European motorcycle championship 1926

The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps as it was driven in 1926.

The titles of the European motorcycle championship in 1926 were at the III. The FICM Grand Prize was awarded on July 18, 1926 near Spa ( Belgium ) as part of the VI. The Belgian Grand Prix was held on the 15-kilometer Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps .

The European Grand Prix took place for the first time as part of the Belgian Grand Prix .

Race courses

In the course of the 175 cm³ class, the Belgian René Milhoux won on Ready with an English Blackburne engine. Second, with five minutes behind, was after a puncture the German DKW - works driver Albert Beckert . Like all the other starters, the other German starters Kurt Friedrich and Hans Sprung did not reach the finish line due to technical defects.

The British starters won the other classes . In the 250s, Jock Porter won on New Gerrard . In the 350 cm³ class, Frank Longman ( AJS ) won ahead of the Austrian Otto Putz ( Sunbeam ). In the half-liter class, Jimmie Simpson won his second European Championship title after 1924 on AJS . Another Austrian starter came in second with Rupert Karner on Sunbeam.

class	winner	Second	Third
175 cc	Belgium René Milhoux (Ready- Blackburne )	German Empire Albert Beckert ( DKW )	only two starters reached the finish
250 cc	United Kingdom 1801 Jock Porter ( New Gerrard )	United Kingdom 1801 Geoff Davison ( New Imperial )	only two starters reached the finish
350 cc	United Kingdom 1801 Frank Longman ( AJS )	Austria Otto Putz ( Sunbeam )	BelgiumR. Demulder ( Indian )
500 cc	United Kingdom 1801 Jimmie Simpson ( AJS )	Austria Rupert Karner ( Sunbeam )	Ireland 1922 Stanley Woods ( Norton )

Steffen Ottinger: DKW motorcycle sport 1920–1939 . From the first victories of the Zschopau two-stroke model at track races to the European championship successes. 1st edition. HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-028611-7 , p. 28 .