1949 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 4 of 6 races in the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 17 July 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1949 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
British rider Bill Doran won the 500cc race riding his AJS from Arciso Artesiani and Enrico Lorenzetti.
By winning their second race of the 600 cc Sidecar of the season British Norton rider Eric Oliver and his swinger Denis Jenkinson wrapped up the first Sidecar championship before the third and final round to be held at the Nations Grand Prix. In the same race, Belgian sidecar rider Edouard Bruylant and his British swinger known as "Hurst" were killed.
500 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time | Points |
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1 | Bill Doran | AJS | 1:19:56.0 | 10 |
2 | Arciso Artesiani | Gilera | +0.2 | 9 |
3 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | +1.3 | 7 |
4 | Artie Bell | Norton | +50.0 | 6 |
5 | Nello Pagani | Gilera | +1:08.0 | 5 |
6 | Guido Leoni | Moto Guzzi | +1:14.0 | |
7 | Harold Daniell | Norton | ||
8 | Norton | |||
9 | Syd Jensen | Triumph | ||
10 | Velocette | |||
16 finishers | ||||
[1][2] |
350 cc classification[]
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time | Points |
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1 | Freddie Frith | Velocette | 1h 06m 14s | 10.5 |
2 | Bob Foster | Velocette | +16s | 8.5 |
3 | Johnny Lockett | Norton | +33s | 7 |
4 | David Whitworth | Velocette | +1m 39s | 6 |
5 | AJS | +2m 01s | 5 | |
6 | Reg Armstrong | AJS | +2m 01s | |
7 | Eric Oliver | Velocette | ||
8 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | ||
9 | Velocette | |||
10 | Tommy Wood | Velocette | ||
22 finishers | ||||
[2][3] |
Sidecar Classification[]
Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Time | Points |
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1 | Eric Oliver | Denis Jenkinson | Norton | 50m 07s | 11 |
2 | Martin Whitney | Norton | +25s | 8 | |
3 | Dino Magri | Gilera | +1m 33s | 7 | |
4 | Max Hirzel | BMW | +1m 54s | 6 | |
5 | Pip Harris | Neil Smith | Norton | +2m 31s | 5 |
6 | Louis van Leemput | BMW | +4m 33s | ||
7 | ? | FN | |||
8 | ? | Norton | |||
8 finishers | |||||
[2][4] |
References[]
- ^ Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–500 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
- ^ a b c Davison, G. S., ed. (1950). The Racing Year. W. W. Curtis, Ltd. pp. 52–57.
- ^ Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–350 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
- ^ Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. Championnat du monde de side-cars 1949. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
Categories:
- Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
- 1949 MotoGP race reports
- 1949 in Belgian motorsport
- Belgian sport stubs