1956 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

1956 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 6 races in the; 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	9 September 1956
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.75 km (3.57 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke; Libero Liberati
Time	1:50.4
Podium
First	Geoff Duke
Second	Libero Liberati
Third	Pierre Monneret
350 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Libero Liberati
Time	1:52.0
Podium
First	Libero Liberati
Second	Dickie Dale
Third	Roberto Colombo
250 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali
Time	2:00.4
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali
Second	Enrico Lorenzetti
Third	Remo Venturi
125 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Tarquinio Provini
Time	2:06.2
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali
Second	Tarquinio Provini
Third	Renato Sartori

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
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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
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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
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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		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
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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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