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1955 Dutch TT
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Grand Prix | Dutch |
| GP_suffix | TT |
| flag | Netherlands |
| Location | Circuit van Drenthe, Assen |
| Course_mi | 4.785 |
| Course_km | 7.700 |
| Course | Public roads |
| Race_No | 6 |
| Season_No | 8 |
| Date | 16 July |
| Year | 1955 |
| Fast_Rider_500 | Geoff Duke |
| IRL Reg Armstrong | |
| Fast_Rider_500_Country | UK |
| Fast_Rider_500_Bike | Gilera |
| Gilera | |
| Fast_Time_500 | 3:31.6 |
| First_Rider_500 | Geoff Duke |
| First_Rider_500_Country | UK |
| First_Rider_500_Bike | Gilera |
| Second_Rider_500 | Reg Armstrong |
| Second_Rider_500_Country | Ireland |
| Second_Rider_500_Bike | Gilera |
| Third_Rider_500 | Umberto Masetti |
| Third_Rider_500_Country | Italy |
| Third_Rider_500_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Fast_Rider_350 | Dickie Dale |
| Fast_Rider_350_Country | UK |
| Fast_Rider_350_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Fast_Time_350 | 3:34.5 |
| First_Rider_350 | Ken Kavanagh |
| First_Rider_350_Country | Australia |
| First_Rider_350_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Second_Rider_350 | Bill Lomas |
| Second_Rider_350_Country | UK |
| Second_Rider_350_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Third_Rider_350 | Dickie Dale |
| Third_Rider_350_Country | UK |
| Third_Rider_350_Bike | Moto Guzzi |
| Fast_Rider_250 | Bill Lomas |
| Fast_Rider_250_Country | UK |
| Fast_Rider_250_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Fast_Time_250 | 3:42.4 |
| First_Rider_250 | Luigi Taveri |
| First_Rider_250_Country | Switzerland |
| First_Rider_250_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Second_Rider_250 | Umberto Masetti |
| Second_Rider_250_Country | Italy |
| Second_Rider_250_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Third_Rider_250 | Hermann Paul Müller |
| Third_Rider_250_Country | West Germany |
| Third_Rider_250_Bike | NSU |
| Fast_Rider_125 | Luigi Taveri |
| Fast_Rider_125_Country | Switzerland |
| Fast_Rider_125_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Fast_Time_125 | 3:53.4 |
| First_Rider_125 | Carlo Ubbiali |
| First_Rider_125_Country | Italy |
| First_Rider_125_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Second_Rider_125 | Remo Venturi |
| Second_Rider_125_Country | Italy |
| Second_Rider_125_Bike | MV Agusta |
| Third_Rider_125 | Rudolf Grimas |
| Third_Rider_125_Country | Austria |
| Third_Rider_125_Bike | Mondial |
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar | Cyril Smith |
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Country | UK |
| Fast_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | Norton |
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar | Stanley Dibben |
| Fast_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | UK |
| Fast_Time_Sidecar | 3:51.9 |
| First_Rider_Sidecar | Willi Faust |
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| First_Passenger_Sidecar | Karl Remmert |
| First_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| First_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | BMW |
| Second_Rider_Sidecar | Wilhelm Noll |
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar | Fritz Cron |
| Second_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | West Germany |
| Second_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | BMW |
| Third_Rider_Sidecar | Bob Mitchell |
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Country | Australia |
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar | Max George |
| Third_Passenger_Sidecar_Country | Australia |
| Third_Rider_Sidecar_Bike | Norton |
IRL Reg Armstrong Gilera |}}
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 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBR Geoff Duke | Gilera | 27 | 1:37:03.9 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| IRL Reg Armstrong | Gilera | 27 | +35.3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| ITA Umberto Masetti | MV Agusta | 27 | +2:05.3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| NLD Drikus Veer | Gilera | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Bob Brown | Matchless | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ZAF Eddie Grant | Norton | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NLD Piet Bakker | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| FRG Hans-Günter Jäger | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| NLD Priem Rozenberg | BMW | |||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Phil Heath | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Robin Fitton | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| NLD Piet Knijenburg | Matchless | |||||||||||||||||||
| NLD Casper Swart | Norton | |||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Alfredo Milani | Gilera | |||||||||||||||||||
| NLD Gerrit ten Kate | Norton |
350 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS Ken Kavanagh | Moto Guzzi | 20 | 1:13:36.2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| GBR Bill Lomas | Moto Guzzi | 20 | +0.2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| GBR Dickie Dale | Moto Guzzi | 20 | +0.5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| FRG August Hobl | DKW | 3 | |||||||||||||
| FRG Karl Hofmann | DKW | 2 | |||||||||||||
| FRG Hans Bartl | DKW | 1 | |||||||||||||
| FRG Hans Baltisberger | NSU | ||||||||||||||
| FRG Siegfried Wünsche | DKW | ||||||||||||||
| NLD Lo Simons | AJS | ||||||||||||||
| FRG Heinz Kauert | AJS |
250 cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHE Luigi Taveri | MV Agusta | 17 | 1:04:22.4 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Umberto Masetti | MV Agusta | 17 | +41.2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| FRG Hermann Paul Müller | NSU | 17 | +43.8 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Enrico Lorenzetti | Moto Guzzi | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| GBR Cecil Sandford | Moto Guzzi | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| GBR Arthur Wheeler | Moto Guzzi | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| FRG Günter Beer | Adler | |||||||||||||||||
| AUS Jack Forrest | NSU | |||||||||||||||||
| FRG Kurt Knopf | NSU | |||||||||||||||||
| NLD Piet Knijenburg | NSU | |||||||||||||||||
| FRG Karl-Julius Holthaus | NSU | |||||||||||||||||
| NLD Lo Simons | NSU | |||||||||||||||||
| FRG Ludwig Malchus | NSU |
125cc classification
| Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Source: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 14 | 57:17.2 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| ITA Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | 14 | +0.2 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| AUT Rudolf Grimas | Mondial | 13 | +1 lap | 4 | |||||||||||||
| GBR Bill Webster | MV Agusta | 13 | +1 lap | 3 | |||||||||||||
| FRG Willi Scheidhauer | MV Agusta | 13 | +1 lap | 2 | |||||||||||||
| FRG Erich Wünsche | MV Agusta | 13 | +1 lap | 1 | |||||||||||||
| NLD Gerrit Dupont | MV Agusta | ||||||||||||||||
| NLD Jasper Kaspers | Sparta | ||||||||||||||||
| GBR Bill Maddrick | MV Agusta | ||||||||||||||||
| NLD Jan Muijlwijk | DKW | ||||||||||||||||
| NLD Jan Rietveld | Eysink | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 starters, 11 finishers |
Sidecar classification
| Pos | Rider | Passenger | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRG Willi Faust | FRG Karl Remmert | BMW | 14 | 55:41.1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| FRG Wilhelm Noll | FRG Fritz Cron | BMW | 14 | +18.2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| AUS Bob Mitchell | AUS Max George | Norton | 14 | +1:31.0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| FRA Jean Murit | MAR Francis Flahaut | BMW | 3 | ||||||||||||
| FRA Jacques Drion | FRG Inge Stoll | Norton | 2 | ||||||||||||
| NLD Henk Steman | NLD Mappie de Haas | BMW | 1 | ||||||||||||
| CHE Roland Benz | CHE Jakob Kuchler | Norton | |||||||||||||
| FRG Loni Neussner | ? | Norton | |||||||||||||
| CHE Hans Haldemann | CHE Herbert Läderach | Norton |
References
| Previous_year's_race = 1954 Dutch TT | Next_year's_race = 1956 Dutch TT
References
- "Motor Cycling Sports Yearbook 1956". Temple Press Ltd.
- Haefliger, Werner. "FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide".
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