1955 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1955 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1955
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Geoff Duke Gilera Time 4:35.7 Podium First Giuseppe Colnago Gilera Second Pierre Monneret Gilera Third Léon Martin Gilera
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Time 4:53.6 Podium First Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Second August Hobl DKW Third Keith Campbell Norton
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Norton Time 5:20.0 Podium First BMW Second BMW Third Walter Schneider BMW

The 1955 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 July 1955 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera	15	1:10:51.1	8
2	Pierre Monneret	Gilera	15	+43.8	6
3	Léon Martin	Gilera	15	+2:35.6	4
4	Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi			3
5		Norton			2
6	John Storr	Norton			1
7	Jack Ahearn	Norton
8		Norton
9	Bob Matthews	Norton
10		Norton
11	Bob Brown	Matchless
12	John Hempleman	Norton
13		Norton
14		Norton
15	Arthur Wheeler	Matchless
16		Norton
17		Matchless
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350 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	11	54:47.7	8
2	August Hobl	DKW	11	+14.9	6
3	Keith Campbell	Norton	11	+2:14.2	4
4	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Roberto Colombo	Moto Guzzi			2
6		DKW			1
7	Hans Baltisberger	NSU
8		Norton
9	Jack Ahearn	Norton
10		Norton
11	Bob Brown	AJS
12	John Hempleman	Norton
13	Tommy Wood	Norton
14	Arthur Wheeler	AJS
15		AJS
16	Bob Matthews	Norton
17		AJS
18		Norton
19	A. van Fleteren	AJS
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Sidecar classification[]

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1		Fritz Cron	BMW	7	38:21.2	8
2		Karl Remmert	BMW	7	+1.1	6
3	Walter Schneider	Hans Strauss	BMW	7	+47.3	4
4		Bruno Leys	BMW			3
5	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	Norton			2
6		Inge Stoll	Norton			1
7		Francis Flahaut	Norton
8	Florian Camathias		BMW
9		?	Norton
10		Raymond Bogaert	Norton
11	"Rausens"	?	Norton
12	T. Gobel	?	Norton
13	Eric Oliver	Eric Bliss	Norton
[1]

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