1951 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1951 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 May 1951 at the Bremgarten circuit.

  1951 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 8 races in the
1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date27 May 1951
LocationCircuit Bremgarten
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 7.280 km (4.524 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Geoff Duke Norton
Time 3:02.0
Podium
First Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi
Second Reg Armstrong AJS
Third Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Reg Armstrong AJS
Time 3:11.9
Podium
First Leslie Graham Velocette
Second Cecil Sandford Velocette
Third Reg Armstrong AJS
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Dario Ambrosini Benelli
Time 3:29.9
Podium
First Dario Ambrosini Benelli
Second Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi
Third Gianni Leoni Moto Guzzi
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Eric Oliver Norton
Time 3:38.9
Podium
First Ercole Frigerio Gilera
Second Albino Milani Gilera
Third Ernesto Merlo Gilera

500 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi 28 1:34:44.2 8
2 Reg Armstrong AJS 28 +1:47.9 6
3 Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 28 +2:07.5 4
4 Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 3
5 Benoît Musy Moto Guzzi 2
6 Willy Lips Norton 1
7 Hans Baltisberger Norton
8 Max Forster Gilera
9 Väinö Hollming Moto Guzzi
10 Sid Mason Norton
11 Tommy Wood Norton
12 Alexander Mayer Norton
[1]

350 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Leslie Graham Velocette 22 1:10:48.5 8
2 Cecil Sandford Velocette 22 +1:18.6 6
3 Reg Armstrong AJS 22 +1:48.6 4
4 Paul Fuhrer Velocette 3
5 Sid Mason Velocette 2
6 Leonhardt Faßl AJS 1
7 Hans Baltisberger AJS
8 Werner Mazanec AJS
9 Herbert Laederach AJS
10 Edmund Laederach Norton
11 Väinö Hollming Velocette
12 Helmut Volzwinkler Norton
13 Heinrich Stamm Velocette
14 Denis Jenkinson Norton
[1]

250 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Dario Ambrosini Benelli 18 1:05:32.1 8
2 Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 18 +1:10.8 6
3 Gianni Leoni Moto Guzzi 18 +3:00.3 4
4 Benoît Musy Moto Guzzi 3
5 Cecil Sandford Velocette 2
6 Nino Grieco Parilla 1
7 H. Steffan Parilla
8 Alano Montanari Moto Guzzi
9 Hans Haldemann Parilla
10 Carlo Bellotti Moto Guzzi
11 R. Thiery Monet-Goyon
12 Heinrich Thorn-Prikker Moto Guzzi
[1]

Sidecar classification
Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Ercole Frigerio Ezio Ricotti Gilera 16 1:01:27.6 8
2 Albino Milani Giuseppe Pizzocri Gilera 16 +2:03.6 6
3 Ernesto Merlo Dino Magri Gilera 16 +2:56.4 4
4 Marcel Masuy Denis Jenkinson Norton 3
5 Eric Oliver Lorenzo Dobelli Norton 2
6 Giovanni Carru Carlo Musso Carru 1
7 Jakob Keller Gianfranco Zanzi Eigenbau
8 Luigi Marcelli ? Gilera
9 Henri Meuwly ? Gilera
10 Heinrich Stamm ? Norton
11 Renato Prati Marino Saguato Moto Guzzi
12 F. Vaasen ? Norton
13 Carlo Vittone ? Carru
[1]

References
  1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1952. Temple Press Ltd. p. 112.
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