1955 motorcycle world championship

1955 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Geoff Duke
Constructor:	Gilera
350 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Bill Lomas
Constructor:	Moto Guzzi
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Hermann Paul Muller
Constructor:	MV Agusta
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Carlo Ubbiali
Constructor:	MV Agusta
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Willi Faust Karl Remmert
Constructor:	BMW
<1954 season	1956 season>

The 1955 motorcycle world championship season was the seventh in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

Eight races were held in the class up to 500 cm³, seven in the class up to 350 cm³, five in the class up to 250 cm³, six in the class up to 125 cm³ and five races for the sidecar .

Distribution of points

Scoring
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

If fewer than eight races were held, the best four results were included in the ranking; if eight or more races were staged, the five best results achieved were included in the World Championship ranking.

useful information

• The Italian Giuseppe Lattanzi was killed on June 19, 1955 in an accident in the Milan – Taranto race .

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	01.05.	6th GP of Spain	Montjuïc	Reg Armstrong	Carlo Bandirola	Umberto Masetti	Carlo Bandirola
2	May 15	French GP	Reims	Geoff Duke	Libero Liberati	Reg Armstrong	Geoff Duke
3	10.06.	37th Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Geoff Duke	Reg Armstrong	Ken Kavanagh	Geoff Duke
4th	26.06.	19th GP of Germany	Nürburgring - Nordschleife	Geoff Duke	Walter Zeller	Carlo Bandirola	Geoff Duke
5	03.07.	28th Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Giuseppe Colnago	Pierre Monneret	Léon Martin	Geoff Duke
6th	July 16	25. Dutch TT	Aces	Geoff Duke	Reg Armstrong	Umberto Masetti	Geoff Duke and Reg Armstrong
7th	08/13	27th Ulster GP	Dundrod	Bill Lomas	John Hartle	Dickie Dale	Bill Lomas
8th	04.09.	33rd Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Umberto Masetti	Reg Armstrong	Geoff Duke	Geoff Duke

Driver ranking

1  Geoff Duke Gilera 36 2  Reg Armstrong Gilera 30th 3  Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 19th 4th  Giuseppe Colnago Gilera 13 5  Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 10 6th  Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 8th 7th  Libero Liberati Gilera 6th  Walter Zeller BMW 6th  Pierre Monneret Gilera 6th  John Hartle Norton 6th 11  Bob McIntyre Norton 5 12  Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 4th  Léon Martin Gilera 4th  Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 4th 15th  Tito Forconi MV Agusta 4th 16  Orlando Valdinoci Gilera 3

Jack Brett Norton 3  Duilio Agostini Moto Guzzi 3  Drikus Veer Gilera 3 20th  Nello Pagani MV Agusta 2  Jacques Collot Norton 2  Auguste Goffin Norton 2  Bob Brown Matchless 2  Peter Murphy Matchless 2  Alfredo Milani Gilera 2 26th  Firmin Dauwe Norton 1  Derek Ennett Matchless 1  Jack Ahearn Norton 1  John Storr Norton 1  Eddie Grant Norton 1  John Clark Matchless 1  Ernst Riedelbauch BMW 1

Constructors' championship

1	Gilera	40 (54)
2	MV Agusta	25th
3	Moto Guzzi	15th
4th	Norton	14 (15)
5	BMW	7th
6th	Matchless	5

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

A DKW RM 350 , nicknamed " singing saw " as 1955 by DKW - factory team was used.

350 cm³ class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	May 15	French GP	Reims	Duilio Agostini	Dickie Dale	Roberto Colombo	Duilio Agostini
2	10.06.	37th Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Bill Lomas	Bob McIntyre	Cecil Sandford	Bill Lomas
3	26.06.	19th GP of Germany	Nürburgring - Nordschleife	Bill Lomas	August Hobl	John Surtees	Bill Lomas
4th	03.07.	28th Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Bill Lomas	August Hobl	Keith Campbell	Bill Lomas
5	July 16	25. Dutch TT	Aces	Ken Kavanagh	Bill Lomas	Dickie Dale	Dickie Dale
6th	08/13	27th Ulster GP	Dundrod	Bill Lomas	John Hartle	John Surtees	Bill Lomas
7th	04.09.	33rd Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Dickie Dale	Bill Lomas	Ken Kavanagh	Bill Lomas

Driver ranking

1  Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 32 (44) 2  Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 18th 3  August Hobl DKW 17th 4th  Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 14th 5  Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 13 6th  John Surtees Norton 11 7th  Duilio Agostini Moto Guzzi 8th 8th  Bob McIntyre Norton 8th 9  John Hartle Norton 7th

10  Roberto Colombo Moto Guzzi 7th 11  Keith Campbell Norton 4th 12  Auguste Goffin Norton 3  Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 3 14th  Peter Murphy AJS 3  Karl Hofmann DKW 3 16  Maurice Quincey Norton 2 17th  Hans Bartl DKW 2 18th  Jacques Collot Norton 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Moto Guzzi	32 (56)
2	Norton	20 (23)
3	DKW	17th
4th	AJS	3

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

NSU Sportmax : Hermann Paul Müller won the 250 cm³ World Championship in 1955 with such a machine

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	08.06.	37th Isle of Man TT	Clypse Course	Bill Lomas	Cecil Sandford	Hermann Paul Muller	Bill Lomas
2	26.06.	19th GP of Germany	Nürburgring - Nordschleife	Hermann Paul Muller	Wolfgang Brand	Cecil Sandford	Hermann Paul Muller
3	July 16	25. Dutch TT	Aces	Luigi Taveri	Umberto Masetti	Hermann Paul Muller	Bill Lomas
4th	08/13	27th Ulster GP	Dundrod	John Surtees	Sammy Miller	Umberto Masetti	John Surtees
5	04.09.	33rd Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Carlo Ubbiali	Hans Baltisberger	Sammy Miller	Hans Baltisberger

Driver ranking

1  Hermann Paul Muller NSU 19 (20) 2  Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 14th 3  Bill Lomas MV Agusta 13 4th  Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 11 5  Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 11 6th  Sammy Miller NSU 10 7th  John Surtees NSU 8th  Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 8th

9  Wolfgang Brand NSU 6th 10  Hans Baltisberger NSU 6th 11  Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 6th 12  Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 3 13  Dave Chadwick RDS / Norton 2 14th  Bill Webster Velocette 1 15th  Helmut Hallmeier NSU 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	MV Agusta	28 (31)
2	NSU	20 (30)
3	Moto Guzzi	15th
4th	RDS	2
5	Velocette	1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	01.05.	6th GP of Spain	Montjuïc	Luigi Taveri	Romolo Ferri	Carlo Ubbiali	Luigi Taveri
2	May 15	French GP	Reims	Carlo Ubbiali	Luigi Taveri	Giuseppe Lattanzi	Romolo Ferri
3	08.06.	37th Isle of Man TT	Clypse Course	Carlo Ubbiali	Luigi Taveri	Giuseppe Lattanzi	Carlo Ubbiali
4th	26.06.	19th GP of Germany	Nürburgring - Nordschleife	Carlo Ubbiali	Luigi Taveri	Remo Venturi	Carlo Ubbiali
5	July 16	25. Dutch TT	Aces	Carlo Ubbiali	Remo Venturi	Rudolf Grimas	Luigi Taveri
6th	04.09.	33rd Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Carlo Ubbiali	Remo Venturi	Angelo Copeta	Carlo Ubbiali

Driver ranking

1  Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 32 (44) 2  Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 26th 3  Remo Venturi MV Agusta 16 4th  Giuseppe Lattanzi (†) FB Mondial 11 5  Angelo Copeta MV Agusta 8th 6th  Romolo Ferri FB Mondial 7th 7th  Bill Webster MV Agusta 5 8th  Rudolf Grimas FB Mondial 4th 9  Tarquinio Provini FB Mondial 3  Bill Lomas MV Agusta 3

Karl Lottes MV Agusta 3  August Hobl DKW 3 13  Bernhard Petruschke IFA 2  Willi Scheidhauer MV Agusta 2  Siegfried wishes DKW 2 16  Marcello Cama Montesa 1  Ross Porter MV Agusta 1  Erhart Krumpholz IFA 1  Erich wishes DKW 1  Paolo Campanelli FB Mondial 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	MV Agusta	32 (48)
2	FB Mondial	14th
3	DKW	3
4th	IFA	2
5	Montesa	1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	01.05.	6th GP of Spain	Montjuïc	Willi Faust / Karl Remmert	Cyril Smith / Stanley Dibben	Eric Oliver / Eric Bliss	Willi Faust / Karl Remmert
2	10.06.	37th Isle of Man TT	Clypse Course	Walter Schneider / Hans Strauss	Bill Boddice / William Storr	Pip Harris and Ray Campbell	Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron
3	26.06.	19th GP of Germany	Nürburgring - Nordschleife	Willi Faust / Karl Remmert	Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron	Walter Schneider / Manfred Grunwald	Willi Faust / Karl Remmert
4th	03.07.	28th Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron	Willi Faust / Karl Remmert	Walter Schneider / Hans Strauss	Cyril Smith / Stanley Dibben
5	July 16	25. Dutch TT	Aces	Willi Faust / Karl Remmert	Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron	Bob Mitchell / Max George	Willi Faust / Karl Remmert
6th	04.09.	33rd Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Wilhelm Noll / Fritz Cron	Walter Schneider / Hans Strauss	Jacques Drion / Inge Stoll-Laforge	Albino Milani / unknown

Driver ranking

1	Willi Faust	Karl Remmert	BMW	30th
2	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	28
3	Walter Schneider	Hans Strauss and Manfred Grunwald	BMW	22nd
4th	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	Norton	10
5	Cyril Smith	Stanley Dibben	Norton	6th
	Bill Boddice	William Storr	Norton	6th
7th	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	Matchless	6th
	Bob Mitchell	Max George	Norton	6th
9	Jean Murit	Francis Flahaut	BMW	6th
10	Eric Oliver	Eric Bliss	Norton	4th
11	Rudolf Koch	Christian Wirth	BMW	3
	Jackie Beeton	Charles Billingham	Norton	3
	Julien Deronne	Bruno Leys	BMW	3
	Florian Camathias	Maurice Bula	BMW	3
15th	Ernesto Merlo	Dino Magri	Gilera	2
	Frank Taylor	Ron Taylor	Norton	2
17th	Roland Benz	Jakob Kuchler	Norton	1
	Ernie Walker	Dun Roberts	Norton	1
	Henk Steman	Mappie de Haas	BMW	1
	Fritz Seeber	Franz Hot	BMW	1

Constructors' championship

1	BMW	32 (48)
2	Norton	20 (24)
3	Matchless	6th
4th	Gilera	2

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1955  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1955 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)