1952 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1952 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth and final round of the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 October 1952 at the Montjuïc circuit.

  1952 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 8 races in the
1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date5 October 1952
LocationMontjuïc circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.205 km (2.613 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Umberto Masetti Gilera
Time 2:33.57
Podium
First Leslie Graham MV Agusta
Second Umberto Masetti Gilera
Third Ken Kavanagh Norton
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Emilio Mendogni Moto Morini
Time 2:40.0
Podium
First Emilio Mendogni Moto Morini
Second Leslie Graham MV Agusta
Third Cecil Sandford MV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Ernesto Merlo Gilera
Time 2:49.7
Podium
First Eric Oliver Norton
Second Jacques Drion Norton
Third Cyril Smith Norton

500 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Leslie Graham MV Agusta 48 2:06:18.3 8
2 Umberto Masetti Gilera 48 +26.9 6
3 Ken Kavanagh Norton 48 +30.2 4
4 Nello Pagani Gilera 3
5 Reg Armstrong Norton 2
6 Syd Lawton Norton 1
7 Siegfried Wünsche DKW
8 Fernando Aranda Gilera
9 Ray Amm Norton
10 John Grace Norton
11 Ewald Kluge DKW
12 Rudi Knees Norton
13 Humphrey Ranson Norton
14 Harry Lindsay Triumph
15 Siegfried Vogel Norton
[1]

125 cc classification
Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Emilio Mendogni Moto Morini 24 1:05:12.3 8
2 Leslie Graham MV Agusta 24 +17.6 6
3 Cecil Sandford MV Agusta 24 +2:00.2 4
4 Romolo Ferri Moto Morini 3
5 Hermann Paul Müller Mondial 2
6 Luigi Zinzani Moto Morini 1
7 Dick Renooy Eysink
8 José Maria Llobet Montesa
9 Ewald Kluge DKW
10 Toon van Zutphen Eysink
11 R. Soley MV Agusta
12 Mobi Vierdag Eysink
13 P. Feurstein Puch
[1]

Sidecar classification
Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Eric Oliver Lorenzo Dobelli Norton 24 1:09:49.1 8
2 Jacques Drion Inge Stoll Norton 24 +2:23.2 6
3 Cyril Smith Les Nutt Norton 4
4 Otto Schmidt Otto Kölle Norton 3
5 René Bétemps André Drivet Norton 2
6 Rudolf Koch Adolf Flach BMW 1
7 Siegfried Vogel ? Norton
[1]

References
  1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 123.
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