1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
- 3.1 Race Results
- 3.2 Drivers' Championship
- 3.3 Constructors' Championship
- 4.1 Race Results
- 4.2 Drivers' Championship
- 4.3 Constructors' Championship
- 5.1 Race Results
- 5.2 Drivers' Championship
- 5.3 Constructors' Championship
- 6.1 Race Results
- 6.2 Drivers' Championship
- 6.3 Constructors' Championship
- 7.1 Race Results
- 7.2 Drivers' Championship
- 7.3 Constructors' Championship
The World Motorcycle Championship season in 1956 was the eighth in the history of FIM motorcycle road racing World Championship.
In all classes, six races were held.
Scoring
In the score came with less than eight races held the top four results, eight or more races were held the five best results obtained were included in the championship standings.
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Mortality
- The South Africans Eddie Grant came in early August 1956 at a race in France Villefranche -de- Rouergue killed.
- Derek Ennett, who came from the Isle of Man, was killed on August 9, the 1956 350 cc race at the Ulster Grand Prix fatal.
- The Betzinger NSU factory driver Hans Baltisberger died on 26 August 1956, serious injuries that he had recently sustained in a storm in the running for the Grand Prize of Czechoslovakia in Brno.
- The 14- time Dutch champion motorcycle accident Lo Simons on September 23, 1956 at a race Kristianstad, Sweden fatal, when he came to fall because of a broken connecting rod.
500 cc class
Race Results
Drivers' championship
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
350 cc class
Race Results
Drivers' championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
250 cc class
Race Results
Drivers' championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
125 cc class
Race Results
Drivers' championship
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
Teams ( 500 cc )
Race Results
Drivers' championship
( Points in brackets including void results )
Constructors' Championship
( Points in brackets including void results )