The 1952 Motocross European Championship was the 1st edition of the Motocross European Championship organized by the FIM and reserved for 500cc motorcycles.[1]
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.