1956_Dutch_TT

1956 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 2 of 6 races in the; 1956 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	30 June 1956
Location	Circuit van Drenthe, Assen
Course	Public roads; 7.700 km (4.785 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	John Surtees
Time	3:25.2
Podium
First	John Surtees
Second	Walter Zeller
Third	Eddie Grant
350 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas
Time	3:30.5
Podium
First	Bill Lomas
Second	Gary Hocking
Third	August Hobl
250 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali
Time	3:34.4
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali
Second	Luigi Taveri
Third	Enrico Lorenzetti
125 cc
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali
Time	3:45.6
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali
Second	Luigi Taveri
Third	August Hobl
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider	Pip Harris
Time	3:50.1
Podium
First	Fritz Hillebrand
Second	Wilhelm Noll
Third	Cyril Smith

1956 Dutch TT

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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.

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Cook, R. A. B. (ed.). Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1957. Temple Press Ltd. p. 158.

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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
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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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
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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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
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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Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
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		3
5	Karl Hofmann	DKW	14		2
6	František Bartoš	ČZ	14		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
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Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
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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1956_Dutch_TT

1956 Dutch TT

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250 cc classification

125 cc classification

Sidecar classification

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