1955 French motorcycle Grand Prix

  1955 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 8 races in the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	15 May 1955
Location	Reims-Gueux
Course	Public roads 8.301 km (5.158 mi)
500cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Geoff Duke Gilera Time 2:39.0 Podium First Geoff Duke Gilera Second Libero Liberati Gilera Third Reg Armstrong Gilera
350cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Duilio Agostini Moto Guzzi Time 3:02.0 Podium First Duilio Agostini Moto Guzzi Second Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi Third Roberto Colombo Moto Guzzi
125cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Romolo Ferri Mondial Time 3:16.8 Podium First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta Second Luigi Taveri MV Agusta Third Giuseppe Lattanzi Mondial

The 1955 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 15 May 1955 at the Reims-Gueux circuit.

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Gilera	30	1:22:52.8	8
2	Libero Liberati	Gilera	30	+2:00.2	6
3	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	30	+2:22.4	4
4	Tito Forconi	MV Agusta			3
5	Jacques Collot	Norton			2
6	Firmin Dauwe	Norton			1
7	Florian Camathias	Norton
8	Marcel Beauvais	Norton
9	Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Duilio Agostini	Moto Guzzi	24	1:16:16.5	8
2	Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	24	+1.2	6
3	Roberto Colombo	Moto Guzzi	24	+1:33.8	4
4	Auguste Goffin	Norton			3
5	Peter Murphy	AJS			2
6	Jacques Collot	Norton			1
7	John Storr	Norton
8	Francis Flahaut	Norton
9	Robin Fitton	Velocette
10	Bruno Böhrer	Parilla
11	Tommy Wood	Norton
12	Hans Haldemann	Norton
13	P. Whelan	AJS
14	René Guérin	Norton
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	12	40:29.8	8
2	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	12	+18.8	6
3	Giuseppe Lattanzi	Mondial	12	+18.9	4
4	Tarquinio Provini	Mondial	12	+30.8	3
5	Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta	12	+1:09.6	2
6	Romolo Ferri	Mondial	11	+1 lap	1
7	Otto Krebs	Mondial
8	Bill Webster	MV Agusta
9	Karl Kronmüller	MV Agusta
10	Willi Scheidhauer	MV Agusta
14 starters, 10 finishers
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