1949 Dutch TT
Appearance
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Race 3 of 6 races in the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 9 July 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | TT Circuit Assen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course |
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The 1949 Dutch motorcycle Grand Prix was the third race of the 1949 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 9 July 1949 at the Assen circuit.
Italian rider Nello Pagani won the 500 cc race riding a Gilera from Leslie Graham and Arciso Artesiani. Pagani also won the 125 cc race on his smaller Gilera which saw him wrap up the first 125 cc World Championship having won the first two 125 cc races with only one race remaining.
Similarly, in winning the 350 cc race British Velocette rider Freddie Frith, having achieved a perfect score of 33 points from the first three races became the first 350 cc Motorcycle World Champion.
500 cc classification
[edit]Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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1 | Nello Pagani | Gilera | 1:47:32.7 | 11 |
2 | Leslie Graham | AJS | +13.1 | 8 |
3 | Arciso Artesiani | Gilera | +1:03.9 | 7 |
4 | Artie Bell | Norton | +2:38.7 | 6 |
5 | Johnny Lockett | Norton | +4:47.9 | 5 |
6 | Harold Daniell | Norton | +6:48.2 | |
7 | Umberto Masetti | Gilera | ||
8 | Harry Hinton | Norton | ||
9 | Oscar Clemencich | Gilera | ||
10 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | ||
11 | Drikus Veer | Triumph | ||
12 | Oliver Scott | Norton | ||
20 finishers |
350 cc classification
[edit]Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
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1 | Freddie Frith | Velocette | 1:47:52.0 | 10 |
2 | Bob Foster | Velocette | +1.9 | 8 |
3 | Johnny Lockett | Norton | +1:56.9 | 7 |
4 | David Whitworth | Velocette | +2:05.1 | 6 |
5 | Eric McPherson | Velocette | +2:50.7 | 5 |
6 | Ted Frend | AJS | +3:10.3 | 1 |
7 | Artie Bell | Norton | ||
8 | Reg Armstrong | AJS | ||
9 | Frank Fry | Velocette | ||
10 | Harry Hinton | Norton | ||
11 | Wilf Sleightholme | AJS | ||
12 | Bill Petch | AJS | ||
25 finishers |
125cc classification
[edit]Pos. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points |
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1 | Nello Pagani | FB-Mondial | 7 | 1:02:38.8 | 11[a] |
2 | Oscar Clemencich | FB-Mondial | 7 | +48.3 | 8 |
3 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 7 | +1:02.0 | 7 |
4 | Franco Bertoni | MV Agusta | 7 | +1:42.3 | 6 |
5 | Giuseppe Matucci | MV Agusta | 7 | +5:09.0 | 5 |
6 | Toon van Zutphen | Eysink | |||
7 | Jan Rietveld | DMF | |||
8 | Kees Huybregts | Eysink | |||
9 | N. C. Luybregts | CZ | |||
10 | Gijs Lagerweij | Sparta | |||
11 | H. Verhagen | Eysink | |||
12 | José Maria Llobet | Montesa | |||
DSQ | Umberto Masetti | Moto Morini | Disqualified[b] | ||
25 starters, 17 finishers | |||||
Source:[1] |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Haefliger, Werner. FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). p. 4. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "Dutch Grand Prix", The Motor Cycle, 14 July 1949, pp. 36–38.
- Davison, G. S., ed. (1950). The Racing Year. W. W. Curtis, Ltd. pp. 47–52.