1956 Dutch TT

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Netherlands  1956 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 2 of 6 races in the
1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date30 June 1956
LocationCircuit van Drenthe, Assen
Course
  • Public roads
  • 7.700 km (4.785 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta
Time 3:25.2
Podium
First United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta
Second Germany Walter Zeller BMW
Third South Africa Eddie Grant Norton
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Time 3:30.5
Podium
First United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Second United Kingdom Gary Hocking MV Agusta
Third Germany August Hobl DKW
250 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Time 3:34.4
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
Third Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Time 3:45.6
Podium
First Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
Third Germany August Hobl DKW
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Pip Harris Norton
Time 3:50.1
Podium
First Germany Fritz Hillebrand BMW
Second West Germany Wilhelm Noll BMW
Third United Kingdom Cyril Smith Norton

The 1956 Dutch TT was the second race of the 1956 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 30 June 1956 at the Assen circuit.

500 cc classification[edit]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta 27 1:34:05.1 8
2 West Germany Walter Zeller BMW 27 +25.5 6
3 South Africa Eddie Grant Norton 26 +1 lap 4
4 Australia Keith Bryen Norton 26 +1 lap 3
5 New Zealand Paul Fahey Matchless 26 +1 lap 2
6 West Germany Ernst Hiller BMW 26 +1 lap 1
7 Canada Gerald Robarts Norton 26 +1 lap
8 Netherlands Piet Bakker Norton 26 +1 lap
9 Netherlands Priem Rozenberg BMW 26 +1 lap
10 New Zealand Fred Cook Matchless 25 +2 laps
11 Netherlands Casper Swart Norton 24 +3 laps
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350 cc classification[edit]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 United Kingdom Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi 20 1:11:21.8 8
2 United Kingdom John Surtees MV Agusta 20 +13.6 6
3 West Germany August Hobl DKW 20 +18.5 4
4 United Kingdom Cecil Sandford DKW 20 3
5 Australia Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi 20 2
6 United Kingdom Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi 20 1
7 Italy Duilio Agostini Moto Guzzi 20
8 West Germany Karl Hofmann DKW 20
9 South Africa Eddie Grant Norton 20
10 New Zealand Paul Fahey AJS 20
11 Australia Barry Hodgkinson Norton 19 +1 lap
12 Czechoslovakia Gustav Havel Jawa 19 +1 lap
13 Canada Gerald Robarts AJS 19 +1 lap
14 Australia Keith Bryen Norton 19 +1 lap
15 H. Wieland Norton 19 +1 lap
16 United Kingdom Ken Tostevin Norton 19 +1 lap
17 Italy Adelmo Mandolini Moto Guzzi 19 +1 lap
18 Netherlands Leen Rehorst AJS 18 +2 laps
19 Netherlands Lo Simons Norton 18 +2 laps
[1]

250 cc classification[edit]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 17 1:02:26.5 8
2 Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 17 +22.6 6
3 Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi 17 +1:59.0 4
4 Italy Roberto Colombo MV Agusta 17 3
5 West Germany Horst Kassner NSU 16 +1 lap 2
6 Czechoslovakia Jiří Koštíř ČZ 16 +1 lap 1
7 Netherlands Lo Simons NSU 16 +1 lap
8 Netherlands Kees Koster NSU 16 +1 lap
9 West Germany Hubert Attenberger Adler 16 +1 lap
10 West Germany Karl-Julius Holthaus NSU 16 +1 lap
11 Switzerland Florian Camathias NSU 16 +1 lap
12 B. Giannini Moto Guzzi 16 +1 lap
13 Netherlands Jasper Kaspers ČZ 15 +2 laps
[1]

125 cc classification[edit]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 14 53:40.2 8
2 Switzerland Luigi Taveri MV Agusta 14 +16.1 6
3 West Germany August Hobl DKW 14 +54.5 4
4 United Kingdom Cecil Sandford Mondial 14 3
5 West Germany Karl Hofmann DKW 14 2
6 Czechoslovakia František Bartoš ČZ 14 1
7 Spain Francisco González Montesa 14
8 Gibraltar John Grace Montesa 14
9 Spain Marcelo Cama Montesa 13 +1 lap
10 United Kingdom Bill Webster MV Agusta 13 +1 lap
11 Netherlands Lo Simons Mondial 13 +1 lap
12 Switzerland Florian Camathias MV Agusta 12 +2 laps
13 Czechoslovakia Václav Parus ČZ 12 +2 laps
14 Netherlands Jasper Kaspers Sparta 12 +2 laps
15 Netherlands Gerrit Dupont NSU 11 +3 laps
[1]

Sidecar classification[edit]

Pos Rider Passenger Manufacturer Laps Time Points
1 West Germany Fritz Hillebrand West Germany Manfred Grunwald BMW 14 54:46.5 8
2 West Germany Wilhelm Noll West Germany Fritz Cron BMW 14 +6.4 6
3 United Kingdom Cyril Smith United Kingdom Stanley Dibben Norton 14 +27.9 4
4 Australia Bob Mitchell United Kingdom Eric Bliss Norton 14 3
5 Switzerland Florian Camathias Switzerland Maurice Büla BMW 14 2
6 France Jacques Drion Switzerland Inge Stoll BMW 14 1
7 West Germany Helmut Fath West Germany Emil Ohr BMW 14
8 West Germany Loni Neussner West Germany Dieter Hess BMW 14
9 West Germany Fritz Seeber West Germany Franz Heiß BMW 13 +1 lap
10 Australia Arthur Lang Australia Donald Maxwell Norton 13 +1 lap
11 Netherlands Harmen van der Wal  ? Norton 12 +2 laps
[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957. Temple Press Ltd. p. 158.


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