1952 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

  1952 Swiss Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 8 races in the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17–18 May 1952
Location	Circuit Bremgarten
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.280 km (4.524 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Jack Brett AJS Time 2:48.3 Podium First Jack Brett AJS Second Bill Doran AJS Third Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Geoff Duke Norton Time 2:54.5 Podium First Geoff Duke Norton Second Rod Coleman AJS Third Reg Armstrong Norton
250 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi Time 3:06.8 Podium First Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi Second Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi Third Leslie Graham Benelli
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Gilera Time 3:22.1 Podium First Gilera Second Norton Third Norton

The 1952 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix was the first race of the 1952 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on 17–18 May 1952 at the Bremgarten circuit.

500 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Jack Brett	AJS	28	1:21:03.0	8
2	Bill Doran	AJS	28	+20.6	6
3	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta	28	+1:28.4	4
4	Nello Pagani	Gilera			3
5	Rod Coleman	AJS			2
6	Ray Amm	Norton			1
7	Libero Liberati	Gilera
8		Norton
9		Norton
10		Horex
11		Triumph
12		Norton
13		Gilera
14		Moto Guzzi
[1]

350 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	21	1:02:13.6	8
2	Rod Coleman	AJS	21	+53.0	6
3	Reg Armstrong	Norton	21	+2:02.1	4
4	Jack Brett	AJS			3
5		AJS			2
6	Ray Amm	Norton			1
7	Ken Kavanagh	Norton
8	W. Wanner	AJS
9		Velocette
10		AJS
11		Norton
12		AJS
13		Velocette
14		Norton
15	M. Fontanesi	AJS
16		Horex
17		AJS
18	L. Harris	Velocette
19	F. Ellenberger	AJS
20		AJS
[1]

250 cc classification[]

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	18	57:23.0	8
2	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi	18	+6.1	6
3	Leslie Graham	Benelli	21	+24.7	4
4	Alano Montanari	Moto Guzzi			3
5		Parilla			2
6		Moto Guzzi			1
7		Moto Guzzi
8		Horex
[1]

Sidecar classification[]

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1		Giuseppe Pizzocri	Gilera	16	54:54.3	8
2		Bob Clements	Norton	16	+5.4	6
3		Bob Onslow	Norton	16	+2:47.1	4
4		René Aubert	Norton			3
5		Denis Jenkinson	Norton			2
6		André Emo	Norton			1
7	Julius Beer	Gernot Zingerle	Norton
8		Günter Müller	BMW
9		Marie Mühlemann	Triumph
10			Triumph
11	Hermann Böhm		Norton
12			Norton
13			Norton
14			Norton
15			FN
[1]

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