1955 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1955 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 26 June 1955 at the Nürburgring circuit.

  1955 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 8 races in the
1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date26 June 1955
LocationNürburgring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 22.810 km (14.173 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Geoff Duke Gilera
Time 10:23.3
Podium
First Geoff Duke Gilera
Second Walter Zeller BMW
Third Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Time 10:35.0
Podium
First Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Second August Hobl DKW
Third John Surtees Mondial
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Hermann Paul Müller NSU
Time 10:56.7
Podium
First Hermann Paul Müller NSU
Second Wolfgang Brandt NSU
Third Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Time 12:18.2
Podium
First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
Third Remo Venturi MV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Willi Faust BMW
Time 11:37.0
Podium
First Willi Faust BMW
Second Wilhelm Noll BMW
Third Walter Schneider BMW

500 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Geoff Duke Gilera 9 1:34:06.1 8
2 Walter Zeller BMW 9 +24.3 6
3 Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 9 +3:28.9 4
4 Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 3
5 Giuseppe Colnago Gilera 2
6 Jack Ahearn Norton 1
7 Hans-Günter Jäger Norton
8 Sven Andersson Norton
9 Kuno Johansson Matchless
10 Ernst Hiller Matchless
11 Bob Matthews Norton
12 Hans-Joachim Scheel Norton
13 H. Schreiber Norton
14 Phil Heath Norton
15 H. Scheifel Norton
[1]

350 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 7 1:14:52.1 8
2 August Hobl DKW 7 +13.0 6
3 John Surtees Norton 7 +16.3 4
4 Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 3
5 Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 2
6 Karl Hofmann DKW 1
7 Siegfried Wünsche DKW
8 Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta
9 Keith Campbell Norton
10 Jack Ahearn Norton
11 Peter Murphy AJS
12 Bill Aislabie AJS
13 Helmut Hallmeier NSU
14 G. Bodmer DKW
15 H. Hötzer AJS
16 Arthur Wheeler AJS
17 Bob Brown AJS
18 K. Bähr Horex
19 Günther Borgesdiek Norton
20 Bruno Böhrer Parilla
21 Eric Houseley AJS
22 H. Kauret AJS
23 A. Huber AJS
24 Werner Mazanec AJS
25 Rudi Stein AJS
[1]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Hermann Paul Müller NSU 6 1:06:19.6 8
2 Wolfgang Brandt NSU 6 +1:02.0 6
3 Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 6 +1:05.7 4
4 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 3
5 Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 2
6 Helmut Hallmeier NSU 1
7 Roberto Colombo Moto Guzzi
8 Fritz Kläger NSU
9 Roland Heck NSU
10 Karl-Julius Holthaus NSU
11 Horst Kassner NSU
12 Rudi Stein NSU
13 Florian Camathias NSU
14 Rudi Meier NSU
15 Hans-Joachim Scheel AWO
16 Siegfried Lohmann Adler
17 Ludwig Malchus NSU
18 Basil Keys Norton
19 W. Kesberg NSU
[1]

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 5 1:01:56.5 8
2 Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 5 +0.8 6
3 Remo Venturi MV Agusta 5 +1.6 4
4 Karl Lottes MV Agusta 3
5 Bernhard Petruschke IFA 2
6 Erhart Krumpholz IFA 1
7 H. Bähr MV Agusta
8 Willi Scheidhauer MV Agusta
9 Werner Funk MV Agusta
10 Gerrit Dupont MV Agusta
11 Erich Wünsche MV Agusta
[1]

Sidecar classification
Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Willi Faust Karl Remmert BMW 5 58:33.8 8
2 Wilhelm Noll Fritz Cron BMW 5 +1:03.7 6
3 Walter Schneider Manfred Grunwald BMW 5 +1:52.0 4
4 Jacques Drion Inge Stoll Norton 3
5 Bob Mitchell Max George Norton 2
6 Jean Murit Francis Flahaut Norton 1
7 Helmut Fath Emil Ohr BMW
8 Willy Mäder Erich Schöttle Norton
9 Fritz Seeber Franz Heiss BMW
10 Marcel Masuy ? Norton
11 Fritz Bagge ? Norton
12 Friedrich Staschel Edgar Perduss BMW
13 Loni Neussner ? Norton
14 V. Tongratz ? Norton
15 T. Gobel ? Norton
16 W. Nowak ? Norton
17 Hans Haldemann Herbert Läderach Norton
[1]

References
  1. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 174.
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