1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the fourth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eight Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 18 May, with Swiss Grand Prix and ended with Spanish Grand Prix on 5 October.
1952 Grand Prix season calendar[]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 500cc winner | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 18 May | Swiss Grand Prix | Bremgarten | Fergus Anderson | Geoff Duke | Jack Brett | / | Report | |
2 | 13 June | Isle of Man TT | Snaefell Mountain | Cecil Sandford | Fergus Anderson | Geoff Duke | Reg Armstrong | Report | |
3 | 28 June | Dutch TT | Assen | Cecil Sandford | Enrico Lorenzetti | Geoff Duke | Umberto Masetti | Report | |
4 | 6 July | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | Geoff Duke | Umberto Masetti | Oliver / | Report | ||
5 | 20 July | German Grand Prix | Solitude | Werner Haas | Rudi Felgenheier | Reg Armstrong | Reg Armstrong | / | Report |
6 | 16 August | Ulster Grand Prix | Clady | Cecil Sandford | Maurice Cann | Ken Kavanagh | Cromie McCandless | Report | |
7 | 14 September | Nations Grand Prix | Monza | Emilio Mendogni | Enrico Lorenzetti | Ray Amm | Leslie Graham | / | Report |
8 | 5 October | Spanish Grand Prix | Montjuïc | Emilio Mendogni | Leslie Graham | Oliver / | Report |
Standings[]
Scoring system[]
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races counted in the Sidecars, 125cc and 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, the five best results counted.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc final standings[]
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Bold – Pole |
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 | United Kingdom | AJS | 7 | 0 | ||
9 | United Kingdom | AJS | 4 | 0 | ||
10 | Austria | AJS | 3 | 0 | ||
11 | Ewald Kluge | Germany | DKW | 2 | 0 | |
= | Belgium | Norton | 2 | 0 | ||
13 | Leslie Graham | United Kingdom | Velocette | 1 | 0 | |
= | Ireland | AJS | 1 | 0 | ||
= | George Brown | United Kingdom | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
= | Germany | Horex | 1 | 0 |
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 | |
= | Germany | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 | ||
= | Alano Montanari | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 | |
10 | Germany | Horex | 4 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 | ||
= | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 | |
13 | Ewald Kluge | Germany | DKW | 3 | 0 | |
= | United Kingdom | Velocette | 3 | 0 | ||
= | Germany | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | ||
16 | Roberto Colombo | Italy | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
= | United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | ||
= | Italy | Parilla | 2 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | ||
20 | Italy | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Netherlands | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 |
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 | 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 | United Kingdom | Mondial | 4 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | ||
12 | Romolo Ferri | Italy | Morini | 3 | 0 | |
= | Cromie McCandless | United Kingdom | Mondial | 3 | 0 | |
= | Germany | NSU | 3 | 0 | ||
15 | Hermann Paul Müller | Germany | Mondial | 2 | 0 | |
16 | United Kingdom | EMC-Puch | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Netherlands | Mondial | 1 | 0 |
References[]
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.
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