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1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the sixth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of nine Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 30 May, with French Grand Prix and ended with Spanish Grand Prix on 3 October.

The Constructors' titles for all classes were not recognized by the Federation following a political crisis with the constructors (represented by the International Permanent Bureau of Motorcycle Manufacturers) concerning the number of races to be held during the season and the abolition of the riders' championship.

1954 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
30 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Reims		FRG Werner Haas	FRA Pierre Monneret	FRA Pierre Monneret		[Report](1954-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
18 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain††	AUT Rupert Hollaus	FRG Werner Haas	NZL Rod Coleman	Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm	GBR Oliver / Nutt	[Report](1954-isle-of-man-tt)
26 June	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	AUT Rupert Hollaus	FRG Werner Haas	Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm	Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm †	GBR Oliver / Nutt	[Report](1954-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
4 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps			AUS Ken Kavanagh	GBR Geoff Duke	GBR Oliver / Nutt	[Report](1954-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
10 July	NLD Dutch TT	Assen	AUT Rupert Hollaus	FRG Werner Haas	GBR Fergus Anderson	GBR Geoff Duke		[Report](1954-dutch-tt)
25 July	FRG German Grand Prix	Solitude	AUT Rupert Hollaus	FRG Werner Haas	Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm	GBR Geoff Duke	DEU Noll / Cron	[Report](1954-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
22 August	CHE Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten		AUT Rupert Hollaus	GBR Fergus Anderson	GBR Geoff Duke	DEU Noll / Cron	[Report](1953-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
12 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	ITA Guido Sala	GBR Arthur Wheeler	GBR Fergus Anderson	GBR Geoff Duke	DEU Noll / Cron	[Report](1954-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
3 October	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc	ITA Tarquinio Provini		GBR Fergus Anderson	GBR Dickie Dale		[Report](1954-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)

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

†† The Sidecars and 125cc races were held on the 10.6-mile (17.364) km long Clypse Course other than the usual 37 mile (62 km) Snaefell mountain course.

Standings

Scoring system

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	Points
8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	[FRA](1954-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[IOM](1954-isle-of-man-tt)
IOM	[BEL](1954-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[HOL](1954-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GER](1954-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[SUI](1953-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CHE	[NAC](1954-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ESP](1954-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	=	12	13	14	=	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	=	35	=	37	38	39	40	41	=	43	44	45	46	=	48	49	50	51	=	53	54	55	=	=	58	59	60	61	=	63	=	65	66	67	=	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Pos	Pilot	Moto	[FRA](1954-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[MAN](1954-isle-of-man-tt)
GBR	[BEL](1954-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[HOL](1954-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GER](1954-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[SUI](1953-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CHE	[NAC](1954-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ESP](1954-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	Pts
GBR Geoff Duke	Gilera	12	2	1	*1*	1	1	1		40 (46)
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Ray Amm	Norton		1	Ret	Ret	2	2	7		20
AUS Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi		Ret	2	Ret	4	Ret	6	2	16
GBR Dickie Dale	MV Agusta		7		5	20		4	1	13
IRL Reg Armstrong	Gilera	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	3	3	5		13
FRA Pierre Monneret	Gilera	*1*		Ret			7	Ret		8
GBR Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi		Ret	Ret	2	5	Ret	7	Ret	8
ITA Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta				3	Ret		3	Ret	8
GBR Jack Brett	Norton		3			6	4	11		8
ITA Umberto Masetti	Gilera							2		6
ITA Alfredo Milani	Gilera	2								6
NZL Rod Coleman	AJS		Ret	Ret	4	8	5	Ret		5
ITA Nello Pagani	MV Agusta				7			12	3	4
FRA Jacques Collot	Norton	3								4
BEL Léon Martin	Gilera			3						4
GBR Bob McIntyre	AJS		14	4	6	7	Ret			4
CHE Luigi Taveri	Norton / MV Agusta	4					9	10	Ret	3
Isle_of_Wight Tommy Wood	Norton								4	3
BEL Auguste Goffin	Norton	Ret		9					5	2
NIR Bob Matthews	Norton	5		13	14	19			10	2
AUS Keith Campbell	Norton			5	Ret					2
ZAF Rudy Allison	Norton		5							2
GBR Harold Clark	Norton		Ret	8					6	1
GBR Cyril Julian	Norton	6	48			14				1
NZL Peter Murphy	Matchless		18	6	Ret					1
GBR Derek Farrant	AJS		Ret			Ret	6			1
AUS Gordon Laing	Norton		6							1
AUS Jack Ahearn	Norton		9	7	9	12		Ret		0
ESP Alfredo Flores	Norton	Ret							7	0
FRA Pierre Cherrier	Norton	7								0
NZL Leo Simpson	Norton / AJS / Matchless		12	Ret	Ret	9	8			0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	Norton		34						8	0
GBR Bob Keeler	Norton		8		Ret					0
GBR Bill Lomas	MV Agusta		Ret					8		0
NZL Barrie Stormont	BSA	8								0
NLD Drikus Veer	Gilera				8					0
DEU Rudolf Knees	BMW / Norton					16			9	0
FRA Roland Gauch	AJS	9								0
AUS Maurice Quincey	Norton		10	Ret	10	10				0
GBR Dennis Lashmar	BSA		21	10	Ret	Ret				0
DEU Hans Bartl	BMW						10			0
DEU Bruno Böhrer	Horex	10								0
NLD Piet Knijnenburg	BMW				11	11				0
GBR Phil Heath	AJS / Norton		Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret			0
GBR Peter Davey	Norton		11		Ret					0
CHE Florian Camathias	BMW						11			0
GBR Barry Haynes	BSA	11								0
BEL Raoul Gerrebos	Norton			12		13				0
NIR Mike O'Rourke	Norton		46		12					0
DEU Walter Zeller	BMW					Ret		13		0
NLD Piet Bakker	Norton				13					0
AUS Keith Bryen	Norton		13							0
GBR Tom McCleary	Matchless			14	Ret					0
ITA Tito Forconi	Gilera							14		0
DEU Alois Huber	Norton					15				0
NLD Lodewijk Simons	Matchless				15					0
GBR John Surtees	Norton		15							0
NIR Peter Carter	Norton		16							0
NLD Cees Van Burik	Norton				16					0
CAN Roy Godwin	Norton	Ret	17				Ret			0
NLD Jaap Iesberts	Matchless				17					0
DEU Karl Kronmüller	BMW					17				0
DDR Edgar Barth	Norton					18				0
SWE Evert Carlsson	Norton				18					0
GBR Bill Beevers	Norton		29		19					0
GBR Roy Ingram	Norton		19							0
GBR George Morgan	Norton				20					0
GBR George Salt	Matchless		20							0
DEU Karl-Julius Holthaus	Triumph					21				0
GBR Charlie Salt	BSA		22							0
GBR Bob Rowbottom	Norton		23							0
GBR Syd Barnett	Matchless		24							0
SWE Ulf Gate	Norton		25							0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton		26							0
GBR Don Williams	Norton		27							0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	AJS		28							0
GBR Roy Walker	BSA		30							0
NIR Malcolm Templeton	Matchless		31							0
GBR Terry Shepherd	AJS		32							0
GBR Eric Pantlin	Norton		33							0
GBR Arnold Jones	Matchless		35							0
GBR Jimmy Lanyon	Matchless		36							0
CAN Edward Havens	AJS		37							0
GBR Frank Fox	Norton		38							0
GBR John Clark	Matchless		39							0
GBR Harry Pearce	Matchless		40							0
GBR Roy Smith	Velocette		41							0
GBR Eric Jones	Norton		42							0
GBR Ray Fay	Norton		43							0
GBR Robert King	Norton		44							0
GBR Cliff Carr	AJS		45							0
GBR Ken Swallow	Matchless		47							0
GBR Ken Willis	AJS		49							0
GBR Louis Gilbert	AJS		50							0
GBR Ernie Barrett	Norton		51							0
Crown Colony of North Borneo William Cleugh	Norton		52							0
GBR Ron Rudge	Matchless		53							0
DEU Georg Braun	Horex			Ret			Ret	Ret	Ret	0
GBR John Storr	Norton				Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	0
BEL Firmin Dauwe	Norton	Ret					Ret			0
Ceylon Rally Dean	Norton	Ret				Ret				0
GBR Stanley Dibben	Norton		Ret			Ret				0
MAR Francis Flahaut	BMW / Norton	Ret						Ret		0
GIB John Grace	Norton		Ret						Ret	0
GBR Eric Houseley	AJS / Norton		Ret		Ret					0
ITA Alano Montanari	Moto Guzzi				Ret			Ret		0
ITA Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi								Ret	0
FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton	Ret								0
ITA Dante Bianchi	Moto Guzzi							Ret		0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Cyril Blacker	AJS		Ret							0
GBR Jack Bottomley	Norton		Ret							0
BEL Charles Bruguiere	AJS	Ret								0
FRA Georges Burgraff	Norton							Ret		0
ITA Paolo Campanelli	Gilera							Ret		0
GBR Roly Capner	BSA		Ret							0
GBR Louis Carr	Matchless		Ret							0
ESP Antonio Creus	Norton								Ret	0
GBR Les Dear	Norton		Ret							0
CHE René del Torchio	Matchless						Ret			0
GBR Brian Duffy	Norton	Ret								0
NLD Anton Elbersen	Matchless				Ret					0
GBR Roy Evans	Matchless		Ret							0
ITA Lodovico Facchinelli	Gilera							Ret		0
ITA Dino Fagiolini	Moto Guzzi							Ret		0
GBR Arthur Fenn	Norton						Ret			0
GBR John Fisher	Matchless		Ret							0
GBR Robin Fitton	Velocette	Ret								0
GBR Ted Frend	Norton		Ret							0
ITA Enrico Galante	Norton							Ret		0
ESP Francisco González	Clua								Ret	0
ITA Francis Guglielminetti	Norton							Ret		0
CHE Hans Haldemann	Norton	Ret								0
GBR William Hall	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Edward Hunt	Norton		Ret							0
DEU Peter Knees	BMW								Ret	0
GBR Arthur Lavington	Velocette		Ret							0
GBR George Leigh	Norton		Ret							0
ITA Libero Liberati	Gilera							Ret		0
ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi			Ret						0
GBR Frank Norris	FAN		Ret							0
NLD Gerard Poel	Matchless				Ret					0
GBR Brian Purslow	BSA		Ret							0
DEU Ernst Riedelbauch	Norton					Ret				0
ITA Antonio Ronchei	Norton							Ret		0
GBR Simon Sandys-Winsch	Velocette		Ret							0
DEU Roland Schnell	Horex			Ret						0
ITA Otello Spadoni	Gilera						Ret			0
DEU Heinrich Thorn-Prikker	Moto Guzzi				Ret					0
GBR Ken Tostevin	Matchless		Ret							0
GBR Dave Tutty	Norton		Ret							0
AUT Helmut Volzwinkler	Matchless						Ret			0
DEU Gerrit Von Woedkte	Norton					Ret				0
CAN Ivor Wagar	Norton		Ret							0
DEU Robert Zeller	BMW					Ret				0

Bold – Pole

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350cc Standings

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

250cc Standings

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

125cc riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	[MAN](1954-isle-of-man-tt)
GBR	[ULS](1954-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Ulster	[NED](1954-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GER](1954-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[NAT](1954-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ESP](1954-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	Pts	1	32	2	18	3	15	4	14	5	11	6	10	7	8	8	8	9	6	10	4	11	3	11	3	13	2	13	2	13	2	16	2	17	1	17	1	17	1	17	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	[MAN](1954-isle-of-man-tt)
GBR	[ULS](1954-ulster-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Ulster	[NED](1954-dutch-tt)
NLD	[GER](1954-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
DEU	[NAT](1954-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[ESP](1954-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	Pts
AUT Rupert Hollaus	NSU	1F	1	1F	1F	DNS
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	2	NCF	3	3	3F	NCF
FRG Hermann Paul Müller	NSU		2	2	4
ITA Tarquinio Provini	Mondial					2	1
FRG Werner Haas	NSU		4	5	2
FRG Hans Baltisberger	NSU	4	3	4
ITA Guido Sala	MV Agusta					1
GBR Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta	3	5		5
ITA Roberto Colombo	MV Agusta						2
ESP José Antonio Elizalde	Montesa						3
ITA Massimo Genevini	MV Agusta					4
ESP Juan Bertrand	Montesa						4
GBR Ivor Lloyd	MV Agusta	5
ITA Franco Bertoni	MV Agusta					5
ESP Arturo Paragues	Lube						5
FRG Karl Lottes	MV Agusta			6	6
GBR Brian Purslow	MV Agusta	6
ITA Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta		6
FRG Willi Scheidhauer	MV Agusta					6
ESP Gabriel Corsin	MV Agusta						6

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A.

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