1950 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

  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)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Umberto Masetti	Gilera
Time	2:13.4
Podium
First	Geoff Duke	Norton
Second	Umberto Masetti	Gilera
Third	Arciso Artesiani	MV Agusta
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Harry Hinton	Norton
Time	2:25.0
Podium
First	Geoff Duke	Norton
Second	Leslie Graham	AJS
Third	Harry Hinton	Norton
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli
Time	2:31.0
Podium
First	Dario Ambrosini	Benelli
Second	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi
Third	Bruno Francisci	Benelli
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial
Time	2:47.2
Podium
First	Gianni Leoni	Mondial
Second	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial
Third	Luigi Zinzani	Moto Morini
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Eric Oliver Ercole Frigerio	Norton Gilera
Passenger	Lorenzo Dobelli Ezio Ricotti
Time	2:40.4
Podium
First	Eric Oliver	Norton
	Lorenzo Dobelli
Second	Ercole Frigerio	Gilera
	Ezio Ricotti
Third	Hans Haldemann	Norton
	Josef Albisser

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.

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
10	Harold Daniell	Norton
11	Ted Frend	AJS
12	Guido Leoni	MV Agusta
13	Armando Miele	Gilera
14	D. Bianchi	Moto Guzzi
15	Bob Foster	AJS
16	Georges Monneret	Norton
17	Auguste Goffin	Norton
18	Benoît Musy	Moto Guzzi
19	Adelmo Mandolini	Moto Guzzi
20	L. Faccinelli	Gilera
21	Libero Liberati	Moto Guzzi
22	Basso	Gilera
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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
11	Bob Matthews	Norton
12	Pierre Monneret	AJS
13	Ernie Thomas	Velocette
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			2
6	Ugo Plebani	Moto Guzzi			1
7	Elio Scopigno	Moto Guzzi
8	Armando Miele	Benelli
9	Onorato Francone	Moto Guzzi
10	Ernaldo Casprini	Moto Guzzi
11	Falconi	Moto Guzzi
12	Lanfranco Baviera	Moto Guzzi
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125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	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
8	Franco Bertoni	MV Agusta
9	Renato Magi	MV Agusta
10	Antonio Ronchei	MV Agusta
11	Zillard	MV Agusta
12	C. Poggi	MV Agusta
13	V. Lucchi	MV Agusta
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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 Dévaud	Gilera
8	A. del Corno	?	Moto Guzzi
9	Roberto Besana	?	Triumph
10	Willy Wirth	Fred Schürtenberger	Gilera
11	Julien Deronne	Johnny Anthony	Norton
12	L. Marcelli	?	Gilera
13	C. Vittone	?	Carrù
14	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	BMW
15	G. Poggi	?	Moto Guzzi
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References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Yearbook 1951. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 118–119.