1956 German motorcycle Grand Prix

1956 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 6 races in the; 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	21–22 July 1956
Location	Solitude
Course	Permanent racing facility; 11.409 km (7.089 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas
Time	4:27.9
Podium
First	Reg Armstrong
Second	Umberto Masetti
Third	Pierre Monneret
350 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas
Time	4:36.0
Podium
First	Bill Lomas
Second	August Hobl
Third	Dickie Dale
250 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali
Time	4:45.2
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali
Second	Luigi Taveri
Third	Remo Venturi
125 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Romolo Ferri
Time	4:56.0
Podium
First	Romolo Ferri
Second	Carlo Ubbiali
Third	Tarquinio Provini
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Wilhelm Noll
Time	4:54.3
Podium
First	Wilhelm Noll
Second	Fritz Hillebrand
Third	Helmut Fath

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
1	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	18	1:23:16.4	8
2	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	18	+14.0	6
3	Pierre Monneret	Gilera	18	+41.8	4
4	Gerold Klinger	BMW	18		3
5	Eddie Grant	Norton	18		2
6	Keith Bryen	Norton	18		1
7	Alois Huber	BMW	18
8	Ernst Hiller	BMW	18
[1]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	13	1:00:52.3	8
2	August Hobl	DKW	13	+31.1	6
3	Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	13	+1:00.7	4
4	Cecil Sandford	DKW	13		3
5	Hans Bartl	DKW	13		2
6	Bob Matthews	Norton	13		1
7	John Storr	Norton	13
8	Keith Bryen	Norton	13
9	Helmut Hallmeier	NSU	13
[1]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	13	1:02:58.6	8
2	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	13	+54.2	6
3	Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	13	+57.9	4
4	Hans Baltisberger	NSU	13		3
5	Bob Brown	NSU	13		2
6	Roland Heck	NSU	13		1
7	Fritz Kläger	NSU	13
8	Horst Kassner	NSU	13
[1]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Romolo Ferri	Gilera	9	45:04.2	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	9	+8.8	6
3	Tarquinio Provini	Mondial	9	+16.8	4
4	Fortunato Libanori	MV Agusta	9		3
5	August Hobl	DKW	9		2
6	Cecil Sandford	Mondial	9		1
7	Karl Hofmann	DKW	9
8	Alano Montanari	Ducati	9
9	Marcelo Cama	Montesa	9
10	Ernst Degner	MZ	9
11	Adelmo Mandolini	Ducati	9
12	Karl Lottes	DKW	9
[1]

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	9	45:04.9	8
2	Fritz Hillebrand	Manfred Grunwald	BMW	9	+0.9	6
3	Helmut Fath	Emil Ohr	BMW	9	+1:15.8	4
4	Walter Schneider	Hans Strauss	BMW	9		3
5	Cyril Smith	Stanley Dibben	Norton	9		2
6	Loni Neussner	Dieter Hess	BMW	9		1
7	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	Norton	9
8	Florian Camathias	Maurice Büla	BMW	9
9	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	BMW	9
10	Edgar Strub	Hilmar Cecco	Norton	9
11	Otto Schmid	?	BMW	9
12	Jean Murit	Francis Flahaut	BMW	9
[1]

Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 159–160.

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