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1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

1952 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
18 May	CHE Swiss Grand Prix	Bremgarten		GBR Fergus Anderson	GBR Geoff Duke	GBR Jack Brett	ITA Milani / Pizzocri	Report
13 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	GBR Cecil Sandford	GBR Fergus Anderson	GBR Geoff Duke	IRL Reg Armstrong		Report
28 June	NLD Dutch TT	Assen	GBR Cecil Sandford	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	GBR Geoff Duke	ITA Umberto Masetti		Report
6 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps			GBR Geoff Duke	ITA Umberto Masetti	GBR Oliver / Price	Report
20 July	FRG German Grand Prix	Solitude	FRG Werner Haas	FRG Rudi Felgenheier	IRL Reg Armstrong	IRL Reg Armstrong	GBR Smith / Clements	Report
16 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Clady	GBR Cecil Sandford	GBR Maurice Cann	AUS Ken Kavanagh	GBR Cromie McCandless		Report
14 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	ITA Emilio Mendogni	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm	GBR Leslie Graham	ITA Merlo / Magri	Report
5 October	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc	ITA Emilio Mendogni			GBR Leslie Graham	GBR ITA Oliver / Dobelli	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

Pos	Rider	Machine	SUI
CHE	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	=	30	31	=	=	=	=	36	37	38	=	40	=	42	43	=	=	=	47	48	=	=	=	=	53	54	=	=	=	58	=	=	=	62	63	=	65	66	=	68	=	70	=	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Pos	Rider	Bike	SUI
CHE	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts
ITA Umberto Masetti	Gilera	Ret		1	1	Ret	Ret	2	2	28
GBR Leslie Graham	MV Agusta	Ret	2	7	Ret	4	Ret	1	1	25
IRL Reg Armstrong	Norton	Ret	1	4	Ret	1	Ret	6	5	22
NZL Rod Coleman	AJS	5	4	5	5	Ret	2	Ret		15
GBR Jack Brett	AJS / Norton	1	Ret	9	4	Ret	4	7		14
AUS Ken Kavanagh	Norton		32	3		2	Ret		3	14
GBR Geoff Duke	Norton	Ret	Ret	2	2					12
ITA Nello Pagani	Gilera	4		6	6			3	4	12
NIR Cromie McCandless	Norton / Gilera		6				1			9
Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm	Norton	6	3	Ret	3			Ret	9	9
ITA Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta	3		Ret	Ret	Ret		4	Ret	7
GBR Bill Doran	AJS	2								6
GBR Bill Lomas	AJS / MV Agusta		5		Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	6
GBR Sid Lawton	Norton / AJS	8	12	Ret		3	Ret		6	5
BEL Auguste Goffin	Norton				7	5		Ret	Ret	2
NIR Peter Carter	Norton		10				5			2
ITA Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera						17	5	Ret	2
DEU Hans Baltisberger	BMW					6			Ret	1
GBR John Surtees	Norton						6			1
ITA Libero Liberati	Gilera	7		8				8	16	0
DEU Siegfried Wünsche	BMW / DKW					11			7	0
AUS Tony McAlpine	Norton		13	Ret		7		Ret		0
GBR Roy Evans	Norton		14				7			0
GBR George Brown	Norton		7				Ret			0
GBR Robin Sherry	Norton / AJS		Ret		8		Ret	9		0
NZL Ken Mudford	Norton		8	10						0
DDR Karl Rührschneck	Norton					8			Ret	0
ESP Fernando Aranda	Gilera								8	0
NIR William Campbell	Norton						8			0
NLD Lous van Riswijk	Matchless / Norton			11	9					0
DEU Siegfried Fuss	Norton					9				0
NIR John Guirke	Norton						9			0
GBR Alain Lawton	Norton								9	0
CHE Willy Lips	Norton	9								0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton		9							0
DEU Rudi Knees	Norton					10			11	0
GIB John Grace	Norton		16						10	0
GBR Jack Bailey	Norton		Ret				10			0
DEU Friedel Schön	Horex	10				Ret				0
BEL Francis Basso	Norton				10					0
ITA Martino Giani	MV Agusta							10		0
GBR Humphrey Ranson	Norton		17	Ret	11					0
ITA Enrico Galante	Norton							11		0
NIR Malcolm Templeton	AJS						11			0
GBR Vic Willoughby	Norton		11							0
CHE Hans Wirz	Triumph	11								0
GBR Bill Beevers	Norton	12	Ret							0
ITA Francesco Guglielminetti	MV Agusta							12		0
GBR Herbert Ranson	Norton								12	0
GBR Geoff Read	Norton			12						0
BEL Edouard Texidor	Norton				12					0
NIR Harry Turner	Norton						12			0
ESP Javier de Ortueta	Norton							13	Ret	0
NLD Piet Bakker	BMW			13						0
CHE Massimo Forster	Gilera	13								0
DEU Ewald Kluge	DKW								13	0
GBR Douglas Sides	Velocette						13			0
CHE Carletto Bellotti	Moto Guzzi	14								0
IRL Harry Lindsay	Triumph								14	0
GBR Reg MacDonald	AJS						14			0
NLD Drikus Veer	Triumph			14						0
Ceylon Rally Dean	Norton		Ret	Ret			15			0
AUT Siegfried Vogel	Norton								15	0
GBR Don Williams	Norton		15							0
GBR Robert Ferguson	AJS		16							0
GBR John Dickson	Velocette						18			0
GBR Charlie Salt	BSA		18							0
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton						19			0
GBR Cyril Stevens	Norton		19							0
GBR Fonsie McGovern	Norton						20			0
GBR Frank Norris	Norton		20							0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Norton		21	Ret			Ret			0
GBR J. O. Kerrigan	Triumph						21			0
GBR Ken Swallow	Norton		22							0
GBR Syl Anderton	Norton		23							0
GBR Les Dear	Norton		24							0
DNK Sven Sørensen	Norton		25							0
GBR Howard Grindley	Norton		26							0
GBR Jack Varlow	Norton		27							0
GBR Harry Stephen	Norton		28							0
GBR Leo Starr	AJS		29							0
GBR Dennis Lashmar	Norton		30							0
Ceylon David Stevenson	AJS		31							0
GBR Leslie Harris	Norton	Ret	33							0
GBR Leslie Barrett	Norton		34							0
GBR John Fisher	AJS		35							0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	Norton		36							0
GBR Jack Harding	Norton		37							0
GBR Eric Hardy	AJS		38							0
CAN Ivor Wagar	Triumph		39							0
GBR Bob McDonald	AJS		40							0
NIR Charlie Gray	AJS		41							0
GBR Phil Heath	Vincent / Norton		Ret			Ret		Ret	Ret
NIR Bob Matthews	Norton / Matchless	Ret		Ret					Ret	0
ITA Alfredo Milani	Gilera	Ret		Ret	Ret					0
AUS Ernie Ring	Matchless		Ret	Ret	Ret					0
BEL Charles Bruguiere	Norton				Ret				Ret	0
FRA Georges Burgaff	Norton							Ret	Ret	0
CHE Werner Gerber	Horex	Ret				Ret				0
NZL Dean Hollier	Norton		Ret	Ret						0
GBR Sidney Mason	Norton	Ret		Ret						0
GBR Bill Petch	Norton					Ret			DNS	0
ITA Emilio Soprani	Gilera							Ret	DNS	0
CHE Jost Albisser	Rudge	Ret								0
GBR Syd Barnett	Norton		Ret							0
DDR Edgar Barth	Norton					Ret				0
ITA Felice Benasedo	Moto Guzzi					Ret				0
GBR David Bennett	Norton	Ret								0
GBR Wilf Billington	Norton		Ret							0
GBR George Brockerton	Bitza						Ret			0
NIR Louis Carter	Norton						Ret			0
FRA Jacques Collot	Norton								Ret	0
BEL Firmin Dauwe	Norton					Ret				0
ITA Lodovico Facchinelli	Gilera							Ret		0
GBR Archie Fenn	Norton		Ret							0
Ceylon Peter Fernando	Norton		Ret							0
NLD Cees Fokke-Bosch	Norton			Ret						0
ITA Tito Forconi	MV Agusta							Ret		0
GBR Sid Franklen	AJS		Ret							0
CAN Roy Godwin	Norton		Ret							0
DEU Ernst Gross	BMW					Ret				0
GBR Bill Hall	Norton		Ret							0
DEU Ernst Hoske	Horex					Ret				0
GBR Robert King	Norton		Ret							0
GBR John Maloney	Vincent		Ret							0
AUT Alex Mayer	Norton								Ret	0
GBR Tommy McEwan	Norton		Ret							0
DEU Gerhard Mette	BMW					Ret				0
GBR Stan Miller	Norton		Ret							0
GBR Eric Oliver	Norton								Ret	0
GBR Ashley Parry	Norton		Ret							0
GBR Roland Pike	BSA		Ret							0
GBR Arthur Pollitt	Norton		Ret							0
GBR Mark Prudence	Norton		Ret							0
GBR Bob Rowbottom	AJS		Ret							0
GBR Cecil Sandford	BSA		Ret							0
GBR Simon Sandys-Winsch	Velocette			Ret						0
NLD Lodewijk Simons	Norton			Ret						0
NLD Henk Steman	Norton			Ret						0
Northern Rhodesia Norman Stewart	Norton		Ret							0
GBR Les Tedder	AJS		Ret							0
GBR Roy Walker	BSA		Ret							0
GBR Dick Ward	Velocette		Ret							0
GBR Leonard Williams	Velocette		Ret							0
Isle_of_Wight Tommy Wood	Norton				Ret					0
DEU Gerhard Pohlers	BMW								DNS	0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Geoff Duke	United Kingdom	Norton	32	4
2	IRL Reg Armstrong	Ireland	Norton	24	1
3	Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm	Southern Rhodesia	Norton	21	1
4	NZL Rod Coleman	New Zealand	AJS	20	0
5	AUS Ken Kavanagh	Australia	Norton	16	1
6	GBR Jack Brett	United Kingdom	AJS	12	0
7	GBR Bill Lomas	United Kingdom	AJS	9	0
8	GBR Sid Lawton	United Kingdom	AJS	7	0
9	GBR Robin Sherry	United Kingdom	AJS	4	0
10	AUT Ernie Ring	Austria	AJS	3	0
11	FRG Ewald Kluge	Germany	DKW	2	0
=	BEL Auguste Goffin	Belgium	Norton	2	0
13	GBR Leslie Graham	United Kingdom	Velocette	1	0
=	IRL Mike O'Rourke	Ireland	AJS	1	0
=	GBR George Brown	United Kingdom	AJS	1	0
=	FRG Roland Schnell	Germany	Horex	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti	Italy	Moto Guzzi	28	2
2	GBR Fergus Anderson	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	24	2
3	GBR Leslie Graham	United Kingdom	Velocette	11	0
4	GBR Maurice Cann	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	10	1
5	FRG Rudi Felgenheier	Germany	DKW	8	1
6	ITA Bruno Ruffo	Italy	Moto Guzzi	7	0
7	FRG Werner Haas	Germany	NSU	6	0
=	FRG Heinrich Thorn-Prikker	Germany	Moto Guzzi	6	0
=	ITA Alano Montanari	Italy	Moto Guzzi	6	0
10	FRG Herman Gablenz	Germany	Horex	4	0
=	GBR Sid Lawton	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	4	0
=	GBR Arthur Wheeler	United Kingdom	Moto Guzzi	4	0
13	FRG Ewald Kluge	Germany	DKW	3	0
=	GBR Ronald Mead	United Kingdom	Velocette	3	0
=	FRG Gotthilf Gehring	Germany	Moto Guzzi	3	0
16	ITA Roberto Colombo	Italy	NSU	2	0
=	GBR Bill Webster	United Kingdom	Velocette	2	0
=	ITA Nino Grieco	Italy	Parilla	2	0
=	GBR Benny Rood	United Kingdom	Velocette	2	0
20	ITA Bruno Francisci	Italy	Moto Guzzi	1	0
=	GBR Ray Petty	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	NLD Sieb Postma	Netherlands	Moto Guzzi	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts	1	28 (32)	2	24	3	16	4	10	5	9	6	8	7	7	8	6	9	5	10	4	10	4	12	3	12	3	14	3	15	2	16	1	16	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts
GBR Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta	1F	1F	3	1F		3
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial	2	2	2		2
ITA Emilio Mendogni	Morini					1	1F
GBR Leslie Graham	MV Agusta					3	2
ITA Luigi Zinzani	Morini		3	6		4	6
FRG Werner Haas	NSU			1F
ITA Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta	5	5	4
GBR Bill Lomas	MV Agusta				2
ITA Guido Sala	MV Agusta		4			5F
GBR Len Parry	Mondial	3
GBR Charlie Salt	MV Agusta				3
GBR Cromie McCandless	Mondial	4
ITA Romolo Ferri	Morini						4
FRG Hubert Luttenberger	NSU			5		6
FRG Hermann Paul Müller	Mondial						5
GBR Frank Burman	EMC-Puch	6
NLD Lo Simons	Mondial		6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts	1	30 (38)	2	24 (26)	3	21	4	9	5	1	Pos.	Constructor	MAN
GBR	NED
NLD	GER
DEU	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	ESP
ESP	Pts
ITA MV Agusta	1	1	3	1	3	2
ITA Mondial	2	2	2		2	5
ITA Morini		3	6		1	1
FRG NSU			1		6
GBR EMC-Puch	6

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A.

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