1950_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season
1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Sports 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.
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| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 600cc winner | Report |
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| 1 | 10 June |  Isle of Man TT |
Snaefell Mountain |  Dario Ambrosini |
 Artie Bell |
 Geoff Duke |
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| 2 | 2 July |  Belgian Grand Prix |
Spa-Francorchamps | Bob Foster |
Umberto Masetti |
Oliver / Dobelli |
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| 3 | 8 July |  Dutch TT |
Assen | Bruno Ruffo |
Bob Foster |
Umberto Masetti |
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| 4 | 23 July |  Swiss Grand Prix |
Geneva | Dario Ambrosini |
Leslie Graham |
Leslie Graham |
Oliver / Dobelli |
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| 5 | 18 August | Ulster Grand Prix |
Clady | Carlo Ubbiali |
Maurice Cann |
Bob Foster |
Geoff Duke |
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| 6 | 10 September | Nations Grand Prix |
Monza | Gianni Leoni |
Dario Ambrosini |
Geoff Duke |
Geoff Duke |
Oliver / Dobelli |
Report |
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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.
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| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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500cc final standings
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Constructors' 500cc World Championship
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| 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 |
| 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 |
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1950 350cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
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| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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| 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 | |
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1950 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
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| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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| 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 | |
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1950 125cc Roadracing World Championship final standings
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| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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| 1 | Bruno Ruffo |
Italy | Mondial | 17 | 1 | |
| 2 | Gianni Leoni |
Italy | Mondial | 14 | 1 | |
| 2 | Carlo Ubbiali |
Italy | Mondial | 14 | 1 | |
| 4 | Giuseppe Matucci |
Italy | Morini | 4 | 0 | |
| 4 | Luigi Zinzani |
Italy | Morini | 4 | 0 | |
| 6 | Umberto Braga |
Italy | Mondial | 3 | 0 | |
| 7 | Raffaele Alberti |
Italy | Mondial | 2 | 0 | |
| 7 | Felice Benasedo |
Italy | MV Agusta | 2 | 0 | |
| 9 | Gijs Lagervey |
Netherlands | Sparta | 1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Emilio Soprani |
Italy | Morini | 1 | 0 |
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- 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.