1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season 1952 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1951 1953 thumb|Umberto Masetti won his second and final 500cc World Championship title in 1952. thumb|Geoff Duke (pictured in 1951) successfully defended his 350cc World Championship title. thumb|Enrico Lorenzetti won his only world championship in the 250cc class.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 CHE Swiss Grand Prix Bremgarten GBR Fergus Anderson GBR Geoff Duke GBR Jack Brett ITA 1946 Milani / Pizzocri Report 2 13 June IOM Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain GBR Cecil Sandford GBR Fergus Anderson GBR Geoff Duke IRL Reg Armstrong Report 3 28 June NLD Dutch TT Assen GBR Cecil Sandford ITA 1946 Enrico Lorenzetti GBR Geoff Duke ITA 1946 Umberto Masetti Report 4 6 July BEL Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps GBR Geoff Duke ITA 1946 Umberto Masetti GBR Oliver / Price Report 5 20 July FRG German Grand Prix Solitude FRG Werner Haas FRG Rudi Felgenheier IRL Reg Armstrong IRL Reg Armstrong GBR Smith / Clements Report 6 16 August NIR Ulster Grand Prix Clady GBR Cecil Sandford GBR Maurice Cann AUS Ken Kavanagh GBR Cromie McCandless Report 7 14 September ITA 1946 Nations Grand Prix Monza ITA 1946 Emilio Mendogni ITA 1946 Enrico Lorenzetti Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm GBR Leslie Graham ITA 1946 Merlo / Magri Report 8 5 October ESP 1945 Spanish Grand Prix Montjuïc ITA 1946 Emilio Mendogni GBR Leslie Graham GBR ITA 1946 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 SUICHE MANGBR HOLNLD BELBEL GERDEU ULSUlster NACITA ESPESP 1945 Pts 1 ITA Umberto Masetti Gilera Ret 1 1 Ret Ret 2 2 28 2 GBR Leslie Graham MV Agusta Ret 2 7 Ret 4 Ret 1 1 25 3 IRL Reg Armstrong Norton Ret 1 4 Ret 1 Ret 6 5 22 4 NZL Rod Coleman AJS 5 4 5 5 Ret 2 Ret 15 5 GBR Jack Brett AJS / Norton 1 Ret 9 4 Ret 4 7 14 6 AUS Ken Kavanagh Norton 32 3 2 Ret 3 14 7 GBR Geoff Duke Norton Ret Ret 2 2 12 8 ITA Nello Pagani Gilera 4 6 6 3 4 12 9 NIR Cromie McCandless Norton / Gilera 6 1 9 10 Southern Rhodesia Ray Amm Norton 6 3 Ret 3 Ret 9 9 11 ITA Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 3 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 7 12 GBR Bill Doran AJS 2 6 13 GBR Bill Lomas AJS / MV Agusta 5 Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 6 14 GBR Sid Lawton Norton / AJS 8 12 Ret 3 Ret 6 5 15 BEL Auguste Goffin Norton 7 5 Ret Ret 2 16 NIR Peter Carter Norton 10 5 2 17 ITA Giuseppe Colnago Gilera 17 5 Ret 2 18 DEU Hans Baltisberger BMW 6 Ret 1 19 GBR John Surtees Norton 6 1 20 ITA Libero Liberati Gilera 7 8 8 16 0 21 DEU Siegfried Wünsche BMW / DKW 11 7 0 22 AUS Tony McAlpine Norton 13 Ret 7 Ret 0 23 GBR Roy Evans Norton 14 7 0 24 GBR George Brown Norton 7 Ret 0 25 GBR Robin Sherry Norton / AJS Ret 8 Ret 9 0 26 NZL Ken Mudford Norton 8 10 0 27 DDR Karl Rührschneck Norton 8 Ret 0 28 ESP 1945 Fernando Aranda Gilera 8 0 = NIR William Campbell Norton 8 0 30 NLD Lous van Riswijk Matchless / Norton 11 9 0 31 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 36 DEU Rudi Knees Norton 10 11 0 37 GIB John Grace Norton 16 10 0 38 GBR Jack Bailey Norton Ret 10 0 = DEU Friedel Schön Horex 10 Ret 0 40 BEL Francis Basso Norton 10 0 = ITA Martino Giani MV Agusta 10 0 42 GBR Humphrey Ranson Norton 17 Ret 11 0 43 ITA Enrico Galante Norton 11 0 = NIR Malcolm Templeton AJS 11 0 = GBR Vic Willoughby Norton 11 0 = CHE Hans Wirz Triumph 11 0 47 GBR Bill Beevers Norton 12 Ret 0 48 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 53 ESP 1945 Javier de Ortueta Norton 13 Ret 0 54 NLD Piet Bakker BMW 13 0 = CHE Massimo Forster Gilera 13 0 = DEU Ewald Kluge DKW 13 0 = GBR Douglas Sides Velocette 13 0 58 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 62 Ceylon 1951 Rally Dean Norton Ret Ret 15 0 63 AUT Siegfried Vogel Norton 15 0 = GBR Don Williams Norton 15 0 65 GBR Robert Ferguson AJS 16 0 66 GBR John Dickson Velocette 18 0 = GBR Charlie Salt BSA 18 0 68 GBR Robin Fitton Norton 19 0 = GBR Cyril Stevens Norton 19 0 70 GBR Fonsie McGovern Norton 20 0 = GBR Frank Norris Norton 20 0 72 GBR Arthur Wheeler Norton 21 Ret Ret 0 73 GBR J. O. Kerrigan Triumph 21 0 74 GBR Ken Swallow Norton 22 0 75 GBR Syl Anderton Norton 23 0 76 GBR Les Dear Norton 24 0 77 DNK Sven Sørensen Norton 25 0 78 GBR Howard Grindley Norton 26 0 79 GBR Jack Varlow Norton 27 0 80 GBR Harry Stephen Norton 28 0 81 GBR Leo Starr AJS 29 0 82 GBR Dennis Lashmar Norton 30 0 83 Ceylon 1951 David Stevenson AJS 31 0 84 GBR Leslie Harris Norton Ret 33 0 85 GBR Leslie Barrett Norton 34 0 86 GBR John Fisher AJS 35 0 87 GBR Joe Glazebrook Norton 36 0 88 GBR Jack Harding Norton 37 0 89 GBR Eric Hardy AJS 38 0 90 CAN 1921 Ivor Wagar Triumph 39 0 91 GBR Bob McDonald AJS 40 0 92 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 RetDNS 0 – ITA Emilio Soprani Gilera RetDNS 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 1951 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 1921 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 1939 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 BMWDNS 0 Pos Rider Bike SUICHE MANGBR HOLNLD BELBEL GERDEU ULSUlster NACITA ESPESP 1945 PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 350cc Standings Place Rider Number 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 Number 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 MANGBR NEDNLD GERDEU ULSUlster NATITA ESPESP 1945 Pts 1 GBR Cecil Sandford MV Agusta 1F 1F 3 1F 3 28 (32) 2 ITA Carlo Ubbiali Mondial 2 2 2 2 24 3 ITA Emilio Mendogni Morini 1 1F 16 4 GBR Leslie Graham MV Agusta 3 2 10 5 ITA Luigi Zinzani Morini 3 6 4 6 9 6 FRG Werner Haas NSU 1F 8 7 ITA Angelo Copeta MV Agusta 5 5 4 7 8 GBR Bill Lomas MV Agusta 2 6 9 ITA Guido Sala MV Agusta 4 5F 5 10 GBR Len Parry Mondial 3 4 10 GBR Charlie Salt MV Agusta 3 4 12 GBR Cromie McCandless Mondial 4 3 12 ITA Romolo Ferri Morini 4 3 14 FRG Hubert Luttenberger NSU 5 6 3 15 FRG Hermann Paul Müller Mondial 5 2 16 GBR Frank Burman EMC-Puch 6 1 16 NLD Lo Simons Mondial 6 1 Pos. Rider Bike MANGBR NEDNLD GERDEU ULSUlster NATITA ESPESP 1945 Pts Constructors' standings Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos. Constructor MANGBR NEDNLD GERDEU ULSUlster NATITA ESPESP 1945 Pts 1 ITA MV Agusta 1 1 3 1 3 2 30 (38) 2 ITA Mondial 2 2 2 2 5 24 (26) 3 ITA Morini 3 6 1 1 21 4 FRG NSU 1 6 9 5 GBR EMC-Puch 6 1 Pos. Constructor MANGBR NEDNLD GERDEU ULSUlster NATITA ESPESP 1945 Pts References Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide 12–13 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A. 2-940125-32-5 The Official MotoGP website http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1952/NAT/500cc/World+Standing 2010-07-06 2012-03-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120302195109/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1952/NAT/500cc/World+Standing dead Category:Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons Grand Prix motorcycle racing season