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.
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
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
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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