1952 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix

  1952 Swiss Grand Prix

Race details
Race 1 of 8 races in the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17–18 May 1952
Location	Circuit Bremgarten
Course	Permanent racing facility 7.280 km (4.524 mi)
500 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Jack Brett	AJS
Time	2:48.3
Podium
First	Jack Brett	AJS
Second	Bill Doran	AJS
Third	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke	Norton
Time	2:54.5
Podium
First	Geoff Duke	Norton
Second	Rod Coleman	AJS
Third	Reg Armstrong	Norton
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi
Time	3:06.8
Podium
First	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi
Second	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi
Third	Leslie Graham	Benelli
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Ercole Frigerio	Gilera
Passenger	Ezio Ricotti
Time	3:22.1
Podium
First	Albino Milani	Gilera
	Giuseppe Pizzocri
Second	Cyril Smith	Norton
	Bob Clements
Third	Jacques Drion	Norton
	Bob Onslow

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	Jack Brett	AJS	28	1:21:03.0	8
2	Bill Doran	AJS	28	+20.6	6
3	Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta	28	+1:28.4	4
4	Nello Pagani	Gilera			3
5	Rod Coleman	AJS			2
6	Ray Amm	Norton			1
7	Libero Liberati	Gilera
8	Syd Lawton	Norton
9	Willy Lips	Norton
10	Friedel Schön	Horex
11	Hans Wirz	Triumph
12	Bill Beevers	Norton
13	Max Forster	Gilera
14	Carlo Belotti	Moto Guzzi
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	21	1:02:13.6	8
2	Rod Coleman	AJS	21	+53.0	6
3	Reg Armstrong	Norton	21	+2:02.1	4
4	Jack Brett	AJS			3
5	Syd Lawton	AJS			2
6	Ray Amm	Norton			1
7	Ken Kavanagh	Norton
8	W. Wanner	AJS
9	Paul Fuhrer	Velocette
10	Werner Gerber	AJS
11	Willy Lips	Norton
12	Kurt Knopf	AJS
13	Max Forster	Velocette
14	Bill Beevers	Norton
15	M. Fontanesi	AJS
16	Roland Schnell	Horex
17	Werner Mazanec	AJS
18	L. Harris	Velocette
19	F. Ellenberger	AJS
20	Edmund Laederach	AJS
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	18	57:23.0	8
2	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi	18	+6.1	6
3	Leslie Graham	Benelli	21	+24.7	4
4	Alano Montanari	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Nino Grieco	Parilla			2
6	Gotthilf Gehring	Moto Guzzi			1
7	Carlo Belotti	Moto Guzzi
8	Hermann Gablenz	Horex
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Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Albino Milani	Giuseppe Pizzocri	Gilera	16	54:54.3	8
2	Cyril Smith	Bob Clements	Norton	16	+5.4	6
3	Jacques Drion	Bob Onslow	Norton	16	+2:47.1	4
4	Ferdinand Aubert	René Aubert	Norton			3
5	Marcel Masuy	Denis Jenkinson	Norton			2
6	Jean Murit	André Emo	Norton			1
7	Julius Beer	Gernot Zingerle	Norton
8	Franz Mohr	Günter Müller	BMW
9	Fritz Mühlemann	Marie Mühlemann	Triumph
10	Roland Benz	?	Triumph
11	Hermann Böhm	?	Norton
12	André Reichlin	?	Norton
13	Heinrich Stamm	?	Norton
14	F. Vaason	?	Norton
15	J. Suter	?	FN
[1]

References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 119.