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.

  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 Jack Brett AJS
Time 2:48.3
Podium
First Jack Brett AJS
Second Bill Doran AJS
Third Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Geoff Duke Norton
Time 2:54.5
Podium
First Geoff Duke Norton
Second Rod Coleman AJS
Third Reg Armstrong Norton
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Time 3:06.8
Podium
First Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi
Second Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
Third Leslie Graham Benelli
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Ercole Frigerio Gilera
Time 3:22.1
Podium
First Albino Milani Gilera
Second Cyril Smith Norton
Third Jacques Drion Norton

500 cc classification
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
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
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
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 Mohr Günter Müller BMW
9 Fritz Mühlemann Marie Mühlemann Triumph
10 Roland Benz ? Triumph
11 Hermann Böhm ? Norton
12 André Reichlin Maria Reichlin Norton
13 Heinrich Stamm ? Norton
14 F. Vaason ? Norton
15 J. Suter ? FN
[1]

References
  1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 119.
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1951 Nations Grand Prix		 FIM Grand Prix World Championship
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1952 Isle of Man TT
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