1955 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

Italy  1955 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 8 races in the
1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 4 September 1955
Location Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Course Permanent racing facility
5.750 km (3.573 mi)
500 cc
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
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
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
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
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider Italy A. Milani Gilera
Passenger ?
Time 2:12.9
Podium
First West Germany Wilhelm Noll BMW
West Germany Fritz Cron
Second West Germany Walter Schneider BMW
West Germany Hans Strauss
Third France Jacques Drion Norton
West Germany Inge Stoll

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 Ernst Riedelbauch BMW 1
7 Austria Gerold Klinger BMW
8 United Kingdom Bill Hall Norton
9 Italy Enrico Galante 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 Siegfried Wünsche DKW
9 United Kingdom Arthur Wheeler AJS
10 Italy Lodovico Facchinelli AJS
11 United Kingdom Bill Hall Norton
12 West Germany Erwin Aldinger Horex
13 Sweden Sven Andersson Norton
14 Switzerland Arthur Wick 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 Kurt Knopf NSU
9 West Germany Karl Lottes DKW
10 United Kingdom Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi
11 West Germany Günter Beer Adler
12 Italy Adelmo Mandolini Moto Guzzi
13 Italy Lanfranco Baviera Moto Guzzi
14 Spain Alfredo Flores Moto Guzzi
15 Italy Dino Fagiolini Moto Guzzi
16 France René Guérin 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 Siegfried Wünsche DKW 2
6 Italy Paolo Campanelli Mondial 1
7 Italy Guido Sala MV Agusta
8 West Germany Karl Lottes MV Agusta
9 West Germany Willi Scheidhauer MV Agusta
10 Switzerland Florian Camathias MV Agusta
[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 West Germany Wilhelm Noll 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 Jacques Drion West Germany Inge Stoll Norton 18 +58.6 4
4 Switzerland Florian Camathias Switzerland Maurice Büla BMW 3
5 France Jean Murit Morocco Francis Flahaut BMW 2
6 West Germany Fritz Seeber West Germany Franz Heiss BMW 1
7 West Germany Friedrich Staschel East Germany Edgar Perduss BMW
8 West Germany Loni Neussner ? Norton
9 Italy Alfonso Sammarchi ? Norton
10 Switzerland Fritz Mühlemann Switzerland K. Tuscher BSA
11 A. Baldi ? BSA
[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 184.
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