1952 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1952 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 8 races in the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	6 July 1952
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 14.120 km (8.774 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Umberto Masetti	Gilera
Time	4:48.7
Podium
First	Umberto Masetti	Gilera
Second	Geoff Duke	Norton
Third	Ray Amm	Norton
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke	Norton
Time	5:06.1
Podium
First	Geoff Duke	Norton
Second	Ray Amm	Norton
Third	Reg Armstrong	Norton
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Eric Oliver	Norton
Passenger	Stanley Price
Time	5:44.0
Podium
First	Eric Oliver	Norton
	Stanley Price
Second	Albino Milani	Gilera
	Giuseppe Pizzocri
Third	Cyril Smith	Norton
	Bob Clements

The 1952 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1952 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 6 July 1952 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	15	1h 13m 40s	8
2	Geoff Duke	Norton	15	+ 2s	6
3	Ray Amm	Norton	15	+ 3s	4
4	Jack Brett	AJS			3
5	Rod Coleman	AJS			2
6	Nello Pagani	Gilera			1
7	Auguste Goffin	Norton
8	Robin Sherry	Norton
9	Louis van Rijswijk	Norton
10	Francis Basso	Norton
11	Humphrey Ranson	Norton
12	Edouard Texidor	Norton
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	11	56m 57s	8
2	Ray Amm	Norton	11	+ 7s	6
3	Reg Armstrong	Norton	11	+ 44s	4
4	Jack Brett	AJS			3
5	Bill Lomas	AJS			2
6	Leslie Graham	Velocette			1
7	Syd Lawton	AJS
8	Auguste Goffin	Norton
9	Tommy Wood	Norton
10	Ernie Ring	AJS
11	Robin Sherry	Norton
12	Bill Hall	Velocette
13	Tony McAlpine	Norton
14	Ken Mudford	AJS
15	D. Stevenson	AJS
16	Les Dear	AJS
17	Jack Raffeld	AJS
18	Francis Basso	AJS
19	Robin Fitton	Norton
20	A. van Fleteren	AJS
21	Lo Simons	Velocette
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Eric Oliver	Stanley Price	Norton	8	46m 53s	8
2	Albino Milani	Giuseppe Pizzocri	Gilera	8	+ 1s	6
3	Cyril Smith	Bob Clements	Norton	8	+ 17s	4
4	Ernesto Merlo	Dino Magri	Gilera			3
5	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	Norton			2
6	Jacques Drion	Bob Onslow	Norton			1
7	Frans Vanderschrick	Jean-Marie Stas	Norton
8	Julien Deronne	Bruno Leys	Norton
9	Jackie Beeton	?	Norton
10	Hank Steman	?	Norton
11	L. W. Taylor	?	Norton
12	Hermann Böhm	?	Norton
13	Adhémar Maréchal	?	Norton
14	Loni Neussner	?	BMW
15	A. Winny	?	Norton
16	R. Rosvort	?	Norton
17	Luigi Marcelli	?	Gilera
[1]

References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 120.