1955 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
Race details | |||
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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) | ||
500 cc | |||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Geoff Duke | Gilera | |
Time | 4:35.7 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Giuseppe Colnago | Gilera | |
Second | Pierre Monneret | Gilera | |
Third | Léon Martin | Gilera | |
350 cc | |||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Bill Lomas | Moto Guzzi | |
Time | 4:53.6 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Bill Lomas | Moto Guzzi | |
Second | August Hobl | DKW | |
Third | Keith Campbell | Norton | |
Sidecars | |||
Fastest lap | |||
Rider | Cyril Smith | Norton | |
Passenger | Stanley Dibben | ||
Time | 5:20.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Wilhelm Noll | BMW | |
Fritz Cron | |||
Second | Willi Faust | BMW | |
Karl Remmert | |||
Third | Walter Schneider | BMW | |
Hans Strauss |
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.
500 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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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 | |||
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350 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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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 | |||
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Sidecar classification
Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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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 | |||
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References
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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