1952 motorcycle world championship

1952 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Umberto Masetti
Constructor:	Gilera
350 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Geoff Duke
Constructor:	Norton
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Enrico Lorenzetti
Constructor:	Moto Guzzi
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Cecil Sandford
Constructor:	MV Agusta
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Cyril Smith Bob Clements Les Nutt
Constructor:	Norton
<1951 season	1953 season>

The 1952 motorcycle world championship season was the fourth in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

Eight races were held in the class up to 500 cm³, seven in the class up to 350 cm³, six in the classes up to 250 cm³ and up to 125 cm³ and five races for the sidecar .

Distribution of points

Scoring
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	8th	6th	4th	3	2	1

If fewer than eight races were held, the best four results were included in the ranking; if eight or more races were staged, the five best results achieved were included in the World Championship ranking.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	May 18	22nd Swiss GP	Bremgarten	Jack Brett	William Doran	Carlo Bandirola	Jack Brett
2	13.06.	34. Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Reg Armstrong	Leslie Graham	Ray Amm	Geoff Duke
3	28.06.	22. Dutch TT	Aces	Umberto Masetti	Geoff Duke	Ken Kavanagh	Umberto Masetti
4th	06.07.	25th Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Umberto Masetti	Geoff Duke	Ray Amm	Umberto Masetti
5	07/20	16th GP of Germany	Solitude	Reg Armstrong	Ken Kavanagh	Sid Lawton	Leslie Graham
6th	08/16	24th Ulster GP	Clady	Cromie McCandless	Rod Coleman	Bill Lomas	Leslie Graham
7th	14.09.	30th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Leslie Graham	Umberto Masetti	Nello Pagani	Leslie Graham
8th	05.10.	3rd GP of Spain	Montjuïc	Leslie Graham	Umberto Masetti	Ken Kavanagh	Umberto Masetti

Driver ranking

1  Umberto Masetti Gilera 28 2  Leslie Graham MV Agusta 25th 3  Reg Armstrong Norton 22nd 4th  Rod Coleman AJS 15th 5  Jack Brett AJS 14th 6th  Ken Kavanagh Norton 14th 7th  Geoff Duke Norton 12 8th  Nello Pagani Gilera 12 9  Cromie McCandless Norton / Gilera 12 10  Ray Amm Norton 9

11  Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 7th 12  William Doran AJS 6th 13  Bill Lomas AJS / MV Agusta 6th 14th  Sid Lawton Norton 5 15th  Auguste Goffin Norton 2  Phil Carter Norton 2  Giuseppe Colnago Gilera 2 18th  Hans Baltisberger BMW 1  John Surtees Norton 1

Constructors' championship

1	Gilera	36 (39)
2	Norton	32 (36)
3	MV Agusta	30 (33)
4th	AJS	22nd
5	BMW	1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

350 cm³ class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	May 18	22nd Swiss GP	Bremgarten	Geoff Duke	Rod Coleman	Reg Armstrong	Geoff Duke
2	13.06.	34. Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Geoff Duke	Reg Armstrong	Rod Coleman	Geoff Duke
3	28.06.	22. Dutch TT	Aces	Geoff Duke	Ray Amm	Rod Coleman	Geoff Duke
4th	06.07.	25th Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Geoff Duke	Ray Amm	Reg Armstrong	Geoff Duke
5	07/20	16th GP of Germany	Solitude	Reg Armstrong	Ken Kavanagh	Bill Lomas	Bill Lomas
6th	08/16	24th Ulster GP	Clady	Ken Kavanagh	Reg Armstrong	Rod Coleman	Ken Kavanagh
7th	14.09.	30th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Ray Amm	Rod Coleman	Robin Sherry	Ray Amm

Driver ranking

1  Geoff Duke Norton 32 2  Reg Armstrong Norton 24 (31) 3  Ray Amm Norton 21st 4th  Rod Coleman AJS 20 (24) 5  Ken Kavanagh Norton 16 6th  Jack Brett AJS 12 (13) 7th  Bill Lomas AJS 9 8th  Sid Lawton AJS / Norton 7th

9  Robin Sherry AJS 4th 10  Ernie Ring AJS 3 11  Auguste Goffin Norton 2  Ewald Kluge DKW 2 13  George Brown AJS 1  Leslie Graham Velocette 1  Mike O'Rourke AJS 1  Roland Schnell Horex 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1  Norton 32 (56) 2  AJS 20 (31) 3  Velocette 2  DKW 2 5  Horex 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	05/17	22nd Swiss GP	Bremgarten	Fergus Anderson	Enrico Lorenzetti	Leslie Graham	Enrico Lorenzetti
2	06/11	34. Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Fergus Anderson	Enrico Lorenzetti	Sid Lawton	Bruno Ruffo
3	28.06.	22. Dutch TT	Aces	Enrico Lorenzetti	Bruno Ruffo	Fergus Anderson	Bruno Ruffo
4th	07/20	16th GP of Germany	Solitude	Rudi Felgenheier	Hein Thorn Prikker	Hermann Gablenz	Bruno Ruffo
5	08/16	24th Ulster GP	Clady	Maurice Cann	Enrico Lorenzetti	Leslie Graham	Enrico Lorenzetti
6th	14.09.	30th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Enrico Lorenzetti	Werner Haas	Fergus Anderson	Werner Haas and Enrico Lorenzetti

Driver ranking

1  Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 28 (34) 2  Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi 24 3  Leslie Graham Benelli / Velocette 11 4th  Maurice Cann Moto Guzzi 10 5  Rudi Felgenheier DKW 8th 6th  Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi 7th 7th  Hein Thorn Prikker Moto Guzzi 6th  Werner Haas NSU 6th 9  Alano Montanari Moto Guzzi 6th 10  Sid Lawton Moto Guzzi 4th  Hermann Gablenz Horex 4th

12  Arthur Wheeler Moto Guzzi 4th 13  Ewald Kluge DKW 3  Ron Mead Velocette 3 15th  Gotthilf Gehring Moto Guzzi 3 16  Nino Grieco Parilla 2  Bill Webster Velocette 2  Benny Rood Velocette 2  Roberto Colombo NSU 2 20th  Sijbren Postma Moto Guzzi 1  Ray Petty Norton 1  Bruno Francisci Moto Guzzi 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Moto Guzzi	32 (46)
2	Velocette	9
3	DKW	8th
	NSU engine works	6th
5	Benelli	4th
	Horex	4th
7th	Parilla	2
8th	Norton	1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	06/11	34. Isle of Man TT	Mountain Course	Cecil Sandford	Carlo Ubbiali	Len Parry	Cecil Sandford
2	28.06.	22. Dutch TT	Aces	Cecil Sandford	Carlo Ubbiali	Luigi Zinzani	Cecil Sandford
3	07/20	16th GP of Germany	Solitude	Werner Haas	Carlo Ubbiali	Cecil Sandford	Werner Haas
4th	08/16	24th Ulster GP	Clady	Cecil Sandford	Bill Lomas	Charlie Salt	Cecil Sandford
5	14.09.	30th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Emilio Mendogni	Carlo Ubbiali	Leslie Graham	Guido Sala
6th	05.10.	3rd GP of Spain	Montjuïc	Emilio Mendogni	Leslie Graham	Cecil Sandford	Emilio Mendogni

Driver ranking

1  Cecil Sandford MV Agusta 28 (32) 2  Carlo Ubbiali FB Mondial 24 3  Emilio Mendogni Morini 16 4th  Leslie Graham MV Agusta 10 5  Luigi Zinzani Morini 9 6th  Werner Haas NSU 8th 7th  Angelo Copeta MV Agusta 7th 8th  Bill Lomas MV Agusta 6th 9  Guido Sala MV Agusta 5

10  Len Parry FB Mondial 4th  Charlie Salt MV Agusta 4th 12  Cromie McCandless FB Mondial 3 13  Romolo Ferri Morini 3 14th  Hubert Luttenberger NSU 3 15th  Hermann Paul Muller FB Mondial 2 16  Frank Burman EMC - Puch 1  Lo Simons FB Mondial 1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	MV Agusta	30 (38)
2	FB Mondial	24 (26)
3	Moto Morini	21st
4th	NSU engine works	9
5	EMC - Puch	1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Nice Race lap
1	May 18	22nd Swiss GP	Bremgarten	Albino Milani / Giuseppe Pizzocri	Cyril Smith / Bob Clements	Jacques Drion / Bob Onslow	Ercole Frigerio / Ezio Ricotti
2	06.07.	25th Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Eric Oliver / Stanley Price	Albino Milani / Giuseppe Pizzocri	Cyril Smith / Bob Clements	Eric Oliver / Stanley Price
3	07/20	16th GP of Germany	Solitude	Cyril Smith / Bob Clements	Ernesto Merlo / Dino Magri	Jacques Drion / Bob Onslow	Ernesto Merlo / Dino Magri
4th	14.09.	30th Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Ernesto Merlo / Dino Magri	Cyril Smith / Les Nutt	Albino Milani / Giuseppe Pizzocri	Ernesto Merlo / Dino Magri
5	05.10.	3rd GP of Spain	Montjuïc	Eric Oliver / Lorenzo Dobelli	Jacques Drion / Inge Stoll-Laforge	Cyril Smith / Les Nutt	Ernesto Merlo / Dino Magri

Driver ranking

1	Cyril Smith	Bob Clements or Les Nutt	Norton	24 (28)
2	Albino Milani	Giuseppe Pizzocri	Gilera	18th
3	Ernesto Merlo	Dino Magri	Gilera	17th
4th	Jacques Drion	Bob Onslow and Inge Stoll-Laforge	Norton	17 (18)
5	Eric Oliver	Stanley Price and Lorenzo Dobelli	Norton	9
6th	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	Norton	9
7th	Ferdinand Aubert	René Aubert	Norton	3
	Otto Schmid	Otto Kölle	Norton	3
9	Julien Deronne	Edouard Texidor	Norton	2
	René Bétemps	André Drivet	Norton	2
11	Jean Murit	André Emo	Norton	1
	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	1
	Len Taylor	Peter Glover	Norton	1
	Rudolf Koch	Adolf Flach	BMW	1

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Constructors' championship

1	Norton	26 (32)
2	Gilera	28
3	BMW	2

(Points in brackets including deletion results )

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Championship 1952  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1952 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)