1952 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

Switzerland  1952 Swiss Grand Prix
Race details
Race 1 of 8 races in the
1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date17–18 May 1952
LocationCircuit Bremgarten
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 7.280 km (4.524 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Jack Brett AJS
Time 2:48.3
Podium
First United Kingdom Jack Brett AJS
Second United Kingdom Bill Doran AJS
Third Italy Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton
Time 2:54.5
Podium
First United Kingdom Geoff Duke Norton
Second New Zealand Rod Coleman AJS
Third Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong Norton
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Time 3:06.8
Podium
First United Kingdom Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi
Second Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Third United Kingdom Leslie Graham Benelli
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Ercole Frigerio Gilera
Time 3:22.1
Podium
First Italy Albino Milani Gilera
Second United Kingdom Cyril Smith Norton
Third France Jacques Drion Norton

500 cc classification edit

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   Syd Lawton Norton
9   Willy Lips Norton
10   Friedel Schön Horex
11   Hans Wirz Triumph
12   Bill Beevers Norton
13   Max Forster Gilera
14   Carlo Belotti Moto Guzzi
[1]

350 cc classification edit

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   Syd Lawton AJS 2
6   Ray Amm Norton 1
7   Ken Kavanagh Norton
8   W. Wanner AJS
9   Paul Fuhrer Velocette
10   Werner Gerber AJS
11   Willy Lips Norton
12   Kurt Knopf AJS
13   Max Forster Velocette
14   Bill Beevers Norton
15   M. Fontanesi AJS
16   Roland Schnell Horex
17   Werner Mazanec AJS
18   L. Harris Velocette
19   F. Ellenberger AJS
20   Edmund Laederach AJS
[1]

250 cc classification edit

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   Nino Grieco Parilla 2
6   Gotthilf Gehring Moto Guzzi 1
7   Carlo Belotti Moto Guzzi
8   Hermann Gablenz Horex
[1]

Sidecar classification edit

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1   Albino Milani   Giuseppe Pizzocri Gilera 16 54:54.3 8
2   Cyril Smith   Bob Clements Norton 16 +5.4 6
3   Jacques Drion   Bob Onslow Norton 16 +2:47.1 4
4   Ferdinand Aubert   René Aubert Norton 3
5   Marcel Masuy   Denis Jenkinson Norton 2
6   Jean Murit   André Emo Norton 1
7   Julius Beer   Gernot Zingerle Norton
8   Franz Möhr   Günter Müller BMW
9   Fritz Mühlemann   Marie Mühlemann Triumph
10   Roland Benz   Gusti Fischer Triumph
11   Hermann Böhm   Karl Fuchs Norton
12   André Reichlin   Maria Reichlin Norton
13   Heinrich Stamm   Peter Haberstich Norton
14   Franz Vaasen   Walter Viesler Norton
15   Josef Suter   Trudy Suter FN
[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 119.


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