1959 Isle of Man TT


The 1959 Isle of Man TT, the second round of the 1959 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, involved races on both the Mountain Course and the Clypse Course on the Isle of Man. John Surtees won the Senior race with a time of 3:00.13.4, adding to his earlier victory in the Junior race. Tarquinio Provini won both the Lightweight and Ultra-Lightweight categories, while Walter Schneider and H.Strauss won the sidecar event.

1959 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings

7 Laps Mountain Course.
PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1 John SurteesBritainMV Agusta95.38 mph2:46.08.08
2 John HartleBritainMV Agusta93.65 mph2:49.12.26
3 Alistair KingBritainNorton93.56 mph2:49.22.64
4 Geoff DukeBritainNorton93.10 mph2:50.12.43
5 Bob AndersonBritainNorton92.67 mph2:50.59.62
6 Dave ChadwickBritainNorton92.51 mph2:51.17.61

1959 Isle of Man [Lightweight TT] 250cc final standings

10 Laps Clypse Course.
PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1 Tarquinio ProviniItalyMV Agusta77.77 mph1:23.15.88
2 Carlo UbbialiItalyMV Agusta77.76 mph1:23.16.26
3 Dave ChadwickBritainMV Agusta74.52 mph1:26.52.44
4 Tommy RobbBritainGMS73.60 mph1:27.57.03
5 Horst KassnerGermanyNSU72.18 mph1:29.43.02
6 Rudi ThalhammerAustriaNSU72.07 mph1:29.49.61

1959 Isle of Man [Ultra-Lightweight TT] 125cc final standings

10 Laps Clypse Course.
PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1 Tarquinio ProviniItalyMV Agusta74.06 mph1:27.52.28
2 Luigi TaveriSwitzerlandMZ73.95 mph1:27.32.66
3 Mike HailwoodBritainDucati72.15 mph1:29.44.04
4 Horst FügnerGermanyMZ71.91 mph1:30.11.63
5 Carlo UbbialiItalyMV Agusta71.20 mph1:30.56.62
6 Naomi TaniguchiJapanHonda68.29 mph1:34.48.01

1959 Sidecar TT final standings

10 Laps Clypse Course.
PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1 Walter Schneider/H.Strauss3GermanyBMW72.69 mph1:29.03.88
2 Florian Camathias/H.Cecco9SwitzerlandBMW71.05 mph1:31.06.86
3 Fritz Scheidegger/H.Burkhardt25SwitzerlandBMW69.42 mph1:33.16.24
4 Helmut Fath/A.Wohlgemuth5GermanyBMW68.95 mph1:33.51.03
5 Edgar Strub/R Mick Woolett17GermanyBMW67.31 mph1:36.12.22
6 Owen Greenwood/Terry Fairbrother28BritainNorton66.56 mph1:37.15.81

1959 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings

7 Laps Mountain Course.
PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1 John SurteesBritainMV Agusta87.94 mph3:00.13.48
2 Alistair KingBritainNorton85.50 mph3:05.21.06
3 Bob BrownAustraliaNorton83.00 mph3:10.56.44
4 Derek T.PowellBritainMatchless82.87 mph3:11.14.23
5 Bob McIntyreBritainNorton82.34 mph3:12.27.82
6 Paddy DriverSouth AfricaNorton81.34 mph3:14.55.41