1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

John Surtees, the 1958 350cc and 500cc World Champion.

Tarquinio Provini (pictured in 1959), the 1958 250cc World Champion.

Carlo Ubbiali (pictured in 1956), the 1958 125cc World Champion.

The 1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the tenth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of seven Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 6 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 14 September.

1958 Grand Prix season calendar[]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner	Report
1	6 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	Carlo Ubbiali	Tarquinio Provini	John Surtees	John Surtees	Schneider /	Report
2	28 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	Carlo Ubbiali	Tarquinio Provini	John Surtees	John Surtees	Camathias /
3	6 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Alberto Gandossi		John Surtees	John Surtees	Schneider /
4	20 July	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring Nordschleife	Carlo Ubbiali	Tarquinio Provini	John Surtees	John Surtees	Schneider /
5	27 July	Swedish Grand Prix	Hedemora Circuit	Alberto Gandossi	Horst Fügner	Geoff Duke	Geoff Duke
6	9 August	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	Carlo Ubbiali	Tarquinio Provini	John Surtees	John Surtees
7	14 September	Nations Grand Prix †	Monza	Bruno Spaggiari	Emilio Mendogni	John Surtees	John Surtees

† The Nations Grand Prix also held a non-championship 175 cc race, won by the Italian, .

Standings[]

Scoring system[]

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the four best races counted in 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars the three best results were counted.

500cc final standings[]

Pos Rider Machine MAN Pts 1 John Surtees MV Agusta 1 1 1 1 1 1 32 (48) 2 John Hartle MV Agusta Ret 2 3 2 3 Ret 20 3 Geoff Duke BMW / Norton Ret Ret 4 Ret 1 5 7 13 4 Dickie Dale BMW 10 5 5 5 2 6 4 13 (16) 5 Derek Minter Norton 4 3 Ret 4 10 6 Gary Hocking Norton 6 3 4 8 7 Ernst Hiller BMW 4 Ret 4 5 Ret 10 8 8 Bob Anderson Norton 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 9 Keith Campbell Norton Ret Ret 2 6 10 Bob McIntyre Norton Ret 2 6 11 Remo Venturi MV Agusta 2 6 12 Bob Brown Norton / BMW 3 10 16 6 6 7 Ret 6 13 Terry Shepherd Norton Ret Ret 3 Ret 4 14 Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 3 4 15 Dave Chadwick Norton 5 Ret Ret Ret 6 3 16 Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 5 2 17 Norton / Matchless 6 12 1 18 Norton 16 7 10 0 19 Alois Huber BMW 7 11 0 20 Norton 7 Ret 13 0 21 Norton Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 0 22 Paddy Driver Norton Ret Ret 7 0 23 Tom Phillis Norton 18 9 8 0 24 Norton 8 9 0 25 John Hempleman Norton 15 8 11 Ret Ret 0 26 Jack Brett Norton Ret 12 8 Ret 0 27 Ralph Rensen Norton 12 8 0 28 MV Agusta 8 0 = Norton 8 0 30 BMW 9 9 0 31 Jim Redman Norton 19 Ret 9 0 32 Norton Ret Ret 9 Ret 0 33 Norton 9 Ret 0 34 Matchless 22 10 0 35 Norton Ret Ret 10 0 36 BMW 10 0 37 Jack Ahearn Matchless 29 11 13 13 0 38 Norton Ret 11 0 = Norton 11 Ret 0 40 Norton 11 0 = Norton 11 0 42 Norton 31 12 0 43 Norton 12 0 = Norton 12 0 = Jack Findlay Norton 12 0 46 Matchless 13 27 0 47 Norton 13 0 = Mike Hailwood Norton 13 0 49 Norton 14 0 = Gilera 14 0 = BMW 14 0 = Robin Fitton Norton 14 0 = Norton 14 0 54 BSA Ret 15 0 55 Norton 15 0 = Moto Guzzi 15 0 57 AJS 16 0 58 Norton 33 17 0 59 Norton 17 0 60 Norton 18 0 61 Norton 19 0 62 Norton / AJS 30 20 0 63 Norton 20 0 64 Norton 21 0 = Norton 21 0 66 Matchless 22 0 67 Norton 23 0 = Norton 23 0 69 Norton 24 0 = AJS 24 0 71 Norton 25 0 = AJS 25 0 73 Norton 26 0 = Norton 26 0 75 Norton 27 Ret 0 76 Norton 28 0 77 Norton 28 0 78 Norton 32 0 79 Norton 34 0 80 Arthur Wheeler AJS 35 0 81 Louis Carr Norton 36 0 82 Matchless 37 0 83 Norton 38 0 84 Norton 39 0 85 AJS 40 0 86 AJS 41 Ret 0 87 Norton 42 0 88 Norton 43 0 89 Norton 44 0 90 AJS 45 Ret 0 91 BSA 46 0 92 Norton 47 0 93 AJS 48 Ret 0 - Norton Ret Ret 0 - Norton Ret Ret 0 - Norton Ret Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Moto Guzzi Ret 0 - Bob Coulter BSA Ret 0 - Ken Draper Norton Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - BMW Ret 0 - AJS Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Guy Ligier Norton Ret 0 - Alistair King Norton Ret 0 - Gilera Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Gilera Ret 0 - Bob Matthews Norton Ret 0 - Tommy McLeod Norton Ret 0 - Alfredo Milani Gilera Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Matchless Ret 0 - Bill Smith Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 - Norton Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike MAN Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

350cc Standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	John Surtees		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	32	6
2	John Hartle		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	24	0
3	Geoff Duke		United Kingdom	Norton	17	1
4	Dave Chadwick		United Kingdom	Norton	13	0
5	Bob Anderson		United Kingdom	Norton	11	0
6	Mike Hailwood		United Kingdom	Norton	9	0
7	Keith Campbell		Australia	Norton	8	0
8	Derek Minter		United Kingdom	Norton	7	0
=	Terry Shepherd		United Kingdom	Norton	7	0
10			United Kingdom	Norton	4	0
11			United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
12	Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	Geoff Monty		United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=			United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
15	Bob Brown		Australia	AJS	1	0
=	Alistair King		United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Dickie Dale		United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Norton	1	0
=			United Kingdom	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Tarquinio Provini		Italy	MV Agusta	32	4
2	Horst Fügner		East Germany	MZ	16	1
3	Carlo Ubbiali		Italy	MV Agusta	16	0
4	Mike Hailwood		United Kingdom	NSU	13	0
5	Dieter Falk		West Germany	Adler	11	0
6	Emilio Mendogni		Italy	Morini	8	1
7	Tommy Robb		United Kingdom	NSU	7	0
=			Italy	Morini	6	0
9			West Germany	Adler	6	0
10	Dave Chadwick		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	4	0
=	Geoff Monty		United Kingdom	GMS-NSU	4	0
12	Horst Kassner		West Germany	NSU	4	0
13			Austria	NSU	4	0
14	Ernst Degner		West Germany	MZ	3	0
=	Bob Brown		Australia	NSU	3	0
16	Arthur Wheeler		United Kingdom	Mondial	2	0
=			West Germany	NSU	2	0
18	Dickie Dale		United Kingdom	NSU	1	0
=	Sammy Miller		United Kingdom	ČZ	1	0
=	Walter Reichert		West Germany	NSU	1	0
=			West Germany	DKW	1	0

125cc Standings[]

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Carlo Ubbiali		Italy	MV Agusta	32	4
2	Alberto Gandossi		Italy	Ducati	25	2
3	Luigi Taveri		Switzerland	Ducati	20	0
4	Tarquinio Provini		Italy	MV Agusta	17	0
5	Dave Chadwick		United Kingdom	Ducati	14	0
6	Romolo Ferri		Italy	Ducati	12	0
7	Ernst Degner		East Germany	MZ	9	0
8	Bruno Spaggiari		Italy	Ducati	8	1
9	Horst Fügner		East Germany	MZ	7	0
10			Italy	Ducati	4	0
11	Sammy Miller		United Kingdom	Ducati	3	0
12			West Germany	MZ	2	0
13			West Germany	MZ	1	0
=			Italy	MV Agusta	1	0
=	Arthur Wheeler		United Kingdom	Mondial	1	0

References[]

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.