1952 Dutch TT

The 1952 Dutch motorcycle Grand Prix was the third race of the 1952 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 28 June 1952 at the Assen circuit.

  1952 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 3 of 8 races in the 1952 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 June 1952
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 16.536 km (10.275 mi)
500 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Umberto Masetti Gilera Time 6:08.7 Podium First Umberto Masetti Gilera Second Geoff Duke Norton Third Ken Kavanagh Norton
350 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Geoff Duke Norton Time 6:30.6 Podium First Geoff Duke Norton Second Ray Amm Norton Third Rod Coleman AJS
250 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi Time 6:59.9 Podium First Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi Second Bruno Ruffo Moto Guzzi Third Fergus Anderson Moto Guzzi
125 cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Cecil Sandford MV Agusta Time 7:44.6 Podium First Cecil Sandford MV Agusta Second Carlo Ubbiali Mondial Third Luigi Zinzani Moto Morini

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Umberto Masetti	Gilera	16	1:41:28.9	8
2	Geoff Duke	Norton	16	+1.2	6
3	Ken Kavanagh	Norton	16	+1:08.2	4
4	Reg Armstrong	Norton			3
5	Rod Coleman	AJS			2
6	Nello Pagani	Gilera			1
7	Leslie Graham	MV Agusta
8	Libero Liberati	Gilera
9	Jack Brett	AJS
10	Ken Mudford	Norton
11	Louis van Rijswijk	Matchless
12	Geoff E. Read	Norton
13	Piet Bakker	BMW
14	Drikus Veer	Triumph
[1]

350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Norton	12	1:19:31.9	8
2	Ray Amm	Norton	12	+14.3	6
3	Rod Coleman	AJS	12	+15.7	4
4	Reg Armstrong	Norton			3
5	Ken Kavanagh	Norton			2
6	Jack Brett	AJS			1
7	Leslie Graham	Velocette
8	Syd Lawton	AJS
9	Ken Mudford	AJS
10	Dene Hollier	Norton
11	Ken Harwood	AJS
12	Arthur Wheeler	Velocette
13	Louis van Rijswijk	Velocette
14	Bob Matthews	Velocette
15	Humphrey Ranson	AJS
16	Sid Mason	Velocette
17	Cees Fokke Bosch	AJS
18	Anton Elbersen	AJS
19	P. Fernando	Norton
20	Gerrit Poel	Velocette
[1]

250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi	10	1:12:30.3	8
2	Bruno Ruffo	Moto Guzzi	10	+0.6	6
3	Fergus Anderson	Moto Guzzi	10	+51.8	4
4	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Bill Webster	Velocette			2
6	Sieb Postma	Moto Guzzi			1
7	Hank Steman	Excelsior
8	Fron Purslow	Norton
[1]

125 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Cecil Sandford	MV Agusta	7	54:43.6	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	Mondial	7	+25.1	6
3	Luigi Zinzani	Moto Morini	7	+38.4	4
4	Guido Sala	MV Agusta			3
5	Angelo Copeta	MV Agusta			2
6	Lo Simons	Mondial			1
7	Dick Renooy	Eysink
8	Tonnie Heinemann	Eysink
9	H. D. van der Waerdt	Eysink
10	Mobi Vierdag	Eysink
11	Jan Rietveld	Eysink
12	W. Regtars	Puch
13	W. van der Eijk	Moto Morini
[1]

References

1. Chamberlain, Peter (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1953. Temple Press Ltd. p. 120.