title: 1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 1956 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  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 | |
  
  ## 125 cc classification
  
  | Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | 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 | | 3 |
  | 5 | Karl Hofmann | DKW | 8 | | 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 | |
  
  ## 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 | |
  