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1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season


Sports season

The 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the third F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eight Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 8 April, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix on 9 September. As of 2024, this is the most recent season the premier class was won by a non-Japanese or non-Italian constructor.

1951 Grand Prix season calendar

RoundDateGrand PrixCircuit125cc winner250cc winner350cc winner500cc winnerSidecars 500cc winnerReport12345678
8 AprilSpain Spanish Grand PrixMontjuïcItaly Guido LeoniUnited Kingdom Tommy WoodItaly Umberto MasettiGB ITA Oliver / DobelliReport
27 MaySwitzerland Swiss Grand PrixBremgartenItaly Dario AmbrosiniUnited Kingdom Leslie GrahamSCO Fergus AndersonITA Frigerio / RicottiReport
8 JuneIOM Isle of Man TTSnaefell MountainNIR Cromie McCandlessUnited Kingdom Tommy WoodUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeReport
1 JulyBelgium Belgian Grand PrixSpa-FrancorchampsUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeGB ITA Oliver / DobelliReport
7 JulyNetherlands Dutch TTAssenItaly Gianni LeoniUnited Kingdom Bill DoranUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeReport
14 JulyFrance French Grand PrixAlbiItaly Bruno RuffoUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeItaly Alfredo MilaniGB ITA Oliver / DobelliReport
18 AugustNIR Ulster Grand PrixCladyNIR Cromie McCandlessItaly Bruno RuffoUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeReport
9 SeptemberItaly Nations Grand PrixMonzaItaly Carlo UbbialiItaly Enrico LorenzettiUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeItaly Alfredo MilaniITA Milani / PizzocriReport

† The race saw only four competitors and was not counted as a round of the World Championship.

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best three races counted in the Sidecars, 125cc and 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, the best five results counted.

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6thPoints
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500cc final standings

PosRiderMachineESP
SpainSUI
SUIMAN
GBBEL
BELHOL
NEDFRA
FRAULS
UlsterNAC
ITAPts1234567891011121314=16=181920=2223==2627===313233343536373839==424344=464748=50==5354==575859=6162==6566==69707172=74=767778798081828384858687888990PosRiderBikeESP
SpainSUI
SUIMAN
GBBEL
BELHOL
NEDFRA
FRAULS
UlsterNAC
ITAPts
GB Geoff DukeNortonRet11151435
ITA Alfredo MilaniGileraRetRet2214131
ITA Umberto MasettiGilera19*Ret*43221
GB Bill DoranAJS2RetRet26614
ITA Nello PaganiGileraRetRet51038310
IRL Reg ArmstrongAJS2Ret4RetRet9
SCO Fergus AndersonMoto GuzziRet1RetRet78
ITA Enrico LorenzettiNorton / Moto Guzzi*Ret*3839Ret8
GB Tommy WoodNorton21114166
AUS Ken KavanaghNortonRet2Ret6
GB Johnny LockettNortonRet64105116
ITA Carlo BandirolaMV Agusta54RetRet95
ITA Sante GeminianiMoto GuzziRetRet3Ret134
ITA Arciso ArtesianiMV Agusta3RetRetRet4
NIR Cromie McCandlessNorton34
IOM Tommy McEwansNorton43
Spain Roger MontanéNorton43
GB Jack BrettNorton756Ret83
ITA Bruno RuffoMoto GuzziRet52
IRL Manliff BarringtonNorton52
SUI Benoit MusyMoto Guzzi52
NZL Len PerryNorton9126Ret1
SUI Willy LipsNorton61
GB Ashley Len ParryNorton61
Spain Ernesto VidalGilera61
GB Arthur WheelerNortonRet71411Ret0
GER Hans BaltisbergerNorton70
GB Eric BriggsNorton70
NIR Louis CarterNorton70
ITA Libero LiberatiGilera70
GB Albert MouleNorton890
GB Bill PetchAJS/ NortonRetRet8Ret150
NED Lous van RiswijkTriumphRet80
SUI Massimo ForsterGilera80
FIN Väinö HollmingNorton / Moto Guzzi9Ret0
NED Cees Fokke-BoschNorton90
NZL Rod ColemanNorton / AJSRet1011RetRet0
GB Sidney MasonNorton10Ret0
GB Ken ArmstrongNorton100
NIR Phil CarterNorton100
GB Les DearNorton100
Southern Rhodesia Ray AmmNorton28111112120
GB Guy NewmanNorton110
GB Jack BaileyNortonRet120
GB Roy EvansNorton / AJS12Ret0
SUI Alexandre MayerNorton120
GB Harold GrindleyNortonRet130
ITA Dante BianchiMoto Guzzi130
GB Dennis LashmarNorton130
NIR Maurice AchesonAJS140
ITA Giuseppe ColnagoGilera140
BEL Auguste GoffinNorton140
GB Bill HallVelocetteRet150
FRA Jean BehraMoto Guzzi150
BEL León MartinGilera150
GB Roy WalkerVelocette150
ITA Giulie GalbiatiMoto GuzziRet17Ret160
ITA Felice BenasedoMoto GuzziRet3116RetRet0
GB Robert FergusonAJS160
GB Sid FranklenAJS160
GB Ernie BarrettAJSRet170
GB Syl AndertonNorton170
ITA Lodovico FacchinelliGilera170
GB Jack HardingAJS170
FRA Georges HouelGileraRet180
NIR Charlie GrayAJS180
NIR George BrockertonBitza180
BEL Jaak DelsingTriumph180
GB Leo StarrAJS27190
GB Ernie ThomasVelocette / NortonRet19Ret0
SCO George PatersonAJS190
DEN Sven SørensenNorton200
BEL Albert VertriestTriumph200
SWE Evert CarlssonNorton210
USA Ronald PikeBSA210
GB Ray PettyNorton220
GB Arnold JonesNorton230
GB Achie FennNorton240
GB Jim KentishAJS250
GB Humphrey RansonAJS / Norton26Ret0
Canada Eddie StidolphNorton290
GB Max KleinAJS300
GB Leslie HarrisNorton32Ret0
GB Ernie BraineNorton330
GB John FisherVelocette340
GB Joe ChapmanRudge-Whitworth350
GB Bill MaddrickVelocette360
GB J. GunnNorton370
NIR Bob McDonaldAJS380
GB Bill BeeversAJS / NortonRet390
GB Leslie GrahamMV Agusta / NortonRetRetRetRetRetRetRet0
ITA Bruno BertacchiniMV AgustaRetRetRetRet0
NIR Bob MatthewsNortonRetRetRetRet0
GB Eric OliverNortonRetRetRetRet0
GB Mick FeatherstoneAJSRetRet0
GB Charlie SaltBSA / VelocetteRetRet0
BEL Edouard TexidorNortonRetRet0
Spain Javier de OrtuetaNortonDNSRet0
Spain Fernando ArandaMoto GuzziRet0
BEL Raymond BecquevortAJSRet0
ITA Gaetano BiondelliGileraRet0
GB Charlie BrettNortonRet0
GB Charlie BruguiereAJSRet0
SUI Florian CamathiasBMWRet0
GB Bernard CarterTriumphRet0
NIR Phil CarterNortonRet0
FRA Jacques CollotNortonRet0
BEL Eugéne CordangTriumphRet0
SUI Georges CordeyNortonRet0
BEL Firmin DauweNortonRet0
BEL Julien DeronneNortonRet0
FRA Jacques DrionNortonRet0
BEL Roger ErgéNortonRet0
GB Lennart FenningNortonRet0
ITA Tito ForconiGileraRet0
GB Frank FryNortonRet0
SUI Werner GerberNortonRet0
ITA Francesco GuglielminettiGileraRet0
GB Eric HardyNortonRet0
GB Philip HeathVincentRet0
GB Johnny HodgkinVincentRet0
GB Chris HornNortonRet0
GB Sid LawtonAJSRet0
GB George LeighNortonRet0
ITA Guido LeoniMoto GuzziRet0
IRL Harry LindsayNortonRet0
GB Maurice LockwoodAJSRet0
AUS Tony McAlpineGileraRet0
GB Reg McDonaldVelocetteRet0
GB Stan MillerNortonRet0
FRA Georges MonneretNortonRet0
GB George MorganVelocetteRet0
NZL Ken MudfordAJSRet0
GB Alan MulleeNortonRet0
GB Bill MundyNortonRet0
GB Arthur PollittNortonRet0
GB Brian PurslowBSARet0
BEL Jacques RaffeldAJSRet0
IRL Michael RocheTriumphRet0
ITA Elio ScopignoMoto GuzziRet0
GB Oliver ScottNortonRet0
GB Ralf SeymourVelocetteRet0
GB Cyril StevensTriumphRet0
SUI Heinrich StammGileraRet0
GB Jack VarlowAJSRet0
GB Ernest WalkerNortonRet0
GB Leonard WilliamsVelocetteRet0

Bold – Pole

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Constructors' 500cc World Championship

PosConstructorPts12345
GB Norton38 (44)
ITA Gilera36 (40)
GB AJS21 (23)
ITA Moto Guzzi18
ITA MV Agusta7
GER BMW0
GB BSA0
GB Rudge-Whitworth0
GB Triumph0
GB Velocette0
GB Vincent0

350cc Standings

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachinePointsWins
1United Kingdom Geoff DukeUnited KingdomNorton405
2United Kingdom Bill DoranUnited KingdomAJS191
3United Kingdom John LockettUnited KingdomNorton190
4Australia Ken KavanaghAustraliaNorton160
5United Kingdom Jack BrettUnited KingdomNorton150
6United Kingdom Leslie GrahamUnited KingdomVelocette141
7Ireland Reg ArmstrongIrelandAJS110
8United Kingdom Bill PetchUnited KingdomAJS100
9United Kingdom Cecil SandfordUnited KingdomVelocette90
10United Kingdom Tommy WoodUnited KingdomVelocette81
11United Kingdom Bill LomasUnited KingdomVelocette60
12New Zealand Rod ColemanNew ZealandAJS50
13United Kingdom Mick FeatherstoneUnited KingdomAJS40
14Spain Fernando ArandaSpainVelocette30
=Switzerland Paul FuhrerSwitzerlandVelocette30
16United Kingdom Sid MasonUnited KingdomVelocette20
=Belgium Jack RaffeldBelgiumVelocette20
=United Kingdom Simon Sandys-WinschUnited KingdomVelocette20
19Gibraltar Johnny GraceGibraltarNorton10
=Ireland Bob MatthewsIrelandVelocette10
=United Kingdom Bob FosterUnited KingdomVelocette10
=Austria Leonhardt FaßlAustriaAJS10

250cc Standings

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachinePointsWins
1Italy Bruno RuffoItalyMoto Guzzi222
2United Kingdom Tommy WoodUnited KingdomMoto Guzzi181
3Italy Dario AmbrosiniItalyBenelli141
4Italy Enrico LorenzettiItalyMoto Guzzi121
5Italy Gianni LeoniItalyMoto Guzzi100
6United Kingdom Maurice CannUnited KingdomMoto Guzzi60
=United Kingdom Arthur WheelerUnited KingdomVelocette60
8United Kingdom Fergus AndersonUnited KingdomMoto Guzzi30
=United Kingdom Wilf HuttUnited KingdomMoto Guzzi30
=Italy Alano MontanariItalyMoto Guzzi30
=Switzerland Benoit MusySwitzerlandMoto Guzzi30
12United Kingdom Bill LomasUnited KingdomVelocette20
=United Kingdom Cecil SandfordUnited KingdomVelocette20
=United Kingdom Douglas BeasleyUnited KingdomVelocette20
=Italy Bruno FrancisciItalyMoto Guzzi20
16United Kingdom Fron PurslowUnited KingdomNorton10
=Ireland Norman BlemingsIrelandExcelsior10
=Switzerland Werner GerberSwitzerlandMoto Guzzi10
=Italy Nino GriecoItalyParilla10
=Italy Guido PacioccaItalyMoto Guzzi10

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.RiderBikeESP
SpainMAN
GBNED
NEDNAT
ITAPts1202123114105867768494103103122122141141141141Pos.RiderBikeESP
SpainMAN
GBNED
NEDNAT
ITAPts
ITA Carlo UbbialiMondial2F21F
ITA Gianni LeoniMondial31F
UK Cromie McCandlessMondial1F4
ITA Luigi ZinzaniMorini23
ITA Guido LeoniMondial1
ITA Vittorio ZanziMorini34
ITA Romolo FerriMondial2
UK Leslie GrahamMV Agusta3
ESP Juan BultóMontesa55
ITA Raffaele AlbertiMondial4
ITA Nello PaganiMondial4
ITA Franco BertoniMV Agusta5
ITA Otello SpadoniMondial5
ESP José Antonio ElizaldeMondial6
ESP José Maria LlobetMontesa6
ITA Emilio MendogniMorini6
ITA Giuseppe MatucciMV Agusta6

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Constructors' standings

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

Pos.ConstructorESP
SpainMAN
GBNED
NEDNAT
ITAPts124 (32)2143544Pos.ConstructorESP
SpainMAN
GBNED
NEDNAT
ITAPts
ITA Mondial1111
ITA Morini323
ITA MV Agusta36
ESP Montesa55

References

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