1952 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1952 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 September 1952 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Italy  1952 Nations Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 8 races in the
1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14 September 1952
LocationAutodromo Nazionale Monza
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.292 km (3.910 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderUnited Kingdom Leslie GrahamMV Agusta
Time2:10.3
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom Leslie GrahamMV Agusta
SecondItaly Umberto MasettiGilera
ThirdItaly Nello PaganiGilera
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderSouthern Rhodesia Ray AmmNorton
Time2:19.8
Podium
FirstSouthern Rhodesia Ray AmmNorton
SecondNew Zealand Rod ColemanAJS
ThirdUnited Kingdom Robin SherryAJS
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderWest Germany Werner Haas
Italy Enrico Lorenzetti
NSU
Moto Guzzi
Time2:27.5
Podium
FirstItaly Enrico LorenzettiMoto Guzzi
SecondWest Germany Werner HaasNSU
ThirdUnited Kingdom Fergus AndersonMoto Guzzi
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderItaly Guido SalaMV Agusta
Time2:43.4
Podium
FirstItaly Emilio MendogniMoto Morini
SecondItaly Carlo UbbialiMondial
ThirdUnited Kingdom Leslie GrahamMV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderItaly Ernesto MerloGilera
Time2:31.2
Podium
FirstItaly Ernesto MerloGilera
SecondUnited Kingdom Cyril SmithNorton
ThirdItaly Albino MilaniGilera

500 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Leslie GrahamMV Agusta321:10:40.38
2 Umberto MasettiGilera32+58.46
3 Nello PaganiGilera32+59.04
4 Carlo BandirolaMV Agusta3
5 Giuseppe ColnagoGilera2
6 Reg ArmstrongNorton1
7 Jack BrettAJS
8 Libero LiberatiGilera
9 Robin SherryAJS
10 Martino GianiMV Agusta
11 Enrico GalanteNorton
12 Francesco GuglielminettiMV Agusta
13 Javier de OrtuetaNorton
[1]

350 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Ray AmmNorton2457:43.68
2 Rod ColemanAJS24+31.56
3 Robin SherryAJS24+31.64
4 Jack BrettAJS3
5 Auguste GoffinNorton2
6 Roland SchnellHorex1
7 Charles BruguièreAJS
8 Sid MasonVelocette
9 Arthur WickAJS
10 Guy NewmanVelocette
11 Leopold ZöchlingAJS
12 WhelanNorton
13 Norman WebbVelocette
[1]

250 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Enrico LorenzettiMoto Guzzi2050:07.28
2 Werner HaasNSU20+0.06
3 Fergus AndersonMoto Guzzi20+1.04
4 Alano MontanariMoto Guzzi3
5 Roberto ColomboNSU2
6 Bruno FrancisciMoto Guzzi1
7 Hermann GablenzHorex
8 Ermano OzinoMoto Guzzi
9 Felice BenasedoMoto Guzzi
10 Bruno BöhrerParilla
11 Guido PacioccaMoto Guzzi
12 A. NoweParilla
13 BraunParilla
14 Gotthilf GehringMoto Guzzi
15 Lanfranco BavieraMoto Guzzi
16 Angelo MarelliMoto Guzzi
17 Rupert HollausMoto Guzzi
18 Bill WebsterVelocette
19 Adelmo MandoliniMoto Guzzi
20 Guy NewmanRudge
21 Norman WebbRudge
[1]

125 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Emilio MendogniMoto Morini1644:30.28
2 Carlo UbbialiMondial16+0.36
3 Leslie GrahamMV Agusta16+0.64
4 Luigi ZinzaniMoto Morini3
5 Guido SalaMV Agusta2
6 Hubert LuttenbergerNSU1
7 Werner HaasNSU
8 Nello PaganiMondial
9 Alex MayerMondial
10 Tito FalconiMV Agusta
11 Federico BettoniMV Agusta
[1]

Sidecar classification

PosRiderPassengerManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Ernesto Merlo Dino MagriGilera1640:57.48
2 Cyril Smith Les NuttNorton16+57.86
3 Albino Milani Giuseppe PizzocriGilera16+1:46.24
4 Jacques Drion Inge StollNorton3
5 Marcel Masuy Denis JenkinsonNorton2
6 Len Taylor Peter GloverNorton1
7 Giovanni Carru  ?Carru
8 Jean Murit André EmoNorton
9 Julien Deronne Bruno LeysNorton
10 Fritz Mühlemann Marie MühlemannTriumph
11 del Corno  ?Moto Guzzi
12 B. Prati  ?Moto Guzzi
[1]

References


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