1950 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1950 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth and final round of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 10 September 1950 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

  1950 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 6 races in the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 September 1950
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.292 km (3.910 mi)
500cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Umberto Masetti Gilera Time 2:13.4 Podium First Geoff Duke Norton Second Umberto Masetti Gilera Third Arciso Artesiani MV Agusta
350cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Harry Hinton Norton Time 2:25.0 Podium First Geoff Duke Norton Second Leslie Graham AJS Third Harry Hinton Norton
250cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Dario Ambrosini Benelli Time 2:31.0 Podium First Dario Ambrosini Benelli Second Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi Third Bruno Francisci Benelli
125cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Carlo Ubbiali Mondial Time 2:47.2 Podium First Gianni Leoni Mondial Second Carlo Ubbiali Mondial Third Luigi Zinzani Moto Morini
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Eric Oliver Ercole Frigerio Norton Gilera Time 2:40.4 Podium First Eric Oliver Norton Second Ercole Frigerio Gilera Third Hans Haldemann Norton

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	31	1:11:06.6	8
2	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	31	+50.4	6
3	Arciso Artesiani	MV Agusta	31	+1:36.4	4
4	Alfredo Milani	Gilera	31	+1:36.8	3
5	Carlo Bandirola	Gilera	31	+1:59.6	2
6	Dickie Dale	Norton	31	+2:00.2	1
7	Leslie Graham	AJS	31	+2:04.4
8	Johnny Lockett	Norton	31	+2:21.8
9	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera	30
10	Harold Daniell	Norton	30
11	Ted Frend	AJS	30
12	Guido Leoni	MV Agusta	29
13	Armando Miele	Gilera	29
14	Dante Bianchi	Moto Guzzi	29
15	Bob Foster	AJS	29
16	Georges Monneret	Norton	28
17	Auguste Goffin	Norton	28
18	Benoît Musy	Moto Guzzi	28
19	Adelmo Mandolini	Moto Guzzi	28
20	Lodovico Facchinelli	Gilera	27
21	Libero Liberati	Moto Guzzi	27
22	Dario Basso	Gilera	27
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	24	59:18.0	8
2	Leslie Graham	AJS	24	+1.0	6
3	Harry Hinton	Norton	24	+1.4	4
4	Dickie Dale	Norton	24	+7.0	3
5	Bill Lomas	Velocette	24	+1:02.6	2
6	Cecil Sandford	AJS	24	+1:05.2	1
7	Reg Armstrong	Velocette	24	+1:05.6
8	Ted Frend	AJS	24	+1:50.6
9	Tommy Wood	Velocette	24	+1:50.8
10	Georges Monneret	AJS	23
11	Bob Matthews	Norton	23
12	Pierre Monneret	AJS	23
13	Ernie Thomas	Velocette	23
14	Eric Oliver	Velocette
15	Väinö Hollming	Velocette
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli	32	1:23:03.6	8
2	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	32	+58.2	6
3	Bruno Francisci	Benelli	32	+1:28.2	4
4	Claudio Mastellari	Moto Guzzi	32	+2:28.4	3
5	Alano Montanari	Moto Guzzi	31		2
6	Ugo Plebani	Moto Guzzi	31		1
7	Elio Scopigno	Moto Guzzi	31
8	Armando Miele	Benelli	31
9	Onorato Francone	Moto Guzzi	30
10	Ernaldo Casprini	Moto Guzzi	30
11	Luigi Falconi	Moto Guzzi	30
12	Lanfranco Baviera	Moto Guzzi	29
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125cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Gianni Leoni	Mondial	16	45:44.8	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial	16	+0.6	6
3	Luigi Zinzani	Moto Morini	16	+0.8	4
4	Bruno Ruffo	Mondial	16	+1:00.0	3
5	Raffaele Alberti	Mondial	16	+1:00.6	2
6	Emilio Soprani	Moto Morini	16	+2:36.4	1
7	Romolo Ferri	Moto Morini	15
8	Franco Bertoni	MV Agusta	15
9	Renato Magi	MV Agusta	14
10	Antonio Ronchei	MV Agusta	14
11	Wim Zijlaard	MV Agusta	14
12	Carlo Poggi	MV Agusta	14
13	Vittorio Lucchi	MV Agusta	13
21 starters, 13 finishers
Source:[2][1]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Eric Oliver	Lorenzo Dobelli	Norton	16	43:43.4	8
2	Ercole Frigerio	Ezio Ricotti	Gilera	16	+2:03.6	6
3	Hans Haldemann	Josef Albisser	Norton	16	+2:25.0	4
4	Jakob Keller	Gianfranco Zanzi	Gilera			3
5	Ernesto Merlo	Dino Magri	Gilera			2
6	Fritz Mühlemann	Marie Mühlemann	Norton			1
7	Henri Meuwly	Pierre Devaud	Gilera
8	Aldo del Corno	?	Moto Guzzi
9	Roberto Besana	?	Triumph
10	Willy Wirth	Fredy Schürtenberger	Gilera
11	Julien Deronne	Johnny Anthony	Norton
12	Luigi Marcelli	?	Gilera
13	Carlo Vittone	?	Carru
14	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	BMW
15	Giovanni Poggi	?	Guzzi
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