1951 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1951 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 27 May 1951 at the Bremgarten circuit.

Switzerland  1951 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 8 races in the
1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date27 May 1951
LocationCircuit Bremgarten
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 7.280 km (4.524 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeNorton
Time3:02.0
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom Fergus AndersonMoto Guzzi
SecondRepublic of Ireland Reg ArmstrongAJS
ThirdItaly Enrico LorenzettiMoto Guzzi
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderRepublic of Ireland Reg ArmstrongAJS
Time3:11.9
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom Leslie GrahamVelocette
SecondUnited Kingdom Cecil SandfordVelocette
ThirdRepublic of Ireland Reg ArmstrongAJS
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderItaly Dario AmbrosiniBenelli
Time3:29.9
Podium
FirstItaly Dario AmbrosiniBenelli
SecondItaly Bruno RuffoMoto Guzzi
ThirdItaly Gianni LeoniMoto Guzzi
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderUnited Kingdom Eric OliverNorton
Time3:38.9
Podium
FirstItaly Ercole FrigerioGilera
SecondItaly Albino MilaniGilera
ThirdItaly Ernesto MerloGilera

500 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Fergus AndersonMoto Guzzi281:34:44.28
2 Reg ArmstrongAJS28+1:47.96
3 Enrico LorenzettiMoto Guzzi28+2:07.54
4 Carlo BandirolaMV Agusta3
5 Benoît MusyMoto Guzzi2
6 Willy LipsNorton1
7 Hans BaltisbergerNorton
8 Max ForsterGilera
9 Väinö HollmingMoto Guzzi
10 Sid MasonNorton
11 Tommy WoodNorton
12 Alexander MayerNorton
[1]

350 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Leslie GrahamVelocette221:10:48.58
2 Cecil SandfordVelocette22+1:18.66
3 Reg ArmstrongAJS22+1:48.64
4 Paul FuhrerVelocette3
5 Sid MasonVelocette2
6 Leonhardt FaßlAJS1
7 Hans BaltisbergerAJS
8 Werner MazanecAJS
9 Herbert LaederachAJS
10 Edmund LaederachNorton
11 Väinö HollmingVelocette
12 Helmut VolzwinklerNorton
13 Heinrich StammVelocette
14 Denis JenkinsonNorton
[1]

250 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Dario AmbrosiniBenelli181:05:32.18
2 Bruno RuffoMoto Guzzi18+1:10.86
3 Gianni LeoniMoto Guzzi18+3:00.34
4 Benoît MusyMoto Guzzi3
5 Cecil SandfordVelocette2
6 Nino GriecoParilla1
7 H. SteffanParilla
8 Alano MontanariMoto Guzzi
9 Hans HaldemannParilla
10 Carlo BellottiMoto Guzzi
11 R. ThieryMonet-Goyon
12 Heinrich Thorn-PrikkerMoto Guzzi
[1]

Sidecar classification

PosRiderPassengerManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Ercole Frigerio Ezio RicottiGilera161:01:27.68
2 Albino Milani Giuseppe PizzocriGilera16+2:03.66
3 Ernesto Merlo Dino MagriGilera16+2:56.44
4 Marcel Masuy Denis JenkinsonNorton3
5 Eric Oliver Lorenzo DobelliNorton2
6 Giovanni Carru Carlo MussoCarru1
7 Jakob Keller Gianfranco ZanziEigenbau
8 Luigi Marcelli  ?Gilera
9 Henri Meuwly  ?Gilera
10 Heinrich Stamm  ?Norton
11 Renato Prati Marino SaguatoMoto Guzzi
12 F. Vaasen  ?Norton
13 Carlo Vittone  ?Carru
[1]

References


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1951 Spanish Grand Prix
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