1955 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  1955 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 May 1955
Location	Reims-Gueux
Course	Public roads 8.301 km (5.159 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke	Gilera
Time	2:39.0
Podium
First	Geoff Duke	Gilera
Second	Libero Liberati	Gilera
Third	Reg Armstrong	Gilera
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi
Time	3:02.0
Podium
First	Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi
Second	Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi
Third	Roberto Colombo	Moto Guzzi
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Romolo Ferri	Mondial
Time	3:16.8
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Second	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta
Third	Giuseppe Lattanzi	Mondial

The 1955 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 May 1955 at the Reims-Gueux circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Gilera	30	1:22:52.8	8
2	Libero Liberati	Gilera	30	+2:00.2	6
3	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	30	+2:22.4	4
4	Tito Forconi	MV Agusta			3
5	Jacques Collot	Norton			2
6	Firmin Dauwe	Norton			1
7	Florian Camathias	Norton
8	Marcel Beauvais	Norton
9	Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton
[1]

350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi	24	1:16:16.5	8
2	Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	24	+1.2	6
3	Roberto Colombo	Moto Guzzi	24	+1:33.8	4
4	Auguste Goffin	Norton			3
5	Peter Murphy	AJS			2
6	Jacques Collot	Norton			1
7	John Storr	Norton
8	Francis Flahaut	Norton
9	Robin Fitton	Velocette
10	Bruno Böhrer	Parilla
11	Tommy Wood	Norton
12	Hans Haldemann	Norton
13	P. Whelan	AJS
14	René Guérin	Norton
[1]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	12	40:29.8	8
2	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	12	+18.8	6
3	Giuseppe Lattanzi	Mondial	12	+18.9	4
4	Tarquinio Provini	Mondial			3
5	Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta			2
6	Romolo Ferri	Mondial			1
7	Otto Krebs	Mondial
8	Bill Webster	MV Agusta
9	Karl Kronmüller	MV Agusta
10	Willi Scheidhauer	MV Agusta
[1]

References

1. Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 173.