1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
# 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1954 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the sixth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of nine Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 30 May, with French Grand Prix and ended with Spanish Grand Prix on 3 October.

## 1954 Grand Prix season calendar

| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 500cc winner | Report |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 30 May | French Grand Prix | Reims | | Werner Haas | Pierre Monneret | Pierre Monneret | | Report |
| 2 | 18 June | Isle of Man TT | Snaefell Mountain†† | Rupert Hollaus | Werner Haas | Rod Coleman | Ray Amm | Oliver / Nutt | Report |
| 3 | 26 June | Ulster Grand Prix | Dundrod | Rupert Hollaus | Werner Haas | Ray Amm | Ray Amm † | Oliver / Nutt | Report |
| 4 | 4 July | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | | | Ken Kavanagh | Geoff Duke | Oliver / Nutt | Report |
| 5 | 10 July | Dutch TT | Assen | Rupert Hollaus | Werner Haas | Fergus Anderson | Geoff Duke | | Report |
| 6 | 25 July | German Grand Prix | Solitude | Rupert Hollaus | Werner Haas | Ray Amm | Geoff Duke | Noll / Cron | Report |
| 7 | 22 August | Swiss Grand Prix | Bremgarten | | Rupert Hollaus | Fergus Anderson | Geoff Duke | Noll / Cron | Report |
| 8 | 12 September | Nations Grand Prix | Monza | Guido Sala | Arthur Wheeler | Fergus Anderson | Geoff Duke | Noll / Cron | Report |
| 9 | 3 October | Spanish Grand Prix | Montjuïc | Tarquinio Provini | | Fergus Anderson | Dickie Dale | | Report |

† The 500 cc race was stopped by bad weather, and the FIM excluded the race from the World Championship.

†† The Sidecars and 125cc races were held on the 10.6-mile (17.364) km long Clypse Course other than the usual 37 mile (62 km) Snaefell mountain course.

## Standings

### Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races counted in the Sidecars, 125cc and 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, the five best results were counted.

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

**500cc final standings**

| Pos | Rider | Machine | FRA | MAN | BEL | HOL | GER | SUI | NAC | ESP | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Geoff Duke | Gilera | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 40 (46) |
| 2 | Ray Amm | Norton | | 1 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 7 | | 20 |
| 3 | Ken Kavanagh | Moto Guzzi | | Ret | 2 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | Dickie Dale | MV Agusta | | 7 | | 5 | 20 | | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Reg Armstrong | Gilera | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 3 | 3 | 5 | | 13 |
| 6 | Pierre Monneret | Gilera | 1 | | Ret | | | 7 | Ret | | 8 |
| 7 | Fergus Anderson | Moto Guzzi | | Ret | Ret | 2 | 5 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 8 |
| 8 | Carlo Bandirola | MV Agusta | | | | 3 | Ret | | 3 | Ret | 8 |
| 9 | Jack Brett | Norton | | 3 | | | 6 | 4 | 11 | | 8 |
| 10 | Umberto Masetti | Gilera | | | | | | | 2 | | 6 |
| = | Alfredo Milani | Gilera | 2 | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 12 | Rod Coleman | AJS | | Ret | Ret | 4 | 8 | 5 | Ret | | 5 |
| 13 | Nello Pagani | MV Agusta | | | | 7 | | | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Jacques Collot | Norton | 3 | | | | | | | | 4 |
| = | Léon Martin | Gilera | | | 3 | | | | | | 4 |
| 16 | Bob McIntyre | AJS | | 14 | 4 | 6 | 7 | Ret | | | 4 |
| 17 | Luigi Taveri | Norton / MV Agusta | 4 | | | | | 9 | 10 | Ret | 3 |
| 18 | Tommy Wood | Norton | | | | | | | | 4 | 3 |
| 19 | Auguste Goffin | Norton | Ret | | 9 | | | | | 5 | 2 |
| 20 | Bob Matthews | Norton | 5 | | 13 | 14 | 19 | | | 10 | 2 |
| 21 | Keith Campbell | Norton | | | 5 | Ret | | | | | 2 |
| 22 | Rudy Allison | Norton | | 5 | | | | | | | 2 |
| 23 | Harold Clark | Norton | | Ret | 8 | | | | | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | Cyril Julian | Norton | 6 | 48 | | | 14 | | | | 1 |
| 25 | Peter Murphy | Matchless | | 18 | 6 | Ret | | | | | 1 |
| 26 | Derek Farrant | AJS | | Ret | | | Ret | 6 | | | 1 |
| 27 | Gordon Laing | Norton | | 6 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 28 | Jack Ahearn | Norton | | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | | Ret | | 0 |
| 29 | Alfredo Flores | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | Pierre Cherrier | Norton | 7 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Leo Simpson | Norton / AJS / Matchless | | 12 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 8 | | | 0 |
| 32 | Joe Glazebrook | Norton | | 34 | | | | | | 8 | 0 |
| 33 | Bob Keeler | Norton | | 8 | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| = | Bill Lomas | MV Agusta | | Ret | | | | | 8 | | 0 |
| 35 | Barrie Stormont | BSA | 8 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Drikus Veer | Gilera | | | | 8 | | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Rudolf Knees | BMW / Norton | | | | | 16 | | | 9 | 0 |
| 38 | Roland Gauch | AJS | 9 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 39 | Maurice Quincey | Norton | | 10 | Ret | 10 | 10 | | | | 0 |
| 40 | Dennis Lashmar | BSA | | 21 | 10 | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Hans Bartl | BMW | | | | | | 10 | | | 0 |
| = | Bruno Böhrer | Horex | 10 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Piet Knijnenburg | BMW | | | | 11 | 11 | | | | 0 |
| 44 | Phil Heath | AJS / Norton | | Ret | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| 45 | Peter Davey | Norton | | 11 | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Florian Camathias | BMW | | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| = | Barry Haynes | BSA | 11 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 48 | Raoul Gerrebos | Norton | | | 12 | | 13 | | | | 0 |
| 49 | Mike O'Rourke | Norton | | 46 | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| 50 | Walter Zeller | BMW | | | | | Ret | | 13 | | 0 |
| 51 | Piet Bakker | Norton | | | | 13 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Keith Bryen | Norton | | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 53 | Tom McCleary | Matchless | | | 14 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 54 | Tito Forconi | Gilera | | | | | | | 14 | | 0 |
| 55 | Alois Huber | Norton | | | | | 15 | | | | 0 |
| = | Lodewijk Simons | Matchless | | | | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| = | John Surtees | Norton | | 15 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 58 | Peter Carter | Norton | | 16 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 59 | Cees Van Burik | Norton | | | | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| 60 | Roy Godwin | Norton | Ret | 17 | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 61 | Jaap Iesberts | Matchless | | | | 17 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Karl Kronmüller | BMW | | | | | 17 | | | | 0 |
| 63 | Edgar Barth | Norton | | | | | 18 | | | | 0 |
| = | Evert Carlsson | Norton | | | | 18 | | | | | 0 |
| 65 | Bill Beevers | Norton | | 29 | | 19 | | | | | 0 |
| 66 | Roy Ingram | Norton | | 19 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 67 | George Morgan | Norton | | | | 20 | | | | | 0 |
| = | George Salt | Matchless | | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 69 | Karl-Julius Holthaus | Triumph | | | | | 21 | | | | 0 |
| 70 | Charlie Salt | BSA | | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 71 | Bob Rowbottom | Norton | | 23 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 72 | Syd Barnett | Matchless | | 24 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 73 | Ulf Gate | Norton | | 25 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 74 | Albert Moule | Norton | | 26 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 75 | Don Williams | Norton | | 27 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 76 | Arthur Wheeler | AJS | | 28 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 77 | Roy Walker | BSA | | 30 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 78 | Malcolm Templeton | Matchless | | 31 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 79 | Terry Shepherd | AJS | | 32 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 80 | Eric Pantlin | Norton | | 33 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 81 | Arnold Jones | Matchless | | 35 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 82 | Jimmy Lanyon | Matchless | | 36 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 83 | Edward Havens | AJS | | 37 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 84 | Frank Fox | Norton | | 38 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 85 | John Clark | Matchless | | 39 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 86 | Harry Pearce | Matchless | | 40 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 87 | Roy Smith | Velocette | | 41 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 88 | Eric Jones | Norton | | 42 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 89 | Ray Fay | Norton | | 43 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 90 | Robert King | Norton | | 44 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 91 | Cliff Carr | AJS | | 45 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 92 | Ken Swallow | Matchless | | 47 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 93 | Ken Willis | AJS | | 49 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 94 | Louis Gilbert | AJS | | 50 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 95 | Ernie Barrett | Norton | | 51 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 96 | William Cleugh | Norton | | 52 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 97 | Ron Rudge | Matchless | | 53 | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Georg Braun | Horex | | | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| – | John Storr | Norton | | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Firmin Dauwe | Norton | Ret | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Rally Dean | Norton | Ret | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Stanley Dibben | Norton | | Ret | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Francis Flahaut | BMW / Norton | Ret | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | John Grace | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Eric Houseley | AJS / Norton | | Ret | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Alano Montanari | Moto Guzzi | | | | Ret | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Duilio Agostini | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Jean-Pierre Bayle | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Dante Bianchi | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Cyril Blacker | AJS | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Jack Bottomley | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Charles Bruguiere | AJS | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Georges Burgraff | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Paolo Campanelli | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Roly Capner | BSA | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Louis Carr | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Antonio Creus | Norton | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Les Dear | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | René del Torchio | Matchless | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Brian Duffy | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Anton Elbersen | Matchless | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Roy Evans | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Lodovico Facchinelli | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Dino Fagiolini | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Arthur Fenn | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | John Fisher | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Robin Fitton | Velocette | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ted Frend | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Enrico Galante | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Francisco González | Clua | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Francis Guglielminetti | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Hans Haldemann | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | William Hall | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Edward Hunt | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Peter Knees | BMW | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| – | Arthur Lavington | Velocette | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | George Leigh | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Libero Liberati | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Frank Norris | FAN | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Gerard Poel | Matchless | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Brian Purslow | BSA | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ernst Riedelbauch | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Antonio Ronchei | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| – | Simon Sandys-Winsch | Velocette | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Roland Schnell | Horex | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Otello Spadoni | Gilera | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Heinrich Thorn-Prikker | Moto Guzzi | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| – | Ken Tostevin | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Dave Tutty | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Helmut Volzwinkler | Matchless | | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| – | Gerrit Von Woedkte | Norton | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| – | Ivor Wagar | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| – | Robert Zeller | BMW | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Pilot | Moto | FRA | MAN | BEL | HOL | GER | SUI | NAC | ESP | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### 350cc Standings

| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fergus Anderson | | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 38 | 4 |
| 2 | Ray Amm | | Rhodesia | Norton | 22 | 2 |
| 3 | Rod Coleman | 33 | New Zealand | AJS | 20 | 1 |
| 4 | Ken Kavanagh | | Australia | Moto Guzzi | 18 | 1 |
| 5 | Enrico Lorenzetti | | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 15 | 0 |
| 6 | Jack Brett | | United Kingdom | Norton | 14 | 0 |
| 7 | Duilio Agostini | | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | Bob McIntyre | | United Kingdom | AJS | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Leo Simpson | | New Zealand | AJS | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Pierre Monneret | | France | AJS | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | Auguste Goffin | | Belgium | Norton | 7 | 0 |
| 12 | Derek Farrant | | United Kingdom | AJS | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Bob Matthews | | United Kingdom | Velocette | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | Johnny Grace | | Gibraltar | Norton | 4 | 0 |
| = | Sigfried Wünsche | | Germany | DKW | 4 | 0 |
| = | Bob Keeler | | United Kingdom | Norton | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Georg Braun | | Germany | NSU | 4 | 0 |
| = | Maurice Quincey | | Australia | Norton | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Jacques Collot | | France | Norton | 3 | 0 |
| = | Gordon Laing | | Australia | Norton | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Karl Hoffmann | | Germany | DKW | 2 | 0 |
| = | Peter Davey | | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 |
| = | Barry Stormont | | New Zealand | BSA | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Alano Montanari | | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 |
| = | John Clark | | United Kingdom | AJS | 1 | 0 |
| = | Firmin Dauwe | | Belgium | Norton | 1 | 0 |

### 250cc Standings

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Werner Haas | Germany | NSU | 32 | 5 |
| 2 | Rupert Hollaus | Austria | NSU | 26 | 1 |
| 3 | Hermann Paul Müller | Germany | NSU | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 15 | 1 |
| 5 | Hans Baltisberger | Germany | NSU | 14 | 0 |
| 6 | Georg Braun | Germany | NSU | 6 | 0 |
| = | Romolo Ferri | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Roberto Colombo | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Reg Armstrong | United Kingdom | NSU | 4 | 0 |
| = | Helmut Hallmeier | Germany | Adler | 4 | 0 |
| = | Kurt Knopf | Germany | NSU | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Tommy Wood | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Ken Kavanagh | Australia | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 |
| = | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Fergus Anderson | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 |
| = | Walter Reichert | Germany | NSU | 2 | 0 |
| = | JG Horne | United Kingdom | Rudge | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Walter Vogel | Germany | Adler | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Lanfranco Baviera | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 |
| = | Bob Geeson | United Kingdom | REG | 1 | 0 |
| = | Angelo Marelli | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 |

### 125cc Standings

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Rupert Hollaus | Austria | NSU | 32 | 4 |
| 2 | Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 18 | 0 |
| 3 | Hermann Paul Müller | Germany | NSU | 15 | 0 |
| 4 | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | Mondial | 14 | 1 |
| 5 | Werner Haas | Germany | NSU | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Hans Baltisberger | Germany | NSU | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Guido Sala | Italy | MV Agusta | 8 | 1 |
| 8 | Cecil Sandford | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Roberto Colombo | Italy | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | José Antonio Elizalde | Spain | Montesa | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Juan Bertrand | Spain | Montesa | 3 | 0 |
| = | Massimo Genevini | Italy | MV Agusta | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Franco Bertoni | Italy | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 |
| = | Arturo Paragues | Spain | Lube | 2 | 0 |
| = | Ivor Lloyd | Canada | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Karl Lottes | Germany | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Angelo Copeta | Italy | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 |
| = | Gabriel Corsin | Spain | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 |
| = | Brian Purslow | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 |
| = | Willi Scheidhauer | Germany | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 |
