1955 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | May 1, 1955 | ||
| Location | Montjuïc circuit | ||
| Course | Public roads 3.791 km (2.356 mi) |
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| 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 |
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| Time | 2:15.9 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Willi Faust |
BMW | |
| Karl Remmert |
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| Second |  Cyril Smith |
Norton | |
| Stanley Dibben |
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| Third | Eric Oliver |
Norton | |
| Eric Bliss |
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The 1955 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on May 1, 1955 at the Montjuïc circuit.
500 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 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 | 22x20px Alfredo Flores | Norton | |||
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125 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 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 | 22x20px Marcelo Cama | Montesa | 1 | ||
| 7 | 22x20px Juan Atorrasagasti | MV Agusta | |||
| 8 | 22x20px Francisco González | Montesa | |||
| 9 | 22x20px Carlos del Val | Mondial | |||
| 10 | 22x20px Enrico Sirera | Montesa | |||
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Sidecar classification
| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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| 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 | |||
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References
| Previous race: 1954 Spanish Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1955 season |
Next race: 1955 French Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1954 Spanish Grand Prix |
Spanish Grand Prix | Next race: 1957 Spanish Grand Prix |
