1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1950 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 2 July 1950 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The event was marred by the fatal accident of Briton David Whitworth during the 350cc event. On the 10th lap, Whitworth tangled with Charlie Salt and crashed. Salt was able to keep going, but Whitworth had fractured his skull. He died the following day in a hospital close to the track.

  1950 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 6 races in the 1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	2 July 1950
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Geoff Duke Norton Time 5:04 Podium First Umberto Masetti Gilera Second Nello Pagani Gilera Third Ted Frend AJS
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Artie Bell Norton Time 5:21 Podium First Bob Foster Velocette Second Artie Bell Norton Third Geoff Duke Norton
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Eric Oliver Ercole Frigerio Norton Gilera Time 6:20 Podium First Eric Oliver Norton Second Ercole Frigerio Gilera Third Hans Haldemann Norton

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	14	1:12:48.8	8
2	Nello Pagani	Gilera	14	+31.7	6
3	Ted Frend	AJS	14	+33.2	4
4	Carlo Bandirola	Gilera	14	+51.5	3
5	Arciso Artesiani	MV Agusta	14	+57.7	2
6	Harry Hinton	Norton	14	+1:42.8	1
7	Bob Foster	AJS	14	+1:53.5
8	Reg Armstrong	Velocette	14	+3:05.7
9	Dickie Dale	Norton	14	+4:09.8
10	Felice Benasedo	Moto Guzzi	14	+5:32.7
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Bob Foster	Velocette	11	59:28.8	8
2	Artie Bell	Norton	11	+24.6	6
3	Geoff Duke	Norton	11	+55.0	4
4	Bill Lomas	Velocette	11	+1:10.1	3
5	Charlie Salt	Velocette	11	+1:30.4	2
6	Harold Daniell	Norton	11	+1:35.8	1
7	Ted Frend	AJS	11	+2:20.2
8	Eric McPherson	AJS	11	+2:27.7
9	Vic Willoughby	Velocette	11	+2:27.9
10	Tommy Wood	Velocette	11	+2:28.7
11	Harry Hinton	Norton
12	Dickie Dale	AJS
13	Syd Jensen	AJS
14	George Morrison	Norton
15	Léon Martin	Velocette
16	Arthur Wheeler	Velocette
17	Ernie Thomas	Velocette
18	Fergus Anderson	AJS
19	Jim Swarbrick	AJS
20	Eric Oliver	AJS
21	Albert Moule	Norton
22	J. F. Kentish	AJS
23	Väinö Hollming	Velocette
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Eric Oliver	Lorenzo Dobelli	Norton	7	44:43.9	8
2	Ercole Frigerio	Ezio Ricotti	Gilera	7	+28.7	6
3	Hans Haldemann	Josef Albisser	Norton	7	+48.9	4
4	Ferdinand Aubert	René Aubert	Norton	7	+2:58.7	3
5	Alphonse Vervroegen	Pierrot Vervroegen	FN	7	+3:53.8	2
6	Fritz Mühlemann	Marie Mühlemann	Norton	7	+4:17.1	1
7	Julien Deronne	Johnny Anthony	Norton	7	+4:17.4
8	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	BMW	7	+4:33.3
9	Pip Harris	Neil Smith	Norton	7	+4:41.2
10	Adhémar Maréchal	Guy de Marneffe	BMW	7	+5:05.3
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References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1951. Temple Press Ltd. p. 115.

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