1955 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
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{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report
| Grand Prix = Spanish
| flag = Spain
| Flag_suffix = 1945
| Location = Montjuïc circuit
| Course_mi = 2.356
| Course_km = 3.791
| Course = Public roads
| Race_No = 1
| Season_No = 8
| Date = 1 May
| Year = 1955
| Image = Montjuïc circuit.svg
| Fast_Rider_500 = Ken Kavanagh
| Fast_Rider_500_Country = Australia
| Fast_Rider_500_Bike = Moto Guzzi
| Fast_Time_500 = 2:02.7
| First_Rider_500 = Reg Armstrong
| First_Rider_500_Country = Ireland
| First_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| Second_Rider_500 = Carlo Bandirola
| Second_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| Second_Rider_500_Bike = MV Agusta
| Third_Rider_500 = Umberto Masetti
| Third_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| Third_Rider_500_Bike = MV Agusta
| Fast_Rider_125 = Romolo Ferri
| Fast_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Mondial
| Fast_Time_125 = 2:09.0
| First_Rider_125 = Luigi Taveri
| First_Rider_125_Country = Switzerland
| First_Rider_125_Bike = MV Agusta
| Second_Rider_125 = Romolo Ferri
| Second_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Second_Rider_125_Bike = Mondial
| Third_Rider_125 = Carlo Ubbiali
| Third_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Third_Rider_125_Bike = MV Agusta
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar = Willi Faust
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country = West Germany
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Bike = BMW
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar = Karl Remmert
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country = West Germany
| Fast_Time_Sidecar = 2:15.9
| First_Rider_Sidecar = Willi Faust
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Country = West Germany
| First_Passenger_Sidecar = Karl Remmert
| First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country = West Germany
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Bike = BMW
| Second_Rider_Sidecar = Cyril Smith
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country = UK
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar = Stanley Dibben
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country = UK
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Bike = Norton
| Third_Rider_Sidecar = Eric Oliver
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country = UK
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar = Eric Bliss
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country = UK
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Bike = 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
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 53 | 1:50:20.4 | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Bandirola | 53 | +31.9 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Umberto Masetti | 53 | +1:19.9 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Orlando Valdinoci | Gilera | | | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Nello Pagani | | | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Tito Forconi | | | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Colnago | Gilera | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Alfredo Flores | 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}} |
125cc classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time/Retired ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Luigi Taveri | 27 | 58:59.9 | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Romolo Ferri | Mondial | 27 | +34.7 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Ubbiali | 27 | +34.9 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Lattanzi | Mondial | 27 | +1:03.9 | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Angelo Copeta | 27 | +2:05.7 | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Marcelo Cama | Montesa | 27 | +2:06.6 | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Juan Atorrasagasti | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Francisco González | Montesa | | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Carlos del Val | Mondial | | | |
| 10
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} Enrico Sirera | Montesa | | | |
| colspan=6 align=center| 15 starters, 11 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}} |
Sidecar classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Passenger ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Willi Faust | {{flagicon|FRG}} Karl Remmert | BMW | 27 | 1:02:02.9 | 8 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Cyril Smith | {{flagicon|GBR}} Stanley Dibben | Norton | 27 | +59.5 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Eric Oliver | {{flagicon|GBR}} Eric Bliss | Norton | 27 | +2:18.9 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|FRG}} Rudolf Koch | {{flagicon|FRG}} Christian Wirth | BMW | | | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ernesto Merlo | {{flagicon|ITA}} Vittorio Mussa | Gilera | | | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|CHE}} Roland Benz | {{flagicon|CHE}} Jakob Kuchler | Norton | | | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Fron Purslow | {{flagicon|GBR}} Alan Goodwin | BSA | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Beevers | {{flagicon|GBR}} Brian Morris | Norton | | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Marcelli | {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Dobelli | Norton | | | |
| colspan=7| |
References
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{{MotoGP_race_report
| Name_of_race = Spanish Grand Prix
| Year_of_race = 1955
| Previous_race_in_season = 1954 Spanish Grand Prix
| Next_race_in_season = 1955 French Grand Prix
| Previous_year's_race = 1954 Spanish Grand Prix
| Next_year's_race = 1957 Spanish Grand Prix
}}