1949 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1949 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 6 races in the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 July 1949
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Arciso Artesiani Gilera Time 96.3 mph (155.0 km/h) Podium First Bill Doran AJS Second Arciso Artesiani Gilera Third Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Freddie Frith Bob Foster Velocette Velocette Time 90.8 mph (146.1 km/h) Podium First Freddie Frith Velocette Second Bob Foster Velocette Third Johnny Lockett Norton
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Eric Oliver Norton Podium First Eric Oliver Norton Second Frans Vanderschrick Norton Third Ernesto Merlo Gilera

Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Arciso Artesiani	Gilera
Time	96.3 mph (155.0 km/h)
Podium
First	Bill Doran	AJS
Second	Arciso Artesiani	Gilera
Third	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi

Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Freddie Frith Bob Foster	Velocette Velocette
Time	90.8 mph (146.1 km/h)
Podium
First	Freddie Frith	Velocette
Second	Bob Foster	Velocette
Third	Johnny Lockett	Norton

Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Eric Oliver	Norton
Podium
First	Eric Oliver	Norton
Second	Frans Vanderschrick	Norton
Third	Ernesto Merlo	Gilera

The 1949 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

British rider Bill Doran won the 500cc race riding his AJS from Arciso Artesiani and Enrico Lorenzetti.

By winning their second race of the 600 cc Sidecar of the season British Norton rider Eric Oliver and his swinger Denis Jenkinson wrapped up the first Sidecar championship before the third and final round to be held at the Nations Grand Prix. In the same race, Belgian sidecar rider Edouard Bruylant and his British swinger known as "Hurst" were killed.

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