1955 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1955 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth and final round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 4 September 1955 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Italy  1955 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 8 races in the
1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 September 1955
LocationAutodromo Nazionale Monza
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.750 km (3.573 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera
Time 1:54.1
Podium
First Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta
Second Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Gilera
Third United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Time 2:00.4
Podium
First United Kingdom Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
Second United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Third Australia Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Hans Baltisberger NSU
Time 2:04.9
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second West Germany Hans Baltisberger NSU
Third United Kingdom Sammy Miller NSU
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Time 2:11.9
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Italy Remo Venturi MV Agusta
Third Italy Angelo Copeta MV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy A. Milani Gilera
Time 2:12.9
Podium
First West Germany Wilhelm Noll BMW
Second West Germany Walter Schneider BMW
Third France Jacques Drion Norton

500 cc classification edit

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1   Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 35 1:08:04.1 8
2   Reg Armstrong Gilera 35 +0.5 6
3   Geoff Duke Gilera 35 +1.6 4
4   Giuseppe Colnago Gilera 3
5   Alfredo Milani Gilera 2
6   Ernst Riedelbauch BMW 1
7   Gerold Klinger BMW
8   Bill Hall Norton
9   Enrico Galante Norton
10   A. Cirelli Gilera
[1]

350 cc classification edit

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1   Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 27 55:21.3 8
2   Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 27 +0.1 6
3   Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 27 +13.1 4
4   Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 3
5   August Hobl DKW 2
6   Roberto Colombo Moto Guzzi 1
7   Helmut Hallmeier NSU
8   Siegfried Wünsche DKW
9   Arthur Wheeler AJS
10   Lodovico Facchinelli AJS
11   Bill Hall Norton
12   Erwin Aldinger Horex
13   Sven Andersson Norton
14   Arthur Wick AJS
[1]

250 cc classification edit

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1   Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 22 46:34.1 8
2   Hans Baltisberger NSU 22 +0.3 6
3   Sammy Miller NSU 22 +15.6 4
4   Hermann Paul Müller NSU 3
5   Bill Lomas MV Agusta 2
6   Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 1
7   Roberto Colombo Moto Guzzi
8   Kurt Knopf NSU
9   Karl Lottes DKW
10   Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi
11   Günter Beer Adler
12   Adelmo Mandolini Moto Guzzi
13   Lanfranco Baviera Moto Guzzi
14   Alfredo Flores Moto Guzzi
15   Dino Fagiolini Moto Guzzi
16   René Guérin Moto Guzzi
17   Guido Sala Moto Guzzi
[1]

125 cc classification edit

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1   Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 18 41:03.8 8
2   Remo Venturi MV Agusta 18 +27.1 6
3   Angelo Copeta MV Agusta 18 +1:42.2 4
4   August Hobl DKW 3
5   Siegfried Wünsche DKW 2
6   Paolo Campanelli Mondial 1
7   Guido Sala MV Agusta
8   Karl Lottes MV Agusta
9   Willi Scheidhauer MV Agusta
10   Florian Camathias MV Agusta
[1]

Sidecar classification edit

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1   Wilhelm Noll   Fritz Cron BMW 18 41:21.6 8
2   Walter Schneider   Hans Strauss BMW 18 +0.2 6
3   Jacques Drion   Inge Stoll Norton 18 +58.6 4
4   Florian Camathias   Maurice Büla BMW 3
5   Jean Murit   Francis Flahaut BMW 2
6   Fritz Seeber   Franz Heiss BMW 1
7   Friedrich Staschel   Edgar Perduss BMW
8   Loni Neussner   ? Norton
9   Alfonso Sammarchi   ? Norton
10   Fritz Mühlemann   K. Tuscher BSA
11   A. Baldi   ? BSA
[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 184.


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