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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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NSU Motorenwerke AG, or NSU, was a German manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles and pedal cycles, founded in 1873. Acquired by Volkswagen Group in 1969, VW merged NSU with Auto Union, creating Audi NSU Auto Union AG, ultimately Audi. The name NSU originated as an abbreviation of "Neckarsulm", the city where NSU was located.
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