1955 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix: Difference between revisions

1955 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 8 races in the; 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1955
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility; 14.120 km (8.774 mi);
500cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke
Time	4:35.7
Podium
First	Giuseppe Colnago
Second	Pierre Monneret
Third	Léon Martin
350cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas
Time	4:53.6
Podium
First	Bill Lomas
Second	August Hobl
Third	Keith Campbell
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Cyril Smith
Time	5:20.0
Podium
First	Wilhelm Noll
Second	Willi Faust
Third	Walter Schneider

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The 1955 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 July 1955 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera	15	1:10:51.1	8
2	Pierre Monneret	Gilera	15	+43.8	6
3	Léon Martin	Gilera	15	+2:35.6	4
4	Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Auguste Goffin	Norton			2
6	John Storr	Norton			1
7	Jack Ahearn	Norton
8	Bill Aislabie	Norton
9	Bob Matthews	Norton
10	Edouard Texidor	Norton
11	Bob Brown	Matchless
12	John Hempleman	Norton
13	Phil Heath	Norton
14	Peter Davey	Norton
15	Arthur Wheeler	Matchless
16	Eddie Grant	Norton
17	Fred Cook	Matchless
^[1]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	11	54:47.7	8
2	August Hobl	DKW	11	+14.9	6
3	Keith Campbell	Norton	11	+2:14.2	4
4	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Roberto Colombo	Moto Guzzi			2
6	Hans Bartl	DKW			1
7	Hans Baltisberger	NSU
8	Auguste Goffin	Norton
9	Jack Ahearn	Norton
10	Jules Nies	Norton
11	Bob Brown	AJS
12	John Hempleman	Norton
13	Tommy Wood	Norton
14	Arthur Wheeler	AJS
15	Fred Cook	AJS
16	Bob Matthews	Norton
17	Edouard Texidor	AJS
18	Pierre Vervroegen	Norton
19	A. van Fleteren	AJS
^[1]

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	7	38:21.2	8
2	Willi Faust	Karl Remmert	BMW	7	+1.1	6
3	Walter Schneider	Hans Strauss	BMW	7	+47.3	4
4	Julien Deronne	Bruno Leys	BMW			3
5	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	Norton			2
6	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	Norton			1
7	Jean Murit	Francis Flahaut	Norton
8	Florian Camathias	Maurice Büla	BMW
9	Marcel Masuy	?	Norton
10	Pierre Vervroegen	Raymond Bogaert	Norton
11	"Rausens"	?	Norton
12	T. Gobel	?	Norton
13	Eric Oliver	Eric Bliss	Norton
^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 174–177.

Previous race: 1955 German Grand Prix	FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1955 season	Next race: 1955 Dutch TT
Previous race: 1954 Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian Grand Prix	Next race: 1956 Belgian Grand Prix

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