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1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the seventh 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 1 May, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 4 September.

1955 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
1 May	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	CHE Luigi Taveri			IRL Reg Armstrong	DEU Faust / Remmert	Report
15 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Reims	ITA Carlo Ubbiali		ITA Duilio Agostini	GBR Geoff Duke		Report
10 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR Bill Lomas	GBR Bill Lomas	GBR Geoff Duke	DEU Schneider / Strauß	Report
26 June	FRG German Grand Prix	Nürburgring Nordschleife	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	FRG Hermann Paul Müller	GBR Bill Lomas	GBR Geoff Duke	DEU Faust / Remmert	Report
3 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps			GBR Bill Lomas	ITA Giuseppe Colnago	DEU Noll / Cron	Report
16 July	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	CHE Luigi Taveri	AUS Ken Kavanagh	GBR Geoff Duke	DEU Faust / Remmert	Report
13 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit		GBR John Surtees	GBR Bill Lomas	GBR Bill Lomas		Report
4 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR Dickie Dale	ITA Umberto Masetti	DEU Noll / Cron	Report

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	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	GER
DEU	BEL
BEL	HOL
NLD	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	=	14	15	16	=	18	=	20	21	22	23	24	=	26	27	28	=	=	31	=	33	=	35	=	37	38	39	40	41	=	=	44	45	46	=	48	=	=	51	52	=	=	55	=	56	=	=	59	60	61	=	63	64	=	66	67	68	69	=	=	=	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	=	82	=	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Pos	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	GER
DEU	BEL
BEL	HOL
NLD	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts
GBR Geoff Duke	Gilera	Ret	1	1	1	Ret	1		3	36
IRL Reg Armstrong	Gilera	1	3	2	Ret	Ret	2		2	30
ITA Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	3			4		3		1	19
ITA Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera	7			5	1	Ret		4	13
ITA Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta	2	11		3	Ret			Ret	10
GBR Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi			7				1		8
FRA Pierre Monneret	Gilera		10			2			Ret	6
GBR John Hartle	Norton			13				2		6
ITA Libero Liberati	Gilera		2						Ret	6
DEU Walter Zeller	BMW				2					6
GBR Bob McIntyre	Norton			5				4		5
GBR Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	Ret						3		4
AUS Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi	Ret		3						4
BEL Léon Martin	Gilera					3				4
ITA Tito Forconi	MV Agusta	6	4			Ret			Ret	4
ITA Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi	Ret				4				3
GBR Jack Brett	Norton			4				Ret		3
ITA Orlando Valdinoci	Gilera	4								3
NLD Drikus Veer	Gilera						4			3
AUS Bob Brown	Matchless			16		11	5			2
ITA Alfredo Milani	Gilera					Ret	14		5	2
NZL Peter Murphy	Matchless		Ret	Ret			Ret	5		2
BEL Auguste Goffin	Norton		Ret		Ret	5				2
FRA Jacques Collot	Norton		5						Ret	2
ITA Nello Pagani	MV Agusta	5	Ret							2
AUS Jack Ahearn	Norton			Ret	6	7	Ret	Ret		1
ZAF Eddie Grant	Matchless / Norton			14		16	6			1
GBR John Clark	Matchless			Ret				6		1
DEU Ernst Riedelbauch	BMW				Ret				6	1
GBR John Storr	Norton		Ret			6				1
BEL Firmin Dauwe	Norton		6							1
IOM Derek Ennett	Matchless			6						1
DEU Hans-Günther Jäger	Norton				7		8			0
GBR Eric Jones	Norton			8				7		0
CHE Florian Camathias	Norton		7					Ret		0
AUT Gerold Klinger	BMW				Ret				7	0
NLD Piet Bakker	Norton						7			0
NZL Len Aislabie	Norton			20	Ret	8		Ret		0
SWE Sven Andersson	Norton			Ret	8				Ret	0
GBR William Hall	Norton						Ret		8	0
FRA Marcel Beauvais	Norton		8							0
ESP Alfredo Flores	Norton	8								0
NLD Priem Rozenberg	BMW						8			0
NIR Bob Matthews	Norton				11	9	Ret	11		0
NZL Bill Collett	Matchless			23		Ret		9		0
GBR Derek Powell	Matchless			9				Ret		0
GBR Percy Tait	Norton			Ret				9		0
FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton		9							0
ITA Enrico Galante	Norton								9	0
SWE Kuno Johansson	Matchless				9					0
GBR Phil Heath	Norton				14	13	10	Ret		0
GBR Peter Davey	Norton			10			Ret			0
DEU Ernst Hiller	Matchless				10				Ret	0
NZL Maurice Low	Triumph / BSA			Ret				10		0
ITA Artemio Cirelli	Gilera								10	0
BEL Edouard Texidor	Norton					10				0
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton		Ret				11	Ret		0
NLD Piet Knijnenburg	Matchless						11			0
ZAF Ray Travers	Norton			11						0
NIR Malcolm Templeton	Matchless			30				12		0
NZL John Hempleman	Norton			Ret		12		Ret		0
NIR Mike O'Rourke	Norton			12						0
DEU Hans-Joachim Scheel	Norton				12					0
GGY Ken Tostevin	Matchless			Ret				13		0
DEU Heinz Schreiber	Norton				13					0
NLD Casper Swart	Norton						13			0
GBR Angus Martin	Norton			40				14		0
GBR Peter Davey	Norton					14				0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Matchless			17		15		Ret		0
GBR Harry Pearce	Matchless			15						0
DEU Karl-Heinz Scheifel	Norton				15					0
NLD Gerrit Ten Kate	Norton						15			0
NIR Harry Turner	Norton							15		0
GBR Ralph Rensen	Norton			33				16		0
NZL Frederick Cook	Matchless			18		17	Ret	Ret		0
NIR Ernie Oliver	Norton							17		0
NIR Dick Knox	Norton							18		0
GBR Robert King	Norton			Ret				19		0
GBR John Denton	Norton			19						0
GBR Ken Swallow	Matchless			43				20		0
IOM George Costain	Norton			21						0
NIR Jimmy Hayes	AJS							21		0
GBR Roy Evans	Matchless							22		0
CAN Ivor Lloyd	Norton			22						0
GBR Geoff Read	Norton			24						0
GBR Dave Chadwick	Norton			25				Ret		0
Wales Frank Perris	Matchless			26				Ret		0
GBR Eric Pantilin	Norton			27						0
GBR Albert Moule	BSA			28						0
GBR John Surtees	Norton			29	Ret			Ret		0
GBR Bob Rowbottom	Norton			31						0
GBR George Catlin	Norton			32						0
GBR Philip Palmer	BSA			34						0
GBR Ken Tully	Norton			35						0
GBR Terry Shepherd	Norton			36						0
GBR Jack Bailey	Norton			37						0
GBR Bill Beevers	Norton			38						0
GBR Bill Roberton	Norton			39						0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	Norton			41						0
GBR Ray Fay	BSA			42						0
Ceylon Ralph Wijesinghe	BSA			44						0
GBR Walter Hancock	BSA			45						0
GBR Willie Wilshere	Norton			46						0
GBR Frank Norris	Norton			47						0
GBR Tony McAlpine	BMW				Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	0
AUS Keith Campbell	Norton				Ret		Ret		Ret	0
NZL Chris Stormont	BSA			Ret			Ret	Ret		0
MAR Francis Flahaut	Norton		Ret		Ret					0
SWE Ulf Gate	Matchless			Ret					Ret	0
CHE Hans Haldemann	Norton		Ret					Ret		0
AUS Dick Thomson	Matchless			Ret					Ret	0
GBR Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi					Ret				0
ESP Fernando Aranda	Norton					Ret				0
DEU Bruno Böhrer	Horex								Ret	0
ITA Paolo Campanelli	Gilera								Ret	0
GBR Roly Capner	BSA			Ret						0
GBR Louis Carr	Norton			Ret						0
NIR Louis Carter	Norton							Ret		0
NIR Phil Carter	Matchless			Ret						0
GBR Eric Cheers	Matchless			Ret						0
ITA Franco Chinelli	Gilera								Ret	0
ESP Javier de Ortueta	Norton					Ret				0
Ceylon Rally Dean	Norton							Ret		0
GBR Stanley Dibben	Norton	Ret								0
NLD Anton Elbersen	Norton						Ret			0
ITA Lodovico Facchinelli	Gilera								Ret	0
ITA Luigi Folconi	Moto Guzzi								Ret	0
NIR Bob Ferguson	AJS			Ret						0
GBR Jack Forrest	BMW						Ret			0
IOM Frank Fox	Norton			Ret						0
ITA Martino Giani	Gilera								Ret	0
ESP Francisco González	Norton	Ret								0
GIB John Grace	Norton	Ret								0
ITA Francesco Guglielminetti	Norton								Ret	0
NIR Wilf Herron	Norton							Ret		0
GBR Eric Houseley	Matchless						Ret			0
GBR Roy Ingram	Norton			Ret						0
GBR Arnold Jones	Matchless			Ret						0
FIN Harald Karlsson	Norton			Ret						0
DEU Rudolf Knees	Norton				Ret					0
GBR George Leigh	Norton			Ret						0
NIR Robert McCracken	Triumph							Ret		0
GBR George Northwood	BSA			Ret						0
BEL Pierre Nicholas	Norton					Ret				0
GBR Tony Ovens	Norton			Ret						0
GBR Harry Plews	Norton			Ret						0
AUS Maurice Quincey	Norton			Ret						0
CAN Gerald Robarts	Norton			Ret						0
IRL Michael Roche	Norton							Ret		0
GBR Charlie Salt	BSA			Ret						0
GBR George Salt	Matchless			Ret						0
IRL W. Stewart	Norton							Ret		0
NLD Martinus van Son	Norton						Ret			0
IRL John Williamson	Norton							Ret		0
IOM Jackie Wood	Norton			Ret						0
DEU Erich Wünsche	Norton								Ret	0
DEU Georg Braun	Horex			DNS						0
AUS Allen Burt	Matchless			DNS						0
ARG Ricardo Galvagni	Norton				DNS					0
FIN Sakari Järvimaa	Matchless			DNS						0
ARG Armando Poggi	Norton				DNS					0
Ceylon R. Siriwardena	Norton			DNS						0
NIR W.H. Spence	Norton			DNS						0
GBR Des Wright	BSA			DNS						0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Bill Lomas	72	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	32	4
2	GBR Dickie Dale		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	18	1
3	FRG August Hobl		Germany	DKW	17	0
4	AUS Ken Kavanagh		Australia	Moto Guzzi	14	1
5	GBR Cecil Sandford		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	13	0
6	GBR John Surtees		United Kingdom	Norton	11	0
7	ITA Duilio Agostini		Italy	Moto Guzzi	8	1
8	GBR Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	Norton	8	0
9	GBR John Hartle		United Kingdom	Norton	7	0
10	ITA Roberto Colombo		Italy	Moto Guzzi	7	0
11	AUS Keith Campbell		Australia	Norton	4	0
12	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti		Italy	Moto Guzzi	3	0
=	BEL Auguste Goffin		Belgium	Velocette	3	0
14	NZL Peter Murphy		New Zealand	AJS	3	0
=	FRG Karl Hofmann		Germany	DKW	3	0
16	AUS Maurice Quincey		Australia	Norton	2	0
17	NLD Hans Bartl		Netherlands	DKW	2	0
18	FRA Jacques Collot		France	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	FRG Hermann Paul Müller	Germany	NSU	16	1
2	GBR Cecil Sandford	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	14	0
3	GBR Bill Lomas	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	13	1
4	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	MV Agusta	11	1
5	ITA Umberto Masetti	Italy	MV Agusta	11	0
6	GBR Sammy Miller	United Kingdom	NSU	10	0
7	GBR John Surtees	United Kingdom	NSU	8	1
=	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	MV Agusta	8	1
9	FRG Hans Baltisberger	Germany	NSU	6	0
=	FRG Wolfgang Brandt	Germany	NSU	6	0
11	GBR Arthur Wheeler	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	6	0
12	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	Italy	Moto Guzzi	3	0
13	GBR Dave Chadwick	United Kingdom	RD Special	2	0
14	GBR Bill Webster	United Kingdom	Velocette	1	0
=	FRG Helmut Hallmeier	Germany	NSU	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	GER
DEU	NED
NLD	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	32 (44)	2	26	3	16	4	11	5	8	6	7	7	5	8	4	9	3	9	3	9	3	9	3	13	2	13	2	13	2	16	1	16	1	16	1	16	1	16	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	GER
DEU	NED
NLD	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	3	1	1F	1F	1	1F
CHE Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	1	2	2	2	NCF
ITA Remo Venturi	MV Agusta				3	2	2
ITA Giuseppe Lattanzi	Mondial	4	3	3
ITA Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta	5	5				3
ITA Romolo Ferri	Mondial	2F	6F
GBR Bill Webster	MV Agusta			5		4
AUT Rudolf Grimas	Mondial					3
ITA Tarquinio Provini	Mondial		4
GBR Bill Lomas	MV Agusta			4
FRG Karl Lottes	MV Agusta				4
FRG August Hobl	DKW						4
GDR Bernhard Petruschke	IFA				5
FRG Willi Scheidhauer	MV Agusta					5
FRG Sigfried Wünsche	DKW						5
ESP Marcelo Cama	Montesa	6
GBR Ross Porter	MV Agusta			6
GDR Erhard Krumpholz	IFA				6
FRG Erich Wünsche	MV Agusta					6
ITA Paolo Campanelli	Mondial						6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	GER
DEU	NED
NLD	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	32 (48)	2	18 (19)	3	3	4	2	5	1	Pos.	Constructor	ESP
ESP	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	GER
DEU	NED
NLD	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA MV Agusta	1	1	1	1	1	1
ITA Mondial	2	3	3		3	6
FRG DKW						4
GDR IFA				5
ESP Montesa	6

References

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

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