Cron | BMW | 9 | 45:04.9 | 8 | |
2 | Manfred Grunwald | BMW | 9 | +0.9 | 6 | |
3 | Helmut Fath | Emil Ohr | BMW | 9 | +1:15.8 | 4 |
4 | Walter Schneider | Hans Strauss | BMW | 9 | 3 | |
5 | Stanley Dibben | Norton | 9 | 2 | ||
6 | Dieter Hess | BMW | 9 | 1 | ||
7 | Pip Harris | Ray Campbell | Norton | 9 | ||
8 | Florian Camathias | BMW | 9 | |||
9 | Inge Stoll | BMW | 9 | |||
10 | Hilmar Cecco | Norton | 9 | |||
11 | ? | BMW | 9 | |||
12 | Francis Flahaut | BMW | 9 | |||
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References[]
Categories:
- German motorcycle Grand Prix
- 1956 MotoGP race reports
- 1956 in West German motorsport