1955 Dutch TT

1955 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 6 of 8 races in the; 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	16 July 1955
Location	Circuit van Drenthe, Assen
Course	Public roads; 7.700 km (4.785 mi);
500cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Geoff Duke ; Reg Armstrong
Time	3:31.6
Podium
First	Geoff Duke
Second	Reg Armstrong
Third	Umberto Masetti
350cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Dickie Dale
Time	3:34.5
Podium
First	Ken Kavanagh
Second	Bill Lomas
Third	Dickie Dale
250cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas
Time	3:42.4
Podium
First	Luigi Taveri
Second	Umberto Masetti
Third	Hermann Paul Müller
125cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Luigi Taveri
Time	3:53.4
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali
Second	Remo Venturi
Third	Rudolf Grimas
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Cyril Smith
Time	3:51.9
Podium
First	Willi Faust
Second	Wilhelm Noll
Third	Bob Mitchell

Last updated September 22, 2024

The 1955 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 16 July 1955 at the Circuit van Drenthe, Assen.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Geoff Duke	Gilera	27	1:37:03.9	8
2	Reg Armstrong	Gilera	27	+35.3	6
3	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	27	+2:05.3	4
4	Drikus Veer	Gilera			3
5	Bob Brown	Matchless			2
6	Eddie Grant	Norton			1
7	Piet Bakker	Norton
8	Hans-Günter Jäger	Norton
9	Priem Rozenberg	BMW
10	Phil Heath	Norton
11	Robin Fitton	Norton
12	Piet Knijenburg	Matchless
13	Casper Swart	Norton
14	Alfredo Milani	Gilera
15	Gerrit ten Kate	Norton
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350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Ken Kavanagh	Moto Guzzi	20	1:13:36.2	8
2	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi	20	+0.2	6
3	Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	20	+0.5	4
4	August Hobl	DKW			3
5	Karl Hofmann	DKW			2
6	Hans Bartl	DKW			1
7	Hans Baltisberger	NSU
8	Siegfried Wünsche	DKW
9	Lo Simons	AJS
10	Heinz Kauert	AJS
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250 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	17	1:04:22.4	8
2	Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	17	+41.2	6
3	Hermann Paul Müller	NSU	17	+43.8	4
4	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi			3
5	Cecil Sandford	Moto Guzzi			2
6	Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi			1
7	Günter Beer	Adler
8	Jack Forrest	NSU
9	Kurt Knopf	NSU
10	Piet Knijenburg	NSU
11	Karl-Julius Holthaus	NSU
12	Lo Simons	NSU
13	Ludwig Malchus	NSU
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125cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	14	57:17.2	8
2	Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	14	+0.2	6
3	Rudolf Grimas	Mondial	13	+1 lap	4
4	Bill Webster	MV Agusta	13	+1 lap	3
5	Willi Scheidhauer	MV Agusta	13	+1 lap	2
6	Erich Wünsche	MV Agusta	13	+1 lap	1
7	Gerrit Dupont	MV Agusta
8	Jasper Kaspers	Sparta
9	Bill Maddrick	MV Agusta
10	Jan Muijlwijk	DKW
11	Jan Rietveld	Eysink
15 starters, 11 finishers
Source:^[2]^[1]

Sidecar classification

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1	Willi Faust	Karl Remmert	BMW	14	55:41.1	8
2	Wilhelm Noll	Fritz Cron	BMW	14	+18.2	6
3	Bob Mitchell	Max George	Norton	14	+1:31.0	4
4	Jean Murit	Francis Flahaut	BMW			3
5	Jacques Drion	Inge Stoll	Norton			2
6	Henk Steman	Mappie de Haas	BMW			1
7	Roland Benz	Jakob Kuchler	Norton
8	Loni Neussner	?	Norton
9	Hans Haldemann	Herbert Läderach	Norton
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The 1978 Dutch TT was the sixth round of the 1978 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 June 1978 at the Circuit van Drenthe Assen.

The 2015 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2015 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 27 June 2015.

The 2016 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2016 MotoGP season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 26 June 2016.

The 2017 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 2017 MotoGP season. It was held at the TT Circuit Assen in Assen on 25 June 2017. The MotoGP race was won by Valentino Rossi, the final victory of his career.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 177.
↑ Haefliger, Werner. "Lightweight class". FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.

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[motorcycling-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956. Temple Press Ltd. p. 177.

[2] Haefliger, Werner. "Lightweight class". FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide (2024 ed.). pp. 23–24. ISBN 978-2-9701086-8-9.

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