1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season 1958 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1957 1959 thumb|John Surtees, the 1958 350cc and 500cc World Champion. thumb|Tarquinio Provini (pictured in 1959), the 1958 250cc World Champion. thumb|Carlo Ubbiali (pictured in 1956), the 1958 125cc World Champion. The 1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the tenth 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 6 June, with Isle of Man TT and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 14 September. At the end of the 1957 season, Gilera, Mondial, Moto Guzzi and MV Agusta announced a multilateral withdrawal from GP racing, due to economic reasons and rising public pressure due to the large amount of fatal motorsport accidents occurring in Italy during the previous years.Gustl Kamikaze 2021-02-03 Carlo Ubbiali story - part 6 http://www.motoracers.eu/carlo-ubbiali-story-part-6/?lang=en 2023-12-05 MotoRacers en-US MV Agusta reverted their decision several days later. This situation left reigning 500cc champion Libero Liberati and reigning 250cc champion Cecil Sandford without rides for 1958.Oxley Mat 2023-12-01 Remembering Cecil Sandford, MV Agusta’s history man https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/motorcycles/remembering-cecil-sandford-mv-agustas-history-man/ 2023-12-05 Motor Sport Magazine en-GBMotorsport Memorial - http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/LWFWIW/focusLWFWIW.php?db2=LWF&db=ct&n=22 2023-12-05 www.motorsportmemorial.org A major technical change for 1958 was the ban of dustbin fairings - streamlined bodywork that covered front wheels - in all classes. They were used by most entrants by the end of 1957, including privateers. As of 2023, the rule is still in place in MotoGP.About Those Dustbin Fairings of the 1950s https://www.cycleworld.com/blogs/ask-kevin/motorcycle-dustbin-fairings-examined/ 2023-12-05 Cycle World en 1958 Grand Prix season calendar Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Sidecars 500cc winner Report 1 6 June IOM Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain ITA Carlo Ubbiali ITA Tarquinio Provini GBR John Surtees GBR John Surtees DEU Schneider / Strauß Report 2 28 June NLD Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen ITA Carlo Ubbiali ITA Tarquinio Provini GBR John Surtees GBR John Surtees CHE DEU Camathias / Cecco Report 3 6 July BEL Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps ITA Alberto Gandossi GBR John Surtees GBR John Surtees DEU Schneider / Strauß Report 4 20 July FRG German Grand Prix Nürburgring Nordschleife ITA Carlo Ubbiali ITA Tarquinio Provini GBR John Surtees GBR John Surtees DEU Schneider / Strauß Report 5 27 July SWE Swedish Grand Prix Hedemora Circuit ITA Alberto Gandossi East Germany 1949 Horst Fügner GBR Geoff Duke GBR Geoff Duke Report 6 9 August NIR Ulster Grand Prix Dundrod Circuit ITA Carlo Ubbiali ITA Tarquinio Provini GBR John Surtees GBR John Surtees Report 7 14 September ITA Nations Grand Prix † Monza ITA Bruno Spaggiari ITA Emilio Mendogni GBR John Surtees GBR John Surtees Report † 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 counted in 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars the three best results were counted. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 500cc final standings Pos Rider Machine MANIOM HOLNLD BELBEL GERDEU SWESWE ULSNIR NACITA Pts 1 GBR John Surtees MV Agusta 1 1 1 1 1 1 32 (48) 2 GBR John Hartle MV Agusta Ret 2 3 2 3 Ret 20 3 GBR Geoff Duke BMW / Norton Ret Ret 4 Ret 1 5 7 13 4 GBR Dickie Dale BMW 10 5 5 5 2 6 4 13 (16) 5 GBR Derek Minter Norton 4 3 Ret 4 10 6 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Norton 6 3 4 8 7 DEU Ernst Hiller BMW 4 Ret 4 5 Ret 10 8 8 GBR Bob Anderson Norton 2 Ret 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 9 AUS Keith Campbell Norton Ret Ret 2 6 10 GBR Bob McIntyre Norton Ret 2 6 11 ITA Remo Venturi MV Agusta 2 6 12 AUS Bob Brown Norton / BMW 3 10 16 6 6 7 Ret 6 13 GBR Terry Shepherd Norton Ret Ret 3 Ret 4 14 ITA Umberto Masetti MV Agusta 3 4 15 GBR Dave Chadwick Norton 5 Ret Ret Ret 6 3 16 ITA Carlo Bandirola MV Agusta 5 2 17 NZL John Anderson Norton / Matchless 6 12 1 18 NZL Noel McCutcheon Norton 16 7 10 0 19 DEU Alois Huber BMW 7 11 0 20 GBR George Catlin Norton 7 Ret 13 0 21 GBR Alan Trow Norton Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 0 22 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver Norton Ret Ret 7 0 23 AUS Tom Phillis Norton 18 9 8 0 24 GBR Ewan Haldane Norton 8 9 0 25 NZL John Hempleman Norton 15 8 11 Ret Ret 0 26 GBR Jack Brett Norton Ret 12 8 Ret 0 27 GBR Ralph Rensen Norton 12 8 0 28 ITA Giuseppe Cantoni MV Agusta 8 0 = DEU Karl Peters Norton 8 0 30 AUT Gerold Klinger BMW 9 9 0 31 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Norton 19 Ret 9 0 32 GBR Geoffrey Tanner Norton Ret Ret 9 Ret 0 33 NZL Peter Pawson Norton 9 Ret 0 34 GBR Jack Wood Matchless 22 10 0 35 NIR Mike O'Rourke Norton Ret Ret 10 0 36 DEU Hans-Günter Jäger BMW 10 0 37 AUS Jack Ahearn Matchless 29 11 13 13 0 38 GBR Don Chapman Norton Ret 11 0 = AUS Eric Hinton Norton 11 Ret 0 40 DEU Rudolf Gläser Norton 11 0 = SWE Kurt Johannson Norton 11 0 42 NIR Bob Ferguson Norton 31 12 0 43 SWE Stig Andersson Norton 12 0 = ITA Adolfo Covi Norton 12 0 = AUS Jack Findlay Norton 12 0 46 DEU Karl-Heinz Scheifel Matchless 13 27 0 47 FRA Jacques Collot Norton 13 0 = GBR Mike Hailwood Norton 13 0 49 BEL Raymond Bogaerdt Norton 14 0 = ITA Artemio Cirelli Gilera 14 0 = SWE Evert Carlsson BMW 14 0 = GBR Robin Fitton Norton 14 0 = GBR Ken Tostevin Norton 14 0 54 GBR Eric Cheers BSA Ret 15 0 55 FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle Norton 15 0 = ITA Gianvittorio Ziglioli Moto Guzzi 15 0 57 GBR Stephen Murray AJS 16 0 58 GBR Vernon Cottle Norton 33 17 0 59 GBR Jimmy Buchan Norton 17 0 60 GBR Davy Crawford Norton 18 0 61 GBR Harry Grant Norton 19 0 62 GBR Harry Plews Norton / AJS 30 20 0 63 GBR Derek Powell Norton 20 0 64 GBR Bertie Farlow Norton 21 0 = GBR Ray Fay Norton 21 0 66 NIR William McCosh Matchless 22 0 67 GBR Jimmy Jones Norton 23 0 = GBR Brian Purslow Norton 23 0 69 GBR George Costain Norton 24 0 = NIR Ernie Oliver AJS 24 0 71 GBR Alan Holmes Norton 25 0 = GBR Llewellyn Ranson AJS 25 0 73 NIR Robert McCracken Norton 26 0 = GBR Brian Setchell Norton 26 0 75 GBR Bob Rowbottom Norton 27 Ret 0 76 NIR Martin Brosnan Norton 28 0 77 GBR Syd Mizen Norton 28 0 78 GBR Philip Palmer Norton 32 0 79 GBR Harry Voice Norton 34 0 80 GBR Arthur Wheeler AJS 35 0 81 GBR Louis Carr Norton 36 0 82 GBR Barry Cortvriend Matchless 37 0 83 GBR Albert Moule Norton 38 0 84 GBR Bill Robertson Norton 39 0 85 USA John Marcotte AJS 40 0 86 AUS Allen Burt AJS 41 Ret 0 87 CAN 1957 Ian McGuffie Norton 42 0 88 GBR Walter Hancock Norton 43 0 89 GBR Grenville Pennington Norton 44 0 90 AUS Jim Tompsett AJS 45 Ret 0 91 GBR Roly Capner BSA 46 0 92 GBR George Northwood Norton 47 0 93 AUS Clarrie Dunn AJS 48 Ret 0 - AUS Harry Hinton Jr. Norton Ret Ret 0 - AUS Dick Thompson Norton Ret Ret 0 - CAN 1957 Bob Webster Norton Ret Ret 0 - GBR Bill Beevers Norton Ret 0 - ITA Paolo Campanelli Norton Ret 0 - NIR Austin Carson Norton Ret 0 - ZAF 1928 Borro Castellani Norton Ret 0 - ITA Fabio Ceredi Moto Guzzi Ret 0 - NIR Bob Coulter BSA Ret 0 - GBR Ken Draper Norton Ret 0 - ITA Gerardo Düring Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Jack Forrest BMW Ret 0 - GBR Laurie Flury AJS Ret 0 - ITA Francesco Guglielminetti Norton Ret 0 - GBR Roy Ingram Norton Ret 0 - FRA Jacques Insermini Norton Ret 0 - FRA Guy Ligier Norton Ret 0 - GBR Alistair King Norton Ret 0 - ITA Giuseppe Mantelli Gilera Ret 0 - ITA Luigi Marcelli Norton Ret 0 - ITA Emanuele Maugliani Gilera Ret 0 - NIR Bob Matthews Norton Ret 0 - GBR Tommy McLeod Norton Ret 0 - ITA Alfredo Milani Gilera Ret 0 - NIR Noel Orr Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Len Rutherford Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Bill Smith Norton Ret 0 - GBR Gerry Turner Norton Ret 0 - Rhodesia and Nyasaland Desmond Wolff Norton Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike MANGBR HOLNLD BELBEL GERDEU SWESWE ULSUlster NACITA PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 350cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 GBR John Surtees United Kingdom MV Agusta 32 6 2 GBR John Hartle United Kingdom MV Agusta 24 0 3 GBR Geoff Duke United Kingdom Norton 17 1 4 GBR Dave Chadwick United Kingdom Norton 13 0 5 GBR Bob Anderson United Kingdom Norton 11 0 6 GBR Mike Hailwood United Kingdom Norton 9 0 7 AUS Keith Campbell Australia Norton 8 0 8 GBR Derek Minter United Kingdom Norton 7 0 = GBR Terry Shepherd United Kingdom Norton 7 0 10 GBR Geoffrey Tanner United Kingdom Norton 4 0 11 GBR Alan Trow United Kingdom Norton 3 0 12 GBR Bob McIntyre United Kingdom Norton 2 0 = GBR Geoff Monty United Kingdom Norton 2 0 = GBR George Catlin United Kingdom Norton 2 0 15 AUS Bob Brown Australia AJS 1 0 = GBR Alistair King United Kingdom Norton 1 0 = GBR Dickie Dale United Kingdom Norton 1 0 = CHE Luigi Taveri Switzerland Norton 1 0 = GBR Mike O'Rourke United Kingdom Norton 1 0 250cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 ITA Tarquinio Provini Italy MV Agusta 32 4 2 East Germany 1949 Horst Fügner East Germany MZ 16 1 3 ITA Carlo Ubbiali Italy MV Agusta 16 0 4 GBR Mike Hailwood United Kingdom NSU 13 0 5 FRG Dieter Falk West Germany Adler 11 0 6 ITA Emilio Mendogni Italy Morini 8 1 7 GBR Tommy Robb United Kingdom NSU 7 0 = ITA Giampiero Zubani Italy Morini 6 0 9 FRG Günter Beer West Germany Adler 6 0 10 GBR Dave Chadwick United Kingdom MV Agusta 4 0 = GBR Geoff Monty United Kingdom GMS-NSU 4 0 12 FRG Horst Kassner West Germany NSU 4 0 13 AUT Josef Autengruber Austria NSU 4 0 14 FRG Ernst Degner West Germany MZ 3 0 = AUS Bob Brown Australia NSU 3 0 16 GBR Arthur Wheeler United Kingdom Mondial 2 0 = FRG Xaver Heiß West Germany NSU 2 0 18 GBR Dickie Dale United Kingdom NSU 1 0 = GBR Sammy Miller United Kingdom ČZ 1 0 = FRG Walter Reichert West Germany NSU 1 0 = FRG Wilhelm Lecke West Germany DKW 1 0 125cc Riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL GERDEU SWESWE ULSNIR NATITA Pts 1 ITA Carlo Ubbiali MV Agusta 1F 1 5 1F 3 1 32 (38) 2 ITA Alberto Gandossi Ducati 4 1F 1 4F 2 25 (28) 3 CHE Luigi Taveri Ducati 2F 6 2F 2 5 20 (21) 4 ITA Tarquinio Provini MV Agusta 3 3 2 4 17 5 GBR Dave Chadwick Ducati 3 5 4 3 4 14 (16) 6 ITA Romolo Ferri Ducati 2 2 12 7 GDR Ernst Degner MZ 5 6 3 5 9 8 ITA Bruno Spaggiari Ducati 1F 8 9 GDR Horst Fügner MZ 6 4 6 5 7 10 ITA Francesco Villa Ducati 3 4 11 GBR Sammy Miller Ducati 4 3 12 FRG Walter Brehme MZ 5 2 13 FRG Werner Musiol MZ 6 1 13 GBR Arthur Wheeler Mondial 6 1 13 ITA Enzo Vezzalini MV Agusta 6 1 Pos. Rider Bike MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL GERDEU SWESWE ULSNIR NATITA Pts Constructors' standings Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos. Constructor MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL GERDEU SWESWE ULSNIR NATITA Pts 1 ITA MV Agusta 1 1 3 1 3 1 6 32 (41) 2 ITA Ducati 2 2 1 1 2 1 30 (42) 3 GDR MZ 5 6 3 5 5 10 (11) 4 ITA Mondial 6 1 Pos. Constructor MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL GERDEU SWESWE ULSNIR NATITA Pts Inline citations References Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 32–34 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. 2-940125-32-5 The Official MotoGP website http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1958/NAT/500cc/World+Standing 2010-07-06 2020-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20200723232255/https://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1958/NAT/500cc//World+Standing dead Category:Grand Prix motorcycle racing seasons Grand Prix motorcycle racing season