1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Place Rider Country Machine Points Wins
1 Freddie Frith United Kingdom Velocette 33 5
2 Reg Armstrong Ireland AJS 18 0
3 Bob Foster United Kingdom Velocette 16 0
4 Eric McPherson Australia AJS 16 0
5 Johnny Lockett United Kingdom Norton 14 0
6 David Whitworth United Kingdom Velocette 12 0
7 Leslie Graham United Kingdom AJS 8 0
8 Ernie Lyons Ireland Velocette 8 0
9 Charlie Salt United Kingdom Velocette 8 0
10 Bill Doran United Kingdom AJS 7 0
Standings -- Scoring system
The 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the inaugural F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 600cc. It began on 17 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix on 4 September.