1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 1949 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 3 July 1949 at the Bremgarten circuit.

  1949 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 6 races in the
1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 July 1949
LocationCircuit Bremgarten
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 7.280 km (4.524 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Ted Frend AJS
Time 90 mph (140 km/h)
Podium
First Leslie Graham AJS
Second Arciso Artesiani Gilera
Third Harold Daniell Norton
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Freddie Frith Velocette
Podium
First Freddie Frith Velocette
Second Leslie Graham AJS
Third Bill Doran AJS
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi
Time 84.4 mph (135.8 km/h)
Podium
First Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi
Second Dario Ambrosini Benelli
Third Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Nello Pagani FB-Mondial
Time 71.38 mph (114.87 km/h)
Podium
First Nello Pagani FB-Mondial
Second Renato Magi Morini
Third Celest Cavaciuti FB-Mondial
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Eric Oliver Norton
Time 75.5 mph (121.5 km/h)
Podium
First Eric Oliver Norton
Second Ercole Frigerio Gilera
Third Hans Haldemann Norton

British rider Leslie Graham won the 500 cc race riding an AJS from Arciso Artesiani and Harold Daniell.

500 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time Points
1 Leslie Graham AJS 1:26:14.9 11
2 Arciso Artesiani Gilera +1:21.9 8
3 Harold Daniell Norton +1:32.0 7
4 Nello Pagani Gilera +2:15.0 6
5 Freddie Frith Velocette 5
6 Guido Leoni Moto Guzzi
7 Ken Bills Velocette
7 finishers
[1][2]

350 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Time Points
1 Freddie Frith Velocette 1:07:06.0 11
2 Leslie Graham AJS +3.9 8
3 Bill Doran AJS +4.1 7
4 Reg Armstrong AJS +22.2 6
5 Tommy Wood Velocette +30.8 5
6 Artie Bell Norton +31.0
20 finishers
[2][3]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Points
1 Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 10
2 Dario Ambrosini Benelli 8
3 Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi 8
4 Claudio Mastellari Moto Guzzi 6
5 Benoit Musy Moto Guzzi 5
6 Tommy Wood Moto Guzzi
[4]

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Points
1 Nello Pagani FB-Mondial 11
2 Renato Magi Morini 8
3 Celeste Cavaciuti FB-Mondial 7
4 Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 6
5 Umberto Masetti Morini 5
6 Franco Bertoni MV Agusta
[5]

Sidecar classification
Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Time Points
1 Eric Oliver Denis Jenkinson Norton 58:54.0 11
2 Ercole Frigerio Ezio Ricotti Gilera +46.6 8
3 Hans Haldemann Herbert Läderach Norton +47.0 7
4 Jakob Keller Ernst Brutschi Gilera +2:17.5 6
5 Albino Milani Giuseppe Pizzocri Gilera +3:03.7 5
6 Roland Benz Max Hirzel BMW +3:04.7
7 Fritz Mühlemann Marie Mühlemann Norton
8 Hans Taveri Luigi Taveri Norton
9 Julius Beer ? Norton
10 Willy Wirth ? Gilera
[2][6]

References
  1. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–500 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
  2. Davison, G. S., ed. (1950). The Racing Year. W. W. Curtis, Ltd. pp. 44–46.
  3. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–350 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
  4. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–250 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
  5. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–125 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
  6. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. Championnat du monde de side-cars 1949. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
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