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...Prix motorcycle racing season|1956]], [[1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1958]] ...e racing season|1950]] 500cc [[Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix|Belgian Grand Prix]]

...="text-align:center;" | '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Motorcycle Grand Prix]] Career''' ...d Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]]-[[1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]]

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...]], he became the first Italian to win the [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champions|500cc World Championship]]. ...rix motorcycle World Championship]] in [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] aboard a [[Moto Morini]], in the 125cc class. In the same year he al

...ace finish in the [[1947 Isle of Man TT]] on a second-hand 500cc [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]] he bought himself on which he lead for three of the seven laps. ...and winning the [[1947]] 500cc [[Ulster motorcycle Grand Prix|Ulster Grand Prix]] race with an average speed of 91.25 mph (146 km/h) in a time of 2 hrs. 43

...Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] ...Prix motorcycle racing season|1959]], [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]]

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...Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]] - [[1951 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1951]] |Championships || 250cc - [[1950 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1950]]

| Years || {{F1|1950}} | First race || [[1950 Italian Grand Prix]]

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|Events || [[Formula One]] (1950-1955) ...], [[Switzerland]] which formerly hosted the [[Formula One]] [[Swiss Grand Prix]].

...champion [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. ...very first post-war motorcycling 'superstar', popularly known amongst the racing fraternity simply as 'the Duke'.

...ampion]] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. ...s left thigh, right arm, collarbone and two ribs, yet he recovered and was racing again seven weeks afterwards.

...pionship season since its inception in [[1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1949]]. == Alphabetical list of Grands Prix ==

! colspan=2 |'''[[Luxembourg]] Grand Prix''' ...year was hosted at Jerez in Spain for the 17th and final grand prix of the season. The 1998 race was also known as the Luxembourg GP despite no European Gp t

|Years || {{F1|1950}} - {{F1|1956}} |First race || [[1950 Italian Grand Prix]]

! colspan=2 |'''[[San Marino]] Grand Prix''' ...Imola track was used for the [[1980 Italian Grand Prix|51st Italian Grand Prix]].

| Years || 1950 - 1955 | First race || [[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1950]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]]

...1950]], and the WCC has been awarded every season since [[1958 Formula One season|1958]]. ...could not count all of his results towards the championship - in the first season 4 races out of 7 were counted, and in the era of 16-race seasons, only 11 r

...g|240px|Route of the Silverstone Circuit as laid out for the British Grand Prix]] ...ing|Superbikes]]; [[British Touring Car Championship|BTCC]]; [[Touring car racing|WTCC]]; [[British Formula Three Championship|British F3]]

|Debut || [[1955 Italian Grand Prix]] |Last race || [[1955 Italian Grand Prix]]

List of World Champions '''[[Grand Prix motorcycle racing]]''', from 1949 to 2005, in order of year and [[engine displacement]]. The following is a list of '''Grand Prix motorcycle racing [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] World Champions''', fro

...[[Varese]], originally producing small metal components. It went into the motorcycle industry in [[1978]]. The name is a [[portmanteau]] derived from the founde ..._elefant-650_1986.jpg|left|thumb|200px|'''Cagiva Elefant 650, a dual-sport motorcycle using a Ducati engine''']]

! colspan=2 |'''[[Belgium|Belgian]] Grand Prix''' The '''Belgian Grand Prix''' is an automobile race, part of the [[Formula One]] World Championship.

...Prix motorcycle racing season|1952]] - [[1960 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season|1960]] |Teams || [[Norton (motorcycle)|Norton]], [[MV Agusta]]

|Years:|| 1950 - 1955 |First race:||[[1950 Monaco Grand Prix|1950]] [[Monaco Grand Prix]]

! colspan=2 |'''German Grand Prix''' ...er motor racing events, it holds the annual [[Formula One]] [[German Grand Prix]]. Situated in the [[Rhine]] valley, the circuit is completely flat, withou

...lan]]’s Via Nirone in 1885. Bianchi was a prominent name in the motorcycle racing world from 1925 to 1930. ...inder engine|single]] that was very successful and established the Bianchi motorcycle name.

...s]], although this part of the business is now a separate company from the motorcycle side. ...px-Benelli_raceteam_jaren_dertig.jpg|left|thumb|250px|''The 175 cc Benelli Racing Team was in the thirties an almost unbeatable force. Picture of [[Raffaele

...egulation. "Formulas" limiting engine capacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after [[World War I]]. The engine formulae are div ...far back as 2001, the [[Audi RS4]] with 24.2 m/s or the [[Yamaha YZF-R6]] motorcycle with 23 m/s.

|Company slogan || Motorcycle Art |Industry || [[Motorcycle]]

...to its fast, hilly and twisty nature. Spa is a favourite circuit of many racing drivers and fans. [[Image:Spa 1950.jpg|thumb|right|The previous 14km track layout]]

Between [[1950]] and [[1957]] the Gilera won, with a perfected version and without compres ...kirmishes of the crisis that of them to little years invested the comparto motorcycle, had to the outbreak of the automotive market, it made yes that Gilera deci

...single cylinder engines. Ducati produced single cylinder motorcycles from 1950 to 1974. Chief Engineer Fabio Taglioni developed a [[desmodromic]] valve sy == The Singles (1950 - 1973)==

| Occupation || Racing driver ...opean Championship (auto racing)|European Champion]] in [[Grand Prix motor racing]]. Dr [[Ferdinand Porsche]] called Nuvolari "''The greatest driver of the p

! colspan=2 |'''[[Monaco]] Grand Prix – [[F1]]''' The '''Monaco Grand Prix''' (''Grand Prix de Monaco'') is a [[Formula One]] race held each year on the [[Circuit de M

'':go here for'' [[Lancia motorcycle|Lancia]] ''motorcycle'' ...n]] by [[Vincenzo Lancia]] and his friend Claudio Fogolin, both being Fiat racing drivers, as Lancia & C. The first Lancia automobile the "[[Lancia Alfa-12HP

...thumb|right|250px|'''[[Tazio Nuvolari]] next to the 1950 Cisitalia [[Grand Prix]], the lack of money would not allow the stunning car to be completed.''']] Following the great success of pre-World War II [[Italian]] sports and racing cars like [[Ferrari]] and [Maserati], other wealthy [[Italian]] industriali

| [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] 750 kg 1935 - 3165 cc, bored out for German Grand Prix

...get=StrumentoMTA&isin=IT0001278081&lang=en DMH]) is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer located in [[Bologna, Italy]]. ...nt motorbikes Ducati has gained prominence in motorcycle racing and in the motorcycle industry.

''For the motorcycle endurance event [[24 Hours of Le Mans (motorcycle race)]]'' ...own of [[Le Mans]], [[Sarthe]], [[France]]. Commonly known as the '''Grand Prix of Endurance''', it is organised by the [[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]] (ACO

...A]]'s) standardisation of rules. A World Drivers' Championship followed in 1950. The sport's history necessarily parallels the history of its technical reg ...tionale (CSI) of the FIA, forerunner of FISA, as the premier single seater racing category in worldwide motorsport. It was initially known as Formula A, but

|Industry || [[Motorcycle]] ...], Europe's largest motorcycle manufacturer and the world's fourth largest motorcycle manufacturer by unit sales.

...an advanced Grand Prix car was designed and built, the [[Alfa Romeo Grand Prix|GP1914]] which featured a four cylinder, double overhead camshafts, four va ...rix car]], which won Alfa Romeo the inaugural world championship for Grand Prix cars in 1925. For Alfa road cars Jano developed a series of small-to-mediu

...ours of Le Mans''' (''24 heures du Mans'') is the most famous [[Sports car racing|sports car]] [[endurance race]]. It is held at ''[[Circuit de la Sarthe]]'' ...g the car that has covered the greatest distance in 24 hours of continuous racing. This rule appears obvious, but the [[1966]] race saw a surprise winner. Fo

==1955 The worst accident in racing history== ...ilure of all the Ferrari and Ford works cars. However the [[North American Racing Team]] (NART), [[Luigi Chinetti]]'s private team, saved Ferrari's honor wit