1955 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 May 1955
Location	Montjuïc circuit
Course	Public roads 3.791 km (2.356 mi)
500 cc
Rider 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
Rider 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
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Willi Faust BMW Time 2:15.9 Podium First Willi Faust BMW Second Cyril Smith Norton Third Eric Oliver Norton

The 1955 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 May 1955 at the Montjuïc circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
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	Alfredo Flores	Norton
[1]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
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	Marcelo Cama	Montesa			1
7	Juan Atorrasagasti	MV Agusta
8	Francisco González	Montesa
9	Carlos del Val	Mondial
10	Enrico Sirera	Montesa
[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
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
[1]

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