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 Fastest lap Rider John Surtees MV Agusta Time 3:25.2 Podium First John Surtees MV Agusta Second Walter Zeller BMW Third Norton
350 cc
Rider 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
Rider 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
Rider 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
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider Fastest lap Rider Pip Harris Norton Time 3:50.1 Podium First BMW Second BMW Third Norton

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		Norton	26	+1 lap	4
4	Keith Bryen	Norton	26	+1 lap	3
5		Matchless	26	+1 lap	2
6	Ernst Hiller	BMW	26	+1 lap	1
7		Norton	26	+1 lap
8		Norton	26	+1 lap
9		BMW	26	+1 lap
10		Matchless	25	+2 laps
11		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		DKW	20
9		Norton	20
10		AJS	20
11		Norton	19	+1 lap
12	Gustav Havel	Jawa	19	+1 lap
13		AJS	19	+1 lap
14	Keith Bryen	Norton	19	+1 lap
15	H. Wieland	Norton	19	+1 lap
16		Norton	19	+1 lap
17		Moto Guzzi	19	+1 lap
18		AJS	18	+2 laps
19		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 Koštíř	ČZ	16	+1 lap	1
7		NSU	16	+1 lap
8		NSU	16	+1 lap
9		Adler	16	+1 lap
10		NSU	16	+1 lap
11	Florian Camathias	NSU	16	+1 lap
12	B. Giannini	Moto Guzzi	16	+1 lap
13		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		DKW	14		2
6	František Bartoš	ČZ	14		1
7		Montesa	14
8		Montesa	14
9		Montesa	13	+1 lap
10		MV Agusta	13	+1 lap
11		Mondial	13	+1 lap
12	Florian Camathias	MV Agusta	12	+2 laps
13		ČZ	12	+2 laps
14		Sparta	12	+2 laps
15		NSU	11	+3 laps
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Sidecar classification[]

Pos	Rider	Passenger	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Points
1		Manfred Grunwald	BMW	14	54:46.5	8
2		Fritz Cron	BMW	14	+6.4	6
3		Stanley Dibben	Norton	14	+27.9	4
4		Eric Bliss	Norton	14		3
5	Florian Camathias		BMW	14		2
6		Inge Stoll	BMW	14		1
7	Helmut Fath	Emil Ohr	BMW	14
8		Dieter Hess	BMW	14
9		Franz Heiß	BMW	13	+1 lap
10	Arthur Lang	Donald Maxwell	Norton	13	+1 lap
11		?	Norton	12	+2 laps
[1]

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