- 1959 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings
- 1959 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings
- 1959 Isle of Man Ultra-Lightweight TT 125cc final standings
- 1959 Sidecar TT final standings
- 1959 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}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 standings7 Laps (264.11 Miles) Mountain Course. Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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1 | UK}} John Surtees | Britain | MV Agusta | 95.38 mph | 2:46.08.0 | 8 | 2 | UK}} John Hartle | Britain | MV Agusta | 93.65 mph | 2:49.12.2 | 6 | 3 | UK}} Alistair King | Britain | Norton | 93.56 mph | 2:49.22.6 | 4 | 4 | UK}} Geoff Duke | Britain | Norton | 93.10 mph | 2:50.12.4 | 3 | 5 | UK}} Bob Anderson | Britain | Norton | 92.67 mph | 2:50.59.6 | 2 | 6 | UK}} Dave Chadwick | Britain | Norton | 92.51 mph | 2:51.17.6 | 1 |
1959 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings10 Laps (107.90 miles) Clypse Course. Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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1 | Italy}} Tarquinio Provini | Italy | MV Agusta | 77.77 mph | 1:23.15.8 | 8 | 2 | Italy}} Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 77.76 mph | 1:23.16.2 | 6 | 3 | UK}} Dave Chadwick | Britain | MV Agusta | 74.52 mph | 1:26.52.4 | 4 | 4 | UK}} Tommy Robb | Britain | GMS | 73.60 mph | 1:27.57.0 | 3 | 5 | West Germany}} Horst Kassner | Germany | NSU | 72.18 mph | 1:29.43.0 | 2 | 6 | Austria}} Rudi Thalhammer | Austria | NSU | 72.07 mph | 1:29.49.6 | 1 |
1959 Isle of Man Ultra-Lightweight TT 125cc final standings10 Laps (107.90 miles) Clypse Course. Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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1 | Italy}} Tarquinio Provini | Italy | MV Agusta | 74.06 mph | 1:27.52.2 | 8 | 2 | Switzerland}} Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | MZ | 73.95 mph | 1:27.32.6 | 6 | 3 | UK}} Mike Hailwood | Britain | Ducati | 72.15 mph | 1:29.44.0 | 4 | 4 | East Germany}} Horst Fügner | Germany | MZ | 71.91 mph | 1:30.11.6 | 3 | 5 | Italy}} Carlo Ubbiali | Italy | MV Agusta | 71.20 mph | 1:30.56.6 | 2 | 6 | Japan}} Naomi Taniguchi | Japan | Honda | 68.29 mph | 1:34.48.0 | 1 |
1959 Sidecar TT final standings10 Laps (107.90 miles) Clypse Course. Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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1 | West Germany}} Walter Schneider/H.Strauss | 3 | Germany | BMW | 72.69 mph | 1:29.03.8 | 8 | 2 | Switzerland}} Florian Camathias/H.Cecco | 9 | Switzerland | BMW | 71.05 mph | 1:31.06.8 | 6 | 3 | Switzerland}} Fritz Scheidegger/H.Burkhardt | 25 | Switzerland | BMW | 69.42 mph | 1:33.16.2 | 4 | 4 | West Germany}} Helmut Fath/A.Wohlgemuth | 5 | Germany | BMW | 68.95 mph | 1:33.51.0 | 3 | 5 | West Germany}} Edgar Strub/R Mick Woolett | 17 | Germany | BMW | 67.31 mph | 1:36.12.2 | 2 | 6 | UK}} Owen Greenwood/Terry Fairbrother | 28 | Britain | Norton | 66.56 mph | 1:37.15.8 | 1 |
1959 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings7 Laps (274.11 Miles) Mountain Course. Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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1 | UK}} John Surtees | Britain | MV Agusta | 87.94 mph | 3:00.13.4 | 8 | 2 | UK}} Alistair King | Britain | Norton | 85.50 mph | 3:05.21.0 | 6 | 3 | Australia}} Bob Brown | Australia | Norton | 83.00 mph | 3:10.56.4 | 4 | 4 | UK}} Derek T.Powell | Britain | Matchless | 82.87 mph | 3:11.14.2 | 3 | 5 | UK}} Bob McIntyre | Britain | Norton | 82.34 mph | 3:12.27.8 | 2 | 6 | South Africa|1928}} Paddy Driver | South Africa | Norton | 81.34 mph | 3:14.55.4 | 1 |
External links- Detailed race results{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20031110221852/http://www.iommgp.com/tour/map.shtml Mountain Course map]
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