1955 MotoGP

8 Grands Prix. Geoff Duke heads the published standings with 36 points on a Gilera.

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Races8

Winners5different race winners

Riders classified163in the published standings

Makers11

Calendar every race, in order

Date	Race	Circuit	Winner	Maker	Pole	Fastest lap
1955-05-01	Spanish Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Montjuïc	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	Carlo Bandirola	· Carlo Bandirola
1955-05-15	French Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Reims	Geoff Duke	Gilera	—	· Geoff Duke
1955-06-10	Isle of Man TT · Grand Prix	Snaefell Mountain	Geoff Duke	Gilera	—	· Geoff Duke
1955-06-26	German Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Nürburgring Nordschleife	Geoff Duke	Gilera	—	· Geoff Duke
1955-07-03	Belgian Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera	—	· Reg Armstrong
1955-07-16	Dutch TT · Grand Prix	Assen	Geoff Duke	Gilera	—	· Geoff Duke
1955-08-13	Ulster Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Dundrod	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	—	· Bill Lomas
1955-09-04	Nations Grand Prix · Grand Prix	Monza	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	—	· Geoff Duke

Riders’ standings published

Pos	Rider	Maker	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Gilera	36
2	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	30
3	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	19
4	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera	13
5	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta	10
6	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	8
7	Pierre Monneret	Gilera	6
8	John Hartle	Norton	6
9	Libero Liberati	Gilera	6
10	Walter Zeller	BMW	6
11	Bob McIntyre	Norton	5
12	Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	4
12	Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi	4
14	Leon Martin	Gilera	4
15	Tito Forconi	MV Agusta	4
16	Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi	3
16	Jack Brett	Norton	3
18	Orlando Valdinoci	Gilera	3
18	Drikus Veer	Gilera	3
20	Bob Brown	Matchless	2
21	Alfredo Milani	Gilera	2
22	Peter Murphy	Matchless	2
23	Auguste Goffin	Norton	2
24	Jacques Collot	Norton	2
24	Nello Pagani	MV Agusta	2
26	Jack Ahearn	Norton	1
27	Eddie Grant	Matchless	1
28	John Clark	Matchless	1
28	Ernst Riedelbauch	BMW	1
28	John Storr	Norton	1
31	Firmin Dauwe	Norton	1
31	Derek Ennett	Matchless	1
33	Hans-Günther Jäger	Norton	0
33	Eric Jones	Norton	0
35	Florian Camathias	Norton	0
35	Gerold Klinger	BMW	0
37	Piet Bakker	Norton	0
38	Len Aislabie	Norton	0
39	Sven Andersson	Norton	0
40	William Hall	Norton	0
41	Marcel Beauvais	Norton	0
41	Alfredo Flores	Norton	0
41	Priem Rozenberg	BMW	0
44	Bob Matthews	Norton	0
45	Bill Collett	Matchless	0
46	Derek Powell	Matchless	0
46	Percy Tait	Norton	0
48	Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton	0
48	Enrico Galante	Norton	0
48	Kuno Johansson	Matchless	0
51	Phil Heath	Norton	0
52	Peter Davey	Norton	0
52	Ernst Hiller	Matchless	0
52	Maurice Low		0
55	Artemio Cirelli	Gilera	0
55	Edouard Texidor	Norton	0
56	Robin Fitton	Norton	0
56	Piet Knijnenburg	Matchless	0
56	Ray Travers	Norton	0
59	Malcolm Templeton	Matchless	0
60	John Hempleman	Norton	0
61	Mike O'Rourke	Norton	0
61	Hans-Joachim Scheel	Norton	0
63	Ken Tostevin	Matchless	0
64	Heinz Schreiber	Norton	0
64	Casper Swart	Norton	0
66	Angus Martin	Norton	0
68	Arthur Wheeler	Matchless	0
69	Harry Pearce	Matchless	0
69	Karl-Heinz Scheifel	Norton	0
69	Gerrit Ten Kate	Norton	0
69	Harry Turner	Norton	0
73	Ralph Rensen	Norton	0
74	Frederick Cook	Matchless	0
75	Ernie Oliver	Norton	0
76	Dick Knox	Norton	0
77	Robert King	Norton	0
78	John Denton	Norton	0
79	Ken Swallow	Matchless	0
80	George Costain	Norton	0
80	Jimmy Hayes	AJS	0
82	Roy Evans	Matchless	0
82	Ivor Lloyd	Norton	0
84	Geoff Read	Norton	0
85	Dave Chadwick	Norton	0
86	Frank Perris	Matchless	0
87	Eric Pantilin	Norton	0
88	Albert Moule	BSA	0
89	John Surtees	Norton	0
90	Bob Rowbottom	Norton	0
91	George Catlin	Norton	0
92	Philip Palmer	BSA	0
93	Ken Tully	Norton	0
94	Terry Shepherd	Norton	0
95	Jack Bailey	Norton	0
96	Bill Beevers	Norton	0
97	Bill Roberton	Norton	0
98	Joe Glazebrook	Norton	0
99	Ray Fay	BSA	0
100	Ralph Wijesinghe	BSA	0
101	Walter Hancock	BSA	0
102	Willie Wilshere	Norton	0
103	Frank Norris	Norton	0
None	Tony McAlpine	BMW	0
None	Keith Campbell	Norton	0
None	Chris Stormont	BSA	0
None	Francis Flahaut	Norton	0
None	Ulf Gate	Matchless	0
None	Hans Haldemann	Norton	0
None	Dick Thomson	Matchless	0
None	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	0
None	Fernando Aranda	Norton	0
None	Bruno Böhrer	Horex	0
None	Paolo Campanelli	Gilera	0
None	Roly Capner	BSA	0
None	Louis Carr	Norton	0
None	Louis Carter	Norton	0
None	Phil Carter	Matchless	0
None	Eric Cheers	Matchless	0
None	Franco Chinelli	Gilera	0
None	Javier de Ortueta	Norton	0
None	Rally Dean	Norton	0
None	Stanley Dibben	Norton	0
None	Anton Elbersen	Norton	0
None	Lodovico Facchinelli	Gilera	0
None	Luigi Folconi	Moto Guzzi	0
None	Bob Ferguson	AJS	0
None	Jack Forrest	BMW	0
None	Frank Fox	Norton	0
None	Martino Giani	Gilera	0
None	Francisco González	Norton	0
None	John Grace	Norton	0
None	Francesco Guglielminetti	Norton	0
None	Wilf Herron	Norton	0
None	Eric Houseley	Matchless	0
None	Roy Ingram	Norton	0
None	Arnold Jones	Matchless	0
None	Harald Karlsson	Norton	0
None	Rudolf Knees	Norton	0
None	George Leigh	Norton	0
None	Robert McCracken	Triumph	0
None	George Northwood	BSA	0
None	Pierre Nicholas	Norton	0
None	Tony Ovens	Norton	0
None	Harry Plews	Norton	0
None	Maurice Quincey	Norton	0
None	Gerald Robarts	Norton	0
None	Michael Roche	Norton	0
None	Charlie Salt	BSA	0
None	George Salt	Matchless	0
None	W. Stewart	Norton	0
None	Martinus van Son	Norton	0
None	John Williamson	Norton	0
None	Jackie Wood	Norton	0
None	Erich Wünsche	Norton	0
None	Georg Braun	Horex	0
None	Allen Burt	Matchless	0
None	Ricardo Galvagni	Norton	0
None	Sakari Järvimaa	Matchless	0
None	Armando Poggi	Norton	0
None	R. Siriwardena	Norton	0
None	W.H. Spence	Norton	0
None	Des Wright	BSA	0

Manufacturers

No manufacturers’ table in the archive for this season.