1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season


The 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the eighth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 8 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 9 September.

1956 Grand Prix season calendar

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races were counted in all five classes: the Sidecars, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships.
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Points864321

500cc final standings

350cc Standings

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachinePointsWins
1 Bill LomasUnited KingdomMoto Guzzi243
2 Dickie DaleUnited KingdomMoto Guzzi170
= August HoblGermanyDKW170
4 John SurteesUnited KingdomMV Agusta141
5 Cecil SandfordUnited KingdomDKW130
6 Ken KavanaghAustraliaMoto Guzzi101
7 Libero LiberatiItalyGilera81
8 John HartleUnited KingdomNorton80
9 Derek EnnettUnited KingdomAJS60
10 Karl HofmannGermanyDKW60
11 Roberto ColomboItalyMV Agusta40
12 Jack BrettUnited KingdomNorton30
13 Hans BartlNetherlandsDKW30
14 Umberto MasettiItalyMV Agusta20
= Peter MurphyNew ZealandAJS20
= Eddie GrantSouth AfricaNorton20
17 Bob BrownAustraliaAJS10
= Bob MatthewsUnited KingdomNorton10
= Alan TrowUnited KingdomNorton10

250cc Standings

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachinePointsWins
1 Carlo UbbialiItalyMV Agusta325
2 Luigi TaveriSwitzerlandMV Agusta261
3 Enrico LorenzettiItalyMoto Guzzi100
4 Roberto ColomboItalyMV Agusta90
= Horst KassnerGermanyNSU90
6 Remo VenturiItalyMV Agusta80
7 Sammy MillerUnited KingdomNSU70
8 Hans BaltisbergerGermanyNSU70
9 Arthur WheelerUnited KingdomMoto Guzzi50
10 Bob ColemanNew ZealandNSU30
= Kees KosterNetherlandsNSU30
12 František BartošCzechoslovakiaČZ20
= Bill MaddrickUnited KingdomMoto Guzzi20
= Lo SimonsNetherlandsNSU20
= Alano MontanariItalyMoto Guzzi20
= Bob BrownAustraliaNSU20
17 Jean-Pierre BayleFranceNSU10
= Maurice BülaSwitzerlandNSU10
= Roland HeckGermanyNSU10
= Jiří KoštířCzechoslovakiaČZ10

125cc Standings

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachinePointsWins
1 Carlo UbbialiItalyMV Agusta325
2 Romolo FerriItalyGilera141
3 Luigi TaveriSwitzerlandMV Agusta120
4 Tarquinio ProviniItalyMondial100
5 Fortunato LibanoriItalyMV Agusta90
6 Marcelo CamaSpainMontesa60
7 August HoblGermanyDKW60
8 Karl HofmanGermanyDKW50
9 Pierre MonneretFranceGilera40
= Francisco GonzalezSpainMontesa40
= Renato SartoriItalyMondial40
= Bill WebsterUnited KingdomMV Agusta40
13 Cecil SandfordUnited KingdomMondial40
14 Enrico SireraSpainMontesa30
= Bill MaddrickUnited KingdomMV Agusta30
16 Sandro ArtusiItalyDucati20
= Dave ChadwickUnited KingdomLEF20
= Frank CopeUnited KingdomMV Agusta20
= František BartošCzechoslovakiaČZ10
= Johnny GraceGibraltarMontesa10
= Vaclav ParusCzechoslovakiaČZ10