1951 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

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Spain  1951 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 8 races in the
1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 April 1951
LocationMontjuïc circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.033 km (3.749 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Time 3:45
Podium
First Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera
Second United Kingdom Tommy Wood Norton
Third Italy Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette
Time 3:47
Podium
First United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette
Second United Kingdom Leslie Graham Velocette
Third United Kingdom AJS
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Ubbiali Mondial
Time 4:04
Podium
First Italy Guido Leoni Mondial
Second Italy Carlo Ubbiali Mondial
Third Italy Moto Morini
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Time 4:21
Podium
First United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Second Italy Gilera
Third Italy Gilera

The 1951 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 April 1951 at the Montjuïc circuit.

500 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera 34 2:10:56.2 8
2 United Kingdom Tommy Wood Norton 34 +1:00.8 6
3 Italy Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta 4
4 Spain Norton 3
5 Italy Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 2
6 Spain Gilera 1
[1]

350 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette 25 1:36:21.7 8
2 United Kingdom Leslie Graham Velocette 25 +2:30.0 6
3 United Kingdom AJS 4
4 Spain Moto Guzzi 3
5 Belgium AJS 2
6 Gibraltar AJS 1
7 United Kingdom Bob Matthews Velocette
8 Spain Antonio Creus AJS
9 Spain AJS
10 United Kingdom Velocette
11 Spain Alfredo Flores Velocette
12 J. Gomar AJS
[1]

125 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Guido Leoni Mondial 17 1:11:21.8 8
2 Italy Carlo Ubbiali Mondial 17 +4.6 6
3 Italy Moto Morini 17 +9.0 4
4 Italy Mondial 3
5 Spain Montesa 2
6 Spain Montesa 1
7 Netherlands Eysink
8 Netherlands Eysink
9 Netherlands Eysink
10 Spain "Setroc" MV Agusta
11 Switzerland Mondial
12 France MV Agusta
[1]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Eric Oliver Italy Lorenzo Dobelli Norton 17 1:16:03.1 8
2 Italy Italy Ezio Ricotti Gilera 17 +2:04.1 6
3 Italy Italy Giuseppe Pizzocri Gilera 17 +2:27.5 4
4 Italy Italy Carlo Musso Carru 3
5 Austria Siegfried Vogel Austria Leo Vinatzer BMW 2
6 Belgium United Kingdom Denis Jenkinson Norton 1
7 Italy Italy Marino Saguato Moto Guzzi
[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Yearbook 1952. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 111–112.


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1950 Nations Grand Prix
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1951 Swiss Grand Prix
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