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| Race 3 of 6 races in the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 8 July 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 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 | |
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 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 | |
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 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 | |
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| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points |
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| 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 | |||||
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| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 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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