1959 F1 World Championship Season | GP Racing Stats

Season	10th World Championship season
Races	9
Drivers’ Champion	Jack Brabham (1st title; 5th different World Champion, 1st Australian champion)
Constructors’ Champion	Cooper-Climax (1st title for Cooper, 2nd different World Champion constructor)
Reigning Drivers’ Champion	Mike Hawthorn
Reigning Constructors’ Champion	Vanwall

Calendar

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	10 May
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May
3	Netherlands	Zandvoort	31 May
4	France	Reims	05 July
5	Britain	Aintree	18 July
6	Germany	AVUS	02 August
7	Portugal	Monsanto	23 August
8	Italy	Monza	13 September
9	USA	Sebring	12 December

Race results

Driver and constructor entries

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

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

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