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| Race 4 of 6 races in the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 21–22 July 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Solitude | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
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| 1 |  Reg Armstrong
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Gilera | 18 | 1:23:16.4 | 8 |
| 2 |  Umberto Masetti
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MV Agusta | 18 | +14.0 | 6 |
| 3 |  Pierre Monneret
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Gilera | 18 | +41.8 | 4 |
| 4 |  Gerold Klinger
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BMW | 18 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Eddie Grant
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Norton | 18 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Keith Bryen
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Norton | 18 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Alois Huber
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BMW | 18 | ||
| 8 | Ernst Hiller
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BMW | 18 | ||
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350 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bill Lomas
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Moto Guzzi | 13 | 1:00:52.3 | 8 |
| 2 | August Hobl
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DKW | 13 | +31.1 | 6 |
| 3 | Dickie Dale
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Moto Guzzi | 13 | +1:00.7 | 4 |
| 4 | Cecil Sandford
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DKW | 13 | 3 | |
| 5 | Hans Bartl
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DKW | 13 | 2 | |
| 6 | Bob Matthews
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Norton | 13 | 1 | |
| 7 | John Storr
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Norton | 13 | ||
| 8 | Keith Bryen
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Norton | 13 | ||
| 9 | Helmut Hallmeier
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NSU | 13 | ||
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250 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali
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MV Agusta | 13 | 1:02:58.6 | 8 |
| 2 |  Luigi Taveri
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MV Agusta | 13 | +54.2 | 6 |
| 3 | Remo Venturi
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MV Agusta | 13 | +57.9 | 4 |
| 4 | Hans Baltisberger
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NSU | 13 | 3 | |
| 5 | Bob Brown
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NSU | 13 | 2 | |
| 6 | Roland Heck
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NSU | 13 | 1 | |
| 7 | Fritz Kläger
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NSU | 13 | ||
| 8 | Horst Kassner
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NSU | 13 | ||
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125 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 1 | Romolo Ferri
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Gilera | 9 | 45:04.2 | 8 |
| 2 | Carlo Ubbiali
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MV Agusta | 9 | +8.8 | 6 |
| 3 | Tarquinio Provini
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Mondial | 9 | +16.8 | 4 |
| 4 | Fortunato Libanori
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MV Agusta | 9 | 3 | |
| 5 | August Hobl
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DKW | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | Cecil Sandford
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Mondial | 9 | 1 | |
| 7 | Karl Hofmann
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DKW | 9 | ||
| 8 | Alano Montanari
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Ducati | 9 | ||
| 9 |  Marcelo Cama
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Montesa | 9 | ||
| 10 |  Ernst Degner
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MZ | 9 | ||
| 11 | Adelmo Mandolini
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Ducati | 9 | ||
| 12 | Karl Lottes
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DKW | 9 | ||
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Sidecar classification
| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilhelm Noll
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Fritz Cron
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BMW | 9 | 45:04.9 | 8 |
| 2 | Fritz Hillebrand
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Manfred Grunwald
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BMW | 9 | +0.9 | 6 |
| 3 | Helmut Fath
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Emil Ohr
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BMW | 9 | +1:15.8 | 4 |
| 4 | Walter Schneider
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Hans Strauss
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BMW | 9 | 3 | |
| 5 | Cyril Smith
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Stanley Dibben
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Norton | 9 | 2 | |
| 6 | Loni Neussner
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Dieter Hess
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BMW | 9 | 1 | |
| 7 | Pip Harris
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Ray Campbell
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Norton | 9 | ||
| 8 | Florian Camathias
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Maurice Büla
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BMW | 9 | ||
| 9 | Jacques Drion
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Inge Stoll
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BMW | 9 | ||
| 10 | Edgar Strub
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Hilmar Cecco
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Norton | 9 | ||
| 11 | Otto Schmid
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BMW | 9 | ||
| 12 | Jean Murit
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 Francis Flahaut
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BMW | 9 | ||
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References
This page was last edited on 19 June 2023, at 21:49