1956 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1956 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 6 races in the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	21–22 July 1956
Location	Solitude
Course	Permanent racing facility 11.409 km (7.089 mi)
500cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Time 4:27.9 Podium First Reg Armstrong Gilera Second Umberto Masetti MV Agusta Third Pierre Monneret Gilera
350cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Time 4:36.0 Podium First Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Second August Hobl DKW Third Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
250cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Time 4:45.2 Podium First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Second Luigi Taveri MV Agusta Third Remo Venturi MV Agusta
125cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Romolo Ferri Gilera Time 4:56.0 Podium First Romolo Ferri Gilera Second Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Third Tarquinio Provini Mondial
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Wilhelm Noll BMW Time 4:54.3 Podium First Wilhelm Noll BMW Second Fritz Hillebrand BMW Third Helmut Fath BMW

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
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	Gerold Klinger	BMW	18		3
5	Eddie Grant	Norton	18		2
6	Keith Bryen	Norton	18		1
7	Alois Huber	BMW	18
8	Ernst Hiller	BMW	18
[1]

350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
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	Hans Bartl	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
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	Roland Heck	NSU	13		1
7	Fritz Kläger	NSU	13
8	Horst Kassner	NSU	13
[1]

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
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	+1:27.6	3
5	August Hobl	DKW	9	+1:40.6	2
6	Cecil Sandford	Mondial	9	+2:06.6	1
7	Karl Hofmann	DKW	9
8	Alano Montanari	Ducati	9
9	Marcelo Cama	Montesa	9
10	Ernst Degner	MZ	9
11	Adelmo Mandolini	Ducati	9
12	Karl Lottes	DKW	9
31 starters, 24 finishers
Source:[2][1]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	9	45:04.9	8
2	Fritz Hillebrand	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	Cyril Smith	Stanley Dibben	Norton	9		2
6	Loni Neussner	Dieter Hess	BMW	9		1
7	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	Norton	9
8	Florian Camathias	Maurice Büla	BMW	9
9	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	BMW	9
10	Edgar Strub	Hilmar Cecco	Norton	9
11	Otto Schmid	?	BMW	9
12	Jean Murit	Francis Flahaut	BMW	9
[1]

References

1. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 159–160.
2. Haefliger, Werner. "Lightweight class". FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). p. 26. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.

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