1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the third competitive motorcycle season, with eight Grands Prix and 4 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc.
Contents |
[edit] Grands Prix
| Round | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125 winner | 250 winner | 350 winner | 500 winner | Report |
| 1 |  Spanish Grand Prix |
Montjuïc Park |  Guido Leoni |
 Tommy Wood |
Umberto Masetti |
Report | |
| 2 |  Swiss Grand Prix |
Bremgarten | Dario Ambrosini |
Leslie Graham |
Fergus Anderson |
Report | |
| 3 |  Isle of Man TT |
Isle of Man | Cromie McCandless |
Tommy Wood |
Geoff Duke |
Geoff Duke |
Report |
| 4 |  Belgian Grand Prix |
Spa | Geoff Duke |
Geoff Duke |
Report | ||
| 5 |  Dutch TT |
Assen | Gianni Leoni |
William Doran |
Geoff Duke |
Report | |
| 6 |  French Grand Prix |
Albi | Bruno Ruffo |
Geoff Duke |
Alfredo Milani |
Report | |
| 7 |  Ulster Grand Prix |
Dundrod | Cromie McCandless † |
Bruno Ruffo |
Geoff Duke |
Geoff Duke |
Report |
| 8 | Nations Grand Prix |
Monza | Carlo Ubbiali |
Enrico Lorenzetti |
Geoff Duke |
Alfredo Milani |
Report |
† The race saw only four competitors and was not counted as a round of the World Championship.
[edit] Championship Standings
[edit] 500cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Duke |
United Kingdom | Norton | 35 | 4 | |
| 2 | Alfredo Milani |
Italy | Gilera | 31 | 2 | |
| 3 | Umberto Masetti |
Italy | Gilera | 21 | 1 | |
| 4 | William Doran |
United Kingdom | AJS | 14 | 0 | |
| 5 | Nello Pagani |
Italy | Gilera | 10 | 0 | |
| 6 |  Reg Armstrong |
Ireland | AJS | 9 | 0 | |
| 7 | Fergus Anderson |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 8 | 1 | |
| 8 | Enrico Lorenzetti |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 8 | 0 | |
| 9 | Tommy Wood |
United Kingdom | Norton | 6 | 0 | |
| = |  Ken Kavanagh |
Australia | Norton | 6 | 0 | |
| = | John Lockett |
United Kingdom | Norton | 6 | 0 | |
| 12 | Carlos Bandirola |
Italy | MV Agusta | 5 | 0 | |
| 13 | Arciso Artesiani |
Italy | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Cromie McCandless |
United Kingdom | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Sante Geminiani |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 | |
| 16 | Ramón Montane |
Spain | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Tommy McEwan |
United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Jack Brett |
United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 | |
| 19 | Bruno Ruffo |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Manliefe Barrington |
Ireland | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Benoit Musy |
Switzerland | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 | |
| 22 | Len Parry |
United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Ernesto Vidal |
Spain | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Willy Lips |
Switzerland | Norton | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 350cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Duke |
United Kingdom | Norton | 40 | 5 | |
| 2 | William Doran |
United Kingdom | AJS | 19 | 1 | |
| 3 | John Lockett |
United Kingdom | Norton | 19 | 0 | |
| 4 | Ken Kavanagh |
Australia | Norton | 16 | 0 | |
| 5 | Jack Brett |
United Kingdom | Norton | 15 | 0 | |
| 6 | Leslie Graham |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 14 | 1 | |
| 7 | Reg Armstrong |
Ireland | AJS | 11 | 0 | |
| 8 | Bill Petch |
United Kingdom | AJS | 10 | 0 | |
| 9 | Cecil Sandford |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 9 | 0 | |
| 10 | Tommy Wood |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 8 | 1 | |
| 11 | Bill Lomas |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 6 | 0 | |
| 12 |  Rod Coleman |
New Zealand | AJS | 5 | 0 | |
| 13 | Mick Featherstone |
United Kingdom | AJS | 4 | 0 | |
| 14 | Fernando Aranda |
Spain | Velocette | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Paul Fuhrer |
Switzerland | Velocette | 3 | 0 | |
| 16 | Sid Mason |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Jack Raffeld |
Belgium | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Simon Sandys-Winsch |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 |  Johnny Grace |
Gibraltar | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Bob Matthews |
Ireland | Velocette | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Bob Foster |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 1 | 0 | |
| = |  Leonhardt Faßl |
Austria | AJS | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 250cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruno Ruffo |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 22 | 2 | |
| 2 | Tommy Wood |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 18 | 1 | |
| 3 | Dario Ambrosini |
Italy | Benelli | 14 | 1 | |
| 4 | Enrico Lorenzetti |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 12 | 1 | |
| 5 | Gianni Leoni |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 0 | |
| 6 | Maurice Cann |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Arthur Wheeler |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 6 | 0 | |
| 8 | Fergus Anderson |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Wilf Hutt |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Alano Montanari |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Benoit Musy |
Switzerland | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | |
| 12 | Bill Lomas |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Cecil Sandford |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Douglas Beasley |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Bruno Francisci |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | Fron Purslow |
United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Norman Blemings |
Ireland | Excelsior | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Werner Gerber |
Switzerland | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Nino Grieco |
Italy | Parilla | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Guido Paciocca |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 125cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali |
Italy | Mondial | 20 | 1 | |
| 2 | Gianni Leoni |
Italy | Mondial | 12 | 1 | |
| 3 | Cromie McCandless |
United Kingdom | Mondial | 11 | 0 | |
| 4 | Luigi Zinzani |
Italy | Morini | 10 | 0 | |
| 5 | Guido Leoni |
Italy | Mondial | 8 | 1 | |
| 6 | Vittorio Zanzi |
Italy | Morini | 7 | 0 | |
| 7 | Romolo Ferri |
Italy | Mondial | 6 | 0 | |
| 8 | Leslie Graham |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | |
| 9 | Juan Bultó |
Spain | Montesa | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 | Nello Pagani |
Italy | Mondial | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Raffaele Alberti |
Italy | Mondial | 3 | 0 | |
| 12 | Franco Bertoni |
Italy | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Otello Spadoni |
Italy | Mondial | 2 | 0 | |
| 14 | Emilio Mendogni |
Italy | Morini | 1 | 0 | |
| = | José Antonio Elizalde |
Spain | Mondial | 1 | 0 | |
| = | José Maria Llobet |
Spain | Montesa | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Giuseppe Matucci |
Italy | MV Agusta | 1 | 0 |
