1951 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1951 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 8 races in the 1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 April 1951
Location	Montjuïc circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.033 km (3.749 mi)
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
Time	4:21
Podium
First	Eric Oliver	Norton
	Lorenzo Dobelli
Second	Ercole Frigerio	Gilera
	Ezio Ricotti
Third	Albino Milani	Gilera
	Giuseppe Pizzocri

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.

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	Roger Montané	Norton			3
5	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta			2
6	Ernesto Vidal	Gilera			1
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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	Fernando Aranda	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Jack Raffeld	AJS			2
6	John Grace	AJS			1
7	Bob Matthews	Velocette
8	Antonio Creus	AJS
9	Juan Buira	AJS
10	Len Parry	Velocette
11	Alfredo Flores	Velocette
12	J. Gomar	AJS
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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	Juan Soler Bultó	Montesa			2
6	Arturo Elizalde	Montesa			1
7	Dick Renooy	Eysink
8	Toon van Zutphen	Eysink
9	Tonnie Heinemann	Eysink
10	"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

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Yearbook 1952. Temple Press Ltd. pp. 111–112.