# Campionat del Món de motociclisme de 1956

La temporada de 1956 del Campionat del món de motociclisme fou la 8a edició d'aquest campionat, organitzat per la FIM. John Surtees s'hi va imposar només corrent i guanyant la meitat de curses del campionat. Cal destacar la gran actuació de l'equip Montesa a 125cc que va obtenir els primers podis en el campionat en la cursa més emblemàtica, el TT de l'Illa de Man.

## Grans Premis

| Cursa | Gran Premi | Circuit | Guanyador 125cc | Guanyador 250cc | Guanyador 350cc | Guanyador 500cc | Resultats |
| 1 | TT de l'Illa de Man | Illa de Man | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | Ken Kavanagh | John Surtees | Resultat |
| 2 | TT d'Holanda | Assen | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | Bill Lomas | John Surtees | Resultat |
| 3 | Gran Premi de Bèlgica | Spa | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | John Surtees | John Surtees | Resultat |
| 4 | Gran Premi d'Alemanya Occidental | Solitude | Romolo Ferri | Carlo Ubbiali | Bill Lomas | Reg Armstrong | Resultat |
| 5 | Gran Premi de l'Ulster | Dundrod | Carlo Ubbiali | Luigi Taveri | Bill Lomas | John Hartle | Resultat |
| 6 | Gran Premi de les Nacions | Monza | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | Libero Liberati | Geoff Duke | Resultat |

## Campions del món

| Campió | 125cc | 250cc | 350cc | 500cc |
| Campió | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | Bill Lomas | John Surtees |

## Sistema de puntuació

Barem de puntuació de 1950 a 1968:
| Posició | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Punts | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## 500 cc

| Pos | Pilot | Moto | IOM | NED | BEL | GER | ULS | NAT | Pts |
| 1 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | 24 |
| 2 | Walter Zeller | BMW | 4 | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 16 |
| 3 | John Hartle | Norton | 2 | | | | 1 | | 14 |
| 4 | Pierre Monneret | Gilera | | | 3 | 3 | | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Reg Armstrong | Gilera | | | Ret | 1 | Ret | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Umberto Masetti | MV Agusta | | Ret | 4 | 2 | | Ret | 9 |
| 7 | Geoff Duke | Gilera | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Bob Brown | Matchless | | | Ret | | 2 | | 6 |
| 9 | Libero Liberati | Gilera | | | | | | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Errol Grant | Norton | 37 | 3 | 11 | 5 | | | 6 |
| 11 | Jack Brett | Norton | 3 | | | | 6 | | 5 |
| 12 | Peter Murphy | Matchless | Ret | | | | 3 | | 4 |
| 13 | Keith Bryen | Norton | Ret | 4 | 10 | 6 | | | 4 |
| 14 | Gerold Klinger | BMW | | | | 4 | | 9 | 3 |
| 15 | Geoffrey Tanner | Norton | Ret | | | | 4 | | 3 |
| 16 | Alfredo Milani | Gilera | | | 5 | | | 8 | 2 |
| 17 | Bill Lomas | Moto Guzzi | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | | 2 |
| 18 | Peter Fahey | Matchless | Ret | 5 | Ret | Ret | | | 2 |
| 19 | Carlo Bandirola | MV Agusta | | | | | | 5 | 2 |
| = | Wilfred Herron | Norton | | | | | 5 | | 2 |
| 21 | Ernst Hiller | BMW | | 6 | | 8 | | 10 | 1 |
| 22 | Derek Ennett | Matchless | 6 | | | | | | 1 |
| = | Auguste Goffin | Norton | | | 6 | | | | 1 |
| 24 | Alan Trow | Norton | 7 | | | | 9 | | 0 |
| 25 | Gerald Robarts | Norton | 15 | 7 | | | | | 0 |
| 26 | Barry Hodgkinson | Norton | 22 | Ret | 7 | Ret | | | 0 |
| 27 | Alois Huber | BMW | | | | 7 | | Ret | 0 |
| 28 | Austin Carson | Norton | | | | | 7 | | 0 |
| = | Roberto Colombo | MV Agusta | | | | | | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | John Storr | Norton | | | 8 | Ret | | 12 | 0 |
| 31 | Dave Chadwick | Norton | 23 | | | | 8 | | 0 |
| 32 | Piet Bakker | Norton | | 8 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Gavin Dunlop | Matchless | 8 | | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | John Wood | Norton | 24 | | Ret | 9 | | Ret | 0 |
| 35 | Bob Matthews | Norton | | | 9 | Ret | | | 0 |
| 36 | Priem Rozenberg | BMW | | 9 | | | | | 0 |
| = | George Salt | Norton | 9 | | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Don Chapman | Norton | 10 | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| 39 | Frederick Cook | Matchless | 18 | 10 | 13 | 17 | | | 0 |
| 40 | Angus Martin | Matchless | Ret | | | | 10 | | 0 |
| 41 | Jaques Collot | Norton | | | | 10 | | | 0 |
| 42 | Ernst Riedelbauch | BMW | | | Ret | 11 | | 11 | 0 |
| 43 | Ralph Rensen | Norton | 11 | | | | 13 | | 0 |
| 44 | Casper Swart | Norton | | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| 45 | John Grace | Norton | Ret | Ret | 12 | | | | 0 |
| = | Hans-Günther Jäger | Norton | | Ret | Ret | 12 | | | 0 |
| 47 | Stephen Murray | Norton | | | | | 12 | | 0 |
| = | Mike O'Rourke | Norton | 12 | | | | | | 0 |
| 49 | Giuseppe Cantoni | MV Agusta | | | | | | 13 | 0 |
| = | George Costain | Norton | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Peter Knees | BMW | | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| 52 | Frank Perris | Matchless | 14 | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 53 | Michael Roche | Norton | | | 14 | | | | 0 |
| = | Hans-Joachim Scheel | Norton | | | | 14 | | | 0 |
| = | Harry Turner | Norton | | | | | 14 | | 0 |
| 56 | Ulf Gate | Norton | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| = | Pierre Nicholas | Norton | | | 15 | | | | 0 |
| = | Des Sloan | Norton | | | 15 | | | | 0 |
| 59 | Frank Fox | Norton | 16 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | William Robertson | Matchless | | | | | 16 | | 0 |
| = | Berthold Sieler | Norton | | | | 16 | | | 0 |
| 62 | Martin Brosnan | BSA | | | | | 17 | | 0 |
| = | Harry Plews | Norton | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| 64 | Harry Lowe | BSA | | | | | 18 | | 0 |
| = | Karl-Heinz Scheifel | Norton | | | | 18 | | | 0 |
| 66 | Peter Carter | Norton | 19 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Stanley Williamson | Norton | | | | | 19 | | 0 |
| 68 | Dennis Christian | Matchless | 20 | | | | | | 0 |
| 69 | Ken Tostevin | Matchless | 21 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 70 | Ken Tully | Norton | 25 | | | | | | 0 |
| 71 | Bob Ferguson | Matchless | 26 | | | | | | 0 |
| 72 | Louis Carr | Matchless | 27 | | | | | | 0 |
| 73 | Brian Duffy | Norton | 28 | | | | | | 0 |
| 74 | Albert Moule | Norton | 29 | | | | | | 0 |
| 75 | Dick Thompson | Matchless | 30 | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 76 | Llewlyn Ranson | Norton | 31 | | | | | | 0 |
| 77 | Vic Preston | Norton | 32 | | | | | | 0 |
| 78 | Bill Beevers | Norton | 33 | | | | | | 0 |
| 79 | Ken Willis | Norton | 34 | | | | | | 0 |
| 80 | J. Edwards | Norton | 35 | | | | | | 0 |
| 81 | George Begg | AJS | 36 | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 82 | Joe Glazebrook | Norton | 38 | | | | | | 0 |
| 83 | E. Barona | Norton | 39 | | | | | | 0 |
| 84 | Walter Hancock | BSA | 40 | | | | | | 0 |
| 85 | Harry Howe | BSA | 41 | | | | | | 0 |
| 86 | Stan Cameron | AJS | 42 | | | | | | 0 |
| 87 | Ralph Wijensinghe | BSA | 43 | | | | | | 0 |
| 88 | Roly Capner | BSA | 44 | | | | | | 0 |
| 89 | Ben Donton | Norton | 45 | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Keith Campbell | Norton / Moto Guzzi | | | Ret | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Günther Borgesdiek | Norton | | | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Robert Coleman | Norton | | | | Ret | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Francisco González | Norton | Ret | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ken Kavanagh | Moto Guzzi | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Olle Nygren | Matchless | Ret | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Leen Reehorst | Jawa | | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Martinus van Son | Matchless | | Ret | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Sven Andersson | Norton | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Jean-Pierre Bayle | Norton | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Raymond Bogaerdt | Norton | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Buno Böhrer | Horex | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Paolo Campanelli | Gilera | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | George Catlin | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Artemio Cirelli | Gilera | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | John Clark | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jacques Collot | Norton | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Robert Cook | BSA | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ronald Cousins | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dickie Dale | Moto Guzzi | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Firmin Dawue | Norton | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Gerardo Düring | Matchless | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Brian Duffy | Norton | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Anton Elbersen | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Karl-Heinz Ewig | Norton | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Ray Fay | BSA | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Robin Fitton | Norton | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Brian Freestone | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Enrico Galante | Norton | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Martino Giani | Gilera | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Francesco Guglielminetti | Norton | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | William Hall | Norton | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Gustav Havel | Jawa | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frantisek Helikar | Jawa | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Eric Hinton | Norton | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Jaap Iesberts | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Richard Ingram | BSA | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Arnold Jones | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Kees Koster | Norton | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Leigh | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Ivor Lloyd | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Giuseppe Mantelli | Gilera | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Robert McCracken | Norton | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Bob McIntyre | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jules Nies | Norton | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Norris | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ernie Oliver | Norton | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Sergio Pinza | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Maurice Pizzey | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Derek Powell | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Charlie Salt | BSA | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Brian Setchell | AJS | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Terry Shepherd | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Lodewijk Simons | Norton | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frantisek Stastny | Jawa | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ken Swallow | Matchless | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Gerrit Ten Kate | Norton | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gerry Turner | BSA | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dreikus Veer | Jawa | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | John Waring | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Arthur Wheeler | Moto Guzzi | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Jack Wilks | BSA | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Trevor Williams | Norton | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Pilot | Moto | IOM | NED | BEL | GER | ULS | NAT | Pts |
| Color | Resultat |
| Or | Guanyador |
| Argent | 2n lloc |
| Bronze | 3r lloc |
| Verd | Va acabar sumant punts |
| Blau | Va acabar sense sumar punts |
| Blau | No classificat (NC) |
| Porpra | Es retirà (Ret o DNF) |
| Vermell | No qualificat (NQ o DNQ) |
| Vermell | No pre-qualificat (NPQ o DNPQ) |
| Negre | Desqualificat (DSQ) |
| Blanc | No va començar (NVC o DNS) |
| Blanc | Abandonà (AB o WD) |
| Blanc | Retirat per lesió (LES) |
| Blanc | Cursa cancel·lada (C) |
| Gris | No va entrenar (NE o DNP) |
| Gris | No va arribar (NA o DNA) |
| Gris | Exclòs (EX) |

## 350 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Bill Lomas | Moto Guzzi | 24 | 3 |
| 2 | Dickie Dale | Moto Guzzi | 17 | 0 |
| = | August Hobl | DKW | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 14 | 1 |
| 5 | Cecil Sandford | DKW | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Ken Kavanagh | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 1 |
| 7 | Libero Liberati | Gilera | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | John Hartle | Norton | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Derek Ennett | AJS | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Karl Hofmann | DKW | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | Roberto Colombo | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Jack Brett | Norton | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Hans Bartl | DKW | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Umberto Masetti | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 |
| = | Peter Murphy | AJS | 2 | 0 |
| = | Eddie Grant | Norton | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Bob Brown | AJS | 1 | 0 |
| = | Bob Matthews | Norton | 1 | 0 |
| = | Alan Trow | Norton | 1 | 0 |

## 250 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 32 | 5 |
| 2 | Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 26 | 1 |
| 3 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Roberto Colombo | MV Agusta | 9 | 0 |
| = | Horst Kassner | NSU | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Sammy Miller | NSU | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Hans Baltisberger | NSU | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Arthur Wheeler | Moto Guzzi | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Bob Coleman | NSU | 3 | 0 |
| = | Kees Koster | NSU | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | František Bartoš | ČZ | 2 | 0 |
| = | Bill Maddrick | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 |
| = | Lo Simons | NSU | 2 | 0 |
| = | Alano Montanari | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 |
| = | Bob Brown | NSU | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Jean-Pierre Bayle | NSU | 1 | 0 |
| = | Maurice Büla | NSU | 1 | 0 |
| = | Roland Heck | NSU | 1 | 0 |
| = | Jirí Koštír | ČZ | 1 | 0 |

## 125 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 32 | 5 |
| 2 | Romolo Ferri | Gilera | 14 | 1 |
| 3 | Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Tarquinio Provini | Mondial | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | Fortunato Libanori | MV Agusta | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | Marcelo Cama | Montesa | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | August Hobl | DKW | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Karl Hofman | DKW | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Pierre Monneret | Gilera | 4 | 0 |
| = | Francisco González | Montesa | 4 | 0 |
| = | Renato Sartori | Mondial | 4 | 0 |
| = | Bill Webster | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Cecil Sandford | Mondial | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Enric Sirera | Montesa | 3 | 0 |
| = | Bill Maddrick | MV Agusta | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Sandro Artusi | Ducati | 2 | 0 |
| = | Dave Chadwick | LEF | 2 | 0 |
| = | Frank Cope | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 |
| = | František Bartoš | ČZ | 1 | 0 |
| = | Johnny Grace | Montesa | 1 | 0 |
| = | Vaclav Parus | ČZ | 1 | 0 |

## Referències

* Büla, Maurice; Schertenleib, Jean-Claude. Continental Circus 1949–2000 (en anglès, francès i alemany). Chronosports S.A., 2001. ISBN 2-940125-32-5.
* «The Official MotoGP website» (en anglès). Arxivat de l'original el 18/9/2012. [Consulta: 6 juliol 2010].