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);
500cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Enrico Lorenzetti
Time	3:45
Podium
First	Umberto Masetti
Second	Tommy Wood
Third	Arciso Artesiani
350cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Tommy Wood
Time	3:47
Podium
First	Tommy Wood
Second	Leslie Graham
Third	Bill Petch
125cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali
Time	4:04.0
Podium
First	Guido Leoni
Second	Carlo Ubbiali
Third	Vincenzo Zanzi
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Eric Oliver
Passenger	Lorenzo Dobelli
Time	4:21
Podium
First rider	Eric Oliver
First passenger	Lorenzo Dobelli
Second rider	Ercole Frigerio
Second passenger	Ezio Ricotti
Third rider	Albino Milani
Third passenger	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.

Date8 April 1951

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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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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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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	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	17	+1:50.2	3
5	Juan Soler Bultó	Montesa	17	+3:00.7	2
6	Arturo Elizalde	Montesa	17	+3:40.4	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
21 starters, 12 finishers
Source:^[2]^[1]

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
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500 cc classification