At Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Britain's Geoff Duke outrides Italy's Libero Liberati to win the 1956 500cc Class Nations Grand Prix by 0.1 seconds.
In one of the most nail-biting races in the history of the Nations GP, Gilera team-mates Geoff Duke and Libero Liberati battled each other at every turn, at every straight away. So evenly matched on this Sunday that they even tied for the fastest lap at 1:50.4.
Libero Liberati would win the 1957 500cc World Championship (Gilera). Geoff Duke would win the 500cc World Championship in 1951 (Norton), 1953 (Gilera), 1954 (Gilera) and 1955 (Gilera).
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