1951 motorcycle world championship
500 cm³ world champion | |
Driver: | Geoff Duke |
Constructor: | Norton |
350 cm³ world champion | |
Driver: | Geoff Duke |
Constructor: | Norton |
250 cc world champion | |
Driver: | Bruno Ruffo |
Constructor: | Moto Guzzi |
125 cc world champion | |
Driver: | Carlo Ubbiali |
Constructor: | FB Mondial |
Team (500 cm³) world champions | |
Driver: |
Eric Oliver Lorenzo Dobelli |
Constructor: | Norton |
<1950 season |
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The 1951 motorcycle world championship season was the third in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .
Eight races were held in the classes up to 500 cm³ and up to 350 cm³, and in the classes up to 250 cm³ and up to 125 cm³ as well as five races for the sidecar .
Distribution of points
Scoring | ||||||
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space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th |
Points | 8th | 6th | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
If fewer than eight races were held, the best four results were included in the ranking; if eight or more races were staged, the five best results achieved were included in the World Championship ranking.
500 cc class
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | April 8th | 2nd GP of Spain | Montjuïc | Umberto Masetti | Tommy Wood | Arciso Artesiani | Enrico Lorenzetti |
2 | 05/27 | 21st Swiss GP | Bremgarten | Fergus Anderson | Reg Armstrong | Enrico Lorenzetti | Fergus Anderson |
3 | 08.06. | 33. Isle of Man TT | Mountain Course | Geoff Duke | William Doran | Cromie McCandless | Geoff Duke |
4th | 01.07. | 24th Belgian GP | Spa Francorchamps | Geoff Duke | Alfredo Milani | Sante Geminiani | Geoff Duke |
5 | 07.07. | 21. Dutch TT | Aces | Geoff Duke | Alfredo Milani | Enrico Lorenzetti | Umberto Masetti |
6th | 07/15 | French GP | Albi | Alfredo Milani | William Doran | Nello Pagani | Alfredo Milani |
7th | August 16-18 | 23rd Ulster GP | Clady | Geoff Duke | Ken Kavanagh | Umberto Masetti | Alfredo Milani |
8th | 09.09. | 29th Nations Grand Prix | Monza | Alfredo Milani | Umberto Masetti | Nello Pagani | Alfredo Milani |
Driver ranking
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(Points in brackets including deletion results )
Constructors' championship
1 | Norton | 38 (45) |
2 | Gilera | 36 (40) |
3 | AJS | 22 (23) |
4th | Moto Guzzi | 18th |
5 | MV Agusta | 7th |
(Points in brackets including deletion results )
350 cm³ class
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | April 8th | 2nd GP of Spain | Montjuïc | Tommy Wood | Leslie Graham | Bill Petch | Tommy Wood |
2 | 05/27 | 21st Swiss GP | Bremgarten | Leslie Graham | Cecil Sandford | Reg Armstrong | Reg Armstrong |
3 | 08.06. | 33. Isle of Man TT | Mountain Course | Geoff Duke | Johnny Lockett | Jack Brett | Geoff Duke |
4th | 01.07. | 24th Belgian GP | Spa Francorchamps | Geoff Duke | Johnny Lockett | Bill Lomas | Geoff Duke |
5 | 07.07. | 21. Dutch TT | Aces | William Doran | Bill Petch | Ken Kavanagh | William Doran |
6th | 07/15 | French GP | Albi | Geoff Duke | Jack Brett | William Doran | William Doran |
7th | August 16-18 | 23rd Ulster GP | Clady | Geoff Duke | Ken Kavanagh | Johnny Lockett | Geoff Duke |
8th | 09.09. | 29th Nations Grand Prix | Monza | Geoff Duke | Ken Kavanagh | Jack Brett | Geoff Duke |
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
1 | Norton Motorcycles | 40 (45) |
2 | Velocette | 22nd |
AJS | 22 (27) | |
4th | Moto Guzzi | 8th |
(Points in brackets including deletion results )
250 cc class
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | 05/27 | 21st Swiss GP | Bremgarten | Dario Ambrosini | Bruno Ruffo | Gianni Leoni | Dario Ambrosini |
2 | 06.06. | 33. Isle of Man TT | Mountain Course | Tommy Wood | Dario Ambrosini | Enrico Lorenzetti | Fergus Anderson |
3 | 07/15 | French GP | Albi | Bruno Ruffo | Gianni Leoni | Tommy Wood | Bruno Ruffo |
4th | August 16-18 | 23rd Ulster GP | Clady | Bruno Ruffo | Maurice Cann | Arthur Wheeler | Bruno Ruffo |
5 | 09.09. | 29th Nations Grand Prix | Monza | Enrico Lorenzetti | Tommy Wood | Bruno Ruffo | Bruno Ruffo |
Driver ranking
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(Points in brackets including deletion results )
Constructors' championship
1 | Moto Guzzi | 32 (38) |
2 | Benelli | 14th |
3 | Velocette | 10 |
4th | Excelsior | 1 |
Parilla | 1 | |
Norton | 1 |
(Points in brackets including deletion results )
125 cc class
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | April 8th | 2nd GP of Spain | Montjuïc | Guido Leoni | Carlo Ubbiali | Vittorio Zanzi | Guido Leoni |
2 | 06.06. | 33. Isle of Man TT | Mountain Course | Cromie McCandless | Carlo Ubbiali | Gianni Leoni | Cromie McCandless |
3 | 07.07. | 21. Dutch TT | Aces | Gianni Leoni | Luigi Zinzani | Leslie Graham | Gianni Leoni |
4th | 09.09. | 29th Nations Grand Prix | Monza | Carlo Ubbiali | Romolo Ferri | Luigi Zinzani | Carlo Ubbiali |
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
1 | FB Mondial | 32 |
2 | Morini | 14th |
3 | MV Agusta | 5 |
4th | Montesa | 4th |
Carriages (500 cm³)
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | April 8th | 2nd GP of Spain | Montjuïc |
Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli |
Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti |
Albino Milani / Giuseppe Pizzocri |
Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli |
2 | 05/27 | 21st Swiss GP | Bremgarten |
Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti |
Albino Milani / Giuseppe Pizzocri |
Ernesto Merlo / Dino Magri |
Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli |
3 | 01.07. | 24th Belgian GP | Spa Francorchamps |
Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli |
Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti |
Pip Harris / Neil Smith |
Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli |
4th | 07/15 | French GP | Albi |
Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli |
Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti |
Jean Murit / André Emo |
Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli and Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti |
5 | 09.09. | 29th Nations Grand Prix | Monza |
Albino Milani / Giuseppe Pizzocri |
Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli |
Pip Harris / Neil Smith |
Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli |
Driver ranking
1 | Eric Oliver | Lorenzo Dobelli | Norton | 30 (32) |
2 | Ercole Frigerio | Ezio Ricotti | Gilera | 26th |
3 | Albino Milani | Giuseppe Pizzocri | Gilera | 19th |
4th | Pip Harris | Neil Smith | Norton | 8th |
5 | Jean Murit | André Emo | Norton | 5 |
6th | Jacques Drion | Bob Onslow | Norton | 5 |
7th | Ernesto Merlo | Dino Magri | Gilera | 4th |
8th | Giovanni Carru | Carlo Musso | Carru triumph | 4th |
Marcel Masuy | Denis Jenkinson | Norton | 4th | |
10 | Cyril Smith | Bob Onslow | Norton | 3 |
Hans Haldemann | Josef Albisser | Norton | 3 | |
12 | Siegfried Vogel | Leo Vinatzer | BMW | 2 |
Frans Vanderschrick | Jean-Marie Stas | Norton | 2 | |
René Bétemps | Georges Burggraff | triumph | 2 | |
15th | Alphonse Vervroegen | Pierre Cuvelier | FN | 1 |
(Points in brackets including deletion results )
Constructors' championship
1 | Norton | 30 (33) |
2 | Gilera | 28 (34) |
3 | triumph | 6th |
4th | BMW | 2 |
5 | FN | 1 |
(Points in brackets including deletion results )