1952 German motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  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)
500cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Leslie Graham MV Agusta Time 5:02.3 Podium First Reg Armstrong Norton Second Ken Kavanagh Norton Third Syd Lawton Norton
350cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bill Lomas AJS Time 5:09.1 Podium First Reg Armstrong Norton Second Ken Kavanagh Norton Third Bill Lomas AJS
250cc
Rider 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
125cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Werner Haas NSU Time 5:44.2 Podium First Werner Haas NSU Second Carlo Ubbiali Mondial Third Cecil Sandford MV Agusta
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Ernesto Merlo Gilera Time 5:48.2 Podium First Cyril Smith Norton Second Ernesto Merlo Gilera Third Jacques Drion Norton

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

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

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

125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Werner Haas	NSU	10	58:28.8	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial	10	+0.7	6
3	Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta	10	+13.1	4
4	Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta	10	+58.2	3
5	Hubert Luttenberger	NSU	10	+1:58.0	2
6	Luigi Zinzani	Moto Morini	10	+3:53.6	1
7	Alex Mayer	Mondial
8	Rudi Meister	Mondial
9	Karl Lottes	MV Agusta
10	Alfonso Mila	Montesa
32 starters, 10 finishers
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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