1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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The 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the sixth competitive motorcycle season, with nine Grands Prix and 4 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc.

Contents 1 Grands Prix 2 Championship Standings 2.1 500cc Standings 2.2 350cc Standings 2.3 250cc Standings 2.4 125cc Standings

[edit] Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	125 winner	250 winner	350 winner	500 winner	Report
1	French Grand Prix	Reims		Werner Haas	Pierre Monneret	Pierre Monneret	Report
2	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Rupert Hollaus	Werner Haas	Rod Coleman	Ray Amm	Report
3	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Rupert Hollaus	Werner Haas	Ray Amm	Ray Amm †	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa			Ken Kavanagh	Geoff Duke	Report
5	Dutch TT	Assen	Rupert Hollaus	Werner Haas	Fergus Anderson	Geoff Duke	Report
6	West German Grand Prix	Solitude	Rupert Hollaus	Werner Haas	Ray Amm	Geoff Duke	Report
7	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten		Rupert Hollaus	Fergus Anderson	Geoff Duke	Report
8	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Guido Sala	Arthur Wheeler	Fergus Anderson	Geoff Duke	Report
9	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc Park	Tarquinio Provini		Fergus Anderson	Dickie Dale	Report

† The 500 cc race was stopped by bad weather, and the FIM excluded the race from the World Championship.

[edit] Championship Standings

[edit] 500cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Geoff Duke		United Kingdom	Gilera	40	5
2	Ray Amm	93	Rhodesia	Norton	20	1
3	Ken Kavanagh		Australia	Moto Guzzi	16	0
4	Dickie Dale		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	13	1
5	Reg Armstrong		United Kingdom	Gilera	13	0
6	Pierre Monneret		France	Gilera	8	1
7	Fergus Anderson		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	8	0
=	Carlos Bandirola		Italy	MV Agusta	8	0
=	Jack Brett		United Kingdom	Norton	8	0
10	Umberto Masetti		Italy	Gilera	6	0
=	Alfredo Milani		Italy	Gilera	6	0
12	Rod Coleman		New Zealand	AJS	5	0
13	Nello Pagani		Italy	MV Agusta	4	0
=	Jacques Collot		France	Norton	4	0
=	Léon Martin		Belgium	Gilera	4	0
16	Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	AJS	4	0
17	Tommy Wood		United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
=	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Norton	3	0
19	Rudy Allison		South Africa	Norton	2	0
=	Keith Campbell		Australia	Norton	2	0
=	Auguste Goffin		Belgium	Norton	2	0
=	Bob Matthews		United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
23	Harold Clark		United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Peter Murphy		New Zealand	Matchless	1	0
=	Derek Farrant		United Kingdom	AJS	1	0
=	Cyril Julian		United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Gordon Laing		Australia	Norton	1	0

[edit] 350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Fergus Anderson		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	38	4
2	Ray Amm		Rhodesia	Norton	22	2
3	Rod Coleman	33	New Zealand	AJS	20	1
4	Ken Kavanagh		Australia	Moto Guzzi	18	1
5	Enrico Lorenzetti		Italy	Moto Guzzi	15	0
6	Jack Brett		United Kingdom	Norton	14	0
7	Duilio Agostini		Italy	Moto Guzzi	9	0
8	Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	AJS	9	0
9	Leo Simpson		New Zealand	AJS	9	0
10	Pierre Monneret		France	AJS	8	1
11	Auguste Goffin		Belgium	Norton	7	0
12	Derek Farrant		United Kingdom	AJS	6	0
13	Bob Matthews		United Kingdom	Velocette	6	0
14	Johnny Grace		Gibraltar	Norton	4	0
=	Sigfried Wünsche		Germany	DKW	4	0
=	Bob Keeler		United Kingdom	Norton	4	0
17	Georg Braun		Germany	NSU	4	0
=	Maurice Quincey		Australia	Norton	4	0
19	Jacques Collot		France	Norton	3	0
=	Gordon Laing		Australia	Norton	3	0
21	Karl Hoffmann		Germany	DKW	2	0
=	Peter Davey		United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	Barry Stormont		New Zealand	BSA	2	0
24	Alano Montanari		Italy	Moto Guzzi	1	0
=	John Clark		United Kingdom	AJS	1	0
=	Firmin Dauwe		Belgium	Norton	1	0

[edit] 250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Werner Haas		Germany	NSU	32	5
2	Rupert Hollaus		Austria	NSU	26	1
3	Hermann Paul Müller		Germany	NSU	17	0
4	Arthur Wheeler		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	15	1
5	Hans Baltisberger		Germany	NSU	14	0
6	Georg Braun		Germany	NSU	6	0
=	Romolo Ferri		Italy	Moto Guzzi	6	0
8	Roberto Colombo		Italy	Moto Guzzi	5	0
9	Reg Armstrong		United Kingdom	NSU	4	0
=	Helmut Hallmeier		Germany	Adler	4	0
=	Kurt Knopf		Germany	NSU	4	0
12	Tommy Wood		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	4	0
13	Ken Kavanagh		Australia	Moto Guzzi	3	0
=	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Moto Guzzi	3	0
15	Fergus Anderson		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	2	0
=	Walter Reichert		Germany	NSU	2	0
=	John Horne		United Kingdom	Rudge	2	0
18	Walter Vogel		Germany	Adler	2	0
19	Lanfranco Baviera		Italy	Moto Guzzi	1	0
=	Bob Geeson		United Kingdom	REG	1	0
=	Angelo Marelli		Italy	Moto Guzzi	1	0

[edit] 125cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Rupert Hollaus		Austria	NSU	32	4
2	Carlo Ubbiali		Italy	MV Agusta	18	0
3	Hermann Paul Müller		Germany	NSU	15	0
4	Tarquinio Provini		Italy	Mondial	14	1
5	Werner Haas		Germany	NSU	11	0
6	Hans Baltisberger		Germany	NSU	10	0
7	Guido Sala		Italy	MV Agusta	8	1
8	Cecil Sandford		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	8	0
9	Roberto Colombo		Italy	MV Agusta	6	0
10	José Antonio Elizalde		Spain	Montesa	4	0
11	Juan Bertrand		Spain	Montesa	3	0
=	Massimo Genevini		Italy	MV Agusta	3	0
13	Franco Bertoni		Italy	MV Agusta	2	0
=	Arturo Paragues		Spain	Lube	2	0
=	Ivor Lloyd		Canada	MV Agusta	2	0
16	Karl Lottes		Germany	MV Agusta	2	0
17	Angelo Copeta		Italy	MV Agusta	1	0
=	Gabriel Corsin		Spain	MV Agusta	1	0
=	Brian Purslow		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	1	0
=	Willi Scheidhauer		Germany	MV Agusta	1	0