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1958 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports 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
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
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
6 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	ITA Alberto Gandossi		GBR John Surtees	GBR John Surtees	DEU Schneider / Strauß	Report
20 July	FRG German Grand Prix	Nürburgring Nordschleife	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Tarquinio Provini	GBR John Surtees	GBR John Surtees	DEU Schneider / Strauß	Report
27 July	SWE Swedish Grand Prix	Hedemora Circuit	ITA Alberto Gandossi	East Germany Horst Fügner	GBR Geoff Duke	GBR Geoff Duke		Report
9 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	ITA Carlo Ubbiali	ITA Tarquinio Provini	GBR John Surtees	GBR John Surtees		Report
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	MAN
IOM	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	SWE
SWE	ULS
NIR	NAC
ITA	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	=	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	=	40	=	42	43	=	=	46	47	=	49	=	=	=	=	54	55	=	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	=	66	67	=	69	=	71	=	73	=	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	SWE
SWE	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	Pts
GBR John Surtees	MV Agusta	1	1	1	1		1	1	32 (48)
GBR John Hartle	MV Agusta	Ret	2	3	2		3	Ret	20
GBR Geoff Duke	BMW / Norton	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	1	5	7	13
GBR Dickie Dale	BMW	10	5	5	5	2	6	4	13 (16)
GBR Derek Minter	Norton	4	3	Ret			4		10
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Norton		6		3	4			8
DEU Ernst Hiller	BMW		4	Ret	4	5	Ret	10	8
GBR Bob Anderson	Norton	2	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7
AUS Keith Campbell	Norton	Ret	Ret	2					6
GBR Bob McIntyre	Norton	Ret					2		6
ITA Remo Venturi	MV Agusta							2	6
AUS Bob Brown	Norton / BMW	3	10	16	6	6	7	Ret	6
GBR Terry Shepherd	Norton	Ret	Ret			3	Ret		4
ITA Umberto Masetti	MV Agusta							3	4
GBR Dave Chadwick	Norton	5	Ret	Ret	Ret			6	3
ITA Carlo Bandirola	MV Agusta							5	2
NZL John Anderson	Norton / Matchless	6		12					1
NZL Noel McCutcheon	Norton	16	7	10					0
DEU Alois Huber	BMW				7			11	0
GBR George Catlin	Norton	7	Ret	13					0
GBR Alan Trow	Norton	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret			0
ZAF Paddy Driver	Norton	Ret	Ret			7			0
AUS Tom Phillis	Norton	18	9			8			0
GBR Ewan Haldane	Norton	8					9		0
NZL John Hempleman	Norton	15	8	11		Ret	Ret		0
GBR Jack Brett	Norton	Ret	12	8	Ret				0
GBR Ralph Rensen	Norton	12					8		0
ITA Giuseppe Cantoni	MV Agusta							8	0
DEU Karl Peters	Norton				8				0
AUT Gerold Klinger	BMW				9			9	0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Norton	19	Ret			9			0
GBR Geoffrey Tanner	Norton	Ret	Ret	9			Ret		0
NZL Peter Pawson	Norton	9	Ret						0
GBR Jack Wood	Matchless	22					10		0
NIR Mike O'Rourke	Norton	Ret	Ret			10			0
DEU Hans-Günter Jäger	BMW				10				0
AUS Jack Ahearn	Matchless	29	11			13	13		0
GBR Don Chapman	Norton	Ret					11		0
AUS Eric Hinton	Norton	11	Ret						0
DEU Rudolf Gläser	Norton				11				0
SWE Kurt Johannson	Norton					11			0
NIR Bob Ferguson	Norton	31					12		0
SWE Stig Andersson	Norton					12			0
ITA Adolfo Covi	Norton							12	0
AUS Jack Findlay	Norton				12				0
DEU Karl-Heinz Scheifel	Matchless				13		27		0
FRA Jacques Collot	Norton							13	0
GBR Mike Hailwood	Norton	13							0
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
GBR Eric Cheers	BSA	Ret					15		0
FRA Jean-Pierre Bayle	Norton			15					0
ITA Gianvittorio Ziglioli	Moto Guzzi							15	0
GBR Stephen Murray	AJS						16		0
GBR Vernon Cottle	Norton	33					17		0
GBR Jimmy Buchan	Norton	17							0
GBR Davy Crawford	Norton						18		0
GBR Harry Grant	Norton						19		0
GBR Harry Plews	Norton / AJS	30					20		0
GBR Derek Powell	Norton	20							0
GBR Bertie Farlow	Norton						21		0
GBR Ray Fay	Norton	21							0
NIR William McCosh	Matchless						22		0
GBR Jimmy Jones	Norton						23		0
GBR Brian Purslow	Norton	23							0
GBR George Costain	Norton	24							0
NIR Ernie Oliver	AJS						24		0
GBR Alan Holmes	Norton	25							0
GBR Llewellyn Ranson	AJS						25		0
NIR Robert McCracken	Norton						26		0
GBR Brian Setchell	Norton	26							0
GBR Bob Rowbottom	Norton	27					Ret		0
NIR Martin Brosnan	Norton						28		0
GBR Syd Mizen	Norton	28							0
GBR Philip Palmer	Norton	32							0
GBR Harry Voice	Norton	34							0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	AJS	35							0
GBR Louis Carr	Norton	36							0
GBR Barry Cortvriend	Matchless	37							0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton	38							0
GBR Bill Robertson	Norton	39							0
USA John Marcotte	AJS	40							0
AUS Allen Burt	AJS	41					Ret		0
CAN Ian McGuffie	Norton	42							0
GBR Walter Hancock	Norton	43							0
GBR Grenville Pennington	Norton	44							0
AUS Jim Tompsett	AJS	45					Ret		0
GBR Roly Capner	BSA	46							0
GBR George Northwood	Norton	47							0
AUS Clarrie Dunn	AJS	48					Ret		0
AUS Harry Hinton Jr.	Norton	Ret	Ret						0
AUS Dick Thompson	Norton	Ret					Ret		0
CAN 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 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

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	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	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Italy	MV Agusta	32	4
2	East Germany 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	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	SWE
SWE	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	32 (38)	2	25 (28)	3	20 (21)	4	17	5	14 (16)	6	12	7	9	8	8	9	7	10	4	11	3	12	2	13	1	13	1	13	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	SWE
SWE	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA Carlo Ubbiali	MV Agusta	1F	1	5	1F	3	1
ITA Alberto Gandossi	Ducati		4	1F		1	4F	2
CHE Luigi Taveri	Ducati		2F	6		2F	2	5
ITA Tarquinio Provini	MV Agusta		3	3	2	4
GBR Dave Chadwick	Ducati	3	5	4			3	4
ITA Romolo Ferri	Ducati	2		2
GDR Ernst Degner	MZ	5	6		3	5
ITA Bruno Spaggiari	Ducati							1F
GDR Horst Fügner	MZ	6			4	6	5
ITA Francesco Villa	Ducati							3
GBR Sammy Miller	Ducati	4
FRG Walter Brehme	MZ				5
FRG Werner Musiol	MZ				6
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Mondial						6
ITA Enzo Vezzalini	MV Agusta							6

Constructors' standings

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

Pos.	Constructor	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	SWE
SWE	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts	1	32 (41)	2	30 (42)	3	10 (11)	4	1	Pos.	Constructor	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GER
DEU	SWE
SWE	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	Pts
ITA MV Agusta	1	1	3	1	3	1	6
ITA Ducati	2	2	1		1	2	1
GDR MZ	5	6		3	5	5
ITA Mondial						6

Inline citations

References

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

References

Gustl, Kamikaze. (2021-02-03). "Carlo Ubbiali story - part 6".
Oxley, Mat. (2023-12-01). "Remembering Cecil Sandford, MV Agusta’s history man".
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"About Those Dustbin Fairings of the 1950s".

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