1951 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Spain  1951 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 8 races in the
1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date 8 April 1951
Location Montjuïc circuit
Course Permanent racing facility
6.033 km (3.749 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Time 3:45
Podium
First Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera
Second United Kingdom Tommy Wood Norton
Third Italy Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette
Time 3:47
Podium
First United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette
Second United Kingdom Leslie Graham Velocette
Third United Kingdom Bill Petch AJS
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Ubbiali Mondial
Time 4:04
Podium
First Italy Guido Leoni Mondial
Second Italy Carlo Ubbiali Mondial
Third Italy Vincenzo Zanzi Moto Morini
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Passenger Italy Lorenzo Dobelli
Time 4:21
Podium
First United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Italy Lorenzo Dobelli
Second Italy Ercole Frigerio Gilera
Italy Ezio Ricotti
Third Italy Albino Milani Gilera
Italy Giuseppe Pizzocri

The 1951 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 April 1951 at the Montjuïc circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera 34 2:10:56.2 8
2 United Kingdom Tommy Wood Norton 34 +1:00.8 6
3 Italy Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta 4
4 Spain Roger Montané Norton 3
5 Italy Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 2
6 Spain Ernesto Vidal Gilera 1
[1]

350 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette 25 1:36:21.7 8
2 United Kingdom Leslie Graham Velocette 25 +2:30.0 6
3 United Kingdom Bill Petch AJS 4
4 Spain Fernando Aranda Moto Guzzi 3
5 Belgium Jack Raffeld AJS 2
6 Gibraltar John Grace AJS 1
7 United Kingdom Bob Matthews Velocette
8 Spain Antonio Creus AJS
9 Spain Juan Buira AJS
10 United Kingdom Len Parry Velocette
11 Spain Alfredo Flores Velocette
12 J. Gomar AJS
[1]

125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Guido Leoni Mondial 17 1:11:21.8 8
2 Italy Carlo Ubbiali Mondial 17 +4.6 6
3 Italy Vincenzo Zanzi Moto Morini 17 +9.0 4
4 Italy Raffaele Alberti Mondial 3
5 Spain Juan Soler Bultó Montesa 2
6 Spain Arturo Elizalde Montesa 1
7 Netherlands Dick Renooy Eysink
8 Netherlands Toon van Zutphen Eysink
9 Netherlands Tonnie Heinemann Eysink
10 Spain "Setroc" MV Agusta
11 Switzerland Gianfranco Zanzi Mondial
12 France Jacques Vaque MV Agusta
[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Eric Oliver Italy Lorenzo Dobelli Norton 17 1:16:03.1 8
2 Italy Ercole Frigerio Italy Ezio Ricotti Gilera 17 +2:04.1 6
3 Italy Albino Milani Italy Giuseppe Pizzocri Gilera 17 +2:27.5 4
4 Italy Giovanni Carru Italy Carlo Musso Carru 3
5 Austria Siegfried Vogel Austria Leo Vinatzer BMW 2
6 Belgium Marcel Masuy United Kingdom Denis Jenkinson Norton 1
7 Italy Renato Prati Italy Marino Saguato Moto Guzzi
[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Yearbook 1952. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 111–112.
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1950 Nations Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1951 season
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1951 Swiss Grand Prix
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