1955 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1955 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 June 1955
Location	Nürburgring
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 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 BMW Time 11:37.0 Podium First BMW Second BMW Third Walter Schneider BMW

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.

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		Norton
8		Norton
9		Matchless
10	Ernst Hiller	Matchless
11	Bob Matthews	Norton
12		Norton
13	H. Schreiber	Norton
14		Norton
15	H. Scheifel	Norton
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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		DKW			1
7		DKW
8	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta
9	Keith Campbell	Norton
10	Jack Ahearn	Norton
11		AJS
12		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		Norton
20		Parilla
21		AJS
22	H. Kauret	AJS
23	A. Huber	AJS
24		AJS
25		AJS
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250 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Hermann Paul Müller	NSU	6	1:06:19.6	8
2		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		NSU
9		NSU
10		NSU
11	Horst Kassner	NSU
12		NSU
13	Florian Camathias	NSU
14		NSU
15		AWO
16		Adler
17		NSU
18		Norton
19	W. Kesberg	NSU
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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		MV Agusta			3
5		IFA			2
6		IFA			1
7	H. Bähr	MV Agusta
8		MV Agusta
9		MV Agusta
10		MV Agusta
11		MV Agusta
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Sidecar classification[]

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1		Karl Remmert	BMW	5	58:33.8	8
2		Fritz Cron	BMW	5	+1:03.7	6
3	Walter Schneider	Manfred Grunwald	BMW	5	+1:52.0	4
4		Inge Stoll	Norton			3
5		Max George	Norton			2
6		Francis Flahaut	Norton			1
7	Helmut Fath	Emil Ohr	BMW
8		Erich Schöttle	Norton
9		Franz Heiss	BMW
10		?	Norton
11		?	Norton
12		Edgar Perduss	BMW
13		?	Norton
14	V. Tongratz	?	Norton
15	T. Gobel	?	Norton
16	W. Nowak	?	Norton
17		Herbert Läderach	Norton
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