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.
Reigning 500cc champion Geoff Duke had to serve a six months ban at the start of the season for supporting a strike by privateer riders over starting money at the 1955 Dutch TT.[1][2]
1956 Grand Prix season calendar
editRound | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 500cc winner | Report |
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1 | 8 June | Snaefell Mountain | Report | ||||||
2 | 30 June | TT Circuit Assen | Report | ||||||
3 | 8 July | Spa-Francorchamps | Report | ||||||
4 | 22 July | Solitude | Report | ||||||
5 | 11 August | Dundrod Circuit | Report | ||||||
6 | 9 September | Monza | Report |
Standings
editScoring system
editPoints 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc final standings
edit350cc Standings
editPlace | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 24 | 3 | ||
2 | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 17 | 0 | ||
= | Germany | DKW | 17 | 0 | ||
4 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 14 | 1 | ||
5 | United Kingdom | DKW | 13 | 0 | ||
6 | Australia | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 1 | ||
7 | Italy | Gilera | 8 | 1 | ||
8 | United Kingdom | Norton | 8 | 0 | ||
9 | United Kingdom | AJS | 6 | 0 | ||
10 | Germany | DKW | 6 | 0 | ||
11 | Italy | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | ||
12 | United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | ||
13 | Netherlands | DKW | 3 | 0 | ||
14 | Italy | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | ||
= | New Zealand | AJS | 2 | 0 | ||
= | South Africa | Norton | 2 | 0 | ||
17 | Australia | AJS | 1 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 |
250cc Standings
editPlace | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | MV Agusta | 32 | 5 | ||
2 | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 26 | 1 | ||
3 | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 0 | ||
4 | Italy | MV Agusta | 9 | 0 | ||
= | Germany | NSU | 9 | 0 | ||
6 | Italy | MV Agusta | 8 | 0 | ||
7 | United Kingdom | NSU | 7 | 0 | ||
8 | Germany | NSU | 7 | 0 | ||
9 | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 5 | 0 | ||
10 | New Zealand | NSU | 3 | 0 | ||
= | Netherlands | NSU | 3 | 0 | ||
12 | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 2 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 | ||
= | Netherlands | NSU | 2 | 0 | ||
= | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 | ||
= | Australia | NSU | 2 | 0 | ||
17 | France | NSU | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Switzerland | NSU | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Germany | NSU | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 1 | 0 |
125cc Standings
editPlace | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | MV Agusta | 32 | 5 | ||
2 | Italy | Gilera | 14 | 1 | ||
3 | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 12 | 0 | ||
4 | Italy | Mondial | 10 | 0 | ||
5 | Italy | MV Agusta | 9 | 0 | ||
6 | Spain | Montesa | 6 | 0 | ||
7 | Germany | DKW | 6 | 0 | ||
8 | Germany | DKW | 5 | 0 | ||
9 | France | Gilera | 4 | 0 | ||
= | Spain | Montesa | 4 | 0 | ||
= | Italy | Mondial | 4 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | ||
13 | United Kingdom | Mondial | 4 | 0 | ||
14 | Spain | Montesa | 3 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 3 | 0 | ||
16 | Italy | Ducati | 2 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | LEF | 2 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | ||
= | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Gibraltar | Montesa | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Czechoslovakia | ČZ | 1 | 0 |
Sources
edit- ^ "GEOFF DUKE: FIRST GENTLEMAN OF RACING". Australian Motorcycle News. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Geoff Duke would have been 100 years old today". www.speedweek.com. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
References
edit- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.