title: 1952 German motorcycle Grand Prix
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 | | | |
  
  ## 125 cc classification
  
  | Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Werner Haas | NSU | 10 | 58:28.1 | 8 |
  | 2 | Carlo Ubbiali | Mondial | 10 | +1.4 | 6 |
  | 3 | Cecil Sandford | MV Agusta | 10 | +13.8 | 4 |
  | 4 | Angelo Copeta | MV Agusta | | | 3 |
  | 5 | Hubert Luttenberger | NSU | | | 2 |
  | 6 | Luigi Zinzani | Moto Morini | | | 1 |
  | 7 | Alex Mayer | Mondial | | | |
  | 8 | Rudi Meister | Mondial | | | |
  | 9 | Karl Lottes | MV Agusta | | | |
  | 10 | Alfonso Mila | Montesa | | | |
  
  ## 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 | | | |
  