1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the seventh competitive motorcycle season, with eight 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 |  Spanish Grand Prix |
Montjuïc Park |  Luigi Taveri |
 Reg Armstrong |
Report | ||
| 2 |  French Grand Prix |
Reims |  Carlo Ubbiali |
Duilio Agostini |
 Geoff Duke |
Report | |
| 3 |  Isle of Man TT |
Isle of Man | Carlo Ubbiali |
Bill Lomas |
Bill Lomas |
Geoff Duke |
Report |
| 4 |  West German Grand Prix |
Nürburgring | Carlo Ubbiali |
Hermann Paul Müller |
Bill Lomas |
Geoff Duke |
Report |
| 5 |  Belgian Grand Prix |
Spa | Bill Lomas |
Giuseppe Colnago |
Report | ||
| 6 |  Dutch TT |
Assen | Carlo Ubbiali |
Luigi Taveri |
 Ken Kavanagh |
Geoff Duke |
Report |
| 7 |  Ulster Grand Prix |
Dundrod | John Surtees |
Bill Lomas |
Bill Lomas |
Report | |
| 8 | Nations Grand Prix |
Monza | Carlo Ubbiali |
Carlo Ubbiali |
Dickie Dale |
Umberto Masetti |
Report |
[edit] Championship Standings
[edit] 500cc Standings
[edit] 350cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
[edit] 250cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermann Paul Müller |
Germany | NSU | 16 | 1 | |
| 2 | Cecil Sandford |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 14 | 0 | |
| 2 | Bill Lomas |
United Kingdom | NSU | 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 |
[edit] 125cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Pertrusche |
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 |
