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1952 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Swiss |
| flag | Switzerland |
| Location | Circuit Bremgarten |
| Course_mi | 4.524 |
| Course_km | 7.280 |
| Race_No | 1 |
| Season_No | 8 |
| Date | 17–18 May |
| Year | 1952 |
| Image | Circuit Bremgarten.svg |
| Fast_Rider_500 | Jack Brett |
| Fast_Rider_500_Country | United Kingdom |
| Fast_Rider_500_Bike | AJS |
| Fast_Time_500 | 2:48.3 |
| First_Rider_500 | Jack Brett |
| First_Rider_500_Country | United Kingdom |
| First_Rider_500_Bike | AJS |
| Second_Rider_500 | Bill Doran |
| Second_Rider_500_Country | United Kingdom |
| Second_Rider_500_Bike | AJS |
| Third_Rider_500 | Carlo Bandirola |
| Third_Rider_500_Country | Italy |
| Third_Rider_500_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Fast_Rider_350 | Geoff Duke |
| Fast_Rider_350_Country | United Kingdom |
| Fast_Rider_350_Bike | Norton |
| Fast_Time_350 | 2:54.5 |
| First_Rider_350 | Geoff Duke |
| First_Rider_350_Country | United Kingdom |
| First_Rider_350_Bike | Norton |
| Second_Rider_350 | Rod Coleman |
| Second_Rider_350_Country | New Zealand |
| Second_Rider_350_Bike | AJS |
| Third_Rider_350 | Reg Armstrong |
| Third_Rider_350_Country | Ireland |
| Third_Rider_350_Bike | Norton |
| Fast_Rider_250 | Enrico Lorenzetti |
| Fast_Rider_250_Country | Italy |
| Fast_Rider_250_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Fast_Time_250 | 3:06.8 |
| First_Rider_250 | Fergus Anderson |
| First_Rider_250_Country | United Kingdom |
| First_Rider_250_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Second_Rider_250 | Enrico Lorenzetti |
| Second_Rider_250_Country | Italy |
| Second_Rider_250_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Third_Rider_250 | Leslie Graham |
| Third_Rider_250_Country | United Kingdom |
| Third_Rider_250_Bike | Benelli |
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar | Ercole Frigerio |
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country | Italy |
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | Gilera |
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar | Ezio Ricotti |
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | Italy |
| Fast_Time_Sidecar | 3:22.1 |
| First_Rider_Sidecar | Albino Milani |
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Country | Italy |
| First_Passenger_Sidecar | Giuseppe Pizzocri |
| First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | Italy |
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | Gilera |
| Second_Rider_Sidecar | Cyril Smith |
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country | United Kingdom |
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar | Bob Clements |
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | United Kingdom |
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | Norton |
| Third_Rider_Sidecar | Jacques Drion |
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country | France |
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar | Bob Onslow |
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | United Kingdom |
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | Norton |
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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.
500 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBR **Jack Brett** | **AJS** | 28 | 1:21:03.0 | **8** | |||||||||||||||
| GBR **Bill Doran** | **AJS** | 28 | +20.6 | **6** | |||||||||||||||
| ITA **Carlo Bandirola** | **MV Agusta** | 28 | +1:28.4 | **4** | |||||||||||||||
| ITA **Nello Pagani** | **Gilera** | **3** | |||||||||||||||||
| NZL **Rod Coleman** | **AJS** | **2** | |||||||||||||||||
| Southern Rhodesia **Ray Amm** | **Norton** | **1** | |||||||||||||||||
| ITA Libero Liberati | Gilera | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Syd Lawton | Norton | ||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Willy Lips | Norton | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Friedel Schön | Horex | ||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Hans Wirz | Triumph | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Bill Beevers | Norton | ||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Max Forster | Gilera | ||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Carlo Belotti | Moto Guzzi |
350 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBR **Geoff Duke** | **Norton** | 21 | 1:02:13.6 | **8** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NZL **Rod Coleman** | **AJS** | 21 | +53.0 | **6** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| IRL **Reg Armstrong** | **Norton** | 21 | +2:02.1 | **4** | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR **Jack Brett** | **AJS** | **3** | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR **Syd Lawton** | **AJS** | **2** | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Rhodesia **Ray Amm** | **Norton** | **1** | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Ken Kavanagh | Norton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE W. Wanner | AJS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Paul Fuhrer | Velocette | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Werner Gerber | AJS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Willy Lips | Norton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Kurt Knopf | AJS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Max Forster | Velocette | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Bill Beevers | Norton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. Fontanesi | AJS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Roland Schnell | Horex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Werner Mazanec | AJS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| L. Harris | Velocette | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| F. Ellenberger | AJS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Edmund Laederach | AJS |
250 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBR **Fergus Anderson** | **Moto Guzzi** | 18 | 57:23.0 | **8** | |||||||||
| ITA **Enrico Lorenzetti** | **Moto Guzzi** | 18 | +6.1 | **6** | |||||||||
| GBR **Leslie Graham** | **Benelli** | 21 | +24.7 | **4** | |||||||||
| ITA **Alano Montanari** | **Moto Guzzi** | **3** | |||||||||||
| ITA **Nino Grieco** | **Parilla** | **2** | |||||||||||
| FRG **Gotthilf Gehring** | **Moto Guzzi** | **1** | |||||||||||
| ITA Carlo Belotti | Moto Guzzi | ||||||||||||
| FRG Hermann Gablenz | Horex |
Sidecar classification
| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA **Albino Milani** | ITA **Giuseppe Pizzocri** | **Gilera** | 16 | 54:54.3 | **8** | ||||||||||||||||
| GBR **Cyril Smith** | FRG **Bob Clements** | **Norton** | 16 | +5.4 | **6** | ||||||||||||||||
| FRA **Jacques Drion** | GBR **Bob Onslow** | **Norton** | 16 | +2:47.1 | **4** | ||||||||||||||||
| CHE **Ferdinand Aubert** | CHE **René Aubert** | **Norton** | **3** | ||||||||||||||||||
| BEL **Marcel Masuy** | GBR **Denis Jenkinson** | **Norton** | **2** | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA **Jean Murit** | FRA **André Emo** | **Norton** | **1** | ||||||||||||||||||
| AUT Julius Beer | AUT Gernot Zingerle | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Franz Möhr | FRG Günter Müller | BMW | |||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Fritz Mühlemann | FRG Marie Mühlemann | Triumph | |||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Roland Benz | SUI Gusti Fischer | Triumph | |||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Hermann Böhm | GER Karl Fuchs | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| CHE André Reichlin | CHE Maria Reichlin | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Heinrich Stamm | SUI Peter Haberstich | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| GER Franz Vaasen | GER Walter Viesler | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| SUI Josef Suter | SUI Trudy Suter | FN |
References
| Previous_year's_race = 1951 Swiss Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1953 Swiss Grand Prix
References
- "Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953". Temple Press Ltd.
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