1955 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:Nations
Flag:Italy
Location:Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Course Mi:3.573
Course Km:5.750
Race No:8
Season No:8
Date:4 September
Year:1955
Fast Rider 500:Geoff Duke
Fast Rider 500 Country:UK
Fast Rider 500 Bike:Gilera
Fast Time 500:1:54.1
First Rider 500:Umberto Masetti
First Rider 500 Country:Italy
First Rider 500 Bike:MV Agusta
Second Rider 500:Reg Armstrong
Second Rider 500 Country:Ireland
Second Rider 500 Bike:Gilera
Third Rider 500:Geoff Duke
Third Rider 500 Country:UK
Third Rider 500 Bike:Gilera
Fast Rider 350:Bill Lomas
Fast Rider 350 Country:UK
Fast Rider 350 Bike:Moto Guzzi
Fast Time 350:2:00.4
First Rider 350:Dickie Dale
First Rider 350 Country:UK
First Rider 350 Bike:Moto Guzzi
Second Rider 350:Bill Lomas
Second Rider 350 Country:UK
Second Rider 350 Bike:Moto Guzzi
Third Rider 350:Ken Kavanagh
Third Rider 350 Country:Australia
Third Rider 350 Bike:Moto Guzzi
Fast Rider 250:Hans Baltisberger
Fast Rider 250 Country:West Germany
Fast Rider 250 Bike:NSU
Fast Time 250:2:04.9
First Rider 250:Carlo Ubbiali
First Rider 250 Country:Italy
First Rider 250 Bike:MV Agusta
Second Rider 250:Hans Baltisberger
Second Rider 250 Country:West Germany
Second Rider 250 Bike:NSU
Third Rider 250:Sammy Miller
Third Rider 250 Country:UK
Third Rider 250 Bike:NSU
Fast Rider 125:Carlo Ubbiali
Fast Rider 125 Country:Italy
Fast Rider 125 Bike:MV Agusta
Fast Time 125:2:11.9
First Rider 125:Carlo Ubbiali
First Rider 125 Country:Italy
First Rider 125 Bike:MV Agusta
Second Rider 125:Remo Venturi
Second Rider 125 Country:Italy
Second Rider 125 Bike:MV Agusta
Third Rider 125:Angelo Copeta
Third Rider 125 Country:Italy
Third Rider 125 Bike:MV Agusta
Fast Rider Sidecar:A. Milani
Fast Rider Sidecar Country:Italy
Fast Rider Sidecar Bike:Gilera
Fast Passenger Sidecar:?
Fast Time Sidecar:2:12.9
First Rider Sidecar:Wilhelm Noll
First Rider Sidecar Country:West Germany
First Passenger Sidecar:Fritz Cron
First Passenger Sidecar Country:West Germany
First Rider Sidecar Bike:BMW
Second Rider Sidecar:Walter Schneider
Second Rider Sidecar Country:West Germany
Second Passenger Sidecar:Hans Strauss
Second Passenger Sidecar Country:West Germany
Second Rider Sidecar Bike:BMW
Third Rider Sidecar:Jacques Drion
Third Rider Sidecar Country:France
Third Passenger Sidecar:Inge Stoll
Third Passenger Sidecar Country:West Germany
Third Rider Sidecar Bike:Norton

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.

500 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Umberto MasettiMV Agusta351:08:04.18
2 Reg ArmstrongGilera35+0.56
3 Geoff DukeGilera35+1.64
4 Giuseppe ColnagoGilera3
5 Alfredo MilaniGilera2
6 Ernst RiedelbauchBMW1
7 Gerold KlingerBMW
8 Bill HallNorton
9 Enrico GalanteNorton
10 A. CirelliGilera
[1]

350 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Dickie DaleMoto Guzzi2755:21.38
2 Bill LomasMoto Guzzi27+0.16
3 Ken KavanaghMoto Guzzi27+13.14
4 Enrico LorenzettiMoto Guzzi3
5 August HoblDKW2
6 Roberto ColomboMoto Guzzi1
7 Helmut HallmeierNSU
8 Siegfried WünscheDKW
9 Arthur WheelerAJS
10 Lodovico FacchinelliAJS
11 Bill HallNorton
12 Erwin AldingerHorex
13 Sven AnderssonNorton
14 Arthur WickAJS

250 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Carlo UbbialiMV Agusta2246:34.18
2 Hans BaltisbergerNSU22+0.36
3 Sammy MillerNSU22+15.64
4 Hermann Paul MüllerNSU3
5 Bill LomasMV Agusta2
6 Umberto MasettiMV Agusta1
7 Roberto ColomboMoto Guzzi
8 Kurt KnopfNSU
9 Karl LottesDKW
10 Arthur WheelerMoto Guzzi
11 Günter BeerAdler
12 Adelmo MandoliniMoto Guzzi
13 Lanfranco BavieraMoto Guzzi
14 Alfredo FloresMoto Guzzi
15 Dino FagioliniMoto Guzzi
16 René GuérinMoto Guzzi
17 Guido SalaMoto Guzzi

125cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredPoints
1 Carlo UbbialiMV Agusta1841:03.88
2 Remo VenturiMV Agusta18+27.16
3 Angelo CopetaMV Agusta18+1:42.24
4 August HoblDKW18+1:44.53
5 Siegfried WünscheDKW17+1 lap2
6 Paolo CampanelliMondial17+1 lap1
7 Guido SalaMV Agusta
8 Karl LottesMV Agusta
9 Willi ScheidhauerMV Agusta
10 Florian CamathiasMV Agusta
24 starters, 15 finishers
Source:[2]

Sidecar classification

PosRiderPassengerManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Wilhelm Noll Fritz CronBMW1841:21.68
2 Walter Schneider Hans StraussBMW18+0.26
3 Jacques Drion Inge StollNorton18+58.64
4 Florian Camathias Maurice BülaBMW3
5 Jean Murit Francis FlahautBMW2
6 Fritz Seeber Franz HeissBMW1
7 Friedrich Staschel Edgar PerdussBMW
8 Loni Neussner ?Norton
9 Alfonso Sammarchi ?Norton
10 Fritz Mühlemann K. TuscherBSA
11 A. Baldi ?BSA

Notes and References

  1. Book: Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956 . Temple Press Ltd . Cook . R. A. B. . 184.
  2. Book: Haefliger, Werner . FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide . Lightweight class . 24 . 978-2-9701086-8-9 . 2024.

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