1949_Swiss_motorcycle_Grand_Prix

1949 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details
Race 2 of 6 races in the; 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1949
Location	Circuit Bremgarten
Course	Permanent racing facility; 7.280 km (4.524 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ted Frend
Time	3:00.100
Fastest lap
Rider	Ted Frend
Time	3:00.800
Podium
First	Leslie Graham
Second	Arciso Artesiani
Third	Harold Daniell
350 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Reg Armstrong
Time	3:10.600
Fastest lap
Rider	Freddie Frith
Time	3:07.800
Podium
First	Freddie Frith
Second	Leslie Graham
Third	Bill Doran
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Ferdinando Balzarotti
Time	3:06.700
Fastest lap
Rider	Fergus Anderson
Time	3:12.900
Podium
First	Bruno Ruffo
Second	Dario Ambrosini
Third	Fergus Anderson
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Renato Magi
Time	3:42.700
Fastest lap
Rider	Nello Pagani
Time	3:42.500
Podium
First	Nello Pagani
Second	Renato Magi
Third	Celest Cavaciuti
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eric Oliver
Time	3:32.900
Fastest lap
Rider	Eric Oliver
Time	3:35.700
Podium
First	Eric Oliver
Second	Ercole Frigerio
Third	Hans Haldemann

1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 1949 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 3 July 1949 at the Bremgarten circuit.

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British rider Leslie Graham won the 500 cc race riding an AJS from Arciso Artesiani and Harold Daniell.

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Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–500 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.

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Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–350 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.

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Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–250 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.

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Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–125 cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.

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Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. Championnat du monde de side-cars 1949. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.

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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time	Points
1	Leslie Graham	AJS	1:26:14.9	11
2	Arciso Artesiani	Gilera	+1:21.9	8
3	Harold Daniell	Norton	+1:32.0	7
4	Nello Pagani	Gilera	+2:15.0	6
5	Freddie Frith	Velocette		5
6	Guido Leoni	Moto Guzzi
7	Ken Bills	Velocette
7 finishers
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time	Points
1	Freddie Frith	Velocette	1:07:06.0	11
2	Leslie Graham	AJS	+3.9	8
3	Bill Doran	AJS	+4.1	7
4	Reg Armstrong	AJS	+22.2	6
5	Tommy Wood	Velocette	+30.8	5
6	Artie Bell	Norton	+31.0
20 finishers
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Points
1	Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi	10
2	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli	8
3	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	8
4	Claudio Mastellari	Moto Guzzi	6
5	Benoit Musy	Moto Guzzi	5
6	Tommy Wood	Moto Guzzi
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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Points
1	Nello Pagani	FB-Mondial	11
2	Renato Magi	Morini	8
3	Celeste Cavaciuti	FB-Mondial	7
4	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	6
5	Umberto Masetti	Morini	5
6	Franco Bertoni	MV Agusta
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Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Time	Points
1	Eric Oliver	Denis Jenkinson	Norton	58:54.0	11
2	Ercole Frigerio	Ezio Ricotti	Gilera	+46.6	8
3	Hans Haldemann	Herbert Läderach	Norton	+47.0	7
4	Jakob Keller	Ernst Brutschi	Gilera	+2:17.5	6
5	Albino Milani	Giuseppe Pizzocri	Gilera	+3:03.7	5
6	Roland Benz	Max Hirzel	BMW	+3:04.7
7	Fritz Mühlemann	Marie Mühlemann	Norton
8	Hans Taveri	Luigi Taveri	Norton
9	Julius Beer	?	Norton
10	Willy Wirth		Gilera
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1949_Swiss_motorcycle_Grand_Prix

1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

500 cc classification

350 cc classification

250 cc classification

125 cc classification

Sidecar classification

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