Henk van Kessel

{{short description|Dutch motorcycle racer}}

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| image = Jan de Vries en Henk van Kessel (1971).jpg

|caption = Henk van Kessel (r.) with Jan de Vries (1971)

|name = Henk van Kessel

|nationality = Dutch

|GP Active years = 1972 - 1976, 1978 - 1986

|GP Teams = Kreidler

|GP Race Starts = 87

|GP Championships = 50cc - 1974

|GP Race Wins = 7

|GP Podiums = 25

|GP Total Points = 422

|GP Poles = 4

|GP Fastest laps = 0

|GP First race = 1972 50cc Swedish Grand Prix

|GP First win = 1974 50cc French Grand Prix

|GP Last win = 1979 50cc Belgian Grand Prix

|GP Last race = 1986 Baden-Württemberg Grand Prix

}}

Henk van Kessel (born 25 June 1946, Mill) is a Dutch former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 1974 F.I.M. 50 cc world championship. He won seven Grand Prix races during his lengthy career.{{Cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Henk+van+Kessel |title=Henk van Kessel career statistics at MotoGP.com |access-date=2009-05-26 |archive-date=2020-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930092753/https://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profile/profiles/Henk+van+Kessel/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=MOTO-GP-classements 72-050 |url=http://racingmemo.free.fr/MOTO-GP-classements_72-050.htm |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=racingmemo.free.fr}}

File:50cc klasse Henk van Kessel in actie, Bestanddeelnr 927-2907.jpg

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