# Campionat del Món de motociclisme de 1959

La temporada de 1959 del Campionat del món de motociclisme fou l'11a edició d'aquest campionat, organitzat per la FIM. La temporada va consistir a vuit Grans Premis a les 5 categories: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc i Sidecars 500cc. Va començar el 17 de maig al Gran Premi de França i va acabar al Gran Premi de les Nacions d'Itàlia el 6 de setembre.

## Grans Premis

| Cursa | Gran Premi | Circuit | Guanyador 125cc | Guanyador 250cc | Guanyador 350cc | Guanyador 500cc | Resultats |
| 1 | Gran Premi de França | Clermont-Ferrand | | | John Surtees | John Surtees | Resultat |
| 2 | TT de l'Illa de Man | Illa de Man | Tarquinio Provini | Tarquinio Provini | John Surtees | John Surtees | Resultat |
| 3 | Gran Premi d'Alemanya Occidental | Hockenheim | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | John Surtees | John Surtees | Resultat |
| 4 | TT d'Holanda | Assen | Carlo Ubbiali | Tarquinio Provini | | John Surtees | Resultat |
| 5 | Gran Premi de Bèlgica | Spa | Carlo Ubbiali | | John Surtees | John Surtees | Resultat |
| 6 | Gran Premi de Suècia | Råbelövsbanan | Tarquinio Provini | Gary Hocking | John Surtees | | Resultat |
| 7 | Gran Premi de l'Ulster | Dundrod | Mike Hailwood | Gary Hocking | John Surtees | John Surtees | Resultat |
| 8 | Gran Premi de les Nacions | Monza | Ernst Degner | Carlo Ubbiali | John Surtees | John Surtees | Resultat |

## Campions del món

| Campió | 125cc | 250cc | 350cc | 500cc |
| Campió | Carlo Ubbiali | Carlo Ubbiali | John Surtees | John Surtees |

## Sistema de puntuació

Barem de puntuació de 1950 a 1968:
| Posició | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Punts | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## 500 cc

| Pos | Pilot | Moto | FRA | IOM | GER | NED | BEL | ULS | NAT | Pts |
| 1 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 |
| 2 | Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | 2 | | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2 | 22 |
| 3 | Bob Brown | Norton | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | Geoff Duke | Norton | | | 9 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 | Gary Hocking | Norton | 3 | | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | 10 |
| 6 | Bob McIntyre | Norton | | 5 | | | | 2 | | 8 |
| 7 | Alistair King | Norton | | 2 | | | | 6 | | 7 |
| 8 | Dickie Dale | BMW | 4 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 6 |
| 9 | Terry Shepherd | Norton | 5 | Ret | | | | 4 | | 5 |
| 10 | John Hempleman | Norton | 17 | | 5 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| 11 | Derek Powell | Matchless | | 4 | | | | 14 | | 3 |
| 12 | Ken Kavanagh | Norton | | NVC | 4 | Ret | Ret | | | 3 |
| 13 | Paddy Driver | Norton | 6 | 6 | Ret | Ret | | Ret | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | Jim Redman | Norton | | Ret | Ret | 5 | 9 | Ret | Ret | 2 |
| 15 | Bob Anderson | Norton | 8 | Ret | | Ret | 6 | | | 1 |
| 16 | Ron Miles | Norton | | 12 | 12 | 6 | | 11 | | 1 |
| 17 | Alois Huber | BMW | | | 6 | | | | | 1 |
| 18 | Tom Phillis | Norton | 7 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | | 0 |
| 19 | Hans-Günter Jäger | BMW | 11 | | 10 | 7 | 16 | | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | Ernst Hiller | BMW | | | 8 | Ret | | | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | Geoff Tanner | Norton | | | 7 | 9 | 11 | | | 0 |
| 22 | Alan Shepherd | Matchless | | 7 | | | | 9 | | 0 |
| 23 | George Catlin | Matchless | | 8 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Anton Elbersen | BMW | | | 8 | | | | | 0 |
| 25 | Ralph Rensen | Norton | 10 | 9 | | | | 10 | | 0 |
| 26 | Karl Untersteggaber | Norton | | | | | | | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | Derek Minter | Norton | | Ret | | Ret | 10 | | | 0 |
| = | Peter Pawson | Norton | | 10 | | Ret | | Ret | | 0 |
| 29 | Paolo Campanelli | Norton | | | | | | | 10 | 0 |
| 30 | Jacques Insermini | Norton | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| = | Brian Setchell | Norton | | 11 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Evert Carlsson | BMW | | | 11 | | | | | 0 |
| 33 | Raymond Bogaerdt | Norton | | | | Ret | 12 | | | 0 |
| 34 | Jaques Collot | Norton | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Vasco Loro | Norton | | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| = | Stephen Murray | Matchless | | | | | | 12 | | 0 |
| 37 | Mike Hailwood | Norton | | Ret | | | 13 | | Ret | 0 |
| = | Alfredo Milani | Gilera | | | | Ret | Ret | | 13 | 0 |
| 39 | Guy Ligier | Norton | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Rudolf Gläser | Norton | | | 13 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Robin Fitton | Norton | | | | | | 13 | | 0 |
| = | Bill Smith | Matchless | | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Yvon Callede | Norton | | | 14 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Ewan Haldane | Norton | | 14 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | C. Maubert | Norton | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jules Nies | Matchless | | | | | 14 | | | 0 |
| 47 | Don Chapman | Norton | | Ret | | | | 15 | | 0 |
| 48 | Maurice de Polo | Norton | 15 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Raymond Hanset | Norton | | | | | 15 | | | 0 |
| = | Bob Rowbottom | Norton | | 15 | | | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Tommy McLeod | Norton | | | | | | 16 | | 0 |
| = | Albert Montagne | Norton | 16 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 53 | Jean-Pierre Bayle | Norton | | | Ret | | 17 | | | 0 |
| = | Stan Cameron | Matchless | | Ret | | | | 17 | | 0 |
| 55 | Joe Wright | Norton | | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Edwin-Martin Grant | Norton | | 18 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jimmy Jones | Norton | | | | | | 18 | | 0 |
| 58 | William McCosh | Matchless | | | | | | 19 | | 0 |
| = | Fred Stevens | AJS | | 19 | | | | | | 0 |
| 60 | Martin Brosnan | Norton | | | | | | 20 | | 0 |
| = | Ed LaBelle | BMW | | 20 | | | | | | 0 |
| 62 | G. Northwood | Norton | | 21 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Willie White | Norton | | | | | | 21 | | 0 |
| 64 | Vernon Cottle | Norton | | 22 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Harry Grant | Matchless | | | | | | 22 | | 0 |
| 66 | Frank Gordon | Norton | | | | | | 23 | | 0 |
| 67 | Ernie Oliver | AJS | | | | | | 24 | | 0 |
| 68 | Jack Shannon | BSA | | | | | | 25 | | 0 |
| 69 | John Brown | Norton | | | | | | 26 | | 0 |
| - | Eric Hinton | Norton | | Ret | | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| - | Jimmy Buchan Jr | Norton | | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Jack Findlay | Norton | | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | John Hartle | MV Agusta | | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Llewelyn Ranson | Norton | | Ret | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Ernesto Brambilla | MV Agusta | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Brett | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Bullock | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Louis Carr | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Eric Cheers | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Artemio Cirelli | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Barry Cortvriend | Matchless | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | George Costain | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Adolfo Covi | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Richard Creith | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Davy Crawford | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Bruce Daniels | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bertie Farlow | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Ray Fay | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Peter Ferbrache | Matchless | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Robert Ferguson | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Ralph Fox | AJS | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Joe Glazebrook | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Roger Graham | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Owen Greenwood | Triumph | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Francesco Guglielminetti | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Tom Hesketh | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Richard Holmes | BSA | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Richard Ingram | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Len Ireland | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Den Jarman | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Lothar John | BMW | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Host Kassner | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Luigi Marcelli | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Angus Martin | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Giuseppe Mantelli | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Emanuele Maugliani | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Robert McCracken | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Sid Mizen | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Albert Moule | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Frank Perris | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Harry Plews | AJS | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Ladislaus Richter | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Robertson | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Walter Scheimann | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Toni Schmitz | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Ray Spence | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Don Tickle | Norton | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| - | Alan Trow | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dino Valbonesi | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Martinus van Son | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Roberto Vigorito | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Arthur Wheeler | AJS | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Lewis Young | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Benedetto Zambotti | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | Pilot | Moto | FRA | IOM | GER | NED | BEL | ULS | NAT | Pts |
| Color | Resultat |
| Or | Guanyador |
| Argent | 2n lloc |
| Bronze | 3r lloc |
| Verd | Va acabar sumant punts |
| Blau | Va acabar sense sumar punts |
| Blau | No classificat (NC) |
| Porpra | Es retirà (Ret o DNF) |
| Vermell | No qualificat (NQ o DNQ) |
| Vermell | No pre-qualificat (NPQ o DNPQ) |
| Negre | Desqualificat (DSQ) |
| Blanc | No va començar (NVC o DNS) |
| Blanc | Abandonà (AB o WD) |
| Blanc | Retirat per lesió (LES) |
| Blanc | Cursa cancel·lada (C) |
| Gris | No va entrenar (NE o DNP) |
| Gris | No va arribar (NA o DNA) |
| Gris | Exclòs (EX) |

## 350 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 48 | 6 |
| 2 | John Hartle | MV Agusta | 16 | 0 |
| 3 | Bob Brown | Norton | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | Gary Hocking | Norton | 12 | 0 |
| 5 | Geoff Duke | Norton | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Dickie Dale | AJS | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | John Hempleman | Norton | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Bob Anderson | Norton | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Alistair King | Norton | 4 | 0 |
| = | Ernesto Brambilla | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Paddy Driver | Norton | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Mike Hailwood | AJS | 2 | 0 |
| = | Tom Phillis | Norton | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Jim Redman | Norton | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Terry Shepherd | Norton | 1 | 0 |
| = | Dave Chadwick | Norton | 1 | 0 |
| = | Gilberto Milani | Norton | 1 | 0 |

## 250 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 |
| 2 | Tarquinio Provini | MV Agusta | 16 | 2 |
| = | Gary Hocking | MZ | 16 | 2 |
| 4 | Ernst Degner | MZ | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | Mike Hailwood | Mondial | 13 | 0 |
| 6 | Emilio Mendogni | Morini | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Derek Minter | Morini | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Tommy Robb | GMS-MZ | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Horst Fügner | MZ | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Geoff Duke | Benelli | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Dave Chadwick | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Libero Liberati | Morini | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Horst Kassner | NSU | 2 | 0 |
| = | Phil Carter | NSU | 2 | 0 |
| = | Luigi Taveri | MZ | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Rudi Thalhammer | NSU | 1 | 0 |
| = | Dickie Dale | Benelli | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Günter Beer | Adler | 1 | 0 |

## 125 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 30 | 3 |
| 2 | Tarquinio Provini | MV Agusta | 28 | 2 |
| 3 | Mike Hailwood | Ducati | 20 | 1 |
| 4 | Luigi Taveri | MZ / Ducati | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | Ernst Degner | MZ | 13 | 1 |
| 6 | Bruno Spaggiari | Ducati | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Derek Minter | MZ | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Ken Kavanagh | Ducati | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Gary Hocking | MZ / MV Agusta | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Horst Fügner | MZ | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | Werner Musiol | MZ | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Francesco Villa | Ducati | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Alberto Pagani | Ducati | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Naomi Taniguchi | Honda | 1 | 0 |
| = | Karl Kronmüller | Ducati | 1 | 0 |
| = | Ulf Svensson | Ducati | 1 | 0 |
| = | Arthur Wheeler | Ducati | 1 | 0 |

## Referències

* Büla, Maurice; Schertenleib, Jean-Claude. Continental Circus 1949–2000 (en anglès, francès i alemany). Chronosports S.A., 2001. ISBN 2-940125-32-5.
* «The Official MotoGP website» (en anglès). Arxivat de l'original el 18/9/2012. [Consulta: 6 juliol 2010].