1955 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  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
Rider 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
Rider 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
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Willi Faust BMW Time 2:15.9 Podium First Willi Faust BMW Second Cyril Smith Norton Third Eric Oliver Norton

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.