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 |
[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
[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 |
