The inaugural MotoGP season (originally called the 500cc world championship) of 1949 was a very British affair. The first world championship race and the first world title were both won by British riders aboard British motorcycles – Howard Daniell and Les Graham, who rode for the Norton and AJS factories.
Their main rivals during the six-race season were Italian riders on Italian motorcycles, because German riders and factories weren't allowed to compete in the immediate post-war years, on account of the Second World War.
There were 14 points scorers in 1949: six Brits, five Italians, two Irishman and one New Zealander, riding bikes made by AJS, Gilera, Moto Guzzi, Norton, Triumph and Velocette.
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