1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Geoff Duke (pictured in 1951) successfully defended his 500cc World Championship title in 1954.

Fergus Anderson (right) successfully defended his 350cc World Championship title in 1954.

Werner Haas successfully defended his 250cc World Championship title in 1954.

The 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the sixth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of nine Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 30 May, with French Grand Prix and ended with Spanish Grand Prix on 3 October.

1954 Grand Prix season calendar[]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner	Report
1	30 May	French Grand Prix	Reims		Werner Haas	Pierre Monneret	Pierre Monneret
2	18 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain††	Rupert Hollaus	Werner Haas	Rod Coleman	Ray Amm	Oliver /	Report
3	26 June	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Rupert Hollaus	Werner Haas	Ray Amm	Ray Amm †	Oliver /
4	4 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps			Ken Kavanagh	Geoff Duke	Oliver /
5	10 July	Dutch TT	Assen	Rupert Hollaus	Werner Haas	Fergus Anderson	Geoff Duke
6	25 July	German Grand Prix	Solitude	Rupert Hollaus	Werner Haas	Ray Amm	Geoff Duke	/
7	22 August	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten		Rupert Hollaus	Fergus Anderson	Geoff Duke	/
8	12 September	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Guido Sala	Arthur Wheeler	Fergus Anderson	Geoff Duke	/
9	3 October	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc	Tarquinio Provini		Fergus Anderson	Dickie Dale

† The 500 cc race was stopped by bad weather, and the FIM excluded the race from the World Championship.

†† The Sidecars and 125cc races were held on the 10.6-mile (17.364) km long Clypse Course other than the usual 37 mile (62 km) Snaefell mountain course.

Standings[]

Scoring system[]

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races counted in the Sidecars, 125cc and 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, the five best results were counted.

500cc final standings[]

Pos Rider Machine MAN Pts 1 Geoff Duke Gilera 12 2 1 1 1 1 1 40 (46) 2 Ray Amm Norton 1 Ret Ret 2 2 7 20 3 Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi Ret 2 Ret 4 Ret 6 2 16 4 Dickie Dale MV Agusta 7 5 20 4 1 13 5 Reg Armstrong Gilera Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 3 5 13 6 Pierre Monneret Gilera 1 Ret 7 Ret 8 7 Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi Ret Ret 2 5 Ret 7 Ret 8 8 Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 3 Ret 3 Ret 8 9 Jack Brett Norton 3 6 4 11 8 10 Umberto Masetti Gilera 2 6 = Alfredo Milani Gilera 2 6 12 Rod Coleman AJS Ret Ret 4 8 5 Ret 5 13 Nello Pagani MV Agusta 7 12 3 4 14 Norton 3 4 = Léon Martin Gilera 3 4 16 Bob McIntyre AJS 14 4 6 7 Ret 4 17 Luigi Taveri Norton / MV Agusta 4 9 10 Ret 3 18 Tommy Wood Norton 4 3 19 Norton Ret 9 5 2 20 Bob Matthews Norton 5 13 14 19 10 2 21 Keith Campbell Norton 5 Ret 2 22 Norton 5 2 23 Norton Ret 8 6 1 24 Norton 6 48 14 1 25 Matchless 18 6 Ret 1 26 AJS Ret Ret 6 1 27 Norton 6 1 28 Jack Ahearn Norton 9 7 9 12 Ret 0 29 Alfredo Flores Norton Ret 7 0 30 Norton 7 0 31 Norton / AJS / Matchless 12 Ret Ret 9 8 0 32 Norton 34 8 0 33 Norton 8 Ret 0 = Bill Lomas MV Agusta Ret 8 0 35 BSA 8 0 = Gilera 8 0 37 BMW / Norton 16 9 0 38 AJS 9 0 39 Norton 10 Ret 10 10 0 40 BSA 21 10 Ret Ret 0 41 BMW 10 0 = Horex 10 0 43 BMW 11 11 0 44 AJS / Norton Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 0 45 Norton 11 Ret 0 46 Florian Camathias BMW 11 0 = BSA 11 0 48 Norton 12 13 0 49 Norton 46 12 0 50 Walter Zeller BMW Ret 13 0 51 Norton 13 0 = Keith Bryen Norton 13 0 53 Matchless 14 Ret 0 54 Gilera 14 0 55 Alois Huber Norton 15 0 = Matchless 15 0 = John Surtees Norton 15 0 58 Norton 16 0 59 Norton 16 0 60 Norton Ret 17 Ret 0 61 Matchless 17 0 = BMW 17 0 63 Edgar Barth Norton 18 0 = Norton 18 0 65 Norton 29 19 0 66 Norton 19 0 67 Norton 20 0 = George Salt Matchless 20 0 69 Triumph 21 0 70 BSA 22 0 71 Norton 23 0 72 Matchless 24 0 73 Norton 25 0 74 Norton 26 0 75 Norton 27 0 76 Arthur Wheeler AJS 28 0 77 BSA 30 0 78 Matchless 31 0 79 Terry Shepherd AJS 32 0 80 Norton 33 0 81 Matchless 35 0 82 Matchless 36 0 83 AJS 37 0 84 Norton 38 0 85 Matchless 39 0 86 Matchless 40 0 87 Velocette 41 0 88 Norton 42 0 89 Norton 43 0 90 Norton 44 0 91 AJS 45 0 92 Matchless 47 0 93 AJS 49 0 94 AJS 50 0 95 Norton 51 0 96 Norton 52 0 97 Matchless 53 0 – Georg Braun Horex Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 – John Storr Norton Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 – Norton Ret Ret 0 – Norton Ret Ret 0 – Norton Ret Ret 0 – BMW / Norton Ret Ret 0 – Norton Ret Ret 0 – AJS / Norton Ret Ret 0 – Alano Montanari Moto Guzzi Ret Ret 0 – Duilio Agostini Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – AJS Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – AJS Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Gilera Ret 0 – BSA Ret 0 – Louis Carr Matchless Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Matchless Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Matchless Ret 0 – Matchless Ret 0 – Gilera Ret 0 – Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Matchless Ret 0 – Robin Fitton Velocette Ret 0 – Ted Frend Norton Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – BMW Ret 0 – Velocette Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Libero Liberati Gilera Ret 0 – Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – Ret 0 – Matchless Ret 0 – BSA Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Simon Sandys-Winsch Velocette Ret 0 – Horex Ret 0 – Gilera Ret 0 – Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – Matchless Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Matchless Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – Norton Ret 0 – BMW Ret 0 Pos Pilot Moto MAN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

350cc Standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Fergus Anderson		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	38	4
2	Ray Amm		Rhodesia	Norton	22	2
3	Rod Coleman	33	New Zealand	AJS	20	1
4	Ken Kavanagh		Australia	Moto Guzzi	18	1
5	Enrico Lorenzetti		Italy	Moto Guzzi	15	0
6	Jack Brett		United Kingdom	Norton	14	0
7	Duilio Agostini		Italy	Moto Guzzi	9	0
8	Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	AJS	9	0
9			New Zealand	AJS	9	0
10	Pierre Monneret		France	AJS	8	1
11			Belgium	Norton	7	0
12			United Kingdom	AJS	6	0
13	Bob Matthews		United Kingdom	Velocette	6	0
14			Gibraltar	Norton	4	0
=			Germany	DKW	4	0
=			United Kingdom	Norton	4	0
17	Georg Braun		Germany	NSU	4	0
=			Australia	Norton	4	0
19			France	Norton	3	0
=			Australia	Norton	3	0
21			Germany	DKW	2	0
=			United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=			New Zealand	BSA	2	0
24	Alano Montanari		Italy	Moto Guzzi	1	0
=			United Kingdom	AJS	1	0
=			Belgium	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Werner Haas		Germany	NSU	32	5
2	Rupert Hollaus		Austria	NSU	26	1
3	Hermann Paul Müller		Germany	NSU	17	0
4	Arthur Wheeler		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	15	1
5	Hans Baltisberger		Germany	NSU	14	0
6	Georg Braun		Germany	NSU	6	0
=	Romolo Ferri		Italy	Moto Guzzi	6	0
8	Roberto Colombo		Italy	Moto Guzzi	5	0
9	Reg Armstrong		United Kingdom	NSU	4	0
=	Helmut Hallmeier		Germany	Adler	4	0
=			Germany	NSU	4	0
12	Tommy Wood		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	4	0
13	Ken Kavanagh		Australia	Moto Guzzi	3	0
=	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Moto Guzzi	3	0
15	Fergus Anderson		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	2	0
=	Walter Reichert		Germany	NSU	2	0
=			United Kingdom	Rudge	2	0
18			Germany	Adler	2	0
19			Italy	Moto Guzzi	1	0
=			United Kingdom	REG	1	0
=			Italy	Moto Guzzi	1	0

125cc Standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Rupert Hollaus		Austria	NSU	32	4
2	Carlo Ubbiali		Italy	MV Agusta	18	0
3	Hermann Paul Müller		Germany	NSU	15	0
4	Tarquinio Provini		Italy	Mondial	14	1
5	Werner Haas		Germany	NSU	11	0
6	Hans Baltisberger		Germany	NSU	10	0
7	Guido Sala		Italy	MV Agusta	8	1
8	Cecil Sandford		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	8	0
9	Roberto Colombo		Italy	MV Agusta	6	0
10			Spain	Montesa	4	0
11			Spain	Montesa	3	0
=			Italy	MV Agusta	3	0
13			Italy	MV Agusta	2	0
=			Spain	Lube	2	0
=	Ivor Lloyd		Canada	MV Agusta	2	0
16			Germany	MV Agusta	2	0
17	Angelo Copeta		Italy	MV Agusta	1	0
=			Spain	MV Agusta	1	0
=			United Kingdom	MV Agusta	1	0
=			Germany	MV Agusta	1	0

References[]

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.