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Home / Seasons / 1959 F1 World Championship Season

1959 F1 season

Season10th World Championship season
Races9
Drivers’ ChampionAustralia flag lazyload Jack Brabham (1st title; 5th different World Champion, 1st Australian champion)
Constructors’ ChampionUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax (1st title for Cooper, 2nd different World Champion constructor)
Reigning Drivers’ ChampionUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Hawthorn
Reigning Constructors’ ChampionUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Vanwall

Calendar

No.Grand PrixCircuitDate
1Monaco flag lazyload MonacoMonte Carlo 10 May
2USA flag lazyload Indianapolis 500Indianapolis 30 May
3Netherlands flag lazyload NetherlandsZandvoort 31 May
4France flag lazyload FranceReims 05 July
5United Kingdom flag lazyload BritainAintree 18 July
6Germany flag lazyload GermanyAVUS 02 August
7Portugal flag lazyload PortugalMonsanto 23 August
8Italy flag lazyload ItalyMonza 13 September
9USA flag lazyload USASebring 12 December

Race results

Driver and constructor entries

The following drivers and constructors participated in the 1959 F1 World Championship (excluding Indianapolis 500 entries).

United Kingdom flag lazyload Aston Martin (works team)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy Salvadori (3, 5, 7-8)
USA flag lazyload Carroll Shelby (3, 5, 7-8)
France flag lazyload Behra-Porsche (works team)
Italy flag lazyload Maria Teresa de Filippis (1)
France flag lazyload Jean Behra (6)
United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM (works team)
Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier (1, 3-8)
USA flag lazyload Harry Schell (1, 3-8)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron Flockhart (1, 4-5, 7-8)
United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM (privateers)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss (4-5)
Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann (6)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Connaught (works team)
USA flag lazyload Bob Said (9)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper (works team)
Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham (1, 3-9)
USA flag lazyload Masten Gregory (1, 3-7)
New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren (1, 4-9)
Italy flag lazyload Giorgio Scarlatti (8)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper (privateers)
France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant (1, 3-9)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss (1, 3, 6-9)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy Salvadori (1, 4, 9)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Ivor Bueb (1, 5)
Belgium flag lazyload Lucien Bianchi (1)
Belgium flag lazyload Alain de Changy (1)
France flag lazyload Jean Lucienbonnet (1)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian Burgess (4-6, 8)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Colin Davis (4, 8)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack Fairman (5, 8)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Ashdown (5)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Chris Bristow (5)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Keith Greene (5)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Bill Moss (5)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Tim Parnell (5)
Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann (5)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry Taylor (5)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Taylor (5)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor Taylor (5)
Portugal flag lazyload Mario de Araujo Cabral (7)
USA flag lazyload George Constantine (9)
Argentina flag lazyload Alessandro de Tomaso (9)
USA flag lazyload Harry Schell (9)
Italy flag lazyload Ferrari (works team)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks (1, 3-4, 6-9)
USA flag lazyload Phil Hill (1, 3-4, 6-9)
France flag lazyload Jean Behra (1, 3-4)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Cliff Allison (1, 3, 6, 8-9)
USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney (4, 6-8)
Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien (4, 8)
Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von Trips (9)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Fry (works team)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Parkes (5)
United Kingdom flag lazyload JBW (works team)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian Naylor (5)
USA flag lazyload Kurtis Kraft (privateer)
USA flag lazyload Rodger Ward (9)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus (works team)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill (1, 3-8)
USA flag lazyload Pete Lovely (1)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland (3-4, 6-9)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan Stacey (5, 9)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus (privateers)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Bruce Halford (1)
United Kingdom flag lazyload David Piper (5)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Dennis Taylor (5)
Italy flag lazyload Maserati (privateers)
Italy flag lazyload Giorgio Scarlatti (1, 4)
Monaco flag lazyload Andre Testut (1)
Brazil flag lazyload Fritz d’Orey (4-5)
Uruguay flag lazyload Azdrubal Bayardo (4)
Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de Beaufort (4)
Italy flag lazyload Giulio Cabianca (8)
USA flag lazyload Phil Cade (9)
Germany flag lazyload Porsche (works team)
Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von Trips (1, 6)
Germany flag lazyload Porsche (privateers)
Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de Beaufort (3)
USA flag lazyload Harry Blanchard (9)
Italy flag lazyload Tec-Mec (privateer)
Brazil flag lazyload Fritz d’Orey (9)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Vanwall (works team)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks (5)

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