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| Race 6 of 6 races in the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 9 September 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | +1:39.8 | 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 | |
| 27 starters, 14 finishers | |||||
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| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 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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