1952 Motocross European Championship
The 1952 Motocross European Championship was the 1st edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1] Participants are split into two qualifying heat races. The top riders qualify for the Grand Prix which is contested in a single round. If the number of competitors is low, race organizers are allowed to cancel the qualifying heat races and all competitors take part in the Grand Prix race which is contested in a single round.
Since 1957 this championship has then become the current Motocross World Championship.[2]
It should not be confused with the European Motocross Championship, now organized by the FIM Europe, whose first edition was held in 1988.[3]
Grands Prix
[edit]| Round | Date | Grand Prix | Location | Winner | Team | Report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 1 |  Italian Grand Prix
|
Imola |  Auguste Mingels
|
Matchless | Report | |
| 2 | August 3 | Belgian Grand Prix
|
Namur | Victor Leloup
|
Saroléa | Report | |
| 3 | August 10 |  Luxembourg Grand Prix
|
Ettelbruck | Victor Leloup
|
Saroléa | Report | |
| 4 | August 24 |  Swedish Grand Prix
|
Saxtorp |  John Avery
|
BSA | Report | |
| 5 | September 7 |  French Grand Prix
|
Montreuil | Victor Leloup
|
Saroléa | Report | |
| 6 | September 13 | British Grand Prix
|
Nympsfield | Brian Stonebridge
|
Greeves | Report | |
| Sources:[4][5] | |||||||
Final standings
[edit]Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.[1]
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Rider | Machine | ITA
|
BEL
|
LUX
|
SWE
|
FRA
|
GBR
|
Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Victor Leloup
|
Saroléa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 28 | ||
| 2 | Auguste Mingels
|
Matchless | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |||||
| 3 | John Avery
|
BSA | 1 | 3 | 12 | ||||||
| 4 | Marcel Cox
|
Matchless | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |||||
| 5 | Nic Jansen
|
Saroléa | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||||||
| 6 | André Van Heuverzwijn
|
Saroléa | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Brian Stonebridge
|
BSA | 1 | 8 | ||||||||
| 8 | Hans Danielsson
|
BSA | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
| 9 | Basil Hall
|
BSA | 4 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| Phil Nex
|
BSA | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 11 |  Frans Baudoin
|
Matchless | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||||
| 12 | Marcel Meunier
|
FN | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Derek Rickman
|
BSA | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 14 | Fergus Andersson
|
Triumph | 4 | 3 | |||||||
| 15 |  Bud Ekins
|
Matchless | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 16 | Lennart Svensson
|
Triumph | 6 | 1 | |||||||
| Harold Lines
|
Ariel | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bill Barrugh
|
Dot | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
| Source:[5] | |||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Championnat de Europe 500cc" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "MXoN History". mxgp.com. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "FIM Europe - 2021 Yearbook" (PDF). fim-europe.com. p. 100. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "1952 500cc European motocross championship race results". memotocross.fr. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b "1952 500cc motocross world championship results" (PDF). memotocross.fr. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
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