1949 Dutch TT
{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report
| Grand Prix = Dutch
| GP_suffix = TT
| flag = Netherlands
| Location = TT Circuit Assen
| Course_mi = 10.275
| Course_km = 16.536
| Race_No = 3
| Season_No = 6
| Date = 9 July
| Year = 1949
| Image = Assen van drenthe - old circuit map.jpg
| Fast_Rider_500 = Nello Pagani
| Fast_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| Fast_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| First_Rider_500 = Nello Pagani
| First_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| First_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| Second_Rider_500 = Leslie Graham
| Second_Rider_500_Country = United Kingdom
| Second_Rider_500_Bike = AJS
| Third_Rider_500 = Arciso Artesiani
| Third_Rider_500_Country = Italy
| Third_Rider_500_Bike = Gilera
| Fast_Rider_350 = Freddie Frith
| Fast_Rider_350_Country = United Kingdom
| Fast_Rider_350_Bike = Velocette
| First_Rider_350 = Freddie Frith
| First_Rider_350_Country = United Kingdom
| First_Rider_350_Bike = Velocette
| Second_Rider_350 = Bob Foster
| Second_Rider_350_Country = United Kingdom
| Second_Rider_350_Bike = Velocette
| Third_Rider_350 = Johnny Lockett
| Third_Rider_350_Country = United Kingdom
| Third_Rider_350_Bike = Norton
| Fast_Rider_125 = Nello Pagani
| Fast_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Fast_Rider_125_Bike = FB-Mondial
| Fast_Time_125 = 8:45.8
| First_Rider_125 = Nello Pagani
| First_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| First_Rider_125_Bike = FB-Mondial
| Second_Rider_125 = Oscar Clemencich
| Second_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Second_Rider_125_Bike = MV Agusta
| Third_Rider_125 = Carlo Ubbiali
| Third_Rider_125_Country = Italy
| Third_Rider_125_Bike = 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
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Time/Retired ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Nello Pagani | Gilera | 1:47:32.7 | 11 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Leslie Graham | AJS | +13.1 | 8 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Arciso Artesiani | Gilera | +1:03.9 | 7 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Artie Bell | Norton | +2:38.7 | 6 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Johnny Lockett | Norton | +4:47.9 | 5 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Harold Daniell | Norton | +6:48.2 | |
| 7
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Umberto Masetti | Gilera | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Harry Hinton | Norton | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Oscar Clemencich | Gilera | | |
| 10
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Enrico Lorenzetti | | |
| 11
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Drikus Veer | Triumph | | |
| 12
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Oliver Scott | Norton | | |
| colspan=5 align=center| 20 finishers |
350 cc classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Time/Retired ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Freddie Frith | 1:47:52.0 | 10 |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bob Foster | +1.9 | 8 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Johnny Lockett | Norton | +1:56.9 | 7 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} David Whitworth | +2:05.1 | 6 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Eric McPherson | +2:50.7 | 5 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Ted Frend | AJS | +3:10.3 | 1 |
| 7
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Artie Bell | Norton | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|IRL}} Reg Armstrong | AJS | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Frank Fry | | |
| 10
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Harry Hinton | Norton | | |
| 11
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Wilf Sleightholme | AJS | | |
| 12
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bill Petch | AJS | | |
| colspan=5 align=center| 25 finishers |
125cc classification
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Pos. ! Rider ! Manufacturer ! Laps ! Time/Retired ! Points |
| 1
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Nello Pagani | 7 | 1:02:38.8 | 11{{efn|name=fl|Includes one point for fastest lap.}} |
|---|
| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Oscar Clemencich | 7 | +48.3 | 8 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Carlo Ubbiali | 7 | +1:02.0 | 7 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Bertoni | 7 | +1:42.3 | 6 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Giuseppe Matucci | 7 | +5:09.0 | 5 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Toon van Zutphen | Eysink | | | |
| 7
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Jan Rietveld | DMF | | | |
| 8
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Kees Huybregts | Eysink | | | |
| 9
| {{flagicon|NLD}} N. C. Luybregts | CZ | | | |
| 10
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Gijs Lagerweij | Sparta | | | |
| 11
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| Eysink
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! 12
| {{flagicon|ESP|1945}} José Maria Llobet
| Montesa
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! DSQ
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Umberto Masetti
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| Disqualified{{Efn|Disqualified for receiving irregular pit assistance}}
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|colspan=6 align=center| 25 starters, 17 finishers
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!colspan=6| Source:{{cite book |last=Haefliger |first=Werner |title=FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide |pages=4 |isbn=978-2-9701086-8-9 |edition=2024}}
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{{MotoGP_race_report
| Name_of_race = Dutch TT
| Year_of_race = 1949
| Previous_race_in_season = 1949 Swiss Grand Prix
| Next_race_in_season = 1949 Belgian Grand Prix
| Previous_year's_race = None
| Next_year's_race = 1950 Dutch TT
}}
Notes
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References
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- 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.
- {{cite book |title=The Racing Year |editor=Davison, G. S. |year=1950 |publisher=W. W. Curtis, Ltd. |pages=47–52}}