1950 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1950 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23 July 1950 in Geneva.

  1950 Swiss Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 6 races in the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	23 July 1950
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Course	Public roads 5.996 km (3.726 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Carlo Bandirola Gilera Time 2:42 Podium First Leslie Graham AJS Second Umberto Masetti Gilera Third Carlo Bandirola Gilera
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bob Foster Velocette Time 2:39 Podium First Leslie Graham AJS Second Bob Foster Velocette Third Geoff Duke Norton
250 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Dario Ambrosini Benelli Time 2:52.2 Podium First Dario Ambrosini Benelli Second Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi Third Dickie Dale Benelli
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Eric Oliver Norton Time 3:04.2 Podium First Eric Oliver Norton Second Ercole Frigerio Gilera Third Ferdinand Aubert Norton

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Leslie Graham	AJS	34	1:36:57	8
2	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	34	+1:14	6
3	Carlo Bandirola	Gilera	34	+1:15	4
4	Geoff Duke	Norton	34	+1:44	3
5	Harold Daniell	Norton			2
6	Johnny Lockett	Norton			1
7	Georges Cordey	Norton
8	Reg Armstrong	Velocette
9	Georges Houel	Gilera
10	Nello Pagani	Gilera
11	Albert Moule	Norton
12	Arciso Artesiani	MV Agusta
13	Benoît Musy	Moto Guzzi
14	Hans Haldemann	Norton
15	Jim Swarbrick	Norton
16	Willy Lips	Norton
17	Denis Jenkinson	Norton
18	Phil Heath	Norton
[1]

350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Leslie Graham	AJS	25	1:11:25	8
2	Bob Foster	Velocette	25	+0:18	6
2	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	34	+1:14	6
3	Geoff Duke	Norton	25	+0:47	4
4	Reg Armstrong	Velocette	25	+1:04	3
5	Ted Frend	AJS	25	+1:12	2
6	Dickie Dale	AJS	25	+1:12	1
7	Harry Hinton	Norton	25	+1:46
8	Bill Lomas	Velocette	25	+1:48
9	Harold Daniell	Norton	25	+1:49
10	Johnny Lockett	Norton
11	Tommy Wood	Velocette
12	Syd Jensen	AJS
13	Väinö Hollming	AJS
14	Fergus Anderson	AJS
15	Phil Heath	Norton
16	Eric McPherson	AJS
17	Ernie Thomas	Velocette
18	Heinrich Stamm	Velocette
19	Bill Beevers	Velocette
20	J. Zuber	Norton
21	Willy Lips	Norton
22	Arthur Wick	AJS
[1]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli	21	1:01:48.2	8
2	Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi	21	+47.4	6
3	Dickie Dale	Benelli	21	+57.8	4
4	Benoît Musy	Moto Guzzi	21	+2:42.8	3
5	Carlo Bellotti	Moto Guzzi			2
6	Onorato Francone	Moto Guzzi			1
7	Roberto Colombo	Moto Guzzi
8	Elio Scopigno	Moto Guzzi
9	Claudio Mastellari	Moto Guzzi
[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Eric Oliver	Lorenzo Dobelli	Norton	17	52:59.8	8
2	Ercole Frigerio	Ezio Ricotti	Gilera	17	+40.0	6
3	Ferdinand Aubert	René Aubert	Norton	17	+2:34.8	4
4	Henri Meuwly	Pierre Dévaud	Gilera			3
5	Willy Wirth	Fred Schürtenberger	Gilera			2
6	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	BMW			1
7	Hans Haldemann	Josef Albisser	Norton
8	Heinrich Stamm	?	Norton
9	Edouard Hordelalay	?	Norton
10	Fritz Mühlemann	Marie Mühlemann	Norton
[1]

References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1951. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 116–117.