Maurice Cann
British motorcycle racer
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Cann after winning the 1937 Senior Manx Grand Prix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1911-03-23)23 March 1911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 12 February 1989 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maurice Cann (23 March 1911 – 12 February 1989) was a British former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He entered his first Manx Grand Prix in 1931, and in 1938 competed in his first Isle of Man TT.[1] Cann won the 1948 Lightweight TT aboard a Moto Guzzi. He competed from 1949 to 1952 in the Grand Prix world championships. He won his first time in world championship competition in the 250cc class at the 1949 Ulster Grand Prix, also on a Moto Guzzi.[2]
World Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Class | Motorcycle | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Rank | Points |
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1949 | IOM | SUI | NED | BEL | ULS | NAT | |||||||
250 cc | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 4th | 11 | |||||||||
1950 | IOM | BEL | NED | SUI | ULS | NAT | |||||||
250 cc | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 1 | 2nd | 14 | ||||||||
350 cc | Moto Guzzi | Ret | — | 0 | |||||||||
1951 | ESP | SUI | IOM | BEL | NED | FRA | ULS | NAT | |||||
250 cc | Moto Guzzi | 2 | 6th | 6 | |||||||||
1952 | SUI | IOM | NED | BEL | GER | ULS | NAT | ESP | |||||
250 cc | Moto Guzzi | 5 | 1 | 4th | 10 | ||||||||
350 cc | AJS | Ret | — | 0 | |||||||||
1953 | IOM | NED | BEL | GER | FRA | ULS | SUI | NAT | ESP | ||||
250 cc | Moto Guzzi | Ret | — | 0 |
References
Sporting positions | ||
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Preceded by Bruno Francisci | 250cc Motorcycle European Champion 1948 | Succeeded by Herbert Hauf (1981) |
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- 1924 Maurice van Geert
- 1925–1926 Jock Porter
- 1927–1928 Cecil Ashby
- 1929 Frank Longman
- 1930 Syd Crabtree
- 1931 Graham Walker
- 1932 Riccardo Brusi
- 1933 Charlie Dodson
- 1934 Walfried Winkler
- 1935 Arthur Geiss
- 1936 Henry Tyrell-Smith
- 1937 Omobono Tenni
- 1938–1939 Ewald Kluge
- 1947 Bruno Francisci
- 1948 Maurice Cann
- 1981 Herbert Hauf
- 1982 Reinhold Roth
- 1983 Carlos Cardús
- 1984 Gary Noel
- 1985 Massimo Matteoni
- 1986 Hans Lindner
- 1987 Xavier Cardelús
- 1988 Fausto Ricci
- 1989 Andrea Borgonovo
- 1990 Leon van der Heijen
- 1991 Max Biaggi
- 1992 Luis Carlos Maurel
- 1993 Giuseppe Fiorillo
- 1994 Régis Laconi
- 1995 Luca Boscoscuro
- 1996 Sebastián Porto
- 1997 Davide Bulega
- 1998 Alex Hofmann
- 1999 Ivan Clementi
- 2000 Riccardo Chiarello
- 2001 David García
- 2002 Álvaro Molina
- 2003 Taro Sekiguchi
- 2004–2007 Álvaro Molina
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