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1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1957 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the ninth F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of six Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 19 May, with German Grand Prix and ended with Nations Grand Prix in Italy on 1 September.

Season summary

1957 marked the end of a Golden Era in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. There had been an impressive variety of machinery competing during the 1950s including, works teams from AJS, Norton, Gilera, MV Agusta, Moto Guzzi, and BMW. That's six factories taking part with singles, twins and four-cylinder machines. Include privateer Nortons and Matchless and it made for a colorful competition.

Then the Italian firms dropped a bombshell by announcing they would pull out of racing at the conclusion of the 1957 season, citing escalating costs and dwindling motorcycle sales. MV Agusta initially went along with the pull out before reconsidering. The firm would go on to claim 17 consecutive 500cc crowns.

1957 would also mark a new era in other respects with the banning of the dustbin fairings due to their dangerous instability in crosswinds. Another harbinger of change was the introduction of two-stroke engines in competition. An East German firm named MZ placed respectably in races at the Nürburgring although few people viewed the two-strokes as a threat to the mighty four-strokes.

1957 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
19 May	DEU German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Libero Liberati	ITA Libero Liberati	DEU Hillebrand / Grunwald	Report
7 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	ITA Tarquinio Provini	GBR Cecil Sandford	GBR Bob McIntyre	GBR Bob McIntyre	DEU Hillebrand / Grunwald	Report
29 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	ITA Tarquinio Provini	ITA Tarquinio Provini	AUS Keith Campbell	GBR John Surtees	DEU Hillebrand / Grunwald	Report
7 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	ITA Tarquinio Provini	GBR John Hartle	AUS Keith Campbell	ITA Libero Liberati	DEU Schneider / Strauß	Report
10 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	CHE Luigi Taveri	GBR Cecil Sandford	AUS Keith Campbell	ITA Libero Liberati		Report
1 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Tarquinio Provini	GBR Bob McIntyre	ITA Libero Liberati	ITA Milani / Milani	Report

Standings

Scoring system

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

Pos	Rider	Machine	GER
DEU	MAN
IOM	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
NIR	NAC
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	=	18	19	20	21	=	=	=	25	26	27	28	=	30	31	=	33	34	35	36	=	38	39	=	=	=	43	44	=	46	47	=	49	=	51	52	53	54	55	=	57	58	59	60	61	=	63	=	65	=	67	=	69	=	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	GER
DEU	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts
ITA Libero Liberati	Gilera	1		2	1	1	1	32 (38)
GBR Bob McIntyre	Gilera	2	1	Ret		2		20
GBR John Surtees	MV Agusta	Ret	2	1	Ret	Ret	4	17
GBR Geoff Duke	Gilera					3	2	10
GBR Jack Brett	Norton		Ret	4	2	Ret		9
DEU Walter Zeller	BMW	3	Ret	3	Ret			8
AUS Keith Bryen	Matchless / Norton / Moto Guzzi		13	6	3	5		7
GBR Dickie Dale	Moto Guzzi	4	4					6
ITA Alfredo Milani	Gilera				Ret		3	4
AUS Bob Brown	Gilera		3					4
GBR Terry Shepherd	MV Agusta	5		Ret		6	6	4
GBR Derek Minter	Norton		16	9	4			3
GBR Geoffrey Tanner	Norton		28			4		3
DEU Ernst Hiller	BMW	6		5				3
NIR Mike O'Rourke	Norton		29	10	5			2
AUS Keith Campbell	Moto Guzzi	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	Ret		2
ITA Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta	Ret		Ret			5	2
DEU Hans-Günter Jäger	Norton / BMW	13		Ret	6		13	1
GBR Alan Trow	Norton		6					1
NZL John Hempleman	Norton		Ret	7	Ret	11		0
ITA Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta						7	0
GBR Alistair King	Norton		7					0
NIR Bob Matthews	Norton					7		0
DEU Ernst Riedelbauch	BMW	7						0
GBR Jimmy Buchan Jr.	Norton		9			8		0
AUS Roger Barker	Norton		10	8				0
AUT Gerold Klinger	BMW	Ret		Ret	Ret		8	0
DEU Eugen Hagenlocher	BMW	8						0
NZL Peter Murphy	Matchless		8					0
DEU Alois Huber	BMW	9					11	0
GBR John Clark	Moto Guzzi		Ret	Ret	Ret	9		0
GBR John Hartle	Norton			Ret	Ret	Ret	9	0
IOM Jackie Wood	Norton		Ret			10		0
ITA Giuseppe Cantoni	Gilera						10	0
GGY Ken Tostevin	Norton	10	18	11				0
GBR Bernard Codd	Norton		11					0
FRA Jacques Insermini	Norton	11						0
GBR Denis Christian	Matchless		Ret			12		0
NIR Austin Carson	Norton	12						0
GBR Frank Fox	Norton		12					0
ITA Francesco Guglieminetti	Norton						12	0
NLD Priem Rozenberg	BMW			12				0
GBR Fred Wallis	BSA		Ret			13		0
NLD Kees Koster	Norton			13				0
ITA Nico Tagli	Gilera						13	0
GBR Ralph Rensen	Norton		Ret			14		0
GBR Peter Davey	Norton		14					0
NLD Anton Elbersen	Norton			14				0
GBR Derek Powell	Matchless		Ret			15		0
GBR George Catlin	Norton		15		Ret			0
GBR Vernon Cottle	Norton					16		0
GBR Dennis Chapman	Norton		Ret			17		0
IOM George Costain	Norton		17					0
AUS Dick Thomson	Norton / Matchless	Ret	Ret			18		0
GBR John Denton	Norton		19					0
NIR Jimmy Jones	Norton					19		0
NZL Harry Lowe	BSA		27			20		0
NZL John Anderson	Norton		20	Ret	Ret			0
GBR Harry Grant	BSA		Ret			21		0
GBR Louis Carr	Matchless		21					0
NIR Martin Brosnan	Norton					22		0
ZAF Stan Setaro	Norton		22					0
NIR Tommy Holmes	BSA					23		0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Moto Guzzi		23					0
GBR Ray Fay	Norton		24					0
NIR Jimmy Hayes	AJS					24		0
NIR Bob Coulter	BSA					25		0
GBR Ken Tully	Norton		25					0
IRL M.S. Hall	Norton					26		0
GBR Ken Willis	Norton		26					0
GBR Bill Roberton	Norton		30					0
GBR Roly Capner	Norton		31					0
GBR Ernie Barrett	Norton		32					0
GBR Robert King	Norton		33					0
GBR Arnold Jones	AJS		34					0
GBR Basil King	Norton		35					0
GBR Llewellyn Ranson	Norton		36					0
GBR Bob Rowbottom	Norton		37					0
GBR Joe Glazebrook	AJS		38					0
NZL Noel McCutcheon	Norton		Ret	Ret	Ret			0
NLD Martinus van Son	Matchless	Ret					Ret	0
USA Andy Aharonian	BSA		Ret					0
SWE Sven Andersson	Norton						Ret	0
NLD Piet Bakker	Norton			Ret				0
GBR John Banks	Norton		Ret					0
GBR Bill Beevers	Norton		Ret					0
BEL Raymond Bogaerdt	Norton				Ret			0
GBR Joe Brindley	Norton		Ret					0
NZL Stan Cameron	AJS		Ret					0
ITA Paolo Campanelli	Gilera						Ret	0
ITA Fabio Ceredi	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0
GBR Dave Chadwick	Norton		Ret					0
FRA Jacques Collot	Norton	Ret					Ret	0
ITA Giuseppe Colnago	Moto Guzzi				Ret			0
GBR Ronald Cousins	Norton		Ret					0
FRA René Deschamps	Norton	Ret						0
NIR Bob Ferguson	Matchless		Ret					0
ITA Enrico Galante	Norton						Ret	0
SWE Ulf Gate	Norton		Ret					0
ITA Martino Giani	Gilera						Ret	0
GBR Walter Hancock	BSA		Ret					0
AUS Eric Hinton	Norton		Ret					0
DEU Heinz Kauert	Matchless	Ret						0
DEU Rudolf Knees	BMW	Ret						0
FRA Guy Ligier	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Robert Lilley	Norton		Ret					0
ITA Giuseppe Mantelli	Gilera						Ret	0
DEU Kurt Maul	Norton	Ret						0
NIR Robert McCracken	Norton					Ret		0
GBR Bernard Morle	Norton		Ret					0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton		Ret					0
GBR Andrew Mustard	BSA		Ret					0
BEL Pierre Nicholas	Norton				Ret			0
BEL Jules Nies	Norton				Ret			0
GBR Frank Norris	Norton		Ret					0
GBR George Northwood	Norton		Ret					0
GBR Grenville Pennington	BSA		Ret					0
GBR Harry Plews	Norton		Ret					0
GBR Brian Purslow	Norton		Ret					0
GBR Charlie Salt	BSA		Ret					0
GBR George Salt	Norton		Ret					0
DEU Karl-Heinz Scheifel	Matchless	Ret						0
DEU Toni Schmitz	Norton	Ret						0
GBR Brian Setchell	Norton		Ret					0
NLD Casper Swart	Norton			Ret				0
GBR Percy Tait	Norton		Ret					0
CAN Don Tickle	Norton		Ret					0
DEU Hermann Vogt	Matchless	Ret						0
USA Danny Walker	Norton		Ret					0
GBR Trevor Williams	Norton		Ret					0
NZL Ian Yeates	Norton		Ret					0
ITA Gianvittorio Ziglioli	Moto Guzzi						Ret	0

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1957 350cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	AUS Keith Campbell		Australia	Moto Guzzi	30	3
2	GBR Bob McIntyre		United Kingdom	Gilera	22	2
3	ITA Libero Liberati	7	Italy	Gilera	22	1
4	AUS Keith Bryen		Australia	Moto Guzzi	12	0
5	GBR John Hartle	8	United Kingdom	Norton	11	0
6	ITA Giuseppe Colnago		Italy	Moto Guzzi	7	0
7	AUS Bob Brown	17	Australia	Gilera	6	0
8	ITA Alano Montanari	3	Italy	Moto Guzzi	5	0
9	DEU Helmut Hallmeier		West Germany	NSU	4	0
10	GBR Jack Brett	12	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
10	ITA Umberto Masetti	14	Italy	MV Agusta	3	0
10	ITA Alfredo Milani		Italy	Gilera	3	0
10	GBR John Surtees	4	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	3	0

1957 250cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Cecil Sandford	5	United Kingdom	Mondial	26	2
2	ITA Tarquinio Provini		Italy	Mondial	16	2
3	GBR Sammy Miller	7	United Kingdom	Mondial	14	0
4	ITA Roberto Colombo		Italy	MV Agusta	10	0
5	GBR John Hartle	8	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	8	1
5	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	1	Italy	MV Agusta	8	1
7	CHE Luigi Taveri	2	Switzerland	MV Agusta	8	0
8	GBR Dave Chadwick		United Kingdom	MV Agusta	7	0
9	ITA Enrico Lorenzetti		Italy	Moto Guzzi	7	0
10	ITA Remo Venturi	6	Italy	MV Agusta	6	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	GER
DEU	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	30 (36)	2	22 (28)	3	22	4	12	5	11	6	9	7	6	8	5	9	3	9	3	9	3	12	3	13	1	13	1	13	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	GER
DEU	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA Tarquinio Provini	Mondial	2F	1F	1F	1F	2F
CHE Luigi Taveri	MV Agusta	5	3	3	2	1	3
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	1	2				1F
GBR Sammy Miller	Mondial		4	6		5	2
ITA Roberto Colombo	MV Agusta	3	6	2
GBR Cecil Sandford	Mondial		5	4	3
ITA Remo Venturi	MV Agusta					3	5
ITA Fortunato Libanori	MV Agusta			5			4
GDR Horst Fügner	MZ	4
CSK František Bartoš	ČZ				4
GBR Dave Chadwick	MV Agusta					4
GBR Bill Webster	MV Agusta				5	6
GDR Ernst Degner	MZ	6
GBR Bill Maddrick	MV Agusta				6
ITA Guido Sala	Mondial						6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

As Mondial and MV Agusta had equal number of points, identical ranks obtained in all races, and equal number of races in which they classified, their finishing time in each of the six races was added up. Mondial's total time (5:20:51.8) is quicker than MV Agusta's total time (5:22:38.1), and was declared the constructors' champion.

Pos.	Constructor	GER
DEU	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	30 (42)	2	30 (42)	3	3	4	3	Pos.	Constructor	GER
DEU	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	ULS
Ulster	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA Mondial	2	1	1	1	2	2
ITA MV Agusta	1	2	2	2	1	1
GDR MZ	4
CSK ČZ				4

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

(1999). "Motocourse: 50 Years Of Moto Grand Prix". Hazleton Publishing Ltd.

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