1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Appearance
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The 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the fourth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eight Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 18 May, with Swiss Grand Prix and ended with Spanish Grand Prix on 5 October.
1952 Grand Prix season calendar
[edit]Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 500cc winner | Report |
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1 | 18 May | ![]() |
Bremgarten | ![]() |
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2 | 13 June | ![]() |
Snaefell Mountain | ![]() |
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3 | 28 June | ![]() |
Assen | ![]() |
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4 | 6 July | ![]() |
Spa-Francorchamps | ![]() |
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5 | 20 July | ![]() |
Solitude | ![]() |
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6 | 16 August | ![]() |
Clady | ![]() |
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7 | 14 September | ![]() |
Monza | ![]() |
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8 | 5 October | ![]() |
Montjuïc | ![]() |
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Standings
[edit]Scoring system
[edit]Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races counted in the Sidecars, 125cc and 250cc, while in the 350cc and 500cc championships, the five best results counted.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
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Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc final standings
[edit]350cc Standings
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | Norton | 32 | 4 | |
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Ireland | Norton | 24 | 1 | |
3 | ![]() |
Southern Rhodesia | Norton | 21 | 1 | |
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New Zealand | AJS | 20 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() |
Australia | Norton | 16 | 1 | |
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United Kingdom | AJS | 12 | 0 | |
7 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | AJS | 9 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | AJS | 7 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | AJS | 4 | 0 | |
10 | ![]() |
Austria | AJS | 3 | 0 | |
11 | ![]() |
Germany | DKW | 2 | 0 | |
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Belgium | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Velocette | 1 | 0 | |
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Ireland | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | AJS | 1 | 0 | |
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Germany | Horex | 1 | 0 |
250cc Standings
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 28 | 2 | |
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United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 24 | 2 | |
3 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | Velocette | 11 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 10 | 1 | |
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Germany | DKW | 8 | 1 | |
6 | ![]() |
Italy | Moto Guzzi | 7 | 0 | |
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Germany | NSU | 6 | 0 | |
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Germany | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 | |
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Italy | Moto Guzzi | 6 | 0 | |
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Germany | Horex | 4 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Moto Guzzi | 4 | 0 | |
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Germany | DKW | 3 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Velocette | 3 | 0 | |
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Germany | Moto Guzzi | 3 | 0 | |
16 | ![]() |
Italy | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
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Italy | Parilla | 2 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Velocette | 2 | 0 | |
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Italy | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
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Netherlands | Moto Guzzi | 1 | 0 |
125cc Standings
[edit]Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 28 | 3 | |
2 | ![]() |
Italy | Mondial | 24 | 0 | |
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Italy | Morini | 16 | 2 | |
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United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 10 | 0 | |
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Italy | Morini | 9 | 0 | |
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Germany | NSU | 8 | 1 | |
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Italy | MV Agusta | 7 | 0 | |
8 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
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Italy | MV Agusta | 5 | 0 | |
10 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | Mondial | 4 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | |
12 | ![]() |
Italy | Morini | 3 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Mondial | 3 | 0 | |
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Germany | NSU | 3 | 0 | |
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Germany | Mondial | 2 | 0 | |
16 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | EMC-Puch | 1 | 0 | |
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Netherlands | Mondial | 1 | 0 |
References
[edit]- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-07-06.