1955 German motorcycle Grand Prix

German West Germany Nürburgring 14.173 22.810 4 8 26 June 1955 Circuit Nürburgring-1927-Nordschleife.svg Geoff Duke UK Gilera 10:23.3 Geoff Duke UK Gilera Walter Zeller West Germany BMW Carlo Bandirola Italy MV Agusta Bill Lomas UK Moto Guzzi 10:35.0 Bill Lomas UK Moto Guzzi August Hobl West Germany DKW John Surtees UK Mondial Hermann Paul Müller West Germany NSU 10:56.7 Hermann Paul Müller West Germany NSU Wolfgang Brandt West Germany NSU Cecil Sandford UK Moto Guzzi Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta 12:18.2 Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta Luigi Taveri Switzerland MV Agusta Remo Venturi Italy MV Agusta Willi Faust West Germany BMW Karl Remmert West Germany 11:37.0 Willi Faust West Germany Karl Remmert West Germany BMW Wilhelm Noll West Germany Fritz Cron West Germany BMW Walter Schneider West Germany Manfred Grunwald West Germany 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 GBR Geoff Duke Gilera 9 1:34:06.1 8 2 FRG Walter Zeller BMW 9 +24.3 6 3 ITA Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 9 +3:28.9 4 4 ITA Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 3 5 ITA Giuseppe Colnago Gilera 2 6 AUS Jack Ahearn Norton 1 7 FRG Hans-Günter Jäger Norton 8 SWE Sven Andersson Norton 9 SWE Kuno Johansson Matchless 10 FRG Ernst Hiller Matchless 11 GBR Bob Matthews Norton 12 DDR Hans-Joachim Scheel Norton 13 H. Schreiber Norton 14 GBR Phil Heath Norton 15 H. Scheifel Norton Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956 Temple Press Ltd Cook R. A. B. 174 350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 7 1:14:52.1 8 2 FRG August Hobl DKW 7 +13.0 6 3 GBR John Surtees Norton 7 +16.3 4 4 GBR Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 3 5 AUS Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 2 6 FRG Karl Hofmann DKW 1 7 FRG Siegfried Wünsche DKW 8 ITA Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 9 AUS Keith Campbell Norton 10 AUS Jack Ahearn Norton 11 NZL Peter Murphy AJS 12 NZL Bill Aislabie AJS 13 FRG Helmut Hallmeier NSU 14 G. Bodmer DKW 15 H. Hötzer AJS 16 GBR Arthur Wheeler AJS 17 AUS Bob Brown AJS 18 K. Bähr Horex 19 FRG Günther Borgesdiek Norton 20 FRG Bruno Böhrer Parilla 21 GBR Eric Houseley AJS 22 H. Kauret AJS 23 A. Huber AJS 24 FRG Werner Mazanec AJS 25 FRG Rudi Stein AJS 250 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 FRG Hermann Paul Müller NSU 6 1:06:19.6 8 2 FRG Wolfgang Brandt NSU 6 +1:02.0 6 3 GBR Cecil Sandford Moto Guzzi 6 +1:05.7 4 4 CHE Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 3 5 GBR Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 2 6 FRG Helmut Hallmeier NSU 1 7 ITA Roberto Colombo Moto Guzzi 8 FRG Fritz Kläger NSU 9 FRG Roland Heck NSU 10 FRG Karl-Julius Holthaus NSU 11 FRG Horst Kassner NSU 12 FRG Rudi Stein NSU 13 CHE Florian Camathias NSU 14 FRG Rudi Meier NSU 15 DDR Hans-Joachim Scheel AWO 16 FRG Siegfried Lohmann Adler 17 FRG Ludwig Malchus NSU 18 GBR Basil Keys Norton 19 W. Kesberg NSU 125cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Points 1 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 5 1:01:56.5 8 2 CHE Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 5 +0.8 6 3 ITA Remo Venturi MV Agusta 5 +1.6 4 4 FRG Karl Lottes MV Agusta 5 +1:44.4 3 5 DDR Bernhard Petruschke IFA 5 +2:46.0 2 6 DDR Erhart Krumpholz IFA 5 +3:14.5 1 7 FRG H. Bähr MV Agusta 8 FRG Willi Scheidhauer MV Agusta 9 AUT Werner Funk MV Agusta 10 NLD Gerrit Dupont MV Agusta 11 FRG Erich Wünsche MV Agusta 14 starters, 11 finishers Source:Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 23 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 FRG Willi Faust FRG Karl Remmert BMW 5 58:33.8 8 2 FRG Wilhelm Noll FRG Fritz Cron BMW 5 +1:03.7 6 3 FRG Walter Schneider FRG Manfred Grunwald BMW 5 +1:52.0 4 4 FRA Jacques Drion FRG Inge Stoll Norton 3 5 AUS Bob Mitchell AUS Max George Norton 2 6 FRA Jean Murit MAR Francis Flahaut Norton 1 7 FRG Helmut Fath FRG Emil Ohr BMW 8 FRG Willy Mäder FRG Erich Schöttle Norton 9 FRG Fritz Seeber FRG Franz Heiss BMW 10 BEL Marcel Masuy ? Norton 11 DDR Fritz Bagge ? Norton 12 FRG Friedrich Staschel DDR Edgar Perduss BMW 13 FRG Loni Neussner ? Norton 14 V. Tongratz ? Norton 15 T. Gobel ? Norton 16 W. Nowak ? Norton 17 CHE Hans Haldemann CHE Herbert Läderach Norton References German Grand Prix 1955 1955 Isle of Man TT 1955 Belgian Grand Prix 1954 German Grand Prix 1956 German Grand Prix Category:German motorcycle Grand Prix German German Motorcycle Grand Prix