1950 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1950 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 6 races in the
1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date23 July 1950
LocationGeneva, Switzerland
Course
  • Public roads
  • 5.996 km (3.726 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Carlo Bandirola Gilera
Time 2:42
Podium
First Leslie Graham AJS
Second Umberto Masetti Gilera
Third Carlo Bandirola Gilera
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Bob Foster Velocette
Time 2:39
Podium
First Leslie Graham AJS
Second Bob Foster Velocette
Third Geoff Duke Norton
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Dario Ambrosini Benelli
Time 2:52.2
Podium
First Dario Ambrosini Benelli
Second Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi
Third Dickie Dale Benelli
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Eric Oliver Norton
Time 3:04.2
Podium
First Eric Oliver Norton
Second Ercole Frigerio Gilera
Third Ferdinand Aubert Norton

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

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

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

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

References
  1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1951. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 116–117.
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1950 Ulster Grand Prix
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