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The 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 7th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season, with eight Grands Prix and 4 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc.

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	125 winner	250 winner	350 winner	500 winner	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc Park	Luigi Taveri			Reg Armstrong	Report
2	French Grand Prix	Reims	Carlo Ubbiali		Duilio Agostini	Geoff Duke	Report
3	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Carlo Ubbiali	Bill Lomas	Bill Lomas	Geoff Duke	Report
4	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Carlo Ubbiali	Hermann Paul Müller	Bill Lomas	Geoff Duke	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa			Bill Lomas	Giuseppe Colnago	Report
6	Dutch TT	Assen	Carlo Ubbiali	Luigi Taveri	Ken Kavanagh	Geoff Duke	Report
7	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod		John Surtees	Bill Lomas	Bill Lomas	Report
8	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Carlo Ubbiali	Carlo Ubbiali	Dickie Dale	Umberto Masetti	Report

Championship Standings

500cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Geoff Duke	50	United Kingdom	Gilera	36	4
2	Reg Armstrong		Ireland	Gilera	30	1
3	Umberto Masetti		Italy	MV Agusta	19	1
4	Giuseppe Colnago		Italy	Gilera	13	1
5	Carlos Bandirola		Italy	MV Agusta	10	0
6	Bill Lomas		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	8	1
7	John Hartle		United Kingdom	Norton	6	0
=	Libero Liberati		Italy	Gilera	6	0
=	Pierre Monneret		France	Gilera	6	0
=	Walter Zeller		Germany	BMW	6	0
11	Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	Norton	5	0
12	Ken Kavanagh		Australia	Moto Guzzi	4	0
=	Dickie Dale		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	4	0
=	Léon Martin		Belgium	Gilera	4	0
15	Tito Forconi		Italy	MV Agusta	4	0
16	Jack Brett		United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
=	Drikus Veer		Netherlands	Gilera	3	0
=	Duilio Agostini		Italy	Moto Guzzi	3	0
=	Orlando Valdinoci		Italy	Gilera	3	0
20	Bob Brown		Australia	Matchless	2	0
=	Alfredo Milani		Italy	Gilera	2	0
=	Jacques Collot		France	Norton	2	0
=	Peter Murphy		New Zealand	Matchless	2	0
=	Nello Pagani		Italy	MV Agusta	2	0
=	Auguste Goffin		Belgium	Norton	2	0
26	Jack Ahearn		Australia	Norton	1	0
=	John Clark		United Kingdom	Matchless	1	0
=	Firmin Dauwe		Belgium	Norton	1	0
=	Derek Ennett		United Kingdom	Matchless	1	0
=	Eddie Grant		South Africa	Norton	1	0
=	John Storr		United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Ernst Riedelbauch		Germany	BMW	1	0

350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Bill Lomas	72	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	32	4
2	Dickie Dale		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	18	1
3	August Hobl		Germany	DKW	17	0
4	Ken Kavanagh		Australia	Moto Guzzi	14	1
5	Cecil Sandford		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	13	0
6	John Surtees		United Kingdom	Norton	11	0
7	Duilio Agostini		Italy	Moto Guzzi	8	1
8	Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	Norton	8	0
9	John Hartle		United Kingdom	Norton	7	0
10	Roberto Colombo		Italy	Moto Guzzi	7	0
11	Keith Campbell		Australia	Norton	4	0
12	Enrico Lorenzetti		Italy	Moto Guzzi	3	0
=	Auguste Goffin		Belgium	Velocette	3	0
14	Peter Murphy		New Zealand	AJS	3	0
=	Karl Hofmann		Germany	DKW	3	0
16	Maurice Quincey		Australia	Norton	2	0
17	Hans Bartl		Netherlands	DKW	2	0
18	Jacques Collot		France	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Hermann Paul Müller		Germany	NSU	16	1
2	Cecil Sandford		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	14	0
2	Bill Lomas		United Kingdom	NSU	13	1
4	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	MV Agusta	11	1
5	Umberto Masetti		Italy	MV Agusta	11	0
6	Sammy Miller		United Kingdom	NSU	10	0
7	John Surtees		United Kingdom	NSU	8	1
=	Carlo Ubbiali		Italy	MV Agusta	8	1
9	Hans Baltisberger		Germany	NSU	6	0
=	Wolfgang Brandt		Germany	NSU	6	0
11	Arthur Wheeler		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	6	0
12	Enrico Lorenzetti		Italy	Moto Guzzi	3	0
13	Dave Chadwick		United Kingdom	RD Special	2	0
14	Bill Webster		United Kingdom	Velocette	1	0
=	Helmut Hallmeier		Germany	NSU	1	0

125cc Standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Carlo Ubbiali		Italy	MV Agusta	32	5
2	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	MV Agusta	26	1
3	Remo Venturi		Italy	MV Agusta	16	0
4	Giuseppe Lattanzi		Italy	Mondial	11	0
5	Angelo Copeta		Italy	MV Agusta	8	0
6	Romolo Ferri		Italy	Mondial	7	0
7	Bill Webster		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	5	0
8	Rudolf Grimas		Austria	Mondial	4	0
9	Bill Lomas		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	3	0
=	August Hobl		Germany	DKW	3	0
=	Karl Lottes		Germany	MV Agusta	3	0
=	Tarquinio Provini		Italy	Mondial	3	0
13	Bernhard Pertrusche		Germany	IFA	2	0
=	Willi Scheidhauer		Germany	MV Agusta	2	0
=	Sigfried Wünsche		Germany	DKW	2	0
16	Marcelo Cama		Spain	Montesa	1	0
=	Paolo Campanelli		Italy	Mondial	1	0
=	Erhard Krumpholz		Germany	IFA	1	0
=	Ross Porter		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	1	0
=	Erich Wünsche		Germany	MV Agusta	1	0

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