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1955 French motorcycle Grand Prix

FieldValue
Grand PrixFrench
flagFrance
LocationReims-Gueux
Course_mi5.159
Course_km8.301
CoursePublic roads
Race_No2
Season_No8
Date15 May
Year1955
ImageCircuit-Reims-1954.png
Fast_Rider_500Geoff Duke
Fast_Rider_500_CountryUK
Fast_Rider_500_BikeGilera
Fast_Time_5002:39.0
First_Rider_500Geoff Duke
First_Rider_500_CountryUK
First_Rider_500_BikeGilera
Second_Rider_500Libero Liberati
Second_Rider_500_CountryItaly
Second_Rider_500_BikeGilera
Third_Rider_500Reg Armstrong
Third_Rider_500_CountryIreland
Third_Rider_500_BikeGilera
Fast_Rider_350Duilio Agostini
Fast_Rider_350_CountryItaly
Fast_Rider_350_BikeMoto Guzzi
Fast_Time_3503:02.0
First_Rider_350Duilio Agostini
First_Rider_350_CountryItaly
First_Rider_350_BikeMoto Guzzi
Second_Rider_350Dickie Dale
Second_Rider_350_CountryUK
Second_Rider_350_BikeMoto Guzzi
Third_Rider_350Roberto Colombo
Third_Rider_350_CountryItaly
Third_Rider_350_BikeMoto Guzzi
Fast_Rider_125Romolo Ferri
Fast_Rider_125_CountryItaly
Fast_Rider_125_BikeMondial
Fast_Time_1253:16.8
First_Rider_125Carlo Ubbiali
First_Rider_125_CountryItaly
First_Rider_125_BikeMV Agusta
Second_Rider_125Luigi Taveri
Second_Rider_125_CountrySwitzerland
Second_Rider_125_BikeMV Agusta
Third_Rider_125Giuseppe Lattanzi
Third_Rider_125_CountryItaly
Third_Rider_125_BikeMondial

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The 1955 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 May 1955 at the Reims-Gueux circuit.

500 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints123456789
GBR Geoff DukeGilera301:22:52.88
ITA Libero LiberatiGilera30+2:00.26
IRL Reg ArmstrongGilera30+2:22.44
ITA Tito ForconiMV Agusta3
FRA Jacques CollotNorton2
BEL Firmin DauweNorton1
CHE Florian CamathiasNorton
FRA Marcel BeauvaisNorton
FRA Jean-Pierre BayleNorton

350 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints1234567891011121314
ITA Duilio AgostiniMoto Guzzi241:16:16.58
GBR Dickie DaleMoto Guzzi24+1.26
ITA Roberto ColomboMoto Guzzi24+1:33.84
BEL Auguste GoffinNorton3
NZL Peter MurphyAJS2
FRA Jacques CollotNorton1
GBR John StorrNorton
MAR Francis FlahautNorton
GBR Robin FittonVelocette
FRG Bruno BöhrerParilla
GBR Tommy WoodNorton
CHE Hans HaldemannNorton
P. WhelanAJS
FRA René GuérinNorton

125cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredPoints12345678910Source:
ITA Carlo UbbialiMV Agusta1240:29.88
CHE Luigi TaveriMV Agusta12+18.86
ITA Giuseppe LattanziMondial12+18.94
ITA Tarquinio ProviniMondial12+30.83
ITA Angelo CopetaMV Agusta12+1:09.62
ITA Romolo FerriMondial11+1 lap1
FRG Otto KrebsMondial
GBR Bill WebsterMV Agusta
FRG Karl KronmüllerMV Agusta
FRG Willi ScheidhauerMV Agusta
14 starters, 10 finishers

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1954 French Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1958 French Grand Prix

References

  1. "Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956". Temple Press Ltd.
  2. Haefliger, Werner. "FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide".
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