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.

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	John Surtees	Britain	MV Agusta	95.38 mph	2:46.08.0	8
2	John Hartle	Britain	MV Agusta	93.65 mph	2:49.12.2	6
3	Alistair King	Britain	Norton	93.56 mph	2:49.22.6	4
4	Geoff Duke	Britain	Norton	93.10 mph	2:50.12.4	3
5	Bob Anderson	Britain	Norton	92.67 mph	2:50.59.6	2
6	Dave Chadwick	Britain	Norton	92.51 mph	2:51.17.6	1

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Tarquinio Provini	Italy	MV Agusta	77.77 mph	1:23.15.8	8
2	Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	MV Agusta	77.76 mph	1:23.16.2	6
3	Dave Chadwick	Britain	MV Agusta	74.52 mph	1:26.52.4	4
4	Tommy Robb	Britain	GMS	73.60 mph	1:27.57.0	3
5	Horst Kassner	Germany	NSU	72.18 mph	1:29.43.0	2
6	Rudi Thalhammer	Austria	NSU	72.07 mph	1:29.49.6	1

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Tarquinio Provini	Italy	MV Agusta	74.06 mph	1:27.52.2	8
2	Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	MZ	73.95 mph	1:27.32.6	6
3	Mike Hailwood	Britain	Ducati	72.15 mph	1:29.44.0	4
4	Horst Fügner	Germany	MZ	71.91 mph	1:30.11.6	3
5	Carlo Ubbiali	Italy	MV Agusta	71.20 mph	1:30.56.6	2
6	Naomi Taniguchi	Japan	Honda	68.29 mph	1:34.48.0	1

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	Walter Schneider/H.Strauss	3	Germany	BMW	72.69 mph	1:29.03.8	8
2	Florian Camathias/H.Cecco	9	Switzerland	BMW	71.05 mph	1:31.06.8	6
3	Fritz Scheidegger/H.Burkhardt	25	Switzerland	BMW	69.42 mph	1:33.16.2	4
4	Helmut Fath/A.Wohlgemuth	5	Germany	BMW	68.95 mph	1:33.51.0	3
5	Edgar Strub/R Mick Woolett	17	Germany	BMW	67.31 mph	1:36.12.2	2
6	Owen Greenwood/Terry Fairbrother	28	Britain	Norton	66.56 mph	1:37.15.8	1

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Speed	Time	Points
1	John Surtees	Britain	MV Agusta	87.94 mph	3:00.13.4	8
2	Alistair King	Britain	Norton	85.50 mph	3:05.21.0	6
3	Bob Brown	Australia	Norton	83.00 mph	3:10.56.4	4
4	Derek T.Powell	Britain	Matchless	82.87 mph	3:11.14.2	3
5	Bob McIntyre	Britain	Norton	82.34 mph	3:12.27.8	2
6	Paddy Driver	South Africa	Norton	81.34 mph	3:14.55.4	1

1959 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings

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