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
RiderUnited Kingdom Jack BrettAJS
Time2:48.3
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom Jack BrettAJS
SecondUnited Kingdom Bill DoranAJS
ThirdItaly Carlo BandirolaMV Agusta
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeNorton
Time2:54.5
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom Geoff DukeNorton
SecondNew Zealand Rod ColemanAJS
ThirdRepublic of Ireland Reg ArmstrongNorton
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderItaly Enrico LorenzettiMoto Guzzi
Time3:06.8
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom Fergus AndersonMoto Guzzi
SecondItaly Enrico LorenzettiMoto Guzzi
ThirdUnited Kingdom Leslie GrahamBenelli
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
RiderItaly Ercole FrigerioGilera
Time3:22.1
Podium
FirstItaly Albino MilaniGilera
SecondUnited Kingdom Cyril SmithNorton
ThirdFrance Jacques DrionNorton

500 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Jack BrettAJS281:21:03.08
2 Bill DoranAJS28+20.66
3 Carlo BandirolaMV Agusta28+1:28.44
4 Nello PaganiGilera3
5 Rod ColemanAJS2
6 Ray AmmNorton1
7 Libero LiberatiGilera
8 Syd LawtonNorton
9 Willy LipsNorton
10 Friedel SchönHorex
11 Hans WirzTriumph
12 Bill BeeversNorton
13 Max ForsterGilera
14 Carlo BelottiMoto Guzzi
[1]

350 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Geoff DukeNorton211:02:13.68
2 Rod ColemanAJS21+53.06
3 Reg ArmstrongNorton21+2:02.14
4 Jack BrettAJS3
5 Syd LawtonAJS2
6 Ray AmmNorton1
7 Ken KavanaghNorton
8 W. WannerAJS
9 Paul FuhrerVelocette
10 Werner GerberAJS
11 Willy LipsNorton
12 Kurt KnopfAJS
13 Max ForsterVelocette
14 Bill BeeversNorton
15 M. FontanesiAJS
16 Roland SchnellHorex
17 Werner MazanecAJS
18 L. HarrisVelocette
19 F. EllenbergerAJS
20 Edmund LaederachAJS
[1]

250 cc classification

PosRiderManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Fergus AndersonMoto Guzzi1857:23.08
2 Enrico LorenzettiMoto Guzzi18+6.16
3 Leslie GrahamBenelli21+24.74
4 Alano MontanariMoto Guzzi3
5 Nino GriecoParilla2
6 Gotthilf GehringMoto Guzzi1
7 Carlo BelottiMoto Guzzi
8 Hermann GablenzHorex
[1]

Sidecar classification

PosRiderPassengerManufacturerLapsTimePoints
1 Albino Milani Giuseppe PizzocriGilera1654:54.38
2 Cyril Smith Bob ClementsNorton16+5.46
3 Jacques Drion Bob OnslowNorton16+2:47.14
4 Ferdinand Aubert René AubertNorton3
5 Marcel Masuy Denis JenkinsonNorton2
6 Jean Murit André EmoNorton1
7 Julius Beer Gernot ZingerleNorton
8 Franz Möhr Günter MüllerBMW
9 Fritz Mühlemann Marie MühlemannTriumph
10 Roland Benz Gusti FischerTriumph
11 Hermann Böhm Karl FuchsNorton
12 André Reichlin Maria ReichlinNorton
13 Heinrich Stamm Peter HaberstichNorton
14 Franz Vaasen Walter VieslerNorton
15 Josef Suter Trudy SuterFN
[1]

References


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1951 Nations Grand Prix
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1952 season
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1952 Isle of Man TT
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