1959 F1 World Championship Season

1958 F1 World Championship

1960 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Jack Brabham (1st title, 5th different world champion, 1st Australian champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Cooper (1st title, 2nd different world champion)
Races:	9
Winning drivers:	Jack Brabham (2) Tony Brooks (2) Stirling Moss (2) Rodger Ward (1) Jo Bonnier (1) Bruce McLaren (1)
Winning constructors:	Cooper (5) Ferrari (2) Watson (1) BRM (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Jack Brabham Rodger Ward Jo Bonnier Bruce McLaren
First-time winners (constructor):	BRM

1959 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	10 May	1959 Monaco Grand Prix
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	1959 Indianapolis 500
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	31 May	1959 Dutch Grand Prix
4	France	Reims	5 July	1959 French Grand Prix
5	Britain	Aintree	18 July	1959 British Grand Prix
6	Germany	AVUS	2 August	1959 German Grand Prix
7	Portugal	Monsanto	23 August	1959 Portuguese Grand Prix
8	Italy CT	Monza	13 September	1959 Italian Grand Prix
9	USA DT	Sebring	12 December	1959 United States Grand Prix

Race Winners

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	3	20.400s
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Rodger Ward	Watson-Offenhauser	6	23.276s
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jo Bonnier	BRM	1	14.200s
4	France	Reims	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	1	27.500s
5	Britain	Aintree	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	22.200s
6	Germany	AVUS	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	1	1.900s
7	Portugal	Monsanto	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	1	1 lap
8	Italy	Monza	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	1	46.700s
9	USA	Sebring	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	10	0.600s

Polesitters

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	DNF	0.400s
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	3	0.204s
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jo Bonnier	BRM	1	0.000s
4	France	Reims	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	1	0.300s
5	Britain	Aintree	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	0.000s
6	Germany	AVUS	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	1	0.100s
7	Portugal	Monsanto	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	1	2.000s
8	Italy	Monza	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	1	0.100s
9	USA	Sebring	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	DNF	3.000s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky-Offenhauser
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
4	France	Reims	Stirling Moss	BRM
5	Britain	Aintree	Stirling Moss Bruce McLaren	BRM Cooper-Climax
6	Germany	AVUS	Tony Brooks	Ferrari
7	Portugal	Monsanto	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
8	Italy	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari
9	USA	Sebring	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax

1959 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper	31 (34)
2	Tony Brooks	Ferrari Vanwall	27	-4
3	Stirling Moss	Cooper BRM	25.5	-5.5
4	Phil Hill	Ferrari	20	-11
5	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper	19	-12
6	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	16.5	-14.5
7	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	13	-18
8	Jo Bonnier	BRM	10	-21
=	Masten Gregory	Cooper	10	-21
10	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft	8	-23
11	Jim Rathmann	Watson	6	-25
12	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky	5	-26
=	Innes Ireland	Lotus	5	-26
=	Harry Schell	BRM Cooper	5	-26
15	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	3	-28
=	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	3	-28
17	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly	2	-29
=	Jean Behra	Ferrari	2	-29
=	Cliff Allison	Ferrari	2	-29

Points scoring system used:

1st: 8 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
Fastest lap: 1 point

Only the best five results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Cooper-Climax	40 (53)
2	Ferrari	32 (38)	-8
3	BRM	18	-22
4	Lotus-Climax	5	-35

Points scoring system used:

1st: 8 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points

Only the best placed car from each constructor per race was eligible to score points.
Only the best five results counted towards the championship.
Indianapolis 500 constructors were not included in the Constructors’ championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	MCO	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	PRT	ITA	USA	Avg.	Best
1	Jack Brabham	3	2	2	1	5	2	3	2	2.50	1
2	Stirling Moss	1	3	4	7	3	1	1	1	2.62	1
3	Tony Brooks	4	8	1	17	2	10	2	4	6.00	1
4	Masten Gregory	11	7	7	5	6	3			6.50	3
5	Dan Gurney			12		4	6	4		6.50	4
6	Phil Hill	5	12	3		7	7	5	8	6.71	3
7	Jean Behra	2	4	5		16				6.75	2
8	Jo Bonnier	7	1	6	10	8	5	11		6.86	1
9	Harry Schell	9	6	9	3	9	9	7	3	6.88	3
10	Maurice Trintignant	6	11	8	4	13	4	13	5	8.00	4
11	Olivier Gendebien			11				6		8.50	6
12	Cliff Allison	15	15			1		8	7	9.20	1
13	Bruce McLaren	13		10	8	10	8	9	10	9.71	8
14	Graham Hill	14	5	14	9	11	15	10		11.14	5
15	Roy Salvadori	8	13	16	2		12	17	11	11.29	2
16	Wolfgang von Trips	12				17			6	11.67	6
17	Carroll Shelby		10		6		13	19		12.00	6
18	Ron Flockhart	10		13	11		11	15		12.00	10
19	Alan Stacey				12				12	12.00	12
20	Innes Ireland		9	15		14	16	14	9	12.83	9
21	Bob Said								13	13.00	13
22	Brian Naylor				14					14.00	14
23	Mario Araujo de Cabral						14			14.00	14
24	Alessandro de Tomaso								14	14.00	14
25	George Constantine								15	15.00	15
26	Hans Herrmann				19	12				15.50	12
27	Ian Burgess			19	13	15		16		15.75	13
28	Bruce Halford	16								16.00	16
29	Chris Bristow				16					16.00	16
30	Harry Blanchard								16	16.00	16
31	Giorgio Scarlatti	18		21				12		17.00	12
32	Carel Godin de Beaufort		14	20						17.00	14
33	Jack Fairman				15			20		17.50	15
34	Ivor Bueb	17			18					17.50	17
35	Colin Davis			17				18		17.50	17
36	Phil Cade								18	18.00	18
37	Fritz d’Orey			18	20				17	18.33	17
38	Lucien Bianchi	19								19.00	19
39	Rodger Ward								19	19.00	19
40	Alain de Changy	20								20.00	20
41	Maria Teresa de Filippis	21								21.00	21
42	Henry Taylor				21					21.00	21
43	Giulio Cabianca							21		21.00	21
44	Pete Lovely	22								22.00	22
45	Azdrubal Bayardo			22						22.00	22
46	David Piper				22					22.00	22
47	Jean Lucienbonnet	23								23.00	23
48	Peter Ashdown				23					23.00	23
49	Andre Testut	24								24.00	24
50	Mike Taylor				24					24.00	24
51	Bill Moss				25					25.00	25
52	Mike Parkes				26					26.00	26
53	Trevor Taylor				27					27.00	27
54	Keith Greene				28					28.00	28
55	Tim Parnell				29					29.00	29
56	Dennis Taylor				30					30.00	30

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	MCO	500	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	PRT	ITA	USA	Points
1	Jack Brabham	1		2	3	1	R	R	3	4	31 (34)
2	Tony Brooks	2		R	1	R	1	9	R	3	27
3	Stirling Moss	R		R	DSQ	2	R	1	1	R	25.5
4	Phil Hill	4		6	2		3	R	2	R	20
5	Maurice Trintignant	3		8	11	5	4	4	9	2	19
6	Bruce McLaren	5			5	3	R	R	R	1	16.5
7	Dan Gurney				R		2	3	4		13
8	Jo Bonnier	R		1	R	R	5	R	8		10
=	Masten Gregory	R		3	R	7	R	2			10
10	Rodger Ward		1							R	8
11	Jim Rathmann		2								6
12	Johnny Thomson		3								5
=	Innes Ireland			4	R		R	R	R	5	5
=	Harry Schell	R		R	7	4	7	5	7	R	5
15	Tony Bettenhausen		4								3
=	Olivier Gendebien				4				6		3
17	Paul Goldsmith		5								2
=	Jean Behra	R		5	R		DNS				2
=	Cliff Allison	R		9			R		5	R	2
	Roy Salvadori	6^R		R	R	6		6	R	R
	Ron Flockhart	R			6	R		7	13
	Ian Burgess				R	R	6		14
	Wolfgang von Trips	R					DNS			6
	Johnny Boyd		6
	Graham Hill	R		7	R	9	R	R	R
	Duane Carter		7
	Harry Blanchard									7
	Carroll Shelby			R		NC		8	10
	Giorgio Scarlatti	DNQ			8				12
	Alan Stacey					8				R
	Eddie Johnson		8
	Carel Godin de Beaufort			10	9
	Paul Russo		9
	Fritz d’Orey				10	R				R
	AJ Foyt		10
	Chris Bristow					10
	Mario Araujo de Cabral							10
	Colin Davis				R				11
	Gene Hartley		11
	Henry Taylor					11
	Bob Veith		12
	Peter Ashdown					12
	Al Herman		13
	Ivor Bueb	DNQ				13
	Jimmy Daywalt		14
	Chuck Arnold		15
	Giulio Cabianca								15
	Jim McWithey		16
	Eddie Sachs		17^R
	Al Keller		18^R
	Pat Flaherty		19^R
	Dick Rathmann		20^R
	Bill Cheesbourg		21^R
	Don Freeland		22^R
	Ray Crawford		23^R
	Don Branson		24^R
	Bob Christie		25^R
	Bobby Grim		26^R
	Jack Turner		27^R
	Chuck Weyant		28^R
	Jud Larson		29^R
	Mike Magill		30^R
	Red Amick		31^R
	Len Sutton		32^R
	Jimmy Bryan		33^R
	Hans Herrmann					R	R
	Jack Fairman					R			R
	Bruce Halford	R
	Brian Naylor					R
	David Piper					R
	Mike Taylor					R
	Alessandro de Tomaso									R
	George Constantine									R
	Bob Said									R
	Phil Cade									DNS
	Alain de Changy	DNQ
	Lucien Bianchi	DNQ
	Maria Teresa de Filippis	DNQ
	Pete Lovely	DNQ
	Jean Lucienbonnet	DNQ
	Andre Testut	DNQ
	Azdrubal Bayardo				DNQ
	Bill Moss					DNQ
	Mike Parkes					DNQ
	Trevor Taylor					DNQ
	Keith Greene					DNQ
	Tim Parnell					DNQ
	Dennis Taylor					DNQ

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1959 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1959 F1 World Championship Season Statistics