1952 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1952 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 8 races in the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	20 July 1952
Location	Solitude
Course	Permanent racing facility 11.453 km (7.117 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta
Time	5:02.3
Podium
First	Reg Armstrong	Norton
Second	Ken Kavanagh	Norton
Third	Syd Lawton	Norton
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas	AJS
Time	5:09.1
Podium
First	Reg Armstrong	Norton
Second	Ken Kavanagh	Norton
Third	Bill Lomas	AJS
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi
Time	5:19.6
Podium
First	Rudi Felgenheier	DKW
Second	Heinrich Thorn-Prikker	Moto Guzzi
Third	Hermann Gablenz	Horex
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Werner Haas	NSU
Time	5:44.2
Podium
First	Werner Haas	NSU
Second	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial
Third	Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Ernesto Merlo	Gilera
Passenger	Dino Magri
Time	5:48.2
Podium
First	Cyril Smith	Norton
	Bob Clements
Second	Ernesto Merlo	Gilera
	Dino Magri
Third	Jacques Drion	Norton
	Bob Onslow

The 1952 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 20 July 1952 at the Solitude circuit.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Reg Armstrong	Norton	18	1:32:35.7	8
2	Ken Kavanagh	Norton	18	+0.4	6
3	Syd Lawton	Norton	18	+0.4	4
4	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta			3
5	Auguste Goffin	Norton			2
6	Hans Baltisberger	BMW			1
7	Tony McAlpine	Norton
8	Karl Rührschneck	Norton
9	Siegfried Fuss	Norton
10	Rudi Knees	Norton
[1]

350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Reg Armstrong	Norton	14	1:13:49.9	8
2	Ken Kavanagh	Norton	14	+0.1	6
3	Bill Lomas	AJS	14	+28.1	4
4	Syd Lawton	Norton			3
5	Ewald Kluge	DKW			2
6	Ernie Ring	AJS			1
7	Auguste Goffin	Norton
8	Robert Zeller	AJS
9	Ken Mudford	AJS
10	Bill Petch	AJS
[1]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Rudi Felgenheier	DKW	12	1:05:51.3	8
2	Heinrich Thorn-Prikker	Moto Guzzi	12	+51.2	6
3	Hermann Gablenz	Horex	12	+2:24.5	4
4	Ewald Kluge	DKW			3
5	Gotthilf Gehring	Moto Guzzi			2
6	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi			1
7	Bruno Böhrer	Parilla
8	Alex Mayer	Moto Guzzi
9	Rupert Hollaus	Moto Guzzi
10	Lanfranco Baviera	Moto Guzzi
[1]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Werner Haas	NSU	10	58:28.1	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial	10	+1.4	6
3	Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta	10	+13.8	4
4	Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta			3
5	Hubert Luttenberger	NSU			2
6	Luigi Zinzani	Moto Morini			1
7	Alex Mayer	Mondial
8	Rudi Meister	Mondial
9	Karl Lottes	MV Agusta
10	Alfonso Mila	Montesa
[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Cyril Smith	Bob Clements	Norton	10	59:17.0	8
2	Ernesto Merlo	Dino Magri	Gilera	10	+0.3	6
3	Jacques Drion	Bob Onslow	Norton	10	+1:48.0	4
4	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	Norton			3
5	Julien Deronne	Edouard Texidor	Norton			2
6	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW			1
7	Georg Eberlein	Ernst Sauer	BMW
8	Franz Mohr	Günter Müller	BMW
9	Friedrich Staschel	Günter Beer	BMW
10	Jean Murit	André Emo	Norton
[1]

References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 121.