Cecil Sandford
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| Born | 21 February 1928 Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cecil Charles Sandford (born 21 February 1928) is a British former professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer.[1] He competed in the FIM motorcycle Grand Prix world championships from 1950 to 1957. Sandford is a two-time FIM road racing world champion and a two-time winner at the Isle of Man TT.[1][2]
After the death of Carlo Ubbiali in 2020, Sandford is the last surviving motorcycle world champion across all classes from the 1950s.
Motorcycle racing career
Born in Blockley, Gloucestershire, Sandford began his career riding in local scramble and grass track events. In 1950 he was offered a place on the AJS factory racing team alongside the reigning world champion, Les Graham. He followed Graham to the MV Agusta team and won the 1952 FIM 125cc title, bringing Agusta their first world championship.[3] In the 1957 season, he won a second world championship, this time in the 250 class riding for the Mondial team.
Motorcycle Grand Prix results
Points system from 1950 to 1968.
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Class | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Points | Rank | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 350cc | AJS | IOM - |
BEL - |
NED - |
SUI - |
ULS 5 |
NAT 6 |
3 | 13th | 0 | |||
| 1951 | 250cc | Velocette | ESP - |
SUI 5 |
IOM - |
BEL - |
NED - |
FRA - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
2 | 12th | 0 | |
| 500cc | Velocette | ESP - |
SUI 2 |
IOM - |
BEL 4 |
NED - |
FRA - |
ULS - |
NAT - |
9 | 9th | 0 | ||
| 1952 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM 1 |
NED 1 |
GER 3 |
ULS 1 |
NAT - |
ESP 3 |
28 | 1st | 3 | |||
| 1953 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM 3 |
NED 3 |
GER - |
ULS 2 |
NAT - |
ESP 2 |
20 | 2nd | 0 | |||
| 500cc | MV Agusta | IOM - |
NED - |
BEL - |
GER - |
FRA - |
ULS - |
SUI - |
NAT 5 |
ESP - |
2 | 15th | 0 | |
| 1954 | 125cc | MV Agusta | IOM 3 |
ULS 5 |
NED - |
GER 5 |
NAT - |
ESP - |
8 | 8th | 0 | |||
| 1955 | 250cc | Moto Guzzi | IOM 2 |
GER 3 |
NED 5 |
ULS 5 |
NAT - |
12 | 3rd | 0 | ||||
| 350cc | Moto Guzzi | FRA - |
IOM 3 |
GER 4 |
BEL 4 |
NED - |
ULS 4 |
NAT - |
13 | 5th | 0 | |||
| 1956 | 125cc | Mondial | IOM - |
NED 4 |
BEL - |
GER 6 |
ULS - |
NAT - |
4 | 13th | 0 | |||
| 350cc | DKW | IOM 4 |
NED 4 |
BEL 3 |
GER 4 |
ULS - |
NAT 5 |
13 | 5th | 0 | ||||
| 1957 | 125cc | Mondial | GER - |
IOM 5 |
NED 4 |
BEL 3 |
ULS - |
NAT - |
9 | 6th | 0 | |||
| 250cc | Mondial | GER 3 |
IOM 1 |
NED 2 |
BEL 3 |
ULS 1 |
NAT 4 |
26 | 1st | 2 |
References
- ^ a b "Cecil Sandford career statistics at MotoGP.com". motogp.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Cecil Sandford career statistics at iomtt.com". iomtt.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ The Oxford Times article on Cecil Sandford