1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the second F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 600cc. It began on 10 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix on 10 September.

1950 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 600cc winner	Report
1	10 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain		Dario Ambrosini	Artie Bell	Geoff Duke		Report
2	2 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps			Bob Foster	Umberto Masetti	Oliver / Dobelli	Report
3	8 July	Dutch TT	Assen	Bruno Ruffo		Bob Foster	Umberto Masetti		Report
4	23 July	Swiss Grand Prix	Geneva		Dario Ambrosini	Leslie Graham	Leslie Graham	Oliver / Dobelli	Report
5	18 August	Ulster Grand Prix	Clady	Carlo Ubbiali	Maurice Cann	Bob Foster	Geoff Duke		Report
6	10 September	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Gianni Leoni	Dario Ambrosini	Geoff Duke	Geoff Duke	Oliver / Dobelli	Report

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. All rounds counted towards the championship in the 125cc and Sidecars, the best three races counted in the 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, only the best four results counted.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	MAN	BEL	HOL	SUI	ULS	NAC	Pts
1	Umberto Masetti	Gilera		1	1	2	6	2	28 (29)
2	Geoff Duke	Norton	1	Ret	Ret	4	1	1	27
3	Leslie Graham	AJS Porcupine	4	Ret	Ret	1	2	7	17
4	Nello Pagani	Gilera		2	2	10	7	Ret	12
5	Carlo Bandirola	Gilera		4	4	3	Ret	5	12
6	Johnny Lockett	Norton	3	Ret	Ret	6	3	8	9
7	Artie Bell	Norton	2	Ret					6
8	Arciso Artesiani	MV Agusta		5	Ret	12		3	6
9	Harry Hinton	Norton	10	6	3	Ret	DNS		5
10	Ted Frend	AJS	15	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	4
11	Dickie Dale	Norton	7	9	Ret		4	6	4
12	Harold Daniell	Norton	5	Ret	Ret	5	DNS	10	4
13	Alfredo Milani	Gilera				Ret		4	3
14	Eric McPherson	AJS / Norton	14	Ret	5				2
15	Jock West	AJS					5		2
16	Syd Jensen	Triumph / AJS	Ret	12	6	Ret			1
17	Reg Armstrong	Velocette	6	8				Ret	1
18	Phil Heath	Norton	34	13	7	Ret	8		0
19	Bob Foster	Moto Guzzi / AJS / Velocette	Ret	7	Ret	Ret		15	0
20	Georges Cordey	Norton / Velocette				7		Ret	0
21	Ken Armstrong	MV Agusta / Velocette			9	8			0
22	Albert Moule	Norton	17	Ret	8	11	Ret		0
23	Cromie McCandless	Norton	8						0
24	Jack Brett	Norton	9	11					0
25	Georges Houel	Gilera		Ret		9			0
=	Harry Turner	Norton	Ret				9		0
26	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera						9	0
27	Jim Swarbrick	Norton	18	11	10	15			0
28	Felice Benasedo	Moto Guzzi		10	Ret			Ret	0
29	Ernie Barrett	Norton	Ret				10		0
30	George Morrison	Norton	11	Ret			DNS		0
31	Jim Kentish	Norton	Ret				11		0
=	Louis van Rijswijk	Triumph		Ret	11				0
33	Arthur Wheeler	Norton	26	14	12		DNS		0
34	Freddie Fairbairn	Vincent Grey Flash	51				12		0
35	Ken Bills	Vincent Grey Flash	12						0
=	Guido Leoni	MV Agusta						12	0
37	Ernie Braine	Norton	46	Ret	14		13		0
38	Albert Vertriest	Triumph		16	13				0
39	Benoit Musy	Moto Guzzi				13		18	0
40	Tommy McEwans	Triumph	13						0
=	Armando Miele	Gilera						13	0
42	Dante Bianchi	Moto Guzzi						14	0
=	Hans Haldemann	Norton				14			0
44	Auguste Goffin	Norton		15				17	0
45	Sidney Mason	Norton		Ret	15				0
46	Evert Carlsson	Norton		19	16				0
47	Roy Evans	Norton	16						0
=	Georges Monneret	Norton						16	0
49	Ernie Thomas	Triumph		Ret	17	Ret		Ret	0
50	Jaak Delsing	Triumph		17					0
51	Väinö Hollming	Norton / Velocette		18	Ret	Ret		Ret	0
52	Adelmo Mandolini	Moto Guzzi						19	0
=	David Whitworth	Triumph	19						0
54	Sid Lawton	AJS / Rudge	20				DNS		0
55	Lodovico Facchinelli	Moto Guzzi						20	0
56	Dario Basso	Gilera						21	0
=	Ashley Len Parry	Norton	21						0
58	Libero Liberati	Moto Guzzi						22	0
=	Stan Miller	Norton	22						0
60	Bill Beevers	Norton	23						0
61	John Simister	Triumph	24						0
62	Vic Willoughby	Norton	25	Ret	Ret				0
63	Les Archer	Norton	27						0
64	Charlie Brett	Velocette	28						0
65	Guy Newman	Norton	29						0
66	Charlie Gray	AJS	30						0
67	George Paterson	AJS	31						0
68	Roy Walker	Norton	32						0
69	Jack Varlow	Norton	33						0
70	Jack Harding	Norton	35				Ret		0
71	Syd Barnett	AJS	36						0
72	Eric Hardy	Norton	37						0
73	Humphrey Ranson	AJS	38						0
74	John Fisher	Norton	39						0
75	Ernest Walker	Norton	40						0
76	Reg Lee	AJS	41						0
77	Jack Bailey	Triumph	42						0
78	Charlie Salt	Velocette	43	Ret	Ret		Ret		0
79	Leslie Harris	Velocette	44						0
80	Joe Glazebrook	Triumph	45						0
81	Syl Anderton	Triumph	47						0
82	Llewelyn Ranson	AJS	48						0
83	John Dale	Norton	49						0
84	Reg McDonald	Velocette	50						0
85	Bob McDonald	AJS	52						0
-	Eric Briggs	Norton	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
-	Oliver Scott	Norton	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
-	Bill Hall	Triumph	Ret	Ret					0
-	Bill Lomas	Velocette		Ret	Ret				0
-	Bob Matthews	Velocette	Ret					Ret	0
-	Bert Meyers	Norton	Ret				Ret		0
-	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
-	Manliff Barrington	Vincent Grey Flash	Ret						0
-	Bruno Bertacchini	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
-	Aldo Brini	Gilera						Ret	0
-	Thomas Byrne	Triumph					Ret		0
-	Maurice Cann	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
-	Gerard Carter	Norton					Ret		0
-	Luigi Ciai	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
-	Eugéne Cordang	Triumph		Ret					0
-	Les Dear	Norton	Ret						0
-	Wilmot Evans	Bitza					Ret		0
-	Mike Featherstone	AJS		Ret					0
-	Lennart Fenning	Norton					Ret		0
-	Jack Fletcher	BSA	Ret						0
-	Cees Fokke-Bosch	Norton			Ret				0
-	Sante Geminiani	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
-	Rob Harrison	Triumph	Ret						0
-	Johnny Hodgkin	Vincent Grey Flash	Ret						0
-	Chris Horn	Norton	Ret						0
-	Eddie Iffland	Norton	Ret						0
-	Denis Jenkinson	Norton				Ret			0
-	Piet Knijnenburg	BMW R51/2			Ret				0
-	Max Klein	Norton	Ret						0
-	Willy Lips	Norton				Ret			0
-	Bill Maddrick	Velocette	Ret						0
-	Léon Martin	Norton		Ret					0
-	Robert Müller	Norton				Ret			0
-	Bill Petch	Norton	Ret						0
-	Hub Pellikaan	BMW R51/2			Ret				0
-	Cecil Sandford	Velocette	Ret						0
-	Jacques Schot	Norton			Ret				0
-	Elio Scopingo	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
-	Cyril Stevens	Vincent	Ret						0
-	Drikus Veer	Triumph			Ret				0
-	Jan Veer	Triumph			Ret				0
-	Robert Weston	Norton	Ret						0
-	Henri Widonne	Norton				Ret			0
Pos	Rider	Bike	MAN	BEL	HOL	SUI	ULS	NAC	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

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Constructors' 500cc World Championship

Pos	Constructor							Pts
1	Norton	1	6	3	4	1	1	28 (32)
2	Gilera	–	1	1	2	6	2	28 (29)
3	AJS	4	3	5	1	2		21
4	MV Agusta	–	5	9	8	–	3	6
5	Triumph	13	12	6	Ret	Ret	–	1
6	Velocette	6	7	9	7	Ret	15	1
–	Bitza	–	–	–	–	Ret	–	0
–	BMW	–	–	Ret	–	–	–	0
–	BSA	Ret	–	–	–	–	–	0
–	Moto Guzzi	Ret	7	Ret	13	–	14	0
–	Rudge-Whitworth	20	–	–	–	–	–	0
–	Vincent	12	–	–	–	12	–	0

1950 350cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Bob Foster	United Kingdom	Velocette	30	3
2	Geoff Duke	United Kingdom	Norton	24	1
3	Leslie Graham	United Kingdom	AJS	17	1
4	Artie Bell	United Kingdom	Norton	14	1
5	Reg Armstrong	United Kingdom	Velocette	11	0
6	Eric Hinton	Australia	Norton	9	0
7	Bill Lomas	United Kingdom	Velocette	9	0
8	Harold Daniell	United Kingdom	Norton	6	0
9	John Lockett	United Kingdom	Norton	4	0
9	Dickie Dale	United Kingdom	AJS	4	0
11	Ted Frend	United Kingdom	AJS	4	0
12	Eric McPherson	Australia	AJS	3	0
13	Cecil Sandford	United Kingdom	AJS	3	0

1950 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Dario Ambrosini	Italy	Benelli	24	3
2	Maurice Cann	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	14	1
3	Fergus Anderson	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	6	0
3	Bruno Ruffo	Italy	Moto Guzzi	6	0
5	Dickie Dale	United Kingdom	Benelli	4	0
5	Wilf Billington	Ireland	Moto Guzzi	4	0
5	Bruno Francisci	Italy	Benelli	4	0
5	Ronald Mead	United Kingdom	Velocette	4	0
9	Arthur Burton	United Kingdom	Excelsior	3	0
9	Claudio Mastellari	Italy	Moto Guzzi	3	0
9	Benoit Musy	Switzerland	Moto Guzzi	3	0
9	Roland Pike	United Kingdom	Rudge	3	0
13	David Andrews	United Kingdom	Excelsior	2	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	NED	ULS	NAT	Pts
1	Bruno Ruffo	Mondial	1^F	2	4	17
2	Gianni Leoni	Mondial	2		1	14
2	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial		1^F	2^F	14
4	Giuseppe Matucci	Morini	3			4
4	Luigi Zinzani	Morini			3	4
6	Umberto Braga	Mondial	4			3
7	Raffaele Alberti	Mondial			5	2
7	Felice Benasedo	MV Agusta	5			2
9	Gijs Lagervey	Sparta	6			2
10	Emilio Soprani	Morini			6	1
Pos.	Rider	Bike	SUI	NED	NAT	Pts

Race key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)
Annotation	Meaning
P	Pole position
F	Fastest lap
Rider key
Colour	Meaning
Light blue	Rookie rider

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	NED	ULS	NAT	Pts
1	Mondial	1	1	1	24
2	Morini	3		3	8
3	MV Agusta	5			2
4	Sparta	6			1
Pos.	Constructor	NED	ULS	NAT	Pts

References

Haefliger, Werner. FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.
Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
"The Official MotoGP website". Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2010-07-06.

[1] 1950 Isle of Man TT results at www.autosport.com

[2] 1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix results at www.autosport.com

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