Motorcycle World Championship 1950

Motorcycle World Championship 1950

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Umberto Masetti
Constructor:	Norton
350 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Bob Foster
Constructor:	Velocette
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Dario Ambrosini
Constructor:	Benelli
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Bruno Ruffo
Constructor:	FB Mondial
Team (600 cm³) world champion
Driver:	Eric Oliver Lorenzo Dobelli
Constructor:	Norton
<1949 season	1951 season>

The 1950 motorcycle world championship season was the second in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

In the classes to 500 cc, and were cc to 350 six, in the class up to 250 cm and in the four classes to 125 cc, as well as in the trailer combinations discharged three races.

Distribution of points

Scoring
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

While all results were evaluated in the 125 and 250 cc class, only the best four results were evaluated in the classes up to 350 cm³ and up to 500 cm³.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	09.06.	32nd Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Geoff Duke	Artie Bell	Johnny Lockett	Geoff Duke
2	02.07.	23rd Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Umberto Masetti	Nello Pagani	Ted Frend	Geoff Duke
3	08.07.	20. Dutch TT	Aces	Umberto Masetti	Nello Pagani	Harry Hinton	Carlo Bandirola
4th	07/23	20th Swiss GP	Geneva	Leslie Graham	Umberto Masetti	Carlo Bandirola	Carlo Bandirola
5	08/18	22nd Ulster GP	Clady	Geoff Duke	Leslie Graham	Johnny Lockett	Geoff Duke
6th	10.09.	28th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Geoff Duke	Umberto Masetti	Arciso Artesiani	Umberto Masetti

Driver ranking

1  Umberto Masetti Gilera 28 (29) 2  Geoff Duke Norton 27 3  Leslie Graham AJS 17th 4th  Nello Pagani Gilera 12 5  Carlo Bandirola Gilera 12 6th  Johnny Lockett Norton 6th 7th  Artie Bell Norton 6th 8th  Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta 6th 9  Harry Hinton Norton 5

10  Ted Frend AJS 4th 11  Dickie Dale Norton 4th 12  Harold Daniell Norton 4th 13  Alfredo Milani Gilera 3 14th  Jock West AJS 2  Eric McPherson Norton 2 16  Keith Armstrong AJS 1  Sid Jensen triumph 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Norton	28 (32)
2	Gilera	28 (29)
3	AJS	21st
4th	MV Agusta	6th
5	Velocette	2
6th	triumph	1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

350 cm³ class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	07.06.	32nd Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Artie Bell	Geoff Duke	Harold Daniell	Artie Bell
2	02.07.	23rd Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Bob Foster	Artie Bell	Geoff Duke	Artie Bell
3	08.07.	Dutch TT	Aces	Bob Foster	Geoff Duke	Bill Lomas	Bob Foster
4th	07/23	20th Swiss GP	Geneva	Leslie Graham	Bob Foster	Geoff Duke	Bob Foster
5	08/18	22nd Ulster GP	Clady	Bob Foster	Reg Armstrong	Eric Hinton	Bob Foster
6th	10.09.	28th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Geoff Duke	Leslie Graham	Eric Hinton	Eric Hinton

Driver ranking

1  Bob Foster Velocette 30th 2  Geoff Duke Norton 24 (28) 3  Leslie Graham AJS 17th 4th  Artie Bell Norton 14th 5  Reg Armstrong Velocette 11 6th  Eric Hinton Norton 9 7th  Bill Lomas Velocette 9

8th  Harold Daniell Norton 6th 9  Johnny Lockett Norton 4th  Dickie Dale AJS 4th 11  Ted Frend AJS 4th 12  Eric McPherson AJS 4th  Cecil Sandford AJS 3 14th  Charlie Salt Velocette 2

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Velocette	30 (32)
2	Norton	28 (36)
3	AJS	20th

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	05.06.	32nd Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Dario Ambrosini	Maurice Cann	Ronald Mead	Dario Ambrosini
2	07/23	20th Swiss GP	Geneva	Dario Ambrosini	Bruno Ruffo	Dickie Dale	Dario Ambrosini
3	08/18	22nd Ulster GP	Clady	Maurice Cann	Dario Ambrosini	Wilf Billington	Maurice Cann
4th	10.09.	28th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Dario Ambrosini	Fergus Anderson	Bruno Francisci	Dario Ambrosini

Driver ranking

1  Dario Ambrosini Benelli 24 2  Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi 14th 3  Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 6th  Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi 6th 5  Dickie Dale Benelli 4th  Wilf Billington Moto Guzzi 4th  Bruno Francisci Benelli 4th  Ronald Mead Velocette 4th 9  Arthur Burton Excelsior 3  Claudio Mastellari Moto Guzzi 3

Benoît Musy Moto Guzzi 3  Roland Pike Rudge 3 13  Len Bayliss Elbee 2  Carlo Bellotti Moto Guzzi 2  David Andrews Excelsior 2  Alano Montanari Moto Guzzi 2 17th  Arnold Jones Moto Guzzi 1  Onorato Francone Moto Guzzi 1  William Campbell Excelsior 1  Ugo Plebani Moto Guzzi 1

Constructors' championship

1	Benelli	30th
2	Moto Guzzi	26th
3	Velocette	4th
4th	Rudge	3
	Excelsior	3
6th	Elbee	2

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	08.07.	20. Dutch TT	Aces	Bruno Ruffo	Gianni Leoni	Giuseppe Matucci	Bruno Ruffo
2	08/18	22nd Ulster GP	Clady	Carlo Ubbiali	Bruno Ruffo	-	Carlo Ubbiali
3	10.09.	28th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Gianni Leoni	Carlo Ubbiali	Luigi Zinzani	Carlo Ubbiali

Driver ranking

1  Bruno Ruffo FB Mondial 17th 2  Gianni Leoni FB Mondial 14th  Carlo Ubbiali FB Mondial 14th 4th  Giuseppe Matucci Morini 4th  Luigi Zinzani Morini 4th

6th  Umberto Braga FB Mondial 3 7th  Raffaele Alberti FB Mondial 2  Felice Benasedo MV Agusta 2 9  Gijs Lagervey Sparta 1  Emilio Soprani Morini 1

Constructors' championship

1	FB Mondial	24
2	Morini	8th
3	MV Agusta	2
4th	Sparta	1

Carriages (600 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	02.07.	23rd Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli	Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti	Hans Haldemann / Josef Albisser	Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli
2	07/23	20th Swiss GP	Geneva	Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli	Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti	Ferdinand Aubert / René Aubert	Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli
3	10.09.	28th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli	Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti	Hans Haldemann / Josef Albisser	Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli and Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti

Driver ranking

1	Eric Oliver	Lorenzo Dobelli	Norton	24
2	Ercole Frigerio	Ezio Ricotti	Gilera	18th
3	Hans Haldemann	Josef Albisser	Norton	8th
4th	Ferdinand Aubert	René Aubert	Norton	7th
5	Henry Meuwly	Pierre Devaud	Gilera	3
	Jakob Keller	Gianfranco Zanzi	Gilera	3
7th	Alphonse Vervroegen	Pierrot Vervroegen	FN	2
	Willy Wirth	Fred Schürtenberger	Gilera	2
	Ernesto Merlo	Dino Magri	Gilera	2
10	Fritz Mühlemann	Marie Mühlemann	Norton	2
11	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	BMW	1

Constructors' championship

1	Norton	24
2	Gilera	18th
3	FN	2
4th	BMW	1

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1950  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1950 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)