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
Fastest lap
Rider	John Surtees	MV Agusta
Time	3:25.2
Podium
First	John Surtees	MV Agusta
Second	Walter Zeller	BMW
Third	Eddie Grant	Norton
350 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi
Time	3:30.5
Podium
First	Bill Lomas	Moto Guzzi
Second	Gary Hocking	MV Agusta
Third	August Hobl	DKW
250 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Time	3:34.4
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Second	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta
Third	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi
125 cc
Fastest lap
Rider	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Time	3:45.6
Podium
First	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta
Second	Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta
Third	August Hobl	DKW
Sidecars
Fastest lap
Rider	Pip Harris	Norton
Passenger	Ray Campbell
Time	3:50.1
Podium
First	Fritz Hillebrand	BMW
	Manfred Grunwald
Second	Wilhelm Noll	BMW
	Fritz Cron
Third	Cyril Smith	Norton
	Stanley Dibben

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
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
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
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 Koštír	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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125 cc classification

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
[1]

Sidecar classification

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
[1]

References

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