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[edit]
† Race did not count towards the World Championship.
†† The Nations Grand Prix also held a non-championship 175 cc race, won by the Italian, Francesco Villa.
Standings[edit]
Scoring system[edit]
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[edit]
350cc Standings[edit]
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[edit]
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 | |
= | Phil Carter | 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 | Günter Beer | West Germany | Adler | 1 | 0 |
125cc Standings[edit]
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 | Werner Musiol | East Germany | MZ | 4 | 0 | |
12 | Francesco Villa | Italy | Ducati | 3 | 0 | |
13 | Alberto Pagani | Italy | Ducati | 2 | 0 | |
14 | Naomi Taniguchi | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 | |
= | Karl Kronmüller | West Germany | Ducati | 1 | 0 | |
= | Ulf Svensson | Sweden | Ducati | 1 | 0 | |
= | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Ducati | 1 | 0 |
References[edit]
- 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.