The 1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 July 1956 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
500 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 John Surtees MV Agusta 15 1:09:02.2 8 2 Walter Zeller BMW 15 +39.0 6 3 Pierre Monneret Gilera 15 +1:28.5 4 4 Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 15 3 5 Alfredo Milani Gilera 15 2 6 Auguste Goffin Norton 15 1 7 Barry Hodgkinson Norton 15 8 John Storr Norton 15 9 Bob Matthews Norton 14 +1 lap 10 Keith Bryen Norton 14 +1 lap 11 Eddie Grant Norton 14 +1 lap 12 John Grace Norton 14 +1 lap 13 Fred Cook Matchless 14 +1 lap 14 M. Roche Norton 14 +1 lap 15 P. Nicholas Norton 14 +1 lap
350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 John Surtees MV Agusta 11 52:48.6 8 2 August Hobl DKW 11 +16.8 6 3 Cecil Sandford DKW 11 +48.1 4 4 Karl Hofmann DKW 11 3 5 Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 11 2 6 Hans Bartl DKW 11 1 7 Auguste Goffin Norton 11 8 Bob Matthews Norton 11 9 Barry Hodgkinson Norton 11 10 John Storr Norton 11 11 Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 11 12 Eddie Grant Norton 11 13 Keith Bryen Norton 10 +1 lap 14 J. J. Wood Velocette 10 +1 lap 15 M. Roche Norton 10 +1 lap 16 Fred Cook AJS 10 +1 lap 17 Bob Brown AJS 10 +1 lap 18 Pierre Vervroegen Norton 10 +1 lap 19 Firmin Dauwe Norton 10 +1 lap 20 Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 10 +1 lap 21 Lo Simons AJS 10 +1 lap 22 Leen Rehorst AJS 10 +1 lap 23 Christian Baix Norton 10 +1 lap
250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 9 45:11.9 8 2 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 9 +38.1 6 3 Horst Kassner NSU 9 +1:41.2 4 4 Kees Koster NSU 9 3 5 Lo Simons NSU 9 2 6 Jean-Pierre Bayle NSU 8 +1 lap 1 7 Karl-Julius Holthaus NSU 8 +1 lap 8 Tarquinio Provini Mondial 8 +1 lap 9 Siegfried Lohmann Adler 8 +1 lap 10 Bill Maddrick Moto Guzzi 8 +1 lap
125cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points 1 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 8 42:09.1 8 2 Fortunato Libanori MV Agusta 8 +39.6 6 3 Pierre Monneret Gilera 8 +51.9 4 4 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 8 +2:04.5 3 5 Karl Hofmann DKW 8 +2:52.3 2 6 John Grace Montesa 7 +1 lap 1 7 Francisco González Montesa 7 +1 lap 8 Lo Simons Mondial 7 +1 lap 9 Bill Maddrick MV Agusta 6 +2 laps 17 starters, 9 finishers Source:
Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 Wilhelm Noll Fritz Cron BMW 8 43:17.5 8 2 Pip Harris Ray Campbell Norton 8 +35.5 6 3 Bob Mitchell Eric Bliss Norton 8 +40.2 4 4 Fritz Hillebrand Manfred Grunwald BMW 8 3 5 Helmut Fath Emil Ohr BMW 8 2 6 Jacques Drion Inge Stoll BMW 8 1 7 Jack Wijns Jean Verwoot BMW 8 8 Walter Schneider Hans Strauss BMW 8 9 Marcel Beauvais André Coudert Norton 8 10 B. R. Vervroegen ? Norton 8 11 R. Ransens ? Norton 7 +1 lap
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