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1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the second F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 600cc. It began on 10 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix on 10 September.

1950 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 600cc winner
10 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain		ITA Dario Ambrosini	NIR Artie Bell	GBR Geoff Duke		Report
2 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps			GBR Bob Foster	ITA Umberto Masetti	GBR ITA Oliver / Dobelli	Report
8 July	NLD Dutch TT	Assen	ITA Bruno Ruffo		GBR Bob Foster	ITA Umberto Masetti		Report
23 July	CHE Swiss Grand Prix	Geneva		ITA Dario Ambrosini	GBR Leslie Graham	GBR Leslie Graham	GBR ITA Oliver / Dobelli	Report
18 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Clady	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR Maurice Cann	GBR Bob Foster	GBR Geoff Duke		Report
10 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	ITA Gianni Leoni	ITA Dario Ambrosini	GBR Geoff Duke	GBR Geoff Duke	GBR ITA Oliver / Dobelli	Report

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. All rounds counted towards the championship in the 125cc and Sidecars, the best three races counted in the 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, only the best four results counted.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Points
8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	MAN
IOM	BEL
BEL	HOL
NLD	SUI
CHE	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	=	26	27	28	29	30	31	=	33	34	35	=	37	38	39	40	=	42	=	44	45	46	47	=	49	50	51	52	=	54	55	56	=	58	=	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	MAN
IOM	BEL
BEL	HOL
NLD	SUI
CHE	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts
ITA Umberto Masetti	Gilera		1	1	2	6	2	28 (29)
GBR Geoff Duke	Norton	1	Ret	Ret	4	1	1	27
GBR Leslie Graham	AJS Porcupine	4	Ret	Ret	1	2	7	17
ITA Nello Pagani	Gilera		2	2	10	7	Ret	12
ITA Carlo Bandirola	Gilera		4	4	3	Ret	5	12
GBR Johnny Lockett	Norton	3	Ret	Ret	6	3	8	9
NIR Artie Bell	Norton	2	Ret					6
ITA Arciso Artesiani	MV Agusta		5	Ret	12		3	6
AUS Harry Hinton	Norton	10	6	3	Ret	DNS		5
GBR Ted Frend	AJS	15	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	4
GBR Dickie Dale	Norton	7	9	Ret		4	6	4
GBR Harold Daniell	Norton	5	Ret	Ret	5	DNS	10	4
ITA Alfredo Milani	Gilera				Ret		4	3
AUS Eric McPherson	AJS / Norton	14	Ret	5				2
GBR Jock West	AJS					5		2
NZL Syd Jensen	Triumph / AJS	Ret	12	6	Ret			1
IRL Reg Armstrong	Velocette	6	8				Ret	1
GBR Phil Heath	Norton	34	13	7	Ret	8		0
GBR Bob Foster	Moto Guzzi / AJS / Velocette	Ret	7	Ret	Ret		15	0
CHE Georges Cordey	Norton / Velocette				7		Ret	0
GBR Ken Armstrong	MV Agusta / Velocette			9	8			0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton	17	Ret	8	11	Ret		0
NIR Cromie McCandless	Norton	8						0
GBR Jack Brett	Norton	9	11					0
FRA Georges Houel	Gilera		Ret		9			0
NIR Harry Turner	Norton	Ret				9		0
ITA Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera						9	0
NZL Jim Swarbrick	Norton	18	11	10	15			0
ITA Felice Benasedo	Moto Guzzi		10	Ret			Ret	0
GBR Ernie Barrett	Norton	Ret				10		0
AUS George Morrison	Norton	11	Ret			DNS		0
GBR Jim Kentish	Norton	Ret				11		0
NLD Louis van Rijswijk	Triumph		Ret	11				0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Norton	26	14	12		DNS		0
GBR Freddie Fairbairn	Vincent Grey Flash	51				12		0
GBR Ken Bills	Vincent Grey Flash	12						0
ITA Guido Leoni	MV Agusta						12	0
GBR Ernie Braine	Norton	46	Ret	14		13		0
BEL Albert Vertriest	Triumph		16	13				0
CHE Benoit Musy	Moto Guzzi				13		18	0
IOM Tommy McEwans	Triumph	13						0
ITA Armando Miele	Gilera						13	0
ITA Dante Bianchi	Moto Guzzi						14	0
CHE Hans Haldemann	Norton				14			0
BEL Auguste Goffin	Norton		15				17	0
GBR Sidney Mason	Norton		Ret	15				0
SWE Evert Carlsson	Norton		19	16				0
GBR Roy Evans	Norton	16						0
FRA Georges Monneret	Norton						16	0
GBR Ernie Thomas	Triumph		Ret	17	Ret		Ret	0
BEL Jaak Delsing	Triumph		17					0
FIN Väinö Hollming	Norton / Velocette		18	Ret	Ret		Ret	0
ITA Adelmo Mandolini	Moto Guzzi						19	0
GBR David Whitworth	Triumph	19						0
GBR Sid Lawton	AJS / Rudge	20				DNS		0
ITA Lodovico Facchinelli	Moto Guzzi						20	0
ITA Dario Basso	Gilera						21	0
GBR Ashley Len Parry	Norton	21						0
ITA Libero Liberati	Moto Guzzi						22	0
GBR Stan Miller	Norton	22						0
GBR Bill Beevers	Norton	23						0
GBR John Simister	Triumph	24						0
GBR Vic Willoughby	Norton	25	Ret	Ret				0
GBR Les Archer	Norton	27						0
GBR Charlie Brett	Velocette	28						0
GBR Guy Newman	Norton	29						0
NIR Charlie Gray	AJS	30						0
SCO George Paterson	AJS	31						0
GBR Roy Walker	Norton	32						0
GBR Jack Varlow	Norton	33						0
GBR Jack Harding	Norton	35				Ret		0
GBR Syd Barnett	AJS	36						0
GBR Eric Hardy	Norton	37						0
GBR Humphrey Ranson	AJS	38						0
GBR John Fisher	Norton	39						0
GBR Ernest Walker	Norton	40						0
GBR Reg Lee	AJS	41						0
GBR Jack Bailey	Triumph	42						0
GBR Charlie Salt	Velocette	43	Ret	Ret		Ret		0
GBR Leslie Harris	Velocette	44						0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	Triumph	45						0
GBR Syl Anderton	Triumph	47						0
GBR Llewelyn Ranson	AJS	48						0
NZL John Dale	Norton	49						0
NIR Reg McDonald	Velocette	50						0
GBR Bob McDonald	AJS	52						0
GBR Eric Briggs	Norton	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
GBR Oliver Scott	Norton	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
GBR Bill Hall	Triumph	Ret	Ret					0
GBR Bill Lomas	Velocette		Ret	Ret				0
NIR Bob Matthews	Velocette	Ret					Ret	0
GBR Bert Meyers	Norton	Ret				Ret		0
SCO Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
IRL Manliff Barrington	Vincent Grey Flash	Ret						0
ITA Bruno Bertacchini	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
ITA Aldo Brini	Gilera						Ret	0
IRL Thomas Byrne	Triumph					Ret		0
GBR Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
IRL Gerard Carter	Norton					Ret		0
ITA Luigi Ciai	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
BEL Eugéne Cordang	Triumph		Ret					0
GBR Les Dear	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Wilmot Evans	Bitza					Ret		0
GBR Mike Featherstone	AJS		Ret					0
GBR Lennart Fenning	Norton					Ret		0
GBR Jack Fletcher	BSA	Ret						0
NLD Cees Fokke-Bosch	Norton			Ret				0
ITA Sante Geminiani	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
GBR Rob Harrison	Triumph	Ret						0
GBR Johnny Hodgkin	Vincent Grey Flash	Ret						0
GBR Chris Horn	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Eddie Iffland	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Denis Jenkinson	Norton				Ret			0
NLD Piet Knijnenburg	BMW R51/2			Ret				0
GBR Max Klein	Norton	Ret						0
CHE Willy Lips	Norton				Ret			0
GBR Bill Maddrick	Velocette	Ret						0
BEL Léon Martin	Norton		Ret					0
CHE Robert Müller	Norton				Ret			0
GBR Bill Petch	Norton	Ret						0
NLD Hub Pellikaan	BMW R51/2			Ret				0
GBR Cecil Sandford	Velocette	Ret						0
NLD Jacques Schot	Norton			Ret				0
ITA Elio Scopingo	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
GBR Cyril Stevens	Vincent	Ret						0
NLD Drikus Veer	Triumph			Ret				0
NLD Jan Veer	Triumph			Ret				0
GBR Robert Weston	Norton	Ret						0
CHE Henri Widonne	Norton				Ret			0

Bold – Pole

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Constructors' 500cc World Championship

Pos	Constructor	IOM	BEL	NLD	CHE	Ulster	ITA
GBR Norton	1	6	3	4	1	1	28 (32)
ITA Gilera	–	1	1	2	6	2	28 (29)
GBR AJS	4	3	5	1	2		21
ITA MV Agusta	–	5	9	8	–	3	6
GBR Triumph	13	12	6	Ret	Ret	–	1
GBR Velocette	6	7	9	7	Ret	15	1
Japan Bitza	–	–	–	–	Ret	–	0
DEU BMW	–	–	Ret	–	–	–	0
GBR BSA	Ret	–	–	–	–	–	0
ITA Moto Guzzi	Ret	7	Ret	13	–	14	0
GBR Rudge-Whitworth	20	–	–	–	–	–	0
GBR Vincent	12	–	–	–	12	–	0

1950 350cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Bob Foster	United Kingdom	Velocette	30	3
2	GBR Geoff Duke	United Kingdom	Norton	24	1
3	GBR Leslie Graham	United Kingdom	AJS	17	1
4	GBR Artie Bell	United Kingdom	Norton	14	1
5	IRL Reg Armstrong	United Kingdom	Velocette	11	0
6	AUS Eric Hinton	Australia	Norton	9	0
7	GBR Bill Lomas	United Kingdom	Velocette	9	0
8	GBR Harold Daniell	United Kingdom	Norton	6	0
9	GBR John Lockett	United Kingdom	Norton	4	0
9	GBR Dickie Dale	United Kingdom	AJS	4	0
11	GBR Ted Frend	United Kingdom	AJS	4	0
12	AUS Eric McPherson	Australia	AJS	3	0
13	GBR Cecil Sandford	United Kingdom	AJS	3	0

1950 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ITA Dario Ambrosini	Italy	Benelli	24	3
2	GBR Maurice Cann	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	14	1
3	GBR Fergus Anderson	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	6	0
3	ITA Bruno Ruffo	Italy	Moto Guzzi	6	0
5	GBR Dickie Dale	United Kingdom	Benelli	4	0
5	IRL Wilf Billington	Ireland	Moto Guzzi	4	0
5	ITA Bruno Francisci	Italy	Benelli	4	0
5	GBR Ronald Mead	United Kingdom	Velocette	4	0
9	GBR Arthur Burton	United Kingdom	Excelsior	3	0
9	ITA Claudio Mastellari	Italy	Moto Guzzi	3	0
9	CHE Benoit Musy	Switzerland	Moto Guzzi	3	0
9	GBR Roland Pike	United Kingdom	Rudge	3	0
13	GBR David Andrews	United Kingdom	Excelsior	2	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	NED
NLD	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	17	2	14	2	14	4	4	4	4	6	3	7	2	7	2	9	2	10	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	SUI
CHE	NED
NLD	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA Bruno Ruffo	Mondial	1F	2	4
ITA Gianni Leoni	Mondial	2		1
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial		1F	2F
ITA Giuseppe Matucci	Morini	3
ITA Luigi Zinzani	Morini			3
ITA Umberto Braga	Mondial	4
ITA Raffaele Alberti	Mondial			5
ITA Felice Benasedo	MV Agusta	5
NLD Gijs Lagervey	Sparta	6
ITA Emilio Soprani	Morini			6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	NED
NLD	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	24	2	8	3	2	4	1	Pos.	Constructor	NED
NLD	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA Mondial	1	1	1
ITA Morini	3		3
ITA MV Agusta	5
NED Sparta	6

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

[http://www.autosport.com/results.php?s=80&y=1950&r=19508001&c=2 1950 Isle of Man TT results at www.autosport.com]
[http://www.autosport.com/results.php?s=80&y=1950&r=19508002&c=2 1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix results at www.autosport.com]

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