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1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the inaugural 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 17 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix on 4 September.

1949 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 600cc winner
17 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain		IRL Manliff Barrington	GBR Freddie Frith	GBR Harold Daniell		[Report](1949-isle-of-man-tt)
3 July	CHE Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten	ITA Nello Pagani	ITA Bruno Ruffo	GBR Freddie Frith	GBR Leslie Graham	GBR Oliver / Jenkinson	[Report](1949-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
9 July	NLD Dutch TT	Assen	ITA Nello Pagani		GBR Freddie Frith	ITA Nello Pagani		[Report](1949-dutch-tt)
17 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps			GBR Freddie Frith	GBR Bill Doran	GBR Oliver / Jenkinson	[Report](1949-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
20 August	Ulster Ulster Grand Prix	Clady		GBR Maurice Cann	GBR Freddie Frith	GBR Leslie Graham		[Report](1949-ulster-grand-prix)
4 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	ITA Gianni Leoni	ITA Dario Ambrosini		ITA Nello Pagani	ITA Frigerio / Dobelli	[Report](1949-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top five finishers in each race with an extra point for the race finisher with 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.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Fastest lap	Points
10	8	7	6	5	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	[MAN](1949-isle-of-man-tt)
IOM	[SUI](1949-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CHE	[NED](1949-dutch-tt)
NLD	[BEL](1949-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[ULS](1949-ulster-grand-prix)
Ulster	[NAT](1949-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	=	=	18	19	20	21	=	23	24	25	=	=	28	29	=	31	=	=	34	35	36	=	=	38	39	40	=	42	43	44	=	=	=	48	=	=	=	=	53	=	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	[MAN](1949-isle-of-man-tt)
IOM	[SUI](1949-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CHE	[NED](1949-dutch-tt)
NLD	[BEL](1949-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[ULS](1949-ulster-grand-prix)
Ulster	[NAT](1949-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	Pts
GBR Leslie Graham	AJS	10	1	2	Ret	1	Ret	30 (31)
ITA Nello Pagani	Gilera		4	1	5	3	1	29 (40)
ITA Arciso Artesiani	Gilera		2	3	2	Ret	2	25 (32)
GBR Bill Doran	AJS	8		Ret	1	4	3	23
GBR Artie Bell	Norton	4	Ret	4	4	2		20 (26)
GBR Harold Daniell	Norton	1	3	6	7			17
GBR Johnny Lockett	Norton	2	Ret	5	Ret	Ret		13
ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi			10	3			7
IRL Ernie Lyons	Velocette	3						7
ITA Gianni Leoni	Moto Guzzi		6	Ret	6		4	6
NZL Syd Jensen	Triumph	5		Ret	9			5
GBR Freddie Frith	Velocette	Ret	5	Ret	Ret			5
ITA Bruno Bertacchini	Moto Guzzi		Ret			Ret	5	5
GBR Jock West	AJS					5		5
GBR Ken Armstrong	AJS						6	0
GBR Cromie McCandless	Norton					6		0
GBR Fred Stevens	Triumph	6						0
GBR Ken Bills	Velocette		7	Ret	10			0
GBR Harry Turner	Norton	18				7		0
ITA Umberto Masetti	Gilera			7	Ret			0
IRL Reg Armstrong	AJS	7						0
ITA Felice Benasedo	Moto Guzzi						7	0
AUS Harry Hinton	Norton	9		8	16			0
AUS George Morrison	Norton	31		Ret	8	Ret		0
CHE Roger Richoz	Norton		8					0
ITA Ricardo Sabbadini	Moto Guzzi						8	0
IRL James Scott	Triumph					8		0
ITA Oscar Clemencich	Gilera			9	Ret		15	0
ITA Sante Geminiani	Moto Guzzi						9	0
CHE Hans Kaufmann	Gilera		9					0
ITA Dante Bianchi	Moto Guzzi						10	0
CHE Georges Cordey	Norton		10					0
IRL Ernie Callahan	Triumph					10		0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Triumph	Ret		Ret	11			0
GBR Phil Heath	Norton	11			Ret			0
ITA Adelmo Mandolini	Moto Guzzi						11	0
CHE Benoit Musy	Moto Guzzi		11					0
NLD Drikus Veer	Triumph			11				0
GBR Oliver Scott	Norton	Ret		12	15			0
GBR Bill Beevers	Norton	16	12	Ret	Ret	Ret		0
ITA Antonio Dalle Fusine	Gilera				12	Ret		0
GBR Bill Petch	Triumph	12			Ret			0
ITA Lodovico Facchinelli	Gilera						12	0
GBR Edward Nicholls	Triumph			13		9		0
GBR Guy Newman	Norton	13						0
Hungary Nandor Puhony	Gilera		13					0
ITA Orlando Valdinoci	Gilera						13	0
BEL Albert Vertriest	Triumph				13			0
ITA Alfeo Maramotti	Moto Guzzi						14	0
AUS Eric McPherson	AJS	14						0
NLD Jacques Schot	Norton			14				0
Hungary László Szabó	Gilera		14					0
BEL Jules Tacheny	Triumph				14			0
GBR Roy Evans	Norton	15						0
NLD Gerard Hoek	BMW			15				0
GBR Jack Bailey	Triumph	17				Ret		0
GBR Johnny Hodgkin	Norton	19						0
GBR Dick Addie	Norton	20						0
GBR Albert Moule	Triumph	21						0
GBR George Paterson	Triumph	22						0
GBR Bob Matthews	Norton	23						0
GBR George Hayden	Norton	24						0
GBR John Purnell	Norton	25						0
GBR Lesly Hill	Norton	26						0
GBR Arthur Fenn	Norton	27						0
GBR Harry Francis	Norton	28						0
GBR Eric Hardy	Norton	29						0
GBR Jack Brett	Norton	30						0
GBR Lennart Fenning	Norton	32						0
GBR Rob Weston	Norton	33						0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	Triumph	34						0
GBR Joe Dent	Norton	35						0
GBR Bob Foster	Moto Guzzi	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret		0
ITA Carlo Bandirola	Gilera		Ret			Ret	Ret	0
GBR Eric Briggs	Norton	Ret		Ret	Ret			0
GBR Les Dear	Norton	Ret		Ret	Ret			0
GBR Ted Frend	AJS	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
GBR Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi		Ret		Ret			0
IRL Wilf Billington	Norton	Ret				Ret		0
GBR Norman Croft	Triumph	Ret	Ret					0
GBR Frank Fry	Norton			Ret	Ret			0
GBR Eric Oliver	Norton	Ret					Ret	0
GBR Ernie Thomas	Triumph		Ret				Ret	0
GBR David Whitworth	Triumph			Ret	Ret			0
ITA Dario Ambrosini	Gilera		Ret					0
GBR Syl Anderton	Triumph	Ret						0
GBR Syd Barnett	Norton	Ret						0
FRA Jean Behra	Moto Guzzi		Ret					0
ITA Aldo Bernardoni	Gilera						Ret	0
GBR Ernie Braine	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Charlie Brett	Velocette	Ret						0
ITA Aldo Brini	Gilera						Ret	0
IRL Gerard Carter	Norton					Ret		0
ESP Javier de Ortueta	Norton	Ret						0
BEL Roland Dumond	Moto Guzzi					Ret		0
CZE Juhan Franta	Moto Guzzi		Ret					0
BEL Auguste Goffin	Triumph				Ret			0
GBR Arthur Good	Norton	Ret						0
CHE Hans Haldemann	Moto Guzzi				Ret			0
NLD Piet Knijnenburg	BMW			Ret				0
BEL Roger Laurent	Moto Guzzi				Ret			0
GBR Sid Lawton	Triumph	Ret						0
GBR Reg Lee	Norton	Ret						0
BEL Leon Martin	Gilera				Ret			0
IRL Reginald MacDonald	Triumph					Ret		0
IOM Tommy McEwans	Triumph	Ret						0
ITA Armando Miele	Gilera						Ret	0
GBR Stan Miller	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Bert Myers	Triumph	Ret						0
GBR Billy Graham	Norton					Ret		0
GBR Ashley Len Parry	Norton					Ret		0
NLD Hub Pellikaan	BMW			Ret				0
GBR Henry Pinnington	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Charlie Salt	Norton	Ret						0
ITA Emilio Soprani	Gilera						Ret	0
NLD Jan Veer	Triumph			Ret				0
GBR Roy Walker	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Tom Wycherley	Norton					Ret		0

Bold – Pole

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Constructors' 500cc World Championship

Pos	Constructor	IOM	CHE	NLD	BEL	Ulster	ITA
GBR AJS	6	1	2	1	1	3	32 (48)
ITA Gilera	–	2	1	2	3	1	31 (46)
GBR Norton	1	3	4	4	2	Ret	25 (37)
ITA Moto Guzzi	Ret	6	10	3	Ret	4	13
GBR Velocette	3	5	Ret	10	–	–	12
GBR Triumph	5	Ret	11	9	8	Ret	5
DEU BMW	–	–	15	–	–	–	0

350cc final standings

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

250cc final standings

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

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	[SUI](1949-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CHE	[NED](1949-dutch-tt)
NLD	[NAT](1949-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	Pts	1	27	2	14	3	13	4	13	5	11	6	8	7	7	7	7	9	6	10	5	Pos.	Rider	Bike	[SUI](1949-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CHE	[NED](1949-dutch-tt)
NLD	[NAT](1949-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	Pts
ITA Nello Pagani	Mondial	1F	1F	5
ITA Renato Magi	Morini	2		4
ITA Umberto Masetti	Morini	5	DSQ	2
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	4	3
ITA Gianni Leoni	Mondial			1F
ITA Oscar Clemencich	Mondial		2
ITA Umberto Braga	Mondial			3
ITA Celeste Cavaciuti	Mondial	3
ITA Franco Bertoni	MV Agusta		4
ITA Giuseppe Matucci	MV Agusta		5

Constructors' standings

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

Pos.	Constructor	[SUI](1949-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CHE	[NED](1949-dutch-tt)
NLD	[NAT](1949-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	Pts	1	33	2	16	3	13	Pos.	Constructor	[SUI](1949-swiss-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CHE	[NED](1949-dutch-tt)
NLD	[NAT](1949-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	Pts
ITA Mondial	1F	1F	1F
ITA Morini	2		2
ITA MV Agusta	4	3

Sidecar final standings

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

References

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

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