1951 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race details | |||
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| Race 1 of 8 races in the 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season |
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| Date | 8 April 1951 | ||
| Location | Montjuïc circuit | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 6.033 km (3.749 mi) |
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| 500 cc | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider |  Enrico Lorenzetti |
Moto Guzzi | |
| Time | 3:45 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Umberto Masetti |
Gilera | |
| Second |  Tommy Wood |
Norton | |
| Third | Arciso Artesiani |
MV Agusta | |
| 350 cc | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Tommy Wood |
Velocette | |
| Time | 3:47 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Tommy Wood |
Velocette | |
| Second | Leslie Graham |
Velocette | |
| Third | Bill Petch |
AJS | |
| 125 cc | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Carlo Ubbiali |
Mondial | |
| Time | 4:04 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Guido Leoni |
Mondial | |
| Second | Carlo Ubbiali |
Mondial | |
| Third | Vincenzo Zanzi |
Moto Morini | |
| Sidecars | |||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Rider | Eric Oliver |
Norton | |
| Passenger | Lorenzo Dobelli |
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| Time | 4:21 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Eric Oliver |
Norton | |
| Lorenzo Dobelli |
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| Second | Ercole Frigerio |
Gilera | |
| Ezio Ricotti |
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| Third | Albino Milani |
Gilera | |
| Giuseppe Pizzocri |
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The 1951 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 8 April 1951 at the Montjuïc circuit.
Contents
500 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umberto Masetti |
Gilera | 34 | 2:10:56.2 | 8 |
| 2 | Tommy Wood |
Norton | 34 | +1:00.8 | 6 |
| 3 | Arciso Artesiani |
MV Agusta | 4 | ||
| 4 | 23x15px Roger Montané | Norton | 3 | ||
| 5 | Carlo Bandirola |
MV Agusta | 2 | ||
| 6 | 23x15px Ernesto Vidal | Gilera | 1 | ||
| [1] | |||||
350 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tommy Wood |
Velocette | 25 | 1:36:21.7 | 8 |
| 2 | Leslie Graham |
Velocette | 25 | +2:30.0 | 6 |
| 3 | Bill Petch |
AJS | 4 | ||
| 4 | 23x15px Fernando Aranda | Moto Guzzi | 3 | ||
| 5 |  Jack Raffeld |
AJS | 2 | ||
| 6 |  John Grace |
AJS | 1 | ||
| 7 | Bob Matthews |
Velocette | |||
| 8 | 23x15px Antonio Creus | AJS | |||
| 9 | 23x15px Juan Buira | AJS | |||
| 10 | Len Parry |
Velocette | |||
| 11 | 23x15px Alfredo Flores | Velocette | |||
| 12 |  J. Gomar |
AJS | |||
| [1] | |||||
125 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guido Leoni |
Mondial | 17 | 1:11:21.8 | 8 |
| 2 | Carlo Ubbiali |
Mondial | 17 | +4.6 | 6 |
| 3 | Vincenzo Zanzi |
Moto Morini | 17 | +9.0 | 4 |
| 4 | Raffaele Alberti |
Mondial | 3 | ||
| 5 | 23x15px Juan Soler Bultó | Montesa | 2 | ||
| 6 | 23x15px Arturo Elizalde | Montesa | 1 | ||
| 7 |  Dick Renooy |
Eysink | |||
| 8 | Toon van Zutphen |
Eysink | |||
| 9 | Tonnie Heinemann |
Eysink | |||
| 10 | 23x15px "Setroc" | MV Agusta | |||
| 11 |  Gianfranco Zanzi |
Mondial | |||
| 12 |  Jacques Vaque |
MV Agusta | |||
| [1] | |||||
Sidecar classification
| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Oliver |
Lorenzo Dobelli |
Norton | 17 | 1:16:03.1 | 8 |
| 2 | Ercole Frigerio |
Ezio Ricotti |
Gilera | 17 | +2:04.1 | 6 |
| 3 | Albino Milani |
Giuseppe Pizzocri |
Gilera | 17 | +2:27.5 | 4 |
| 4 | Giovanni Carru |
Carlo Musso |
Carru | 3 | ||
| 5 |  Siegfried Vogel |
Leo Vinatzer |
BMW | 2 | ||
| 6 | Marcel Masuy |
Denis Jenkinson |
Norton | 1 | ||
| 7 | Renato Prati |
Marino Saguato |
Moto Guzzi | |||
| [1] | ||||||
References
| Previous race: 1950 Nations Grand Prix |
FIM Grand Prix World Championship 1951 season |
Next race: 1951 Swiss Grand Prix |
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