European motorcycle championship 1925

The Monza Railway as it was used in 1925.

The titles of the European Motorcycle Championship in 1925 were awarded at the II. Grand Prix of the FICM , which was held on September 13, 1925 in Monza ( Italy ) as part of the IV. Grand Prix of Nations on the Circuito di Milano .

The European Grand Prix took place for the second time as part of the Grand Prix of Nations . For the first time in EM history, a title was awarded in the class up to 175 cm³.

Race courses

As in the previous year , the FICM Grand Prix took place in Monza. This year the races were dominated almost exclusively by the local drivers. In the course of the 175 cc class, Mario Vaga prevailed on a Maffeis with an English Blackburne engine. In the quarter liter class, the British Jock Porter was the only foreigner to win on New Gerrard .

The race in the 350 cc class was won by 33-year-old Mantuan Tazio Nuvolari in a Bianchi , who later became world famous in racing cars from Alfa Romeo , Maserati and Auto Union . In the half-liter class, the local Mario Revelli di Beaumont won on a GR with a JAP engine.

Race results

class	winner	Second	Third
175 cc	Mario Vaga ( Maffeis - Blackburne )	Mario Cavedagna ( DG )	Umberto Faraglia ( Puch )
250 cc	Jock Porter ( New Gerrard )	Amedeo Ruggeri (Garanzini- JAP )	Miro Maffeis ( Maffeis - Blackburne )
350 cc	Tazio Nuvolari ( Bianchi )	Miro Maffeis ( Maffeis - Blackburne )	Eduardo Self ( Bianchi )
500 cc	Mario Revelli di Beaumont (GR- JAP )	Pietro Ghersi ( Moto Guzzi )	Mario Saetti ( Norton )

Web links

• Vincent Glon: L'Histoire de la course moto - Palmarès des Championnats d'Europe (1924–1937 et 1947–1948). racingmemo.free.fr, accessed April 27, 2010 (French). 
• Vincent Glon: L'Histoire de la course moto; 5th partie: Les Grand Prix d'Europe. (1924-1937); 1925. racingmemo.free, accessed April 27, 2010 (French). 
• Statistics and photos at riutat.suntuubi.com (Finnish)