1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 11th 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 17 May, with French Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 6 September.
1959 Grand Prix season calendar[]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 350cc winner | 500cc winner | Sidecars 500cc winner | Report |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 17 May | French Grand Prix | Charade Circuit | John Surtees | John Surtees | Scheidegger/ | |||
2 | 6 June | Isle of Man TT | Snaefell Mountain | Tarquinio Provini | Tarquinio Provini | John Surtees | John Surtees | Schneider / | Report |
3 | 14 June | German Grand Prix | Hockenheimring | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | John Surtees | John Surtees | Camathias / | |
4 | 27 June | Dutch TT | TT Circuit Assen | Carlo Ubbiali | Tarquinio Provini | Bob Brown † | John Surtees | Camathias / | |
5 | 5 July | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | Carlo Ubbiali | Gary Hocking † | John Surtees | Schneider / | ||
6 | 26 July | Swedish Grand Prix | Tarquinio Provini | Gary Hocking | John Surtees | Bob Brown † | |||
7 | 8 August | Ulster Grand Prix | Dundrod Circuit | Mike Hailwood | Gary Hocking | John Surtees | John Surtees | ||
8 | 6 September | Nations Grand Prix†† | Monza | Ernst Degner | Carlo Ubbiali | John Surtees | John Surtees |
† Race did not count towards the World Championship.
†† 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 were counted in all five classes: the Sidecars, 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
500cc final standings[]
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Bold – Pole |
350cc Standings[]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Surtees | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 48 | 6 | |
2 | John Hartle | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 16 | 0 | |
3 | Bob Brown | Australia | Norton | 14 | 0 | |
4 | Gary Hocking | Rhodesia | Norton | 12 | 0 | |
5 | Geoff Duke | United Kingdom | Norton | 10 | 0 | |
6 | Remo Venturi | Italy | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | |
7 | Dickie Dale | United Kingdom | AJS | 6 | 0 | |
8 | John Hempleman | New Zealand | Norton | 6 | 0 | |
9 | Bob Anderson | United Kingdom | Norton | 5 | 0 | |
10 | Alistair King | United Kingdom | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
= | Ernesto Brambilla | Italy | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | |
12 | Paddy Driver | South Africa | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
13 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
= | Tom Phillis | Australia | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
15 | Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
16 | Terry Shepherd | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
= | Dave Chadwick | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
= | Gilberto Milani | Italy | Norton | 1 | 0 |
250cc Standings[]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 | |
2 | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | MV Agusta | 16 | 2 | |
= | Gary Hocking | Rhodesia | MZ | 16 | 2 | |
4 | Ernst Degner | East Germany | MZ | 14 | 0 | |
5 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | Mondial | 13 | 0 | |
6 | Emilio Mendogni | Italy | Morini | 10 | 0 | |
7 | Derek Minter | United Kingdom | Morini | 7 | 0 | |
8 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | GMS-MZ | 7 | 0 | |
9 | Horst Fügner | East Germany | MZ | 6 | 0 | |
10 | Geoff Duke | United Kingdom | Benelli | 5 | 0 | |
11 | Dave Chadwick | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | |
12 | Libero Liberati | Italy | Morini | 3 | 0 | |
13 | Horst Kassner | West Germany | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
= | United Kingdom | NSU | 2 | 0 | ||
= | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
16 | Rudi Thalhammer | Austria | NSU | 1 | 0 | |
= | Dickie Dale | United Kingdom | Benelli | 1 | 0 | |
18 | West Germany | Adler | 1 | 0 |
125cc Standings[]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 30 | 3 | |
2 | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 | |
3 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | Ducati | 20 | 1 | |
4 | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | MZ / Ducati | 14 | 0 | |
5 | Ernst Degner | East Germany | MZ | 13 | 1 | |
6 | Bruno Spaggiari | Italy | Ducati | 8 | 0 | |
7 | Derek Minter | United Kingdom | MZ | 8 | 0 | |
8 | Ken Kavanagh | Australia | Ducati | 8 | 0 | |
9 | Gary Hocking | Rhodesia | MZ / MV Agusta | 7 | 0 | |
10 | Horst Fügner | East Germany | MZ | 6 | 0 | |
11 | East Germany | MZ | 4 | 0 | ||
12 | Italy | Ducati | 3 | 0 | ||
13 | Alberto Pagani | Italy | Ducati | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Naomi Taniguchi | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
= | West Germany | Ducati | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Sweden | Ducati | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Ducati | 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". Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
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