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The Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix was a motorcycling event that was part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing season from 1949 to 1954 .
Official names and sponsors
1949, 1951: Großer Preis der Schweiz für Motorräder un Seitenwagen (no official sponsor)[1] [2]
1950: G.d Prix Suisse (no official sponsor)[3]
1952: Grosser Preis der Schweiz für Automobile, Motorräder un Seitenwagen (no official sponsor)[4]
1953: Großer Preis der Schweiz für Automobile, Motorräder un Seitenwagen (no official sponsor)[5]
1954: Grand Prix Bern (no official sponsor)[6]
Winners of the Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix
Multiple winners (riders)
# Wins
Rider
Wins
Category
Years won
5
Stanley Woods
500 cc
1927, 1931, 1932, 1933
350 cc
1932
Jimmie Guthrie
500 cc
1935, 1936, 1937
350 cc
1936, 1937
Fergus Anderson
500 cc
1951
350 cc
1947, 1953, 1954
250 cc
1952
4
Leslie Graham
500 cc
1949, 1950
350 cc
1950, 1951
3
Wal Handley
500 cc
1928
350 cc
1928
250 cc
1933
Jimmie Simpson
500 cc
1934
350 cc
1927, 1934
Omobono Tenni
500 cc
1947
250 cc
1936, 1937
Harold Daniell
500 cc
1938, 1948
350 cc
1938
Dario Ambrosini
250 cc
1948, 1950, 1951
Geoff Duke
500 cc
1953, 1954
350 cc
1952
2
Georges Trezza
250 cc
1922
175 cc
1929
A. Liechti
125 cc
1930, 1931
Carlo Baschieri
175 cc
1931, 1932
Carlo Fumagalli
250 cc
1932
175 cc
1933
Tim Hunt
350 cc
1931, 1933
Nello Pagani
500 cc
1946
125 cc
1949
Multiple winners (manufacturers)
# Wins
Manufacturer
Wins
Category
Years won
20
Norton
500 cc
1927, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1948
350 cc
1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1948, 1952
16
Moto Guzzi
500 cc
1947, 1951
350 cc
1953, 1954
250 cc
1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1952
6
Zehnder
250cc
1929
125 cc
1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932
5
Benelli
250 cc
1948, 1950, 1951
175 cc
1931, 1932
AJS
500 cc
1949, 1950, 1952
350 cc
1927, 1950
4
Condor
350 cc
1922, 1930
250 cc
1923, 1924
Velocette
350 cc
1946, 1947, 1949, 1951
3
Sunbeam
500 cc
1924, 1930
350 cc
1924
Gilera
500 cc
1946, 1953, 1954
2
Moser
250 cc
1922
125 cc
1928
Motosacoche
500 cc
1928
350 cc
1928
Monet-Goyon
350 cc
1929
175 cc
1927
DKW
250 cc
1935, 1938
NSU
250 cc
1953, 1954
By year
A pink background indicates an event that was not part of the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.
References
46°57′32″N 7°24′07″E / 46.95889°N 7.40194°E / 46.95889; 7.40194