1951 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1951 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 April 1951 at the Montjuïc circuit.

Spain  1951 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 8 races in the
1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date8 April 1951
LocationMontjuïc circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.033 km (3.749 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Time 3:45
Podium
First Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera
Second United Kingdom Tommy Wood Norton
Third Italy Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette
Time 3:47
Podium
First United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette
Second United Kingdom Leslie Graham Velocette
Third United Kingdom Bill Petch AJS
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Ubbiali Mondial
Time 4:04
Podium
First Italy Guido Leoni Mondial
Second Italy Carlo Ubbiali Mondial
Third Italy Vincenzo Zanzi Moto Morini
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Time 4:21
Podium
First United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Second Italy Ercole Frigerio Gilera
Third Italy Albino Milani Gilera

500 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera 34 2:10:56.2 8
2 United Kingdom Tommy Wood Norton 34 +1:00.8 6
3 Italy Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta 4
4 Spain Roger Montané Norton 3
5 Italy Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 2
6 Spain Ernesto Vidal Gilera 1
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350 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Tommy Wood Velocette 25 1:36:21.7 8
2 United Kingdom Leslie Graham Velocette 25 +2:30.0 6
3 United Kingdom Bill Petch AJS 4
4 Spain Fernando Aranda Moto Guzzi 3
5 Belgium Jack Raffeld AJS 2
6 Gibraltar John Grace AJS 1
7 United Kingdom Bob Matthews Velocette
8 Spain Antonio Creus AJS
9 Spain Juan Buira AJS
10 United Kingdom Len Parry Velocette
11 Spain Alfredo Flores Velocette
12 J. Gomar AJS
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125 cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Guido Leoni Mondial 17 1:11:21.8 8
2 Italy Carlo Ubbiali Mondial 17 +4.6 6
3 Italy Vincenzo Zanzi Moto Morini 17 +9.0 4
4 Italy Raffaele Alberti Mondial 3
5 Spain Juan Soler Bultó Montesa 2
6 Spain Arturo Elizalde Montesa 1
7 Netherlands Dick Renooy Eysink
8 Netherlands Toon van Zutphen Eysink
9 Netherlands Tonnie Heinemann Eysink
10 Spain "Setroc" MV Agusta
11 Switzerland Gianfranco Zanzi Mondial
12 France Jacques Vaque MV Agusta
[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Eric Oliver Italy Lorenzo Dobelli Norton 17 1:16:03.1 8
2 Italy Ercole Frigerio Italy Ezio Ricotti Gilera 17 +2:04.1 6
3 Italy Albino Milani Italy Giuseppe Pizzocri Gilera 17 +2:27.5 4
4 Italy Giovanni Carru Italy Carlo Musso Carru 3
5 Austria Siegfried Vogel Austria Leo Vinatzer BMW 2
6 Belgium Marcel Masuy United Kingdom Denis Jenkinson Norton 1
7 Italy Renato Prati Italy Marino Saguato Moto Guzzi
[1]

References

  1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Yearbook 1952. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 111–112.
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