1949 Dutch TT

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.

  1949 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 3 of 6 races in the 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	9 July 1949
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 16.536 km (10.275 mi)
500cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Nello Pagani Gilera Podium First Nello Pagani Gilera Second Leslie Graham AJS Third Arciso Artesiani Gilera
350cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Freddie Frith Velocette Podium First Freddie Frith Velocette Second Bob Foster Velocette Third Johnny Lockett Norton
125cc
Rider Fastest lap Rider Nello Pagani FB-Mondial Time 8:45.8 Podium First Nello Pagani FB-Mondial Second Oscar Clemencich MV Agusta Third Carlo Ubbiali FB-Mondial

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	Nello Pagani	Gilera	1:47:32.7	11
2	Leslie Graham	AJS	+13.1	8
3	Arciso Artesiani	Gilera	+1:03.9	7
4	Artie Bell	Norton	+2:38.7	6
5	Johnny Lockett	Norton	+4:47.9	5
6	Harold Daniell	Norton	+6:48.2
7	Umberto Masetti	Gilera
8	Harry Hinton	Norton
9	Oscar Clemencich	Gilera
10	Enrico Lorenzetti	Moto Guzzi
11	Drikus Veer	Triumph
12	Oliver Scott	Norton
20 finishers

350 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Freddie Frith	Velocette	1:47:52.0	10
2	Bob Foster	Velocette	+1.9	8
3	Johnny Lockett	Norton	+1:56.9	7
4	David Whitworth	Velocette	+2:05.1	6
5	Eric McPherson	Velocette	+2:50.7	5
6	Ted Frend	AJS	+3:10.3	1
7	Artie Bell	Norton
8	Reg Armstrong	AJS
9	Frank Fry	Velocette
10	Harry Hinton	Norton
11	Wilf Sleightholme	AJS
12	Bill Petch	AJS
25 finishers

125cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Points
1	Nello Pagani	FB-Mondial	7	1:02:38.8	11
2	Oscar Clemencich	FB-Mondial	7	+48.3	8
3	Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	7	+1:02.0	7
4	Franco Bertoni	MV Agusta	7	+1:42.3	6
5	Giuseppe Matucci	MV Agusta	7	+5:09.0	5
6	Toon van Zutphen	Eysink
7	Jan Rietveld	DMF
8	Kees Huybregts	Eysink
9	N. C. Luybregts	CZ
10	Gijs Lagerweij	Sparta
11	H. Verhagen	Eysink
12	José Maria Llobet	Montesa
DSQ	Umberto Masetti	Moto Morini		Disqualified
25 starters, 17 finishers
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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.