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1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports 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
17 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit			GBR John Surtees	GBR John Surtees	CHEDEUScheidegger/Burkhardt	Report
6 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	ITA Tarquinio Provini	ITA Tarquinio Provini	GBR John Surtees	GBR John Surtees	DEU Schneider / Strauß	Report
14 June	FRG German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR John Surtees	GBR John Surtees	CHE DEU Camathias / Cecco	Report
27 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Tarquinio Provini	AUS Bob Brown †	GBR John Surtees	CHE DEU Camathias / Cecco	Report
5 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking †		GBR John Surtees	DEU Schneider / Strauß	Report
26 July	SWE Swedish Grand Prix	Råbelövsbanan	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	GBR John Surtees	AUS Bob Brown †		Report
8 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	GBR Mike Hailwood	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	GBR John Surtees	GBR John Surtees		Report
6 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix††	Monza	East Germany Ernst Degner	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	GBR John Surtees	GBR John Surtees		Report

† 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

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

Pos	Rider	Machine	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	GER
DEU	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
NIR	NAC
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	=	25	26	27	=	29	30	=	=	33	34	=	=	37	=	39	=	=	=	43	=	=	=	47	48	=	=	51	=	53	=	55	56	=	58	=	60	=	62	=	64	66	67	68	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	GER
DEU	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts
GBR John Surtees	MV Agusta	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	32 (56)
ITA Remo Venturi	MV Agusta	2		2	3	5		2	22 (24)
AUS Bob Brown	Norton	9	3	3	2	4	5	4	17 (22)
GBR Geoff Duke	Norton			9		3	3	3	12
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Norton	3		Ret	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	10
GBR Bob McIntyre	Norton		5				2		8
GBR Alistair King	Norton		2				6		7
GBR Dickie Dale	BMW	4	Ret	Ret	4	8	7	Ret	6
GBR Terry Shepherd	Norton	5	Ret				4		5
NZL John Hempleman	Norton	17		5	Ret	Ret	8	5	4
GBR Derek Powell	Matchless		4				14		3
AUS Ken Kavanagh	Norton		DNS	4	Ret	Ret			3
ZAF Paddy Driver	Norton	6	6	Ret	Ret		Ret	6	3
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Norton		Ret	Ret	5	9	Ret	Ret	2
GBR Bob Anderson	Norton	8	Ret		Ret	6			1
AUS Ron Miles	Norton		12	12	6		11		1
DEU Alois Huber	BMW			6					1
AUS Tom Phillis	Norton	7	16	Ret	Ret	7	Ret		0
DEU Hans-Günter Jäger	BMW	11		10	7	16		8	0
DEU Ernst Hiller	BMW			8	Ret			7	0
GBR Geoff Tanner	Norton	Ret		7	9	11			0
GBR Alan Shepherd	Matchless		7				9		0
GBR George Catlin	Matchless		8						0
NLD Anton Elbersen	BMW			8					0
GBR Ralph Rensen	Norton	10	9				10		0
AUT Karl Untersteggaber	Norton							9	0
GBR Derek Minter	Norton		Ret		Ret	10			0
NZL Peter Pawson	Norton		10		Ret		Ret		0
ITA Paolo Campanelli	Norton							10	0
FRA Jacques Insermini	Norton	Ret						11	0
GBR Brian Setchell	Norton		11						0
SWE Evert Carlsson	BMW			11					0
BEL Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton				Ret	12			0
FRA Jacques Collot	Norton	12							0
ITA Vasco Loro	Norton							12	0
GBR Stephen Murray	Matchless						12		0
GBR Mike Hailwood	MV Agusta / Norton		Ret			13		Ret	0
ITA Alfredo Milani	Gilera				Ret	Ret		13	0
FRA Guy Ligier	Norton	13							0
DEU Rudolf Gläser	Norton			13					0
GBR Robin Fitton	Norton	Ret					13		0
GBR Bill Smith	Matchless		13						0
FRA Yvon Callede	Norton			14					0
GBR Ewan Haldane	Norton		14						0
FRA Charly Maubert	Norton	14							0
BEL Jules Nies	Matchless					14			0
GBR Don Chapman	Norton		Ret				15		0
FRA Maurice de Polo	Norton	15							0
BEL Raymond Hanset	Norton					15			0
GBR Bob Rowbottom	Norton		15						0
GBR Tommy McLeod	Norton						16		0
FRA Albert Montagne	Norton	16							0
FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton	Ret		Ret		17			0
NZL Stan Cameron	Matchless		Ret				17		0
GBR Joe Wright	Norton		17						0
GBR Harry Grant	Norton / Matchless		18				22		0
GBR Jimmy Jones	Norton						18		0
GBR William McCosh	Matchless						19		0
GBR Fred Stevens	AJS		19						0
NIR Martin Brosnan	Norton						20		0
USA Ed LaBelle	BMW		20						0
GBR George Northwood	Norton		21						0
GBR Willie White	Norton						21		0
GBR Vernon Cottle	Norton		22						0
GBR Frank Gordon	Norton						23		0
NIR Ernie Oliver	AJS						24		0
NIR Jack Shannon	BSA						25		0
GBR John Brown	Norton						26		0
AUS Eric Hinton	Norton		Ret				Ret	Ret	0
GBR Jimmy Buchan Jr	Norton		Ret				Ret		0
AUS Jack Findlay	Norton		Ret				Ret		0
GBR John Hartle	MV Agusta		Ret				Ret		0
GBR Llewelyn Ranson	Norton		Ret				Ret		0
ITA Ernesto Brambilla	MV Agusta			Ret					0
GBR Jack Brett	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Jack Bullock	Matchless		Ret						0
GBR Louis Carr	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Eric Cheers	Norton		Ret						0
ITA Artemio Cirelli	Gilera							Ret	0
GBR Barry Cortvriend	Matchless		Ret						0
GBR George Costain	Norton		Ret						0
ITA Adolfo Covi	Norton							Ret	0
NIR Dick Creith	Norton						Ret		0
NIR Davy Crawford	Norton						Ret		0
GBR Bruce Daniels	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Bertie Farlow	Norton						Ret		0
GBR Ray Fay	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Peter Ferbrache	Matchless				Ret				0
NIR Bob Ferguson	Norton						Ret		0
USA Ralph Fox	AJS		Ret						0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Roger Graham	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Owen Greenwood	Triumph		Ret						0
ITA Francesco Guglielminetti	Norton							Ret	0
GBR Tom Hesketh	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Tommy Holmes	BSA						Ret		0
GBR Roy Ingram	Norton		Ret						0
NIR Len Ireland	Norton						Ret		0
GBR Den Jarman	Norton		Ret						0
DEU Lothar John	BMW			Ret					0
DEU Host Kassner	Norton		Ret						0
ITA Luigi Marcelli	Norton							Ret	0
NIR Angus Martin	Norton		Ret						0
ITA Giuseppe Mantelli	Gilera							Ret	0
ITA Emanuele Maugliani	Gilera							Ret	0
NIR Robert McCracken	Norton						Ret		0
CHE Fritz Messerli		Ret							0
GBR Syd Mizen	Norton Dunstall		Ret						0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton		Ret						0
GBR Frank Perris	Norton				Ret				0
GBR Harry Plews	AJS		Ret						0
AUT Ladislaus Richter	Norton				Ret				0
GBR Bill Robertson	Norton		Ret						0
DEU Walter Scheimann	Norton			Ret					0
DEU Toni Schmitz	Norton						Ret		0
GBR Ray Spence	Norton						Ret		0
CAN Don Tickle	Norton				Ret				0
GBR Alan Trow	Norton		Ret						0
ITA Dino Valbonesi	Gilera							Ret	0
FRA Michel Valentin		Ret							0
NLD Martinus van Son	Norton							Ret	0
ITA Roberto Vigorito	Norton							Ret	0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	AJS		Ret						0
GBR Lewis Young	Norton		Ret						0
ITA Benedetto Zambotti	Gilera							Ret	0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR John Surtees	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	48	6
2	GBR John Hartle	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	16	0
3	AUS Bob Brown	Australia	Norton	14	0
4	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia	Norton	12	0
5	GBR Geoff Duke	United Kingdom	Norton	10	0
6	ITA Remo Venturi	Italy	MV Agusta	6	0
7	GBR Dickie Dale	United Kingdom	AJS	6	0
8	NZL John Hempleman	New Zealand	Norton	6	0
9	GBR Bob Anderson	United Kingdom	Norton	5	0
10	GBR Alistair King	United Kingdom	Norton	4	0
=	ITA Ernesto Brambilla	Italy	MV Agusta	4	0
12	ZAF Paddy Driver	South Africa	Norton	4	0
13	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	AJS	2	0
=	AUS Tom Phillis	Australia	Norton	2	0
15	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Norton	2	0
16	GBR Terry Shepherd	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	GBR Dave Chadwick	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	ITA Gilberto Milani	Italy	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	MV Agusta	28	2
2	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Italy	MV Agusta	16	2
=	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia	MZ	16	2
4	East Germany Ernst Degner	East Germany	MZ	14	0
5	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	Mondial	13	0
6	ITA Emilio Mendogni	Italy	Morini	10	0
7	GBR Derek Minter	United Kingdom	Morini	7	0
8	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	GMS-MZ	7	0
9	East Germany Horst Fügner	East Germany	MZ	6	0
10	GBR Geoff Duke	United Kingdom	Benelli	5	0
11	GBR Dave Chadwick	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	4	0
12	ITA Libero Liberati	Italy	Morini	3	0
13	FRG Horst Kassner	West Germany	NSU	2	0
=	GBR Phil Carter	United Kingdom	NSU	2	0
=	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	MZ	2	0
16	AUT Rudi Thalhammer	Austria	NSU	1	0
=	GBR Dickie Dale	United Kingdom	Benelli	1	0
18	FRG Günter Beer	West Germany	Adler	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
IOM	GER
DEU	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	SWE
SWE	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	30 (38)	2	28 (30)	3	20 (23)	4	14	5	13	6	8	7	8	8	8	9	7	10	6	11	4	12	3	13	2	14	1	14	1	14	1	14	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
IOM	GER
DEU	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	SWE
SWE	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	5	1F	1F	1	2F		2F
ITA Tarquinio Provini	MV Agusta	1	2		2F	1		5
GBR Mike Hailwood	Ducati	3	3	3		4	1F
CHE Luigi Taveri	MZ	2F
Ducati				3			3
GDR Ernst Degner	MZ		6				3	1
ITA Bruno Spaggiari	Ducati		5	2
GBR Derek Minter	MZ			5	4			4
AUS Ken Kavanagh	Ducati			6	5	5	4
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	MZ						2
MV Agusta							6
GDR Horst Fügner	MZ	4		4
GDR Werner Musiol	MZ					3
ITA Francesco Villa	Ducati		4
ITA Alberto Pagani	Ducati						5
JPN Naomi Taniguchi	Honda	6
FRG Karl Kronmüller	Ducati				6
SWE Ulf Svensson	Ducati					6
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Ducati						6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	MAN
IOM	GER
DEU	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	SWE
SWE	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	32 (46)	2	24 (31)	3	22 (33)	4	1	Pos.	Constructor	MAN
IOM	GER
DEU	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	SWE
SWE	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA MV Agusta	1	1	1	1	1		2
GDR MZ	2	6	4	4	3	2	1
ITA Ducati	3	3	2	3	4	1	3
JPN Honda	6

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

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