# 1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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. 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.
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.

## 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 | Isle of Man TT | Snaefell Mountain | Carlo Ubbiali | Tarquinio Provini | John Surtees | John Surtees | Schneider / Strauß | Report |
| 2 | 28 June | Dutch TT | TT Circuit Assen | Carlo Ubbiali | Tarquinio Provini | John Surtees | John Surtees | Camathias / Cecco | Report |
| 3 | 6 July | Belgian Grand Prix | Spa-Francorchamps | Alberto Gandossi | | John Surtees | John Surtees | Schneider / Strauß | Report |
| 4 | 20 July | German Grand Prix | Nürburgring Nordschleife | Carlo Ubbiali | Tarquinio Provini | John Surtees | John Surtees | Schneider / Strauß | Report |
| 5 | 27 July | Swedish Grand Prix | Hedemora Circuit | Alberto Gandossi | Horst Fügner | Geoff Duke | Geoff Duke | | Report |
| 6 | 9 August | Ulster Grand Prix | Dundrod Circuit | Carlo Ubbiali | Tarquinio Provini | John Surtees | John Surtees | | Report |
| 7 | 14 September | Nations Grand Prix † | Monza | Bruno Spaggiari | Emilio Mendogni | John Surtees | 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 | MAN | HOL | BEL | GER | SWE | ULS | NAC | Pts |
| 1 | John Surtees | MV Agusta | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 32 (48) |
| 2 | John Hartle | MV Agusta | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | | 3 | Ret | 20 |
| 3 | Geoff Duke | BMW / Norton | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 |
| 4 | Dickie Dale | BMW | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 (16) |
| 5 | Derek Minter | Norton | 4 | 3 | Ret | | | 4 | | 10 |
| 6 | Gary Hocking | Norton | | 6 | | 3 | 4 | | | 8 |
| 7 | Ernst Hiller | BMW | | 4 | Ret | 4 | 5 | Ret | 10 | 8 |
| 8 | Bob Anderson | Norton | 2 | Ret | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 7 |
| 9 | Keith Campbell | Norton | Ret | Ret | 2 | | | | | 6 |
| 10 | Bob McIntyre | Norton | Ret | | | | | 2 | | 6 |
| 11 | Remo Venturi | MV Agusta | | | | | | | 2 | 6 |
| 12 | Bob Brown | Norton / BMW | 3 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 6 |
| 13 | Terry Shepherd | Norton | Ret | Ret | | | 3 | Ret | | 4 |
| 14 | Umberto Masetti | MV Agusta | | | | | | | 3 | 4 |
| 15 | Dave Chadwick | Norton | 5 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 6 | 3 |
| 16 | Carlo Bandirola | MV Agusta | | | | | | | 5 | 2 |
| 17 | John Anderson | Norton / Matchless | 6 | | 12 | | | | | 1 |
| 18 | Noel McCutcheon | Norton | 16 | 7 | 10 | | | | | 0 |
| 19 | Alois Huber | BMW | | | | 7 | | | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | George Catlin | Norton | 7 | Ret | 13 | | | | | 0 |
| 21 | Alan Trow | Norton | Ret | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| 22 | Paddy Driver | Norton | Ret | Ret | | | 7 | | | 0 |
| 23 | Tom Phillis | Norton | 18 | 9 | | | 8 | | | 0 |
| 24 | Ewan Haldane | Norton | 8 | | | | | 9 | | 0 |
| 25 | John Hempleman | Norton | 15 | 8 | 11 | | Ret | Ret | | 0 |
| 26 | Jack Brett | Norton | Ret | 12 | 8 | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 27 | Ralph Rensen | Norton | 12 | | | | | 8 | | 0 |
| 28 | Giuseppe Cantoni | MV Agusta | | | | | | | 8 | 0 |
| = | Karl Peters | Norton | | | | 8 | | | | 0 |
| 30 | Gerold Klinger | BMW | | | | 9 | | | 9 | 0 |
| 31 | Jim Redman | Norton | 19 | Ret | | | 9 | | | 0 |
| 32 | Geoffrey Tanner | Norton | Ret | Ret | 9 | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 33 | Peter Pawson | Norton | 9 | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| 34 | Jack Wood | Matchless | 22 | | | | | 10 | | 0 |
| 35 | Mike O'Rourke | Norton | Ret | Ret | | | 10 | | | 0 |
| 36 | Hans-Günter Jäger | BMW | | | | 10 | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Jack Ahearn | Matchless | 29 | 11 | | | 13 | 13 | | 0 |
| 38 | Don Chapman | Norton | Ret | | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| = | Eric Hinton | Norton | 11 | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| 40 | Rudolf Gläser | Norton | | | | 11 | | | | 0 |
| = | Kurt Johannson | Norton | | | | | 11 | | | 0 |
| 42 | Bob Ferguson | Norton | 31 | | | | | 12 | | 0 |
| 43 | Stig Andersson | Norton | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| = | Adolfo Covi | Norton | | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| = | Jack Findlay | Norton | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Karl-Heinz Scheifel | Matchless | | | | 13 | | 27 | | 0 |
| 47 | Jacques Collot | Norton | | | | | | | 13 | 0 |
| = | Mike Hailwood | Norton | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 49 | Raymond Bogaerdt | Norton | | | 14 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Artemio Cirelli | Gilera | | | | | | | 14 | 0 |
| = | Evert Carlsson | BMW | | | | | 14 | | | 0 |
| = | Robin Fitton | Norton | | | | | | 14 | | 0 |
| = | Ken Tostevin | Norton | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 54 | Eric Cheers | BSA | Ret | | | | | 15 | | 0 |
| 55 | Jean-Pierre Bayle | Norton | | | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Gianvittorio Ziglioli | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | | 15 | 0 |
| 57 | Stephen Murray | AJS | | | | | | 16 | | 0 |
| 58 | Vernon Cottle | Norton | 33 | | | | | 17 | | 0 |
| 59 | Jimmy Buchan | Norton | 17 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 60 | Davy Crawford | Norton | | | | | | 18 | | 0 |
| 61 | Harry Grant | Norton | | | | | | 19 | | 0 |
| 62 | Harry Plews | Norton / AJS | 30 | | | | | 20 | | 0 |
| 63 | Derek Powell | Norton | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 64 | Bertie Farlow | Norton | | | | | | 21 | | 0 |
| = | Ray Fay | Norton | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 66 | William McCosh | Matchless | | | | | | 22 | | 0 |
| 67 | Jimmy Jones | Norton | | | | | | 23 | | 0 |
| = | Brian Purslow | Norton | 23 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 69 | George Costain | Norton | 24 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Ernie Oliver | AJS | | | | | | 24 | | 0 |
| 71 | Alan Holmes | Norton | 25 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Llewellyn Ranson | AJS | | | | | | 25 | | 0 |
| 73 | Robert McCracken | Norton | | | | | | 26 | | 0 |
| = | Brian Setchell | Norton | 26 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 75 | Bob Rowbottom | Norton | 27 | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 76 | Martin Brosnan | Norton | | | | | | 28 | | 0 |
| 77 | Syd Mizen | Norton | 28 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 78 | Philip Palmer | Norton | 32 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 79 | Harry Voice | Norton | 34 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 80 | Arthur Wheeler | AJS | 35 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 81 | Louis Carr | Norton | 36 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 82 | Barry Cortvriend | Matchless | 37 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 83 | Albert Moule | Norton | 38 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 84 | Bill Robertson | Norton | 39 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 85 | John Marcotte | AJS | 40 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 86 | Allen Burt | AJS | 41 | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 87 | Ian McGuffie | Norton | 42 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 88 | Walter Hancock | Norton | 43 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 89 | Grenville Pennington | Norton | 44 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 90 | Jim Tompsett | AJS | 45 | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 91 | Roly Capner | BSA | 46 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 92 | George Northwood | Norton | 47 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 93 | Clarrie Dunn | AJS | 48 | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Harry Hinton Jr. | Norton | Ret | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Dick Thompson | Norton | Ret | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Bob Webster | Norton | Ret | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Bill Beevers | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Paolo Campanelli | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Austin Carson | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Borro Castellani | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Fabio Ceredi | Moto Guzzi | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Bob Coulter | BSA | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Ken Draper | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gerardo Düring | Matchless | | | | | Ret | | | 0 |
| - | Jack Forrest | BMW | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Laurie Flury | AJS | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Francesco Guglielminetti | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Roy Ingram | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Jacques Insermini | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Guy Ligier | Norton | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| - | Alistair King | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Giuseppe Mantelli | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Luigi Marcelli | Norton | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Emanuele Maugliani | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Bob Matthews | Norton | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Tommy McLeod | Norton | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Alfredo Milani | Gilera | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| - | Noel Orr | Matchless | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| - | Len Rutherford | Matchless | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Bill Smith | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Gerry Turner | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Desmond Wolff | Norton | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Rider | Bike | MAN | HOL | BEL | GER | SWE | ULS | NAC | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### 350cc Standings

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
| 1 | John Surtees | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 32 | 6 |
| 2 | John Hartle | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Geoff Duke | United Kingdom | Norton | 17 | 1 |
| 4 | Dave Chadwick | United Kingdom | Norton | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Bob Anderson | United Kingdom | Norton | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | Norton | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | Keith Campbell | Australia | Norton | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Derek Minter | United Kingdom | Norton | 7 | 0 |
| = | Terry Shepherd | United Kingdom | Norton | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Geoffrey Tanner | United Kingdom | Norton | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Alan Trow | United Kingdom | Norton | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Bob McIntyre | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 |
| = | Geoff Monty | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 |
| = | George Catlin | United Kingdom | Norton | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Bob Brown | Australia | AJS | 1 | 0 |
| = | Alistair King | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 |
| = | Dickie Dale | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 |
| = | Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Norton | 1 | 0 |
| = | Mike O'Rourke | United Kingdom | Norton | 1 | 0 |

### 250cc Standings

| Place | Rider | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
| 1 | Tarquinio Provini | Italy | MV Agusta | 32 | 4 |
| 2 | Horst Fügner | East Germany | MZ | 16 | 1 |
| 3 | Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 16 | 0 |
| 4 | Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | NSU | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Dieter Falk | West Germany | Adler | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Emilio Mendogni | Italy | Morini | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | Tommy Robb | United Kingdom | NSU | 7 | 0 |
| = | Giampiero Zubani | Italy | Morini | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Günter Beer | West Germany | Adler | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Dave Chadwick | United Kingdom | MV Agusta | 4 | 0 |
| = | Geoff Monty | United Kingdom | GMS-NSU | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Horst Kassner | West Germany | NSU | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Josef Autengruber | Austria | NSU | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | Ernst Degner | West Germany | MZ | 3 | 0 |
| = | Bob Brown | Australia | NSU | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Arthur Wheeler | United Kingdom | Mondial | 2 | 0 |
| = | Xaver Heiß | West Germany | NSU | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Dickie Dale | United Kingdom | NSU | 1 | 0 |
| = | Sammy Miller | United Kingdom | ČZ | 1 | 0 |
| = | Walter Reichert | West Germany | NSU | 1 | 0 |
| = | Wilhelm Lecke | West Germany | DKW | 1 | 0 |

### 125cc
#### Riders' standings

| Pos. | Rider | Bike | MAN | NED | BEL | GER | SWE | ULS | NAT | Pts |
| 1 | Carlo Ubbiali | MV Agusta | 1$^F$ | 1 | 5 | 1$^F$ | 3 | 1 | | 32 (38) |
| 2 | Alberto Gandossi | Ducati | | 4 | 1$^F$ | | 1 | 4$^F$ | 2 | 25 (28) |
| 3 | Luigi Taveri | Ducati | | 2$^F$ | 6 | | 2$^F$ | 2 | 5 | 20 (21) |
| 4 | Tarquinio Provini | MV Agusta | | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | | | 17 |
| 5 | Dave Chadwick | Ducati | 3 | 5 | 4 | | | 3 | 4 | 14 (16) |
| 6 | Romolo Ferri | Ducati | 2 | | 2 | | | | | 12 |
| 7 | Ernst Degner | MZ | 5 | 6 | | 3 | 5 | | | 9 |
| 8 | Bruno Spaggiari | Ducati | | | | | | | 1$^F$ | 8 |
| 9 | Horst Fügner | MZ | 6 | | | 4 | 6 | 5 | | 7 |
| 10 | Francesco Villa | Ducati | | | | | | | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Sammy Miller | Ducati | 4 | | | | | | | 3 |
| 12 | Walter Brehme | MZ | | | | 5 | | | | 2 |
| 13 | Werner Musiol | MZ | | | | 6 | | | | 1 |
| 13 | Arthur Wheeler | Mondial | | | | | | 6 | | 1 |
| 13 | Enzo Vezzalini | MV Agusta | | | | | | | 6 | 1 |
| Pos. | Rider | Bike | MAN | NED | BEL | GER | SWE | ULS | NAT | Pts |
Race key :
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
| Annotation | Meaning |
| P | Pole position |
| F | Fastest lap |
| Rider key ||
| Colour | Meaning |
| Light blue | Rookie rider |

#### Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
| Pos. | Constructor | MAN | NED | BEL | GER | SWE | ULS | NAT | Pts |
| 1 | MV Agusta | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 32 (41) |
| 2 | Ducati | 2 | 2 | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 30 (42) |
| 3 | MZ | 5 | 6 | | 3 | 5 | 5 | | 10 (11) |
| 4 | Mondial | | | | | | 6 | | 1 |
| Pos. | Constructor | MAN | NED | BEL | GER | SWE | ULS | NAT | Pts |

## Inline citations

* ↑ Gustl, Kamikaze (2021-02-03). "Carlo Ubbiali story - part 6". MotoRacers. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
* ↑ Oxley, Mat (2023-12-01). "Remembering Cecil Sandford, MV Agusta's history man". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
* ↑ "Motorsport Memorial -". www.motorsportmemorial.org. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
* ↑ "About Those Dustbin Fairings of the 1950s". Cycle World. Retrieved 2023-12-05.