1955 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1955
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Geoff Duke Gilera Time 4:35.7 Podium First Giuseppe Colnago Gilera Second Pierre Monneret Gilera Third Léon Martin Gilera
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Time 4:53.6 Podium First Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi Second August Hobl DKW Third Keith Campbell Norton
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Cyril Smith Norton Time 5:20.0 Podium First Wilhelm Noll BMW Second Willi Faust BMW Third Walter Schneider BMW

The 1955 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 3 July 1955 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera	15	1:10:51.1	8
2	Pierre Monneret	Gilera	15	+43.8	6
3	Léon Martin	Gilera	15	+2:35.6	4
4	Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Auguste Goffin	Norton			2
6	John Storr	Norton			1
7	Jack Ahearn	Norton
8	Bill Aislabie	Norton
9	Bob Matthews	Norton
10	Edouard Texidor	Norton
11	Bob Brown	Matchless
12	John Hempleman	Norton
13	Phil Heath	Norton
14	Peter Davey	Norton
15	Arthur Wheeler	Matchless
16	Eddie Grant	Norton
17	Fred Cook	Matchless
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	11	54:47.7	8
2	August Hobl	DKW	11	+14.9	6
3	Keith Campbell	Norton	11	+2:14.2	4
4	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Roberto Colombo	Moto Guzzi			2
6	Hans Bartl	DKW			1
7	Hans Baltisberger	NSU
8	Auguste Goffin	Norton
9	Jack Ahearn	Norton
10	Jules Nies	Norton
11	Bob Brown	AJS
12	John Hempleman	Norton
13	Tommy Wood	Norton
14	Arthur Wheeler	AJS
15	Fred Cook	AJS
16	Bob Matthews	Norton
17	Edouard Texidor	AJS
18	Pierre Vervroegen	Norton
19	A. van Fleteren	AJS
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	7	38:21.2	8
2	Willi Faust	Karl Remmert	BMW	7	+1.1	6
3	Walter Schneider	Hans Strauss	BMW	7	+47.3	4
4	Julien Deronne	Bruno Leys	BMW			3
5	Pip Harris	Ray Campbell	Norton			2
6	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	Norton			1
7	Jean Murit	Francis Flahaut	Norton
8	Florian Camathias	Maurice Büla	BMW
9	Marcel Masuy	?	Norton
10	Pierre Vervroegen	Raymond Bogaert	Norton
11	"Rausens"	?	Norton
12	T. Gobel	?	Norton
13	Eric Oliver	Eric Bliss	Norton
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