1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season 1954 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1953 1955 thumb|Geoff Duke (pictured in 1951) successfully defended his 500cc World Championship title in 1954. thumb|Fergus Anderson (right) successfully defended his 350cc World Championship title in 1954. thumb|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. The Constructors' titles for all classes were not recognized by the Federation following a political crisis with the constructors (represented by the International Permanent Bureau of Motorcycle Manufacturers) concerning the number of races to be held during the season and the abolition of the riders' championship. 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 FRA 1830 French Grand Prix Reims FRG Werner Haas FRA 1830 Pierre Monneret FRA 1830 Pierre Monneret Report 2 18 June IOM Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain†† AUT Rupert Hollaus FRG Werner Haas NZL Rod Coleman Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm GBR Oliver / Nutt Report 3 26 June NIR Ulster Grand Prix Dundrod AUT Rupert Hollaus FRG Werner Haas Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm † GBR Oliver / Nutt Report4 4 July BEL Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps AUS Ken Kavanagh GBR Geoff Duke GBR Oliver / Nutt Report 5 10 July NLD Dutch TT Assen AUT Rupert Hollaus FRG Werner Haas GBR Fergus Anderson GBR Geoff Duke Report6 25 July FRG German Grand Prix Solitude AUT Rupert Hollaus FRG Werner Haas Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm GBR Geoff Duke FRG Noll / Cron Report7 22 August CHE Swiss Grand Prix Bremgarten AUT Rupert Hollaus GBR Fergus Anderson GBR Geoff Duke FRG Noll / Cron Report 8 12 September ITA 1946 Nations Grand Prix Monza ITA 1946 Guido Sala GBR Arthur Wheeler GBR Fergus Anderson GBR Geoff Duke FRG Noll / Cron Report 9 3 October ESP 1945 Spanish Grand Prix Montjuïc ITA 1946 Tarquinio Provini GBR Fergus Anderson GBR Dickie Dale Report † 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. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 500cc final standings Pos Rider Machine FRAFRA IOMIOM BELBEL HOLNLD GERDEU SUICHE NACITA ESPESP 1945 Pts 1 GBR Geoff Duke Gilera 12 2 1 1 1 1 1 40 (46) 2 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Ray Amm Norton 1 Ret Ret 2 2 7 20 3 AUS Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi Ret 2 Ret 4 Ret 6 2 16 4 GBR Dickie Dale MV Agusta 7 5 20 4 1 13 5 IRL Reg Armstrong Gilera Ret 4 Ret Ret 3 3 5 13 6 FRA Pierre Monneret Gilera 1 Ret 7 Ret 8 7 GBR Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi Ret Ret 2 5 Ret 7 Ret 8 8 ITA Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 3 Ret 3 Ret 8 9 GBR Jack Brett Norton 3 6 4 11 8 10 ITA Umberto Masetti Gilera 2 6 = ITA Alfredo Milani Gilera 2 6 12 NZL Rod Coleman AJS Ret Ret 4 8 5 Ret 5 13 ITA Nello Pagani MV Agusta 7 12 3 4 14 FRA Jacques Collot Norton 3 4 = BEL Léon Martin Gilera 3 4 16 GBR Bob McIntyre AJS 14 4 6 7 Ret 4 17 CHE Luigi Taveri Norton / MV Agusta 4 9 10 Ret 3 18 Isle_of_Wight Tommy Wood Norton 4 3 19 BEL Auguste Goffin Norton Ret 9 5 2 20 NIR Bob Matthews Norton 5 13 14 19 10 2 21 AUS Keith Campbell Norton 5 Ret 2 22 ZAF 1928 Rudy Allison Norton 5 2 23 GBR Harold Clark Norton Ret 8 6 1 24 GBR Cyril Julian Norton 6 48 14 1 25 NZL Peter Murphy Matchless 18 6 Ret 1 26 GBR Derek Farrant AJS Ret Ret 6 1 27 AUS Gordon Laing Norton 6 1 28 AUS Jack Ahearn Norton 9 7 9 12 Ret 0 29 ESP 1945 Alfredo Flores Norton Ret 7 0 30 FRA Pierre Cherrier Norton 7 0 31 NZL Leo Simpson Norton / AJS / Matchless 12 Ret Ret 9 8 0 32 GBR Joe Glazebrook Norton 34 8 0 33 GBR Bob Keeler Norton 8 Ret 0 = GBR Bill Lomas MV Agusta Ret 8 0 35 NZL Barrie Stormont BSA 8 0 = NLD Drikus Veer Gilera 8 0 37 DEU Rudolf Knees BMW / Norton 16 9 0 38 FRA Roland Gauch AJS 9 0 39 AUS Maurice Quincey Norton 10 Ret 10 10 0 40 GBR Dennis Lashmar BSA 21 10 Ret Ret 0 41 DEU Hans Bartl BMW 10 0 = DEU Bruno Böhrer Horex 10 0 43 NLD Piet Knijnenburg BMW 11 11 0 44 GBR Phil Heath AJS / Norton Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 0 45 GBR Peter Davey Norton 11 Ret 0 46 CHE Florian Camathias BMW 11 0 = GBR Barry Haynes BSA 11 0 48 BEL Raoul Gerrebos Norton 12 13 0 49 NIR Mike O'Rourke Norton 46 12 0 50 DEU Walter Zeller BMW Ret 13 0 51 NLD Piet Bakker Norton 13 0 = AUS Keith Bryen Norton 13 0 53 GBR Tom McCleary Matchless 14 Ret 0 54 ITA Tito Forconi Gilera 14 0 55 DEU Alois Huber Norton 15 0 = NLD Lodewijk Simons Matchless 15 0 = GBR John Surtees Norton 15 0 58 NIR Peter Carter Norton 16 0 59 NLD Cees Van Burik Norton 16 0 60 CAN 1921 Roy Godwin Norton Ret 17 Ret 0 61 NLD Jaap Iesberts Matchless 17 0 = DEU Karl Kronmüller BMW 17 0 63 DDR Edgar Barth Norton 18 0 = SWE Evert Carlsson Norton 18 0 65 GBR Bill Beevers Norton 29 19 0 66 GBR Roy Ingram Norton 19 0 67 GBR George Morgan Norton 20 0 = GBR George Salt Matchless 20 0 69 DEU Karl-Julius Holthaus Triumph 21 0 70 GBR Charlie Salt BSA 22 0 71 GBR Bob Rowbottom Norton 23 0 72 GBR Syd Barnett Matchless 24 0 73 SWE Ulf Gate Norton 25 0 74 GBR Albert Moule Norton 26 0 75 GBR Don Williams Norton 27 0 76 GBR Arthur Wheeler AJS 28 0 77 GBR Roy Walker BSA 30 0 78 NIR Malcolm Templeton Matchless 31 0 79 GBR Terry Shepherd AJS 32 0 80 GBR Eric Pantlin Norton 33 0 81 GBR Arnold Jones Matchless 35 0 82 GBR Jimmy Lanyon Matchless 36 0 83 CAN 1921 Edward Havens AJS 37 0 84 GBR Frank Fox Norton 38 0 85 GBR John Clark Matchless 39 0 86 GBR Harry Pearce Matchless 40 0 87 GBR Roy Smith Velocette 41 0 88 GBR Eric Jones Norton 42 0 89 GBR Ray Fay Norton 43 0 90 GBR Robert King Norton 44 0 91 GBR Cliff Carr AJS 45 0 92 GBR Ken Swallow Matchless 47 0 93 GBR Ken Willis AJS 49 0 94 GBR Louis Gilbert AJS 50 0 95 GBR Ernie Barrett Norton 51 0 96 Crown Colony of North Borneo William Cleugh Norton 52 0 97 GBR Ron Rudge Matchless 53 0 – DEU Georg Braun Horex Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 – GBR John Storr Norton Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 – BEL Firmin Dauwe Norton Ret Ret 0 – Ceylon 1951 Rally Dean Norton Ret Ret 0 – GBR Stanley Dibben Norton Ret Ret 0 – MAR Francis Flahaut BMW / Norton Ret Ret 0 – GIB John Grace Norton Ret Ret 0 – GBR Eric Houseley AJS / Norton Ret Ret 0 – ITA Alano Montanari Moto Guzzi Ret Ret 0 – ITA Duilio Agostini Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton Ret 0 – ITA Dante Bianchi Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – Rhodesia and Nyasaland Cyril Blacker AJS Ret 0 – GBR Jack Bottomley Norton Ret 0 – BEL Charles Bruguiere AJS Ret 0 – FRA Georges Burgraff Norton Ret 0 – ITA Paolo Campanelli Gilera Ret 0 – GBR Roly Capner BSA Ret 0 – GBR Louis Carr Matchless Ret 0 – ESP 1945 Antonio Creus Norton Ret 0 – GBR Les Dear Norton Ret 0 – CHE René del Torchio Matchless Ret 0 – GBR Brian Duffy Norton Ret 0 – NLD Anton Elbersen Matchless Ret 0 – GBR Roy Evans Matchless Ret 0 – ITA Lodovico Facchinelli Gilera Ret 0 – ITA Dino Fagiolini Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – GBR Arthur Fenn Norton Ret 0 – GBR John Fisher Matchless Ret 0 – GBR Robin Fitton Velocette Ret 0 – GBR Ted Frend Norton Ret 0 – ITA Enrico Galante Norton Ret 0 – ESP 1945 Francisco González Clua Ret 0 – ITA Francis Guglielminetti Norton Ret 0 – CHE Hans Haldemann Norton Ret 0 – GBR William Hall Norton Ret 0 – GBR Edward Hunt Norton Ret 0 – DEU Peter Knees BMW Ret 0 – GBR Arthur Lavington Velocette Ret 0 – GBR George Leigh Norton Ret 0 – ITA Libero Liberati Gilera Ret 0 – ITA Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – GBR Frank Norris FAN Ret 0 – NLD Gerard Poel Matchless Ret 0 – GBR Brian Purslow BSA Ret 0 – DEU Ernst Riedelbauch Norton Ret 0 – ITA Antonio Ronchei Norton Ret 0 – GBR Simon Sandys-Winsch Velocette Ret 0 – DEU Roland Schnell Horex Ret 0 – ITA Otello Spadoni Gilera Ret 0 – DEU Heinrich Thorn-Prikker Moto Guzzi Ret 0 – GBR Ken Tostevin Matchless Ret 0 – GBR Dave Tutty Norton Ret 0 – AUT Helmut Volzwinkler Matchless Ret 0 – DEU Gerrit Von Woedkte Norton Ret 0 – CAN 1921 Ivor Wagar Norton Ret 0 – DEU Robert Zeller BMW Ret 0 Pos Pilot Moto FRAFRA MANGBR BELBEL HOLNLD GERDEU SUICHE NACITA ESPESP 1945 PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 350cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 GBR Fergus Anderson United Kingdom Moto Guzzi 38 4 2 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Ray Amm Rhodesia Norton 22 2 3 NZL Rod Coleman 33 New Zealand AJS 20 1 4 AUS Ken Kavanagh Australia Moto Guzzi 18 1 5 ITA Enrico Lorenzetti Italy Moto Guzzi 15 0 6 GBR Jack Brett United Kingdom Norton 14 0 7 ITA Duilio Agostini Italy Moto Guzzi 9 0 8 GBR Bob McIntyre United Kingdom AJS 9 0 9 NZL Leo Simpson New Zealand AJS 9 0 10 FRA Pierre Monneret France AJS 8 1 11 BEL Auguste Goffin Belgium Norton 7 0 12 GBR Derek Farrant United Kingdom AJS 6 0 13 GBR Bob Matthews United Kingdom Velocette 6 0 14 GIB Johnny Grace Gibraltar Norton 4 0 = FRG Sigfried Wünsche Germany DKW 4 0 = GBR Bob Keeler United Kingdom Norton 4 0 17 FRG Georg Braun Germany NSU 4 0 = AUS Maurice Quincey Australia Norton 4 0 19 FRA Jacques Collot France Norton 3 0 = AUS Gordon Laing Australia Norton 3 0 21 FRG Karl Hofmann Germany DKW 2 0 = GBR Peter Davey United Kingdom Norton 2 0 = NZL Barry Stormont New Zealand BSA 2 0 24 ITA Alano Montanari Italy Moto Guzzi 1 0 = GBR John Clark United Kingdom AJS 1 0 = BEL Firmin Dauwe Belgium Norton 1 0 250cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 FRG Werner Haas Germany NSU 32 5 2 AUT Rupert Hollaus Austria NSU 26 1 3 FRG Hermann Paul Müller Germany NSU 17 0 4 GBR Arthur Wheeler United Kingdom Moto Guzzi 15 1 5 FRG Hans Baltisberger Germany NSU 14 0 6 FRG Georg Braun Germany NSU 6 0 = ITA Romolo Ferri Italy Moto Guzzi 6 0 8 ITA Roberto Colombo Italy Moto Guzzi 5 0 9 GBR Reg Armstrong United Kingdom NSU 4 0 = FRG Helmut Hallmeier Germany Adler 4 0 = FRG Kurt Knopf Germany NSU 4 0 12 GBR Tommy Wood United Kingdom Moto Guzzi 4 0 13 AUS Ken Kavanagh Australia Moto Guzzi 3 0 = CHE Luigi Taveri Switzerland Moto Guzzi 3 0 15 GBR Fergus Anderson United Kingdom Moto Guzzi 2 0 = FRG Walter Reichert Germany NSU 2 0 = GBR JG Horne United Kingdom Rudge 2 0 18 FRG Walter Vogel Germany Adler 2 0 19 ITA Lanfranco Baviera Italy Moto Guzzi 1 0 = GBR Bob Geeson United Kingdom REG 1 0 = ITA Angelo Marelli Italy Moto Guzzi 1 0 125cc riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike MANGBR ULSUlster NEDNLD GERDEU NATITA ESPESP 1945 Pts 1 AUT Rupert Hollaus NSU 1F 1 1F 1F DNS 32 2 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 2 NCF 3 3 3F NCF 18 3 FRG Hermann Paul Müller NSU 2 2 4 15 4 ITA Tarquinio Provini Mondial 2 1 14 5 FRG Werner Haas NSU 4 5 2 11 6 FRG Hans Baltisberger NSU 4 3 4 10 7 ITA Guido Sala MV Agusta 1 8 8 GBR Cecil Sandford MV Agusta 3 5 5 8 9 ITA Roberto Colombo MV Agusta 2 6 10 ESP 1945 José Antonio Elizalde Montesa 3 4 11 ITA Massimo Genevini MV Agusta 4 3 11 ESP 1945 Juan Bertrand Montesa 4 3 13 GBR Ivor Lloyd MV Agusta 5 2 13 ITA Franco Bertoni MV Agusta 5 2 13 ESP 1945 Arturo Paragues Lube 5 2 16 FRG Karl Lottes MV Agusta 6 6 2 17 GBR Brian Purslow MV Agusta 6 1 17 ITA Angelo Copeta MV Agusta 6 1 17 FRG Willi Scheidhauer MV Agusta 6 1 17 ESP 1945 Gabriel Corsin MV Agusta 6 1 Pos. Rider Bike MANGBR ULSUlster NEDNLD GERDEU NATITA ESPESP 1945 Pts References Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 19–21 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A. 2-940125-32-5 The Official MotoGP website http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1954/NAT/500cc/World+Standing 2010-07-06 2012-09-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20120918192621/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1954/NAT/500cc/World+Standing dead Category:Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons Grand Prix motorcycle racing season