1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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The 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the inaugural World Championship for motorcycle racing, with all the events held in Europe. There were five classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc 125cc and Sidecars. Championship points were awarded to the top five finishers in each race (10, 8, 7, 6, 5) with an extra point for the fastest lap. All rounds counted towards the championship in the 125cc, 250cc and Sidecar categories, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, only the best three results counted.

[edit] 500cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Harold Daniell	Norton	Report
2	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Leslie Graham	AJS	Report
3	Dutch TT	Assen	Nello Pagani	Gilera	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Bill Doran	AJS	Report
5	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Leslie Graham	AJS	Report
6	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Nello Pagani	Gilera	Report

[edit] 1949 500cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Leslie Graham		United Kingdom	AJS	30	2
2	Nello Pagani		Italy	Gilera	28	2
3	Arciso Artesiani		Italy	Gilera	25	0
4	Bill Doran		United Kingdom	AJS	23	1
5	Artie Bell		United Kingdom	Norton	20	0
6	Harold Daniell		United Kingdom	Norton	17	1
7	Johnny Lockett		United Kingdom	Norton	13	0
8	Enrico Lorenzetti		Italy	Moto Guzzi	7	0
9	Ernie Lyons		Ireland	Velocette	7	0
10	Gianni Leoni		Italy	Moto Guzzi	6	0

[edit] 350cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Freddie Frith	Velocette	Report
2	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Freddie Frith	Velocette	Report
3	Dutch TT	Assen	Freddie Frith	Velocette	Report
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Freddie Frith	Velocette	Report
5	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Freddie Frith	Velocette	Report

[edit] 1949 350cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Freddie Frith		United Kingdom	Velocette	33	5
2	Reg Armstrong		Ireland	AJS	18	0
3	Bob Foster		United Kingdom	Velocette	16	0
4	Eric McPherson		Australia	AJS	16	0
5	Johnny Lockett		United Kingdom	Norton	14	0
6	David Whitworth		United Kingdom	Velocette	12	0
7	Leslie Graham		United Kingdom	AJS	8	0
8	Ernie Lyons		Ireland	Velocette	8	0
9	Charlie Salt		United Kingdom	Velocette	8	0
10	Bill Doran		United Kingdom	AJS	7	0

[edit] 250cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Isle of Man TT	Isle of Man	Manliff Barrington	Moto Guzzi	Report
2	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi	Report
3	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi	Report
4	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli	Report

[edit] 1949 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Bruno Ruffo		Italy	Moto Guzzi	24	1
2	Dario Ambrosini		Italy	Benelli	19	1
3	Ronald Mead		United Kingdom	Norton	13	0
4	Maurice Cann		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	11	1
5	Claudio Mastellari		Italy	Moto Guzzi	11	0
6	Manliff Barrington		Ireland	Moto Guzzi	10	1
7	Russel Wood		South Africa	Moto Guzzi	9	0
8	Fergus Anderson		United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	8	0
9	Gianni Leoni		Italy	Moto Guzzi	8	0
10	Umberto Masetti		Italy	Benelli	7	0

[edit] 125cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Nello Pagani	Mondial	Report
2	Dutch TT	Assen	Nello Pagani	Mondial	Report
3	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Gianni Leoni	Mondial	Report

[edit] 1949 125cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Nello Pagani		Italy	Mondial	27	2
2	Vitantonio Maggi		Italy	Morini	14	0
3	Umberto Masetti		Italy	Morini	13	0
4	Carlo Ubbiali		Italy	Mondial	13	0
5	Gianni Leoni		Italy	Mondial	11	1
6	Oscar Clemengich		Italy	Mondial	8	0
7	Umberto Praga		Italy	Mondial	7	0
8	Celeste Cavaciuti		Italy	Mondial	7	0
9	Franco Bertoni		Italy	MV Agusta	6	0
10	Giuseppe Matucci		Italy	MV Agusta	5	0

[edit] Sidecar Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	Eric Oliver / Denis Jenkinson	Norton	Report
2	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Eric Oliver / Denis Jenkinson	Norton	Report
3	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Ercole Frigerio / Lorenzo Dobelli	Gilera	Report

[edit] 1949 Sidecar Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Eric Oliver / Denis Jenkinson		UK	Norton	27	2
2	Ercole Frigerio / Lorenzo Dobelli		Italy	Gilera	18	1
3	Frans Vanderschrick / Martin Whitney		Belgium/United Kingdom	Norton	16	0
4	Ernesto Merlo / Aldo Veglio		Italy	Gilera	13	0
5	Albino Milani / Ezio Ricotti		Italy	Gilera	12	1
6	Hans Haldemann / Herbert Läderach		Switzerland	Norton	8	0
7	Roland Benz / Max Hirzel		Switzerland	BMW	6	0
8	Jakob Keller / Ernst Brutschi		Switzerland	Gilera	6	0
9	Peter 'Pip' Harris / Neil Smith		United Kingdom	Norton	5	0

[edit] References

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5

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