1955 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1955 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 May 1955
Location	Montjuïc circuit
Course	Public roads 3.791 km (2.356 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi
Time	2:02.7
Podium
First	Reg Armstrong	Gilera
Second	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta
Third	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Romolo Ferri	Mondial
Time	2:09.9
Podium
First	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta
Second	Romolo Ferri	Mondial
Third	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Willi Faust	BMW
Passenger	Karl Remmert
Time	2:15.9
Podium
First	Willi Faust	BMW
	Karl Remmert
Second	Cyril Smith	Norton
	Stanley Dibben
Third	Eric Oliver	Norton
	Eric Bliss

The 1955 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 May 1955 at the Montjuïc circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	53	1:50:20.4	8
2	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta	53	+31.9	6
3	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	53	+1:19.9	4
4	Orlando Valdinoci	Gilera			3
5	Nello Pagani	MV Agusta			2
6	Tito Forconi	MV Agusta			1
7	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera
8	Alfredo Flores	Norton
[1]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	27	58:59.9	8
2	Romolo Ferri	Mondial	27	+34.7	6
3	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	27	+34.9	4
4	Giuseppe Lattanzi	Mondial			3
5	Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta			2
6	Marcelo Cama	Montesa			1
7	Juan Atorrasagasti	MV Agusta
8	Francisco González	Montesa
9	Carlos del Val	Mondial
10	Enrico Sirera	Montesa
[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Willi Faust	Karl Remmert	BMW	27	1:02:02.9	8
2	Cyril Smith	Stanley Dibben	Norton	27	+59.5	6
3	Eric Oliver	Eric Bliss	Norton	27	+2:18.9	4
4	Rudolf Koch	Christian Wirth	BMW			3
5	Ernesto Merlo	Vittorio Mussa	Gilera			2
6	Roland Benz	Jakob Kuchler	Norton			1
7	Fron Purslow	Alan Goodwin	BSA
8	Bill Beevers	Brian Morris	Norton
9	Luigi Marcelli	Lorenzo Dobelli	Norton
[1]

References

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