1949 Dutch TT

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Netherlands  1949 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 3 of 6 races in the
1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Assen van drenthe - old circuit map.jpg
Date9 July 1949
LocationTT Circuit Assen
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 16.536 km (10.275 mi)
500 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Nello Pagani Gilera
Podium
First Italy Nello Pagani Gilera
Second United Kingdom Leslie Graham AJS
Third Italy Arciso Artesiani Gilera
350 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom Freddie Frith Velocette
Podium
First United Kingdom Freddie Frith Velocette
Second United Kingdom Bob Foster Velocette
Third United Kingdom Johnny Lockett Norton
125 cc
Rider
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Nello Pagani FB-Mondial
Time 70.3 mph (113.1 km/h)
Podium
First Italy Nello Pagani FB-Mondial
Second Italy MV Agusta
Third Italy Carlo Ubbiali FB-Mondial

The 1949 Dutch motorcycle Grand Prix was the third race of the 1949 Motorcycle Grand Prix season. It took place on the weekend of 9 July 1949 at the Assen circuit.

Italian rider Nello Pagani won the 500 cc race riding a Gilera from Leslie Graham and Arciso Artesiani. Pagani also won the 125 cc race on his smaller Gilera which saw him wrap up the first 125 cc World Championship having won the first two 125 cc races with only one race remaining.

Similarly, in winning the 350 cc race British Velocette rider Freddie Frith, having achieved a perfect score of 33 points from the first three races became the first 350 cc Motorcycle World Champion.

500 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Nello Pagani Gilera 1:47:32.7 11
2 United Kingdom Leslie Graham AJS +13.1 8
3 Italy Arciso Artesiani Gilera +1:03.9 7
4 United Kingdom Artie Bell Norton +2:38.7 6
5 United Kingdom Johnny Lockett Norton +4:47.9 5
6 United Kingdom Harold Daniell Norton +6:48.2
7 Italy Umberto Masetti Gilera
8 Australia Harry Hinton Norton
9 Italy Gilera
10 Italy Enrico Lorenzetti Moto Guzzi
11 Netherlands Triumph
12 United Kingdom Oliver Scott Norton
20 finishers

350 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 United Kingdom Freddie Frith Velocette 1:47:52.0 10
2 United Kingdom Bob Foster Velocette +1.9 8
3 United Kingdom Johnny Lockett Norton +1:56.9 7
4 United Kingdom David Whitworth Velocette +2:05.1 6
5 Australia Velocette +2:50.7 5
6 United Kingdom Ted Frend AJS +3:10.3 1
7 United Kingdom Artie Bell Norton
8 Republic of Ireland Reg Armstrong AJS
9 United Kingdom Velocette
10 Australia Harry Hinton Norton
11 United Kingdom AJS
12 United Kingdom AJS
25 finishers

125 cc classification[]

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Italy Nello Pagani FB-Mondial 1:02:38.8 11
2 Italy +48.3 8
3 Italy Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta +1:02.0 7
4 Italy MV Agusta +1:42.3 6
5 Italy MV Agusta +5:09.0 5
6 Netherlands Eysink
7 Netherlands DMF
8 Netherlands Eysink
9 Netherlands N. C. Luybregts CZ
10 Netherlands Sparta
11 H. Verhagen Eysink
12 Spain Montesa
18 finishers


Previous race:
1949 Swiss Grand Prix
FIM Grand Prix World Championship
1949 season
Next race:
1949 Belgian Grand Prix
Previous race:
None
Dutch TT Next race:
1950 Dutch TT

References[]

  • Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949–2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
  • "Dutch Grand Prix", The Motor Cycle, 14 July 1949, pp. 36–38.
  • Davison, G. S., ed. (1950). The Racing Year. W. W. Curtis, Ltd. pp. 47–52.
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