1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Appearance
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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 |
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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 | |
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Italy | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 | |
12 | ![]() |
South Africa | Norton | 4 | 0 | |
13 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | AJS | 2 | 0 | |
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Australia | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
15 | ![]() |
Rhodesia | Norton | 2 | 0 | |
16 | ![]() |
United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 | |
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Italy | Norton | 1 | 0 |
250cc Standings[edit]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() |
Italy | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 | |
2 | ![]() |
Italy | MV Agusta | 16 | 2 | |
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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 | |
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United Kingdom | NSU | 2 | 0 | |
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Switzerland | MZ | 2 | 0 | |
16 | ![]() |
Austria | NSU | 1 | 0 | |
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United Kingdom | Benelli | 1 | 0 | |
18 | ![]() |
West Germany | Adler | 1 | 0 |
125cc Standings[edit]
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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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 | |
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West Germany | Ducati | 1 | 0 | |
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Sweden | Ducati | 1 | 0 | |
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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.