1956 Dutch TT
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Race 2 of 6 races in the 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 30 June 1956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit van Drenthe, Assen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 27 | 1:34:05.1 | 8 |
2 | Walter Zeller | BMW | 27 | +25.5 | 6 |
3 | Eddie Grant | Norton | 26 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | Keith Bryen | Norton | 26 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | Paul Fahey | Matchless | 26 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | Ernst Hiller | BMW | 26 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | Gerald Robarts | Norton | 26 | +1 lap | |
8 | Piet Bakker | Norton | 26 | +1 lap | |
9 | Priem Rozenberg | BMW | 26 | +1 lap | |
10 | Fred Cook | Matchless | 25 | +2 laps | |
11 | Casper Swart | Norton | 24 | +3 laps | |
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350 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Bill Lomas | Moto Guzzi | 20 | 1:11:21.8 | 8 |
2 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 20 | +13.6 | 6 |
3 | August Hobl | DKW | 20 | +18.5 | 4 |
4 | Cecil Sandford | DKW | 20 | 3 | |
5 | Ken Kavanagh | Moto Guzzi | 20 | 2 | |
6 | Dickie Dale | Moto Guzzi | 20 | 1 | |
7 | Duilio Agostini | Moto Guzzi | 20 | ||
8 | Karl Hofmann | DKW | 20 | ||
9 | Eddie Grant | Norton | 20 | ||
10 | Paul Fahey | AJS | 20 | ||
11 | Barry Hodgkinson | Norton | 19 | +1 lap | |
12 | Gustav Havel | Jawa | 19 | +1 lap | |
13 | Gerald Robarts | AJS | 19 | +1 lap | |
14 | Keith Bryen | Norton | 19 | +1 lap | |
15 | H. Wieland | Norton | 19 | +1 lap | |
16 | Ken Tostevin | Norton | 19 | +1 lap | |
17 | Adelmo Mandolini | Moto Guzzi | 19 | +1 lap | |
18 | Leen Rehorst | AJS | 18 | +2 laps | |
19 | Lo Simons | Norton | 18 | +2 laps | |
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250 cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 17 | 1:02:26.5 | 8 |
2 | Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 17 | +22.6 | 6 |
3 | Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | 17 | +1:59.0 | 4 |
4 | Roberto Colombo | MV Agusta | 17 | 3 | |
5 | Horst Kassner | NSU | 16 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | Jiří Koštíř | ČZ | 16 | +1 lap | 1 |
7 | Lo Simons | NSU | 16 | +1 lap | |
8 | Kees Koster | NSU | 16 | +1 lap | |
9 | Hubert Attenberger | Adler | 16 | +1 lap | |
10 | Karl-Julius Holthaus | NSU | 16 | +1 lap | |
11 | Florian Camathias | NSU | 16 | +1 lap | |
12 | B. Giannini | Moto Guzzi | 16 | +1 lap | |
13 | Jasper Kaspers | ČZ | 15 | +2 laps | |
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125cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points |
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1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 14 | 53:40.2 | 8 |
2 | Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 14 | +16.1 | 6 |
3 | August Hobl | DKW | 14 | +54.5 | 4 |
4 | Cecil Sandford | Mondial | 14 | +1:10.2 | 3 |
5 | Karl Hofmann | DKW | 14 | +2:14.1 | 2 |
6 | František Bartoš | ČZ | 14 | +3:06.0 | 1 |
7 | Francisco González | Montesa | 14 | ||
8 | John Grace | Montesa | 14 | ||
9 | Marcelo Cama | Montesa | 13 | +1 lap | |
10 | Bill Webster | MV Agusta | 13 | +1 lap | |
11 | Lo Simons | Mondial | 13 | +1 lap | |
12 | Florian Camathias | MV Agusta | 12 | +2 laps | |
13 | Václav Parus | ČZ | 12 | +2 laps | |
14 | Jasper Kaspers | Sparta | 12 | +2 laps | |
15 | Gerrit Dupont | NSU | 11 | +3 laps | |
22 starters, 15 finishers | |||||
Source:[2][1] |
Sidecar classification
Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points |
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1 | Fritz Hillebrand | Manfred Grunwald | BMW | 14 | 54:46.5 | 8 |
2 | Wilhelm Noll | Fritz Cron | BMW | 14 | +6.4 | 6 |
3 | Cyril Smith | Stanley Dibben | Norton | 14 | +27.9 | 4 |
4 | Bob Mitchell | Eric Bliss | Norton | 14 | 3 | |
5 | Florian Camathias | Maurice Büla | BMW | 14 | 2 | |
6 | Jacques Drion | Inge Stoll | BMW | 14 | 1 | |
7 | Helmut Fath | Emil Ohr | BMW | 14 | ||
8 | Loni Neussner | Dieter Hess | BMW | 14 | ||
9 | Fritz Seeber | Franz Heiß | BMW | 13 | +1 lap | |
10 | Arthur Lang | Donald Maxwell | Norton | 13 | +1 lap | |
11 | Harmen van der Wal | ? | Norton | 12 | +2 laps | |
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