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)
500cc
Pole position Rider Ted Frend AJS Time 3:00.100 Fastest lap Rider Ted Frend AJS Time 3:00.800 Podium First Leslie Graham AJS Second Arciso Artesiani Gilera Third Harold Daniell Norton
350cc
Pole position Rider Reg Armstrong AJS Time 3:10.600 Fastest lap Rider Freddie Frith Velocette Time 3:07.800 Podium First Freddie Frith Velocette Second Leslie Graham AJS Third Bill Doran AJS
250cc
Pole position Rider Ferdinando Balzarotti Moto Guzzi Time 3:06.700 Fastest lap Rider Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi Time 3:12.900 Podium First Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi Second Dario Ambrosini Benelli Third Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi
125cc
Pole position Rider Renato Magi Morini Time 3:42.700 Fastest lap Rider Nello Pagani FB-Mondial Time 3:42.500 Podium First Nello Pagani FB-Mondial Second Renato Magi Morini Third Celest Cavaciuti FB-Mondial
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Eric Oliver Norton Time 3:32.900 Fastest lap Rider Eric Oliver Norton Time 3:35.700 Podium First Eric Oliver Norton Second Ercole Frigerio Gilera Third Hans Haldemann Norton

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.

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

500 cc classification

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
[1][2]

350 cc classification

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
[2][3]

250 cc classification

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
[4]

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Nello Pagani	FB-Mondial	14	53:12.4	11[a]
2	Renato Magi	Morini	14	+1:53.7	8
3	Celeste Cavaciuti	FB-Mondial	14	+3:17.0	7
4	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	14	+3:18.0	6
5	Umberto Masetti	Morini	14	+3:18.6	5
6	Franco Bertoni	MV Agusta
17 starters, 15 finishers
Source:[5][6]

Sidecar classification

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
[2][7]

Notes

1. Includes one point for fastest lap.

References

1. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–500cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
2. Davison, G. S., ed. (1950). The Racing Year. W. W. Curtis, Ltd. pp. 44–46.
3. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–350cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
4. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–250cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
5. Bula, Maurice. Grand Prix Motorcycle Championships of the World. Haynes Publications Inc. 1949–125cc. ISBN 0-85429-208-X.
6. Haefliger, Werner. FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). p. 4. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.
7. 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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