1952 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Belgium  1952 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 8 races in the
1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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Date6 July 1952
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera
Time 4:48.7
Podium
First Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera
Second United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton
Third Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm Norton
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton
Time 5:06.1
Podium
First United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton
Second Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm Norton
Third Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Norton
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Time 5:44.0
Podium
First United Kingdom Eric Oliver Norton
Second Italy Gilera
Third United Kingdom Norton

The 1952 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1952 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 6 July 1952 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera 15 1h 13m 40s 8
2 United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton 15 + 2s 6
3 Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm Norton 15 + 3s 4
4 United Kingdom Jack Brett AJS 3
5 New Zealand Rod Coleman AJS 2
6 Italy Nello Pagani Gilera 1
7 Belgium Norton
8 United Kingdom Norton
9 Netherlands Norton
10 Belgium Norton
11 United Kingdom Norton
12 Belgium Norton
[1]

350 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton 11 56m 57s 8
2 Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm Norton 11 + 7s 6
3 Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Norton 11 + 44s 4
4 United Kingdom Jack Brett AJS 3
5 United Kingdom Bill Lomas AJS 2
6 United Kingdom Leslie Graham Velocette 1
7 United Kingdom AJS
8 Belgium Norton
9 United Kingdom Tommy Wood Norton
10 Australia AJS
11 United Kingdom Norton
12 United Kingdom Velocette
13 Australia Norton
14 New Zealand Ken Mudford AJS
15 D. Stevenson AJS
16 United Kingdom AJS
17 Belgium AJS
18 Belgium AJS
19 United Kingdom Robin Fitton Norton
20 A. van Fleteren AJS
21 Netherlands Velocette
[1]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Eric Oliver United Kingdom Stanley Price Norton 8 46m 53s 8
2 Italy Italy Giuseppe Pizzocri Gilera 8 + 1s 6
3 United Kingdom West Germany Bob Clements Norton 8 + 17s 4
4 Italy Italy Dino Magri Gilera 3
5 Belgium United Kingdom Denis Jenkinson Norton 2
6 France United Kingdom Bob Onslow Norton 1
7 Belgium Belgium Jean-Marie Stas Norton
8 Belgium Belgium Bruno Leys Norton
9 United Kingdom  ? Norton
10 Netherlands  ? Norton
11 United Kingdom United Kingdom Norton
12 West Germany Hermann Böhm  ? Norton
13 Belgium  ? Norton
14 West Germany  ? BMW
15 Belgium A. Winny  ? Norton
16 Belgium R. Rosvort  ? Norton
17 Italy  ? Gilera
18 Belgium Belgium F.N.
[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 120.


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