title: 1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix
  
  The 1949 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix was the second race of the 1949 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 3 July 1949 at the Bremgarten circuit.
  
  British rider Leslie Graham won the 500 cc race riding an AJS from Arciso Artesiani and Harold Daniell.
  
  ## 500 cc classification
  
  | Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Leslie Graham | AJS | 1:26:14.9 | 11 |
  | 2 | Arciso Artesiani | Gilera | +1:21.9 | 8 |
  | 3 | Harold Daniell | Norton | +1:32.0 | 7 |
  | 4 | Nello Pagani | Gilera | +2:15.0 | 6 |
  | 5 | Freddie Frith | Velocette | | 5 |
  | 6 | Guido Leoni | Moto Guzzi | | |
  | 7 | Ken Bills | Velocette | | |
  | 7 finishers |||||
  
  ## 350 cc classification
  
  | Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Freddie Frith | Velocette | 1:07:06.0 | 11 |
  | 2 | Leslie Graham | AJS | +3.9 | 8 |
  | 3 | Bill Doran | AJS | +4.1 | 7 |
  | 4 | Reg Armstrong | AJS | +22.2 | 6 |
  | 5 | Tommy Wood | Velocette | +30.8 | 5 |
  | 6 | Artie Bell | Norton | +31.0 | |
  | 20 finishers |||||
  
  ## 250 cc classification
  
  | Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Points |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bruno Ruffo | Moto Guzzi | 10 |
  | 2 | Dario Ambrosini | Benelli | 8 |
  | 3 | Fergus Anderson | Moto Guzzi | 8 |
  | 4 | Claudio Mastellari | Moto Guzzi | 6 |
  | 5 | Benoit Musy | Moto Guzzi | 5 |
  | 6 | Tommy Wood | Moto Guzzi | |
  
  ## 125 cc classification
  
  | Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Points |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nello Pagani | FB-Mondial | 11 |
  | 2 | Renato Magi | Morini | 8 |
  | 3 | Celeste Cavaciuti | FB-Mondial | 7 |
  | 4 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 6 |
  | 5 | Umberto Masetti | Morini | 5 |
  | 6 | Franco Bertoni | MV Agusta | |
  
  ## Sidecar classification
  
  | Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Time | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Eric Oliver | Denis Jenkinson | Norton | 58:54.0 | 11 |
  | 2 | Ercole Frigerio | Ezio Ricotti | Gilera | +46.6 | 8 |
  | 3 | Hans Haldemann | Herbert Läderach | Norton | +47.0 | 7 |
  | 4 | Jakob Keller | Ernst Brutschi | Gilera | +2:17.5 | 6 |
  | 5 | Albino Milani | Giuseppe Pizzocri | Gilera | +3:03.7 | 5 |
  | 6 | Roland Benz | Max Hirzel | BMW | +3:04.7 | |
  | 7 | Fritz Mühlemann | Marie Mühlemann | Norton | | |
  | 8 | Hans Taveri | Luigi Taveri | Norton | | |
  | 9 | Julius Beer | ? | Norton | | |
  | 10 | Willy Wirth | | Gilera | | |
  