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
editScoring system
editPoints 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
edit350cc Standings
editPlace | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 48 | 6 | ||
2 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 16 | 0 | ||
3 | Australia | Norton | 14 | 0 | ||
4 | Rhodesia | Norton | 12 | 0 | ||
5 | United Kingdom | Norton | 10 | 0 | ||
6 | Italy | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 | ||
7 | United Kingdom | AJS | 6 | 0 | ||
8 | New Zealand | Norton | 6 | 0 | ||
9 | United Kingdom | Norton | 5 | 0 | ||
10 | United Kingdom | Norton | 4 | 0 | ||
= | Italy | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | ||
12 | South Africa | Norton | 4 | 0 | ||
13 | United Kingdom | AJS | 2 | 0 | ||
= | Australia | Norton | 2 | 0 | ||
15 | Rhodesia | Norton | 2 | 0 | ||
16 | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Italy | Norton | 1 | 0 |
250cc Standings
editPlace | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 | ||
2 | Italy | MV Agusta | 16 | 2 | ||
= | Rhodesia | MZ | 16 | 2 | ||
4 | East Germany | MZ | 14 | 0 | ||
5 | United Kingdom | Mondial | 13 | 0 | ||
6 | Italy | Morini | 10 | 0 | ||
7 | United Kingdom | Morini | 7 | 0 | ||
8 | United Kingdom | GMS-MZ | 7 | 0 | ||
9 | East Germany | MZ | 6 | 0 | ||
10 | United Kingdom | Benelli | 5 | 0 | ||
11 | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | ||
12 | Italy | Morini | 3 | 0 | ||
13 | West Germany | NSU | 2 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | NSU | 2 | 0 | ||
= | Switzerland | MZ | 2 | 0 | ||
16 | Austria | NSU | 1 | 0 | ||
= | United Kingdom | Benelli | 1 | 0 | ||
18 | West Germany | Adler | 1 | 0 |
125cc Standings
editPlace | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Italy | MV Agusta | 30 | 3 | ||
2 | Italy | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 | ||
3 | United Kingdom | Ducati | 20 | 1 | ||
4 | Switzerland | MZ / Ducati | 14 | 0 | ||
5 | East Germany | MZ | 13 | 1 | ||
6 | Italy | Ducati | 8 | 0 | ||
7 | United Kingdom | MZ | 8 | 0 | ||
8 | Australia | Ducati | 8 | 0 | ||
9 | Rhodesia | MZ / MV Agusta | 7 | 0 | ||
10 | East Germany | MZ | 6 | 0 | ||
11 | East Germany | MZ | 4 | 0 | ||
12 | Italy | Ducati | 3 | 0 | ||
13 | Italy | Ducati | 2 | 0 | ||
14 | Japan | Honda | 1 | 0 | ||
= | West Germany | Ducati | 1 | 0 | ||
= | Sweden | Ducati | 1 | 0 | ||
= | 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.