Franco Perfini repeated Gilera's success of the previous year and won the Italian championship once again. He used the tried-and-tested single-cylinder model in the decisive races rather than the unproven twin-cylinder model.

Franco Perfini repeated Gilera's success of the previous year and won the Italian championship once again. He used the tried-and-tested single-cylinder model in the decisive races rather than the unproven twin-cylinder model.