1950 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 4 of 6 races in the
1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 23 July 1950
Location Geneva, Switzerland
Course Public roads
5.996 km (3.726 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Bandirola Gilera
Time 2:42
Podium
First United Kingdom Leslie Graham AJS
Second Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera
Third Italy Carlo Bandirola Gilera
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Bob Foster Velocette
Time 2:39
Podium
First United Kingdom Leslie Graham AJS
Second United Kingdom Bob Foster Velocette
Third United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Dario Ambrosini Benelli
Time 2:52.2
Podium
First Italy Dario Ambrosini Benelli
Second Italy Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi
Third United Kingdom Dickie Dale Benelli
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Passenger Italy Lorenzo Dobelli
Time 3:04.2
Podium
First United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Italy Lorenzo Dobelli
Second Italy Ercole Frigerio Gilera
Italy Ezio Ricotti
Third Switzerland Ferdinand Aubert Norton
Switzerland René Aubert

The 1950 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23 July 1950 in Geneva.

500 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Leslie Graham AJS 34 1:36:57 8
2 Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera 34 +1:14 6
3 Italy Carlo Bandirola Gilera 34 +1:15 4
4 United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton 34 +1:44 3
5 United Kingdom Harold Daniell Norton 2
6 United Kingdom Johnny Lockett Norton 1
7 Switzerland Georges Cordey Norton
8 Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Velocette
9 France Georges Houel Gilera
10 Italy Nello Pagani Gilera
11 United Kingdom Albert Moule Norton
12 Italy Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta
13 Switzerland Benoît Musy Moto Guzzi
14 Switzerland Hans Haldemann Norton
15 New Zealand Jim Swarbrick Norton
16 Switzerland Willy Lips Norton
17 United Kingdom Denis Jenkinson Norton
18 United Kingdom Phil Heath Norton
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350 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Leslie Graham AJS 25 1:11:25 8
2 United Kingdom Bob Foster Velocette 25 +0:18 6
2 Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera 34 +1:14 6
3 United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton 25 +0:47 4
4 Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Velocette 25 +1:04 3
5 United Kingdom Ted Frend AJS 25 +1:12 2
6 United Kingdom Dickie Dale AJS 25 +1:12 1
7 Australia Harry Hinton Norton 25 +1:46
8 United Kingdom Bill Lomas Velocette 25 +1:48
9 United Kingdom Harold Daniell Norton 25 +1:49
10 United Kingdom Johnny Lockett Norton
11 United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette
12 New Zealand Syd Jensen AJS
13 Finland Väinö Hollming AJS
14 United Kingdom Fergus Anderson AJS
15 United Kingdom Phil Heath Norton
16 Australia Eric McPherson AJS
17 United Kingdom Ernie Thomas Velocette
18 Switzerland Heinrich Stamm Velocette
19 United Kingdom Bill Beevers Velocette
20 J. Zuber Norton
21 Switzerland Willy Lips Norton
22 Switzerland Arthur Wick AJS
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250 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Dario Ambrosini Benelli 21 1:01:48.2 8
2 Italy Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 21 +47.4 6
3 United Kingdom Dickie Dale Benelli 21 +57.8 4
4 Switzerland Benoît Musy Moto Guzzi 21 +2:42.8 3
5 Italy Carlo Bellotti Moto Guzzi 2
6 Italy Onorato Francone Moto Guzzi 1
7 Italy Roberto Colombo Moto Guzzi
8 Italy Elio Scopigno Moto Guzzi
9 Italy Claudio Mastellari Moto Guzzi
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Sidecar classification

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Eric Oliver Italy Lorenzo Dobelli Norton 17 52:59.8 8
2 Italy Ercole Frigerio Italy Ezio Ricotti Gilera 17 +40.0 6
3 Switzerland Ferdinand Aubert Switzerland René Aubert Norton 17 +2:34.8 4
4 Switzerland Henri Meuwly Switzerland Pierre Dévaud Gilera 3
5 Switzerland Willy Wirth Switzerland Fred Schürtenberger Gilera 2
6 Belgium Marcel Masuy United Kingdom Denis Jenkinson BMW 1
7 Switzerland Hans Haldemann Switzerland Josef Albisser Norton
8 Switzerland Heinrich Stamm ? Norton
9 France Edouard Hordelalay ? Norton
10 Switzerland Fritz Mühlemann Switzerland Marie Mühlemann Norton
[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1951. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 116–117.
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