The 1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth and final round of the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 9 September 1956 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
500 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Geoff Duke Gilera 35 1:05:59.2 8 2 Libero Liberati Gilera 35 +0.1 6 3 Pierre Monneret Gilera 35 +40.8 4 4 Reg Armstrong Gilera 35 3 5 Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 35 2 6 Walter Zeller BMW 35 1 7 Roberto Colombo MV Agusta 35 8 Alfredo Milani Gilera 34 +1 lap 9 Gerold Klinger BMW 33 +2 laps 10 Ernst Hiller BMW 33 +2 laps 11 Ernst Riedelbauch BMW 33 +2 laps 12 John Storr Norton 33 +2 laps 13 Giuseppe Cantoni Gilera 32 +3 laps
350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Libero Liberati Gilera 27 52:12.9 8 2 Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 27 +1:15.3 6 3 Roberto Colombo MV Agusta 27 +1:48.3 4 4 Karl Hofmann DKW 26 +1 lap 3 5 Cecil Sandford DKW 26 +1 lap 2 6 August Hobl DKW 26 +1 lap 1 7 Hans Bartl DKW 26 +1 lap 8 Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 26 +1 lap 9 Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 25 +2 laps 10 John Storr Norton 25 +2 laps 11 Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 24 +3 laps 12 Alfredo Flores Moto Guzzi 23 +4 laps 13 M. van Son Norton 23 +4 laps 14 Fritz Kläger Horex 22 +5 laps 15 Heinz Kauert AJS 22 +5 laps 16 Albert Montagne Norton 22 +5 laps
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 22 45:26.7 8 2 Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 22 +1.9 6 3 Remo Venturi MV Agusta 22 +15.5 4 4 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 22 3 5 Alano Montanari Moto Guzzi 22 2 6 Sammy Miller NSU 21 +1 lap 1 7 Horst Kassner NSU 21 +1 lap 8 Roland Heck NSU 21 +1 lap 9 Kees Koster NSU 21 +1 lap 10 Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 21 +1 lap 11 Fritz Kläger NSU 20 +2 laps 12 Guido Paccioca Moto Guzzi 20 +2 laps 13 Jean-Pierre Bayle NSU 20 +2 laps 14 Adolf Heck Adler 19 +3 laps 15 Siegfried Lohmann Adler 19 +3 laps
125cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 18 38:38.2 8 2 Tarquinio Provini Mondial 18 +0.4 6 3 Renato Sartori Mondial 18 +57.4 4 4 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 18 +1:39.8 3 5 Sandro Artusi Ducati 17 +1 lap 2 6 Karl Hofmann DKW 17 +1 lap 1 7 Alberto Gandossi Ducati 17 +1 lap 8 August Hobl DKW 17 +1 lap 9 Olle Nygren Ducati 16 +2 laps 10 John Grace Montesa 16 +2 laps 27 starters, 14 finishers Source:
Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Albino Milani Rossano Milani Gilera 18 39:19.6 8 2 Pip Harris Ray Campbell Norton 18 +43.5 6 3 Fritz Hillebrand Manfred Grunwald BMW 18 +55.1 4 4 Florian Camathias Maurice Büla BMW 18 3 5 Jacques Drion Inge Stoll BMW 18 2 6 Walter Schneider Hans Strauss BMW 18 1 7 Helmut Fath Emil Ohr BMW 17 +1 lap 8 Jean Murit Francis Flahaut BMW 17 +1 lap 9 Loni Neussner Dieter Hess BMW 17 +1 lap 10 Alfonso Sammarchi ? Norton 16 +2 laps
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