1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

Belgian Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 8.774 14.120 2 6 2 July 1950 Spa 1947.png Geoff Duke UK Norton 5:04 Umberto Masetti Italy Gilera Nello Pagani Italy Gilera Ted Frend UK AJS Artie Bell United Kingdom Norton 5:21 Bob Foster UK Velocette Artie Bell UK Norton Geoff Duke UK Norton Eric OliverITA Ercole Frigerio UK NortonGilera Lorenzo DobelliITA Ezio Ricotti Italy 6:20 Eric Oliver United Kingdom Lorenzo Dobelli Italy Norton Ercole Frigerio Italy Ezio Ricotti Italy Gilera Hans Haldemann Switzerland Josef Albisser Switzerland Norton The 1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2 July 1950 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The event was marred by the fatal accident of Briton David Whitworth during the 350cc event. On the 10th lap, Whitworth tangled with Charlie Salt and crashed. Salt was able to keep going, but Whitworth had fractured his skull. He died the following day in a hospital close to the track. 500 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 ITA Umberto Masetti Gilera 14 1:12:48.8 8 2 ITA Nello Pagani Gilera 14 +31.7 6 3 GBR Ted Frend AJS 14 +33.2 4 4 ITA Carlo Bandirola Gilera 14 +51.5 3 5 ITA Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta 14 +57.7 2 6 AUS Harry Hinton Norton 14 +1:42.8 1 7 GBR Bob Foster AJS 14 +1:53.5 8 IRL Reg Armstrong Velocette 14 +3:05.7 9 GBR Dickie Dale Norton 14 +4:09.8 10 ITA Felice Benasedo Moto Guzzi 14 +5:32.7 Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1951 Temple Press Ltd Chamberlain Peter 115 350 cc classification Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR Bob Foster Velocette 11 59:28.8 8 2 GBR Artie Bell Norton 11 +24.6 6 3 GBR Geoff Duke Norton 11 +55.0 4 4 GBR Bill Lomas Velocette 11 +1:10.1 3 5 GBR Charlie Salt Velocette 11 +1:30.4 2 6 GBR Harold Daniell Norton 11 +1:35.8 1 7 GBR Ted Frend AJS 11 +2:20.2 8 AUS Eric McPherson AJS 11 +2:27.7 9 GBR Vic Willoughby Velocette 11 +2:27.9 10 GBR Tommy Wood Velocette 11 +2:28.7 11 AUS Harry Hinton Norton 12 GBR Dickie Dale AJS 13 NZL Syd Jensen AJS 14 AUS George Morrison Norton 15 BEL Léon Martin Velocette 16 GBR Arthur Wheeler Velocette 17 GBR Ernie Thomas Velocette 18 GBR Fergus Anderson AJS 19 NZL Jim Swarbrick AJS 20 GBR Eric Oliver AJS 21 GBR Albert Moule Norton 22 J. F. Kentish AJS 23 FIN Väinö Hollming Velocette Sidecar classification Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points 1 GBR Eric Oliver ITA Lorenzo Dobelli Norton 7 44:43.9 8 2 ITA Ercole Frigerio ITA Ezio Ricotti Gilera 7 +28.7 6 3 CHE Hans Haldemann CHE Josef Albisser Norton 7 +48.9 4 4 CHE Ferdinand Aubert CHE René Aubert Norton 7 +2:58.7 3 5 BEL Alphonse Vervroegen BEL Pierrot Vervroegen FN 7 +3:53.8 2 6 CHE Fritz Mühlemann CHE Marie Mühlemann Norton 7 +4:17.1 1 7 BEL Julien Deronne BEL Johnny Anthony Norton 7 +4:17.4 8 BEL Marcel Masuy GBR Denis Jenkinson BMW 7 +4:33.3 9 GBR Pip Harris GBR Neil Smith Norton 7 +4:41.2 10 BEL Adhémar Maréchal BEL Guy de Marneffe BMW 7 +5:05.3 References Belgian Grand Prix 1950 1950 Isle of Man TT 1950 Dutch TT 1949 Belgian Grand Prix 1951 Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix Belgian Motorcycle Grand Prix Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix