1952 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

  1952 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 8 races in the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 September 1952
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.292 km (3.910 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta
Time	2:10.3
Podium
First	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta
Second	Umberto Masetti	Gilera
Third	Nello Pagani	Gilera
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Ray Amm	Norton
Time	2:19.8
Podium
First	Ray Amm	Norton
Second	Rod Coleman	AJS
Third	Robin Sherry	AJS
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Werner Haas Enrico Lorenzetti	NSU Moto Guzzi
Time	2:27.5
Podium
First	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi
Second	Werner Haas	NSU
Third	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Guido Sala	MV Agusta
Time	2:43.4
Podium
First	Emilio Mendogni	Moto Morini
Second	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial
Third	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Ernesto Merlo	Gilera
Passenger	Dino Magri
Time	2:31.2
Podium
First	Ernesto Merlo	Gilera
	Dino Magri
Second	Cyril Smith	Norton
	Les Nutt
Third	Albino Milani	Gilera
	Giuseppe Pizzocri

The 1952 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 14 September 1952 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta	32	1:10:40.3	8
2	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	32	+58.4	6
3	Nello Pagani	Gilera	32	+59.0	4
4	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta			3
5	Giuseppe Colnago	Gilera			2
6	Reg Armstrong	Norton			1
7	Jack Brett	AJS
8	Libero Liberati	Gilera
9	Robin Sherry	AJS
10	Martino Giani	MV Agusta
11	Enrico Galante	Norton
12	Francesco Guglielminetti	MV Agusta
13	Javier de Ortueta	Norton
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Ray Amm	Norton	24	57:43.6	8
2	Rod Coleman	AJS	24	+31.5	6
3	Robin Sherry	AJS	24	+31.6	4
4	Jack Brett	AJS			3
5	Auguste Goffin	Norton			2
6	Roland Schnell	Horex			1
7	Charles Bruguière	AJS
8	Sid Mason	Velocette
9	Arthur Wick	AJS
10	Guy Newman	Velocette
11	Leopold Zöchling	AJS
12	Whelan	Norton
13	Norman Webb	Velocette
[1]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi	20	50:07.2	8
2	Werner Haas	NSU	20	+0.0	6
3	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	20	+1.0	4
4	Alano Montanari	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Roberto Colombo	NSU			2
6	Bruno Francisci	Moto Guzzi			1
7	Hermann Gablenz	Horex
8	Ermano Ozino	Moto Guzzi
9	Felice Benasedo	Moto Guzzi
10	Bruno Böhrer	Parilla
11	Guido Paciocca	Moto Guzzi
12	A. Nowe	Parilla
13	Braun	Parilla
14	Gotthilf Gehring	Moto Guzzi
15	Lanfranco Baviera	Moto Guzzi
16	Angelo Marelli	Moto Guzzi
17	Rupert Hollaus	Moto Guzzi
18	Bill Webster	Velocette
19	Adelmo Mandolini	Moto Guzzi
20	Guy Newman	Rudge
21	Norman Webb	Rudge
[1]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Emilio Mendogni	Moto Morini	16	44:30.2	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial	16	+0.3	6
3	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta	16	+0.6	4
4	Luigi Zinzani	Moto Morini			3
5	Guido Sala	MV Agusta			2
6	Hubert Luttenberger	NSU			1
7	Werner Haas	NSU
8	Nello Pagani	Mondial
9	Alex Mayer	Mondial
10	B. Falconi	MV Agusta
11	Federico Bettoni	MV Agusta
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Ernesto Merlo	Dino Magri	Gilera	16	40:57.4	8
2	Cyril Smith	Les Nutt	Norton	16	+57.8	6
3	Albino Milani	Giuseppe Pizzocri	Gilera	16	+1:46.2	4
4	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	Norton			3
5	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	Norton			2
6	Len Taylor	Peter Glover	Norton			1
7	Giovanni Carru	?	Carru
8	Jean Murit	André Emo	Norton
9	Julien Deronne	Bruno Leys	Norton
10	Fritz Mühlemann	Marie Mühlemann	Triumph
11	del Corno	?	Moto Guzzi
12	B. Prati	?	Moto Guzzi
[1]

References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 122.