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.

  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 Geoff Duke Gilera
Time 1:54.1
Podium
First Umberto Masetti MV Agusta
Second Reg Armstrong Gilera
Third Geoff Duke Gilera
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Time 2:00.4
Podium
First Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
Second Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Third Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Hans Baltisberger NSU
Time 2:04.9
Podium
First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Hans Baltisberger NSU
Third Sammy Miller NSU
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Time 2:11.9
Podium
First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Remo Venturi MV Agusta
Third Angelo Copeta MV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider A. Milani Gilera
Time 2:12.9
Podium
First Wilhelm Noll BMW
Second Walter Schneider BMW
Third Jacques Drion Norton

500 cc classification
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
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
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
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
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
  1. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 184.
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