World Championship round 5 in the Ardennes For the seventh time in a row since the motorcycle world championship was introduced, the Belgian GP took place in Spa-Francorchamps. All classes have never competed here before and, for good reason, this should only change for the first time next year. In contrast to the eight rounds […]

The second quarter of the season with the Tourist Trophy After the French Grand Prix on one of the most boring tracks on the calendar in terms of its layout, along with the A1-Ring in Austria (later the Red Bull Ring), this time things really got down to business on the Isle of Man. The […]

The fourth season with German participation After the first three years of the World Championship from 1949 onwards seemed more like an international match between Italy and England, things became much more interesting from 1952 onwards. The most successful nation and its pilots in the last years before the Second World War brought in factories […]

Tragedy at the penultimate GP of the season The Royal Park of Monza was one of the rare permanent race tracks in the 1950s. To be precise in the motorcycle world championship, it was currently the only one on the calendar. All other races took place on public roads, but that didn’t make Monza any […]