1955 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

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Italy  1955 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 8 races in the
1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Monza 1957.jpg
Date4 September 1955
LocationAutodromo Nazionale Monza
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.750 km (3.573 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera
Time 1:54.1
Podium
First Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta
Second Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Gilera
Third United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Time 2:00.4
Podium
First United Kingdom Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
Second United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Third Australia Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Hans Baltisberger NSU
Time 2:04.9
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second West Germany Hans Baltisberger NSU
Third United Kingdom Sammy Miller NSU
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Time 2:11.9
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Italy Remo Venturi MV Agusta
Third Italy Angelo Copeta MV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy A. Milani Gilera
Time 2:12.9
Podium
First West Germany BMW
Second West Germany Walter Schneider BMW
Third France Norton

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.

500 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 35 1:08:04.1 8
2 Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Gilera 35 +0.5 6
3 United Kingdom Geoff Duke Gilera 35 +1.6 4
4 Italy Giuseppe Colnago Gilera 3
5 Italy Alfredo Milani Gilera 2
6 West Germany BMW 1
7 Austria BMW
8 United Kingdom Norton
9 Italy Norton
10 Italy A. Cirelli Gilera
[1]

350 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 27 55:21.3 8
2 United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 27 +0.1 6
3 Australia Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 27 +13.1 4
4 Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 3
5 West Germany August Hobl DKW 2
6 Italy Roberto Colombo Moto Guzzi 1
7 West Germany Helmut Hallmeier NSU
8 West Germany DKW
9 United Kingdom Arthur Wheeler AJS
10 Italy AJS
11 United Kingdom Norton
12 West Germany Horex
13 Sweden Norton
14 Switzerland AJS
[1]

250 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 22 46:34.1 8
2 West Germany Hans Baltisberger NSU 22 +0.3 6
3 United Kingdom Sammy Miller NSU 22 +15.6 4
4 West Germany Hermann Paul Müller NSU 3
5 United Kingdom Bill Lomas MV Agusta 2
6 Italy Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 1
7 Italy Roberto Colombo Moto Guzzi
8 West Germany NSU
9 West Germany DKW
10 United Kingdom Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi
11 West Germany Adler
12 Italy Moto Guzzi
13 Italy Moto Guzzi
14 Spain Alfredo Flores Moto Guzzi
15 Italy Moto Guzzi
16 France Moto Guzzi
17 Italy Guido Sala Moto Guzzi
[1]

125 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 18 41:03.8 8
2 Italy Remo Venturi MV Agusta 18 +27.1 6
3 Italy Angelo Copeta MV Agusta 18 +1:42.2 4
4 West Germany August Hobl DKW 3
5 West Germany DKW 2
6 Italy Mondial 1
7 Italy Guido Sala MV Agusta
8 West Germany MV Agusta
9 West Germany MV Agusta
10 Switzerland Florian Camathias MV Agusta
[1]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 West Germany West Germany Fritz Cron BMW 18 41:21.6 8
2 West Germany Walter Schneider West Germany Hans Strauss BMW 18 +0.2 6
3 France West Germany Inge Stoll Norton 18 +58.6 4
4 Switzerland Florian Camathias Switzerland BMW 3
5 France Morocco Francis Flahaut BMW 2
6 West Germany West Germany Franz Heiss BMW 1
7 West Germany East Germany Edgar Perduss BMW
8 West Germany  ? Norton
9 Italy  ? Norton
10 Switzerland Switzerland K. Tuscher BSA
11 A. Baldi  ? BSA
[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 184.


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