Aug 21

Grand Prix Suisse

Circuit de Bremgarten, Berne, Switzerland 7.28 km road course

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Geoff Duke	8	500 Gilera Quattro	Moto Gilera	Avon	28	1:21:04.60	1
2	Ray Amm	24	500 Norton Manx 30M/54	Norton Motors	Avon	28	+03.70	2
3	Reg Armstrong	6	500 Gilera Quattro	Moto Gilera		28	+58.50	7
4	Jack Brett	26	500 Norton Manx 30M/54	Norton Motors	Avon	28	+1:18.30	3
5	Rod Coleman	18	500 AJS Porcupine	AJS Motor Cycles		28	+2:48.30	6
6	Derek Farrant	22	500 AJS Porcupine	AJS Motor Cycles		27
7	Pierre Monneret		500 Gilera Quattro	Moto Gilera		27
8	Luigi Taveri	64	500 Norton Manx 30M/54	Hans Haldemann		26		5
9	Hans Bartl	38	500 BMW Rennsport	Bayerische Motoren Werke		25
10	Florian Camathias	60	500 Norton Manx 30M			20
R	Ken Kavanagh	14	500 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNF
R	Fergus Anderson	16	500 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNF
R	Bob McIntyre	20	500 AJS Porcupine	AJS Motor Cycles			DNF	4
R	Firmin Dauwe	34	500 BMW Rennsport				DNF
R	Georg Braun	40	500 Horex	Schnell-Horex			DNF
R	Arthur Fenn	48	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNF
R	Phil Heath	50	500 Norton Manx 30M	G.F. Jones			DNF
R	John Storr	54	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNF
R	Otello Spadoni	56	500 Gilera				DNF
R	Helmut Volzwinkler	58	500 Matchless				DNF
R	René Del Torchio	62	500 Matchless				DNF
R	Roy Godwin		500 Norton Manx 30M	Canadian Motorcycle Association			DNF
?	Walter Zeller	2	500 BMW Rennsport	Bayerische Motoren Werke			DNS ? DNA ?
?	Umberto Masetti	4	500 Gilera Quattro	Moto Gilera			DNS ? DNA ?
?	Enrico Lorenzetti	10	500 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNS ? DNA ?
?	Alano Montanari	12	500 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNS ? DNA ?
?	Carlo Bandirola	28	500 MV Agusta 500/4C	Meccanica Verghera Agusta			DNS ? DNA ?
?	Dickie Dale	30	500 MV Agusta 500/4C	Meccanica Verghera Agusta			DNS ? DNA ?
?	Bill Lomas	32	500 MV Agusta 500/4C	Meccanica Verghera Agusta			DNS ? DNA ?
?	Auguste Goffin	36	500 Norton Manx 30M/54				DNS ? DNA ?
?	Charles Bruguiere	44	AJS				DNS ? DNA ?
?	Rally Dean	46	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNS ? DNA ?
?	Maurice Quincey	52	500 Norton Manx 30M	ACC of Australia			DNS ? DNA ?
?	Henri Vidonne	66	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNS ? DNA ?
?	Carlo Belotti	68	500 Norton Manx 30M				DNS ? DNA ?

Distance 28 laps = 203.8 km Speed 150.8 km/h

PP Geoff Duke FL Geoff Duke 2:48.10 - 155.9 km/h

Started 22 Classified 10 DNF 12

Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, Autosport, Motor Cycling Year Book

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Fergus Anderson	16	350 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi	Avon	21	1:04:54.90
2	Ken Kavanagh	14	350 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi	Avon	21	+00.30
3	Ray Amm	24	350 Norton Manx 40M/54	Norton Motors	Avon	21	+39.20
4	Jack Brett	26	350 Norton Manx 40M/54	Norton Motors	Avon	21	+1:33.40
5	Rod Coleman	18	350 AJS 7R	AJS Motor Cycles		21	+2:00.50
6	Bob McIntyre	20	350 AJS 7R	AJS Motor Cycles		21	+2:17.30
7	Enrico Lorenzetti	10	350 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi		21	+2:30.80
8	Derek Farrant	22	350 AJS 7R	AJS Motor Cycles		21	+2:46.00
9	Alano Montanari	12	350 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi
10	Leo Simpson	70	350 AJS 7R	New Zealand ACU
11	John Storr	54	350 Norton Manx 40M
12	Helmut Volzwinkler		350 Velocette KTT
13	Hans Haldemann	66	350 Norton Manx 40M	Hans Haldemann
14	Phil Heath	50	350 AJS 7R	G.F. Jones
15	Firmin Dauwe	36	350 Norton Manx 40M
16	Werner Mazanec	44	350 AJS 7R
17	Erwin Aldinger	40	350 Horex
R	Georg Braun	8	350 Horex	Schnell-Horex			DNF
R	Tommy Wood	58	350 Norton Manx 40M				DNF
?	August Hobl	2	350 DKW	Auto Union			DNA ?
?	Karl Hofmann	4	350 DKW	Auto Union			DNA ?
?	Siegfried Wünsche	6	350 DKW	Auto Union			DNA ?
?	Carlo Bandirola	28	350 MV Agusta	Meccanica Verghera Agusta			DNA ?
?	Dickie Dale	30	350 MV Agusta	Meccanica Verghera Agusta			DNA ?
?	Bill Lomas	32	350 MV Agusta	Meccanica Verghera Agusta			DNA ?
?	Roland Schnell	34	350 Horex	Schnell-Horex			DNA ?
?	Auguste Goffin	38	350 Norton Manx 40M				DNA ?
?	Kurt Knopf	42	350 AJS 7R				DNA ?
?	Rudi Stein	46	350 AJS 7R				DNA ?
?	Rally Dean	48	350 Norton Manx 40M				DNA ?
?	Maurice Quincey	52	350 Norton Manx 40M	ACC of Australia			DNA ?
?	Charles Bruguiere	56	350 AJS 7R				DNA ?
?	Alex Mayer	60	350 Moto-Guzzi				DNA ?
?	Ramades Bianchi	62	350 Velocette KTT				DNA ?
?	Fred Bracher	64	350 AJS 7R				DNA ?
?	Rudi Meier	68	350 Parilla				DNA ?

Distance 21 laps = 152.9 km Speed 141.3 km/h

FL Fergus Anderson 2:59.20 - 146.3 km/h

Started 19 Classified 17 DNF 2

Sources Vincent Glon, Motor Cycling Year Book

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Rupert Hollaus	16	250 NSU	NSU Werke		18	1:01:56.70
2	Georg Braun	56	250 NSU			18	+3:25.10
3	Hermann-Paul Müller	12	250 NSU	NSU Werke		17
4	Luigi Taveri	42	250 Moto-Guzzi			17
5	Roberto Colombo		250 Moto-Guzzi			17
6	Walter Vogel	20	250 Adler RS	Adler		17
7	Florian Camathias	40	250 Moto-Guzzi			17
8	Kurt Knopf	48	250 NSU Sportmax			16
9	Tommy Wood	24	250 Moto-Guzzi			16
10	Charles Schumacher	54	250 Moto-Guzzi			16
11	Rudi Stein	18	250 NSU			16
12	Archie Fenn	22	250 Moto-Guzzi			15
13	Rudi Meier	50	250 Adler RS			11
14	Ramades Bianchi	36	250 Moto-Guzzi			10
R	Werner Haas	10	250 NSU	NSU Werke			Accident
R	Helmut Hallmeier	52	250 Adler RS	Adler			DNF
?	Enrico Lorenzetti	2	250 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNA ?
?	Alano Montanari	4	250 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNA ?
?	Ken Kavanagh	6	250 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNA ?
?	Fergus Anderson	8	250 Moto-Guzzi	Moto-Guzzi			DNA ?
?	Hans Baltisberger	14	250 NSU	NSU Werke			DNA ?
?	Lanfranco Baviera	26	250 Moto-Guzzi				DNA ?
?	Renzo Genevini	28	250 Moto-Guzzi				DNA ?
?	Angelo Marelli	30	250 Moto-Guzzi				DNA ?
?	Otello Spadoni	32	250 Parilla				DNA ?
?	Alex Mayer	34	250 Moto-Guzzi				DNA ?
?	Fred Bracher	38					DNA ?
?	Carlo Belotti	44	250 Parilla				DNA ?
?	Hein Thorn-Prikker	46	250 Moto-Guzzi	Hein Thorn-Prikker			DNA ?

Distance 18 laps = 131 km Speed 126.9 km/h

FL Rupert Hollaus 3:21.80 - 129.9 km/h

Started 16 Classified 14 DNF 2

Sources Vincent Glon, Werner Haefliger, Motor Cycling Year Book

P	Rider	#	Bike	Entrant	Tires	Race Result		Grid
1	Wilhelm Noll Fritz Cron		500 BMW Rennsport	Bayerische Motoren Werke		16	53:43.10
2	Cyril Smith Stanley Dibben		500 Norton	Eleanor Motors		16	+27.70
3	Willi Faust Karl Remmert		500 BMW Rennsport			16	+40.70
4	Walter Schneider Hans Strauss		500 BMW Rennsport	Bayerische Motoren Werke
5	Eric Oliver Les Nutt		500 Watsonian-Norton	Norton Motors
6	Hans Haldemann Luigi Taveri		500 Norton	Hans Haldemann
7	Bob Mitchell Max George		500 Norton
8	René Bétemps André Drivet		500 Norton
9	Edgar Strub J. von Arx		500 Norton
10	Ferdinand Aubert ? Unknown		500 Norton
11	H. Stärkle ? Unknown		500 Norton
12	Jakob Keller ? Unknown		500 Norton
13	Len Taylor Peter Glover		500 Norton	Motor Cycle Mart Walsall
14	Jacques Drion Inge Stoll-Laforge		500 Watsonian-Norton	Jacques Drion
15	Florian Camathias ? Unknown		500 BMW Rennsport
16	Fritz Mühlemann ? Unknown		500 Norton
17	Alwin Ritter Wolfgang Süss		500 Norton
18	André Reichlin ? Unknown		500 Norton
19	G. Pohlers ? Unknown		500 Norton

Distance 16 laps = 116.5 km Speed 130.1 km/h

FL Wilhelm Noll 3:16.40 - 133.4 km/h

Sources Vincent Glon, Motor Cycling Year Book