1955 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |
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The 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 7th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eight Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on May 1, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on September 4.
Contents |
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 500cc winner | Report |
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1 | May 1 | Spanish Grand Prix | Montjuïc circuit | Luigi Taveri | Reg Armstrong | Faust / Remmert | Report | ||
2 | May 15 | French Grand Prix | Reims-Gueux | Carlo Ubbiali | Duilio Agostini | Geoff Duke | Report | ||
3 | June 10 | Isle of Man TT | Snaefell mountain course | Carlo Ubbiali | Bill Lomas | Bill Lomas | Geoff Duke | Schneider / Strauß | Report |
4 | June 26 | German Grand Prix | Nürburgring | Carlo Ubbiali | Hermann Paul Müller | Bill Lomas | Geoff Duke | Faust / Remmert | Report |
5 | July 3 | Belgian Grand Prix | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Bill Lomas | Giuseppe Colnago | Noll / Cron | Report | ||
6 | July 16 | Dutch TT | TT Circuit Assen | Carlo Ubbiali | Luigi Taveri | Ken Kavanagh | Geoff Duke | Faust / Remmert | Report |
7 | August 13 | Ulster Grand Prix | Dundrod Circuit | John Surtees | Bill Lomas | Bill Lomas | Report | ||
8 | September 4 | Nations Grand Prix | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | Dickie Dale | Umberto Masetti | Noll / Cron | Report |
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races counted in the Sidecars, 125cc and 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, the five best results were counted.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Bill Lomas | 72 | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 32 | 4 |
2 | Dickie Dale | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 18 | 1 | |
3 | August Hobl | Germany | DKW | 17 | 0 | |
4 | Ken Kavanagh | Australia | Moto Guzzi | 14 | 1 | |
5 | Cecil Sandford | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 13 | 0 | |
6 | John Surtees | United Kingdom | Norton | 11 | 0 | |
7 | Duilio Agostini | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 8 | 1 | |
8 | Bob McIntyre | United Kingdom | Norton | 8 | 0 | |
9 | John Hartle | United Kingdom | Norton | 7 | 0 | |
10 | Roberto Colombo | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 7 | 0 | |
11 | Keith Campbell | Australia | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
12 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | |
= | Auguste Goffin | Belgium | Velocette | 3 | 0 | |
14 | Peter Murphy | New Zealand | AJS | 3 | 0 | |
= | Karl Hofmann | Germany | DKW | 3 | 0 | |
16 | Maurice Quincey | Australia | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
17 | Hans Bartl | Netherlands | DKW | 2 | 0 | |
18 | Jacques Collot | France | Norton | 1 | 0 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Hermann Paul Müller | Germany | NSU | 16 | 1 | |
2 | Cecil Sandford | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 14 | 0 | |
3 | Bill Lomas | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 13 | 1 | |
4 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 11 | 1 | |
5 | Umberto Masetti | Italy | MV Agusta | 11 | 0 | |
6 | Sammy Miller | United Kingdom | NSU | 10 | 0 | |
7 | John Surtees | United Kingdom | NSU | 8 | 1 | |
= | Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 8 | 1 | |
9 | Hans Baltisberger | Germany | NSU | 6 | 0 | |
= | Wolfgang Brandt | Germany | NSU | 6 | 0 | |
11 | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 | |
12 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | |
13 | Dave Chadwick | United Kingdom | RD Special | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Bill Webster | United Kingdom | Velocette | 1 | 0 | |
= | Helmut Hallmeier | Germany | NSU | 1 | 0 |
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 32 | 5 | |
2 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | MV Agusta | 26 | 1 | |
3 | Remo Venturi | Italy | MV Agusta | 16 | 0 | |
4 | Giuseppe Lattanzi | Italy | Mondial | 11 | 0 | |
5 | Angelo Copeta | Italy | MV Agusta | 8 | 0 | |
6 | Romolo Ferri | Italy | Mondial | 7 | 0 | |
7 | Bill Webster | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 5 | 0 | |
8 | Rudolf Grimas | Austria | Mondial | 4 | 0 | |
9 | Bill Lomas | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 3 | 0 | |
= | August Hobl | Germany | DKW | 3 | 0 | |
= | Karl Lottes | Germany | MV Agusta | 3 | 0 | |
= | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | Mondial | 3 | 0 | |
13 | Bernhard Petruschke | Germany | IFA | 2 | 0 | |
= | Willi Scheidhauer | Germany | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | |
= | Sigfried Wünsche | Germany | DKW | 2 | 0 | |
16 | Marcelo Cama | Spain | Montesa | 1 | 0 | |
= | Paolo Campanelli | Italy | Mondial | 1 | 0 | |
= | Erhard Krumpholz | Germany | IFA | 1 | 0 | |
= | Ross Porter | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 | |
= | Erich Wünsche | Germany | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 |
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