1955 Dutch TT

  1955 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 6 of 8 races in the
1955 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date16 July 1955
LocationCircuit van Drenthe, Assen
Course
  • Public roads
  • 7.700 km (4.785 mi)
500cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Geoff Duke
Reg Armstrong		 Gilera
Gilera
Time 3:31.6
Podium
First Geoff Duke Gilera
Second Reg Armstrong Gilera
Third Umberto Masetti MV Agusta
350cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
Time 3:34.5
Podium
First Ken Kavanagh Moto Guzzi
Second Bill Lomas Moto Guzzi
Third Dickie Dale Moto Guzzi
250cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Bill Lomas MV Agusta
Time 3:42.4
Podium
First Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
Second Umberto Masetti MV Agusta
Third Hermann Paul Müller NSU
125cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Luigi Taveri MV Agusta
Time 3:53.4
Podium
First Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta
Second Remo Venturi MV Agusta
Third Rudolf Grimas Mondial
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Cyril Smith Norton
Time 3:51.9
Podium
First Willi Faust BMW
Second Wilhelm Noll BMW
Third Bob Mitchell Norton

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.

A new 4.7 mile (7.7 km) circuit had been built at Assen for the Dutch TT; the public road version was no longer used after 1954. This track set the foundation for future Dutch TT's.

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
[1]

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
[1]

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
[1]

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
[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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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