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.

Geoff Duke (pictured in 1951) successfully defended his 500cc World Championship title in 1954.

Fergus Anderson (right) successfully defended his 350cc World Championship title in 1954.

Werner Haas successfully defended his 250cc World Championship title in 1954.

The Constructors' titles for all classes were not recognized by the Federation following a political crisis with the constructors (represented by the International Permanent Bureau of Motorcycle Manufacturers) concerning the number of races to be held during the season and the abolition of the riders' championship.

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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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 riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN	ULS	NED	GER	NAT	ESP	Pts
1	Rupert Hollaus	NSU	1^F	1	1^F	1^F	DNS		32
2	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	2	NC^F	3	3	3^F	NC^F	18
3	Hermann Paul Müller	NSU		2	2	4			15
4	Tarquinio Provini	Mondial					2	1	14
5	Werner Haas	NSU		4	5	2			11
6	Hans Baltisberger	NSU	4	3	4				10
7	Guido Sala	MV Agusta					1		8
8	Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta	3	5		5			8
9	Roberto Colombo	MV Agusta						2	6
10	José Antonio Elizalde	Montesa						3	4
11	Massimo Genevini	MV Agusta					4		3
11	Juan Bertrand	Montesa						4	3
13	Ivor Lloyd	MV Agusta	5						2
13	Franco Bertoni	MV Agusta					5		2
13	Arturo Paragues	Lube						5	2
16	Karl Lottes	MV Agusta			6	6			2
17	Brian Purslow	MV Agusta	6						1
17	Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta		6					1
17	Willi Scheidhauer	MV Agusta					6		1
17	Gabriel Corsin	MV Agusta						6	1
Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN	ULS	NED	GER	NAT	ESP	Pts

Race key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)
Annotation	Meaning
P	Pole position
F	Fastest lap
Rider key
Colour	Meaning
Light blue	Rookie rider

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