1955 French motorcycle Grand Prix
{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report
| Grand Prix = French
| flag = France
| Location = Reims-Gueux
| Course_mi = 5.159
| Course_km = 8.301
| Course = Public roads
| Race_No = 2
| Season_No = 8
| Date = 15 May
| Year = 1955
| Image = Circuit-Reims-1954.png
| Fast_Rider_500 = Geoff Duke
| Fast_Rider_500_Country = UK
| Fast_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| Fast_Time_500 = 2:39.0
| First_Rider_500 = Geoff Duke
| First_Rider_500_Country = UK
| First_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| Second_Rider_500 = Libero Liberati
| Second_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| Second_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| Third_Rider_500 = Reg Armstrong
| Third_Rider_500_Country = Ireland
| Third_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| Fast_Rider_350 = Duilio Agostini
| Fast_Rider_350_Country = Italy
| Fast_Rider_350_Bike = Moto Guzzi
| Fast_Time_350 = 3:02.0
| First_Rider_350 = Duilio Agostini
| First_Rider_350_Country = Italy
| First_Rider_350_Bike = Moto Guzzi
| Second_Rider_350 = Dickie Dale
| Second_Rider_350_Country = UK
| Second_Rider_350_Bike = Moto Guzzi
| Third_Rider_350 = Roberto Colombo
| Third_Rider_350_Country = Italy
| Third_Rider_350_Bike = Moto Guzzi
| Fast_Rider_125 = Romolo Ferri
| Fast_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Mondial
| Fast_Time_125 = 3:16.8
| 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 = Giuseppe Lattanzi
| Third_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Third_Rider_125_Bike = 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.
500 cc classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Geoff Duke | Gilera | 30 | 1:22:52.8 | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Libero Liberati | Gilera | 30 | +2:00.2 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 30 | +2:22.4 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Tito Forconi | | | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Collot | Norton | | | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Firmin Dauwe | Norton | | | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Florian Camathias | Norton | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Marcel Beauvais | Norton | | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean-Pierre Bayle | Norton | | | |
| colspan=6| {{cite book | title=Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956 | publisher=Temple Press Ltd | editor-last = Cook | editor-first = R. A. B. | page = 173}} |
350 cc classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Duilio Agostini | 24 | 1:16:16.5 | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Dickie Dale | 24 | +1.2 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Colombo | 24 | +1:33.8 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Auguste Goffin | Norton | | | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|NZL}} Peter Murphy | AJS | | | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Collot | Norton | | | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|GBR}} John Storr | Norton | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|MAR}} Francis Flahaut | Norton | | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Robin Fitton | | | |
| 10
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Bruno Böhrer | Parilla | | | |
| 11
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tommy Wood | Norton | | | |
| 12
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Hans Haldemann | Norton | | | |
| 13
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! 14
| {{flagicon|FRA}} René Guérin
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125cc classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time/Retired ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Ubbiali | 12 | 40:29.8 | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | 12 | +18.8 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Lattanzi | Mondial | 12 | +18.9 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Tarquinio Provini | Mondial | 12 | +30.8 | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Angelo Copeta | 12 | +1:09.6 | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Romolo Ferri | Mondial | 11 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Otto Krebs | Mondial | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Webster | | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Karl Kronmüller | | | |
| 10
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Willi Scheidhauer | | | |
| colspan=6 align=center| 14 starters, 10 finishers |
| colspan=6| Source:{{cite book |last=Haefliger |first=Werner |title=FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide |section=Lightweight class |pages=23 |isbn=978-2-9701086-8-9 |edition=2024}} |
References
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{{MotoGP_race_report
| Name_of_race = French Grand Prix
| Year_of_race = 1955
| Previous_race_in_season = 1955 Spanish Grand Prix
| Next_race_in_season = 1955 Isle of Man TT
| Previous_year's_race = 1954 French Grand Prix
| Next_year's_race = 1958 French Grand Prix
}}