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
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
125cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired 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 5 +1:44.4 3 5 Bernhard Petruschke IFA 5 +2:46.0 2 6 Erhart Krumpholz IFA 5 +3:14.5 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 14 starters, 11 finishers Source:
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
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