1955 German motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:	German
Flag:	West Germany
Location:	Nürburgring
Course Mi:	14.173
Course Km:	22.810
Race No:	4
Season No:	8
Date:	26 June
Year:	1955
Fast Rider 500:	Geoff Duke
Fast Rider 500 Country:	UK
Fast Rider 500 Bike:	Gilera
Fast Time 500:	10:23.3
First Rider 500:	Geoff Duke
First Rider 500 Country:	UK
First Rider 500 Bike:	Gilera
Second Rider 500:	Walter Zeller
Second Rider 500 Country:	West Germany
Second Rider 500 Bike:	BMW
Third Rider 500:	Carlo Bandirola
Third Rider 500 Country:	Italy
Third Rider 500 Bike:	MV Agusta
Fast Rider 350:	Bill Lomas
Fast Rider 350 Country:	UK
Fast Rider 350 Bike:	Moto Guzzi
Fast Time 350:	10:35.0
First Rider 350:	Bill Lomas
First Rider 350 Country:	UK
First Rider 350 Bike:	Moto Guzzi
Second Rider 350:	August Hobl
Second Rider 350 Country:	West Germany
Second Rider 350 Bike:	DKW
Third Rider 350:	John Surtees
Third Rider 350 Country:	UK
Third Rider 350 Bike:	Mondial
Fast Rider 250:	Hermann Paul Müller
Fast Rider 250 Country:	West Germany
Fast Rider 250 Bike:	NSU
Fast Time 250:	10:56.7
First Rider 250:	Hermann Paul Müller
First Rider 250 Country:	West Germany
First Rider 250 Bike:	NSU
Second Rider 250:	Wolfgang Brandt
Second Rider 250 Country:	West Germany
Second Rider 250 Bike:	NSU
Third Rider 250:	Cecil Sandford
Third Rider 250 Country:	UK
Third Rider 250 Bike:	Moto Guzzi
Fast Rider 125:	Carlo Ubbiali
Fast Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Fast Rider 125 Bike:	MV Agusta
Fast Time 125:	12:18.2
First Rider 125:	Carlo Ubbiali
First Rider 125 Country:	Italy
First Rider 125 Bike:	MV Agusta
Second Rider 125:	Luigi Taveri
Second Rider 125 Country:	Switzerland
Second Rider 125 Bike:	MV Agusta
Third Rider 125:	Remo Venturi
Third Rider 125 Country:	Italy
Third Rider 125 Bike:	MV Agusta
Fast Rider Sidecar:	Willi Faust
Fast Rider Sidecar Country:	West Germany
Fast Rider Sidecar Bike:	BMW
Fast Passenger Sidecar:	Karl Remmert
Fast Passenger Sidecar Country:	West Germany
Fast Time Sidecar:	11:37.0
First Rider Sidecar:	Willi Faust
First Rider Sidecar Country:	West Germany
First Passenger Sidecar:	Karl Remmert
First Passenger Sidecar Country:	West Germany
First Rider Sidecar Bike:	BMW
Second Rider Sidecar:	Wilhelm Noll
Second Rider Sidecar Country:	West Germany
Second Passenger Sidecar:	Fritz Cron
Second Passenger Sidecar Country:	West Germany
Second Rider Sidecar Bike:	BMW
Third Rider Sidecar:	Walter Schneider
Third Rider Sidecar Country:	West Germany
Third Passenger Sidecar:	Manfred Grunwald
Third Passenger Sidecar Country:	West Germany
Third Rider Sidecar Bike:	BMW

The 1955 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 26 June 1955 at the Nürburgring circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Gilera	9	1:34:06.1	8
2	Walter Zeller	BMW	9	+24.3	6
3	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta	9	+3:28.9	4
4	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta			3
5	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera			2
6	Jack Ahearn	Norton			1
7	Hans-Günter Jäger	Norton
8	Sven Andersson	Norton
9	Kuno Johansson	Matchless
10	Ernst Hiller	Matchless
11	Bob Matthews	Norton
12	Hans-Joachim Scheel	Norton
13	H. Schreiber	Norton
14	Phil Heath	Norton
15	H. Scheifel	Norton
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	7	1:14:52.1	8
2	August Hobl	DKW	7	+13.0	6
3	John Surtees	Norton	7	+16.3	4
4	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi			2
6	Karl Hofmann	DKW			1
7	Siegfried Wünsche	DKW
8	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta
9	Keith Campbell	Norton
10	Jack Ahearn	Norton
11	Peter Murphy	AJS
12	Bill Aislabie	AJS
13	Helmut Hallmeier	NSU
14	G. Bodmer	DKW
15	H. Hötzer	AJS
16	Arthur Wheeler	AJS
17	Bob Brown	AJS
18	K. Bähr	Horex
19	Günther Borgesdiek	Norton
20	Bruno Böhrer	Parilla
21	Eric Houseley	AJS
22	H. Kauret	AJS
23	A. Huber	AJS
24	Werner Mazanec	AJS
25	Rudi Stein	AJS

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Hermann Paul Müller	NSU	6	1:06:19.6	8
2	Wolfgang Brandt	NSU	6	+1:02.0	6
3	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi	6	+1:05.7	4
4	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta			3
5	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi			2
6	Helmut Hallmeier	NSU			1
7	Roberto Colombo	Moto Guzzi
8	Fritz Kläger	NSU
9	Roland Heck	NSU
10	Karl-Julius Holthaus	NSU
11	Horst Kassner	NSU
12	Rudi Stein	NSU
13	Florian Camathias	NSU
14	Rudi Meier	NSU
15	Hans-Joachim Scheel	AWO
16	Siegfried Lohmann	Adler
17	Ludwig Malchus	NSU
18	Basil Keys	Norton
19	W. Kesberg	NSU

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	5	1:01:56.5	8
2	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	5	+0.8	6
3	Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	5	+1.6	4
4	Karl Lottes	MV Agusta			3
5	Bernhard Petruschke	IFA			2
6	Erhart Krumpholz	IFA			1
7	H. Bähr	MV Agusta
8	Willi Scheidhauer	MV Agusta
9	Werner Funk	MV Agusta
10	Gerrit Dupont	MV Agusta
11	Erich Wünsche	MV Agusta

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Willi Faust	Karl Remmert	BMW	5	58:33.8	8
2	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	5	+1:03.7	6
3	Walter Schneider	Manfred Grunwald	BMW	5	+1:52.0	4
4	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	Norton			3
5	Bob Mitchell	Max George	Norton			2
6	Jean Murit	Francis Flahaut	Norton			1
7	Helmut Fath	Emil Ohr	BMW
8	Willy Mäder	Erich Schöttle	Norton
9	Fritz Seeber	Franz Heiss	BMW
10	Marcel Masuy	?	Norton
11	Fritz Bagge	?	Norton
12	Friedrich Staschel	Edgar Perduss	BMW
13	Loni Neussner	?	Norton
14	V. Tongratz	?	Norton
15	T. Gobel	?	Norton
16	W. Nowak	?	Norton
17	Hans Haldemann	Herbert Läderach	Norton

Notes and References

1. Book: Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956 . Temple Press Ltd . Cook . R. A. B. . 174.