1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the fourth competitive motorcycle season, with eight Grands Prix and 4 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc.
Contents |
[edit] Grands Prix
| Round | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125 winner | 250 winner | 350 winner | 500 winner | Report |
| 1 |  Swiss Grand Prix |
Bremgarten |  Fergus Anderson |
Geoff Duke |
Jack Brett |
Report | |
| 2 |  Isle of Man TT |
Isle of Man | Cecil Sandford |
Fergus Anderson |
Geoff Duke |
 Reg Armstrong |
Report |
| 3 |  Dutch TT |
Assen | Cecil Sandford |
 Enrico Lorenzetti |
Geoff Duke |
Umberto Masetti |
Report |
| 4 |  Belgian Grand Prix |
Spa | Geoff Duke |
Umberto Masetti |
Report | ||
| 5 |  West German Grand Prix |
Solitude | Werner Haas |
Rudi Felgenheier |
Reg Armstrong |
Reg Armstrong |
Report |
| 6 |  Ulster Grand Prix |
Dundrod | Cecil Sandford |
Maurice Cann |
 Ken Kavanagh |
Cromie McCandless |
Report |
| 7 | Nations Grand Prix |
Monza | Emilio Mendogni |
Enrico Lorenzetti |
 Ray Amm |
Leslie Graham |
Report |
| 8 |  Spanish Grand Prix |
Montjuïc Park | Emilio Mendogni |
Leslie Graham |
Report |
[edit] Championship Standings
[edit] 500cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Umberto Masetti |
Italy | Gilera | 28 | 2 | |
| 2 | Leslie Graham |
9 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 25 | 2 |
| 3 | Reg Armstrong |
Ireland | Norton | 22 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Rod Coleman |
New Zealand | AJS | 15 | 0 | |
| 5 | Jack Brett |
United Kingdom | AJS | 14 | 1 | |
| 6 | Ken Kavanagh |
Australia | Norton | 14 | 0 | |
| 7 | Geoff Duke |
United Kingdom | Norton | 12 | 0 | |
| = | Nello Pagani |
Italy | Gilera | 12 | 0 | |
| 9 | Cromie McCandless |
United Kingdom | AJS | 9 | 1 | |
| 10 | Ray Amm |
Southern Rhodesia | Norton | 9 | 0 | |
| 11 | Carlos Bandirola |
Italy | MV Agusta | 7 | 0 | |
| 12 | William Doran |
United Kingdom | AJS | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Bill Lomas |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
| 14 | Sid Lawton |
United Kingdom | Norton | 5 | 0 | |
| 15 | Giuseppe Colnago |
Italy | Gilera | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Phil Carter |
Ireland | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Auguste Goffin |
Belgium | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| 18 | John Surtees |
United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Hans Baltisberger |
Germany | BMW | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 350cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Duke |
United Kingdom | Norton | 32 | 4 | |
| 2 | Reg Armstrong |
Ireland | Norton | 24 | 1 | |
| 3 | Ray Amm |
Southern Rhodesia | Norton | 21 | 1 | |
| 4 | Rod Coleman |
New Zealand | AJS | 20 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ken Kavanagh |
Australia | Norton | 16 | 1 | |
| 6 | Jack Brett |
United Kingdom | AJS | 12 | 0 | |
| 7 | Bill Lomas |
United Kingdom | AJS | 9 | 0 | |
| 8 | Sid Lawton |
United Kingdom | AJS | 7 | 0 | |
| 9 | Robin Sherry |
United Kingdom | AJS | 4 | 0 | |
| 10 |  Ernie Ring |
Austria | AJS | 3 | 0 | |
| 11 | Ewald Kluge |
United Kingdom | DKW | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Auguste Goffin |
Belgium | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
| 13 | Leslie Graham |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Mike O'Rourke |
Ireland | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
| = | George Brown |
United Kingdom | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Roland Schnell |
Germany | Horex | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 250cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enrico Lorenzetti |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 28 | 2 | |
| 2 | Fergus Anderson |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 24 | 2 | |
| 3 | Leslie Graham |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 11 | 0 | |
| 4 | Maurice Cann |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 1 | |
| 5 | Rudi Felgenheier |
Germany | DKW | 8 | 1 | |
| 6 | Bruno Ruffo |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 7 | 0 | |
| 7 | Werner Haas |
Germany | NSU | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Heinrich Thorn-Prikker |
Germany | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 | |
| = | Alano Montanari |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 | |
| 10 | Herman Gablenz |
Germany | Horex | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Sid Lawton |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Arthur Wheeler |
United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ewald Kluge |
Germany | DKW | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Ronald Mead |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Gotthilf Gehring |
Germany | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | |
| 16 | Roberto Colombo |
Italy | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Bill Webster |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Nino Grieco |
Italy | Parilla | 2 | 0 | |
| = | Benny Rood |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
| 20 | Bruno Francisci |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Ray Petty |
United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Sieb Postma |
Netherlands | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 |
[edit] 125cc Standings
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cecil Sandford |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 28 | 3 | |
| 2 | Carlo Ubbiali |
Italy | Mondial | 24 | 0 | |
| 3 | Emilio Mendogni |
Italy | Morini | 16 | 2 | |
| 4 | Leslie Graham |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 10 | 0 | |
| 5 | Luigi Zinzani |
Italy | Morini | 9 | 0 | |
| 6 | Werner Haas |
Germany | NSU | 8 | 1 | |
| 7 | Angelo Copeta |
Italy | MV Agusta | 7 | 0 | |
| 8 | Bill Lomas |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
| 9 | Guido Sala |
Italy | MV Agusta | 5 | 0 | |
| 10 | Len Parry |
United Kingdom | Mondial | 4 | 0 | |
| = | Charlie Salt |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | |
| 12 | Romolo Ferri |
Italy | Morini | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Cromie McCandless |
United Kingdom | Mondial | 3 | 0 | |
| = | Hubert Luttenberger |
Germany | NSU | 3 | 0 | |
| 15 | Hermann Paul Müller |
Germany | Mondial | 2 | 0 | |
| 16 | Frank Burman |
United Kingdom | EMC-Puch | 1 | 0 | |
| = | Lo Simons |
Netherlands | Mondial | 1 | 0 |
