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Home / Seasons / 1959 F1 World Championship Season / 1959 British Grand Prix

1959 British Grand Prix

80th World Championship race, 10th World Championship British Grand Prix, 3rd World Championship race at Aintree

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1958 British Grand Prix

1960 British Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Saturday, 18 July 1959
Winner:Australia flag Jack Brabham
United Kingdom flag Cooper-Climax
Pole position:Australia flag Jack Brabham
United Kingdom flag Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap:United Kingdom flag Stirling Moss
United Kingdom flag BRM,
New Zealand flag Bruce McLaren
United Kingdom flag Cooper-Climax
Circuit:Aintree, 75 laps
Round:5 of 9

Race Result

  • (P): privateer entry
Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Australia flag Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax752hr 30m 11.600s8
2+5United Kingdom flag Stirling MossBRM (P)75+22.200s6.5 FL
3+5New Zealand flag Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax75+22.400s4.5 FL
4-1USA flag Harry SchellBRM74+1 lap3
5-1France flag Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (P)74+1 lap2
6-4United Kingdom flag Roy SalvadoriAston Martin74+1 lap 
7-2USA flag Masten GregoryCooper-Climax73+2 laps 
8+4United Kingdom flag Alan StaceyLotus-Climax71+4 laps 
9 United Kingdom flag Graham HillLotus-Climax70+5 laps 
10+6United Kingdom flag Chris BristowCooper-Borgward (P)70+5 laps 
NC USA flag Carroll ShelbyAston Martin69DNF 
11+10United Kingdom flag Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (P)69+6 laps 
12+11United Kingdom flag Peter AshdownCooper-Climax (P)69+6 laps 
13+5United Kingdom flag Ivor BuebCooper-Borgward (P)69+6 laps 
R Brazil flag Fritz d’OreyMaserati (P)57DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Ron FlockhartBRM53DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Jack FairmanCooper-Climax (P)39DNF 
R Sweden flag Jo BonnierBRM37DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (P)31DNF 
R Germany flag Hans HerrmannCooper-Maserati (P)21DNF 
R United Kingdom flag David PiperLotus-Climax (P)19DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Brian NaylorJBW-Maserati18DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Mike TaylorCooper-Climax (P)17DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Tony BrooksVanwall13DNF 

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Australia flag Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax1:58.000
2United Kingdom flag Roy SalvadoriAston Martin1:58.000
3USA flag Harry SchellBRM1:59.200
4France flag Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (P)1:59.300
5USA flag Masten GregoryCooper-Climax1:59.400
6USA flag Carroll ShelbyAston Martin1:59.600
7United Kingdom flag Stirling MossBRM (P)1:59.700
8New Zealand flag Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax1:59.800
9United Kingdom flag Graham HillLotus-Climax2:00.000
10Sweden flag Jo BonnierBRM2:00.100
11United Kingdom flag Ron FlockhartBRM2:00.200
12United Kingdom flag Alan StaceyLotus-Climax2:02.800
13United Kingdom flag Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (P)2:03.000
14United Kingdom flag Brian NaylorJBW-Maserati2:03.100
15United Kingdom flag Jack FairmanCooper-Climax (P)2:04.200
16United Kingdom flag Chris BristowCooper-Borgward (P)2:04.400
17United Kingdom flag Tony BrooksVanwall2:04.400
18United Kingdom flag Ivor BuebCooper-Borgward (P)2:04.800
19Germany flag Hans HerrmannCooper-Maserati (P)2:05.600
20Brazil flag Fritz d’OreyMaserati (P)2:05.600
21United Kingdom flag Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (P)2:05.600
22United Kingdom flag David PiperLotus-Climax (P)2:06.000
23United Kingdom flag Peter AshdownCooper-Climax (P)2:06.200
24United Kingdom flag Mike TaylorCooper-Climax (P)2:07.000

Qualifying Result

  • (P): privateer entry
PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Australia flag Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax1:58.000 
2United Kingdom flag Roy SalvadoriAston Martin1:58.0000.000
3USA flag Harry SchellBRM1:59.2001.200
4France flag Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (P)1:59.3001.300
5USA flag Masten GregoryCooper-Climax1:59.4001.400
6USA flag Carroll ShelbyAston Martin1:59.6001.600
7United Kingdom flag Stirling MossBRM (P)1:59.7001.700
8New Zealand flag Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax1:59.8001.800
9United Kingdom flag Graham HillLotus-Climax2:00.0002.000
10Sweden flag Jo BonnierBRM2:00.1002.100
11United Kingdom flag Ron FlockhartBRM2:00.2002.200
12United Kingdom flag Alan StaceyLotus-Climax2:02.8004.800
13United Kingdom flag Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (P)2:03.0005.000
14United Kingdom flag Brian NaylorJBW-Maserati2:03.1005.100
15United Kingdom flag Jack FairmanCooper-Climax (P)2:04.2006.200
16United Kingdom flag Chris BristowCooper-Borgward (P)2:04.4006.400
17United Kingdom flag Tony BrooksVanwall2:04.4006.400
18United Kingdom flag Ivor BuebCooper-Borgward (P)2:04.8006.800
19Germany flag Hans HerrmannCooper-Maserati (P)2:05.6007.600
20Brazil flag Fritz d’OreyMaserati (P)2:05.6007.600
21United Kingdom flag Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (P)2:05.6007.600
22United Kingdom flag David PiperLotus-Climax (P)2:06.0008.000
23United Kingdom flag Peter AshdownCooper-Climax (P)2:06.2008.200
24United Kingdom flag Mike TaylorCooper-Climax (P)2:07.0009.000
Did not qualify
25United Kingdom flag Bill MossCooper-Climax (P)2:07.2009.200
26United Kingdom flag Mike ParkesFry-Climax2:07.6009.600
27United Kingdom flag Trevor TaylorCooper-Climax (P)2:08.20010.200
28United Kingdom flag Keith GreeneCooper-Climax (P)2:09.80011.800
29United Kingdom flag Tim ParnellCooper-Climax (P)– 
30United Kingdom flag Dennis TaylorLotus-Climax (P)– 

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Australia flag Jack Brabham27
2United Kingdom flag Tony Brooks14
3USA flag Phil Hill9
4United Kingdom flag Stirling Moss8.5
5New Zealand flag Bruce McLaren8.5
6USA flag Rodger Ward8
=Sweden flag Jo Bonnier8
8USA flag Jim Rathmann6
9France flag Maurice Trintignant6
10USA flag Johnny Thomson5
11USA flag Masten Gregory4
12USA flag Tony Bettenhausen3
=United Kingdom flag Innes Ireland3
=Belgium flag Olivier Gendebien3
=USA flag Harry Schell3
16USA flag Paul Goldsmith2
=France flag Jean Behra2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag Cooper-Climax26
2Italy flag Ferrari16
3United Kingdom flag BRM14
4United Kingdom flag Lotus-Climax3

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut
Driver: Peter Ashdown (only start), Chris Bristow, Brian Naylor, David Piper, Henry Taylor, Mike Taylor (only start)
Constructor: JBW
Last start
Driver: Ivor Bueb
Wins
Driver: 2nd for Jack Brabham
Constructor: 4th for Cooper
Podiums
Driver: 17th for Stirling Moss, 4th for Jack Brabham, 1st for Bruce McLaren (65th different podium finisher, 1st New Zealander driver)
Constructor: 12th & 13th for Cooper, 4th for BRM
Poles
Driver: 1st for Jack Brabham (21st different polesitter, 1st Australian driver)
Constructor: 2nd for Cooper
Fastest laps
Driver: 15th for Stirling Moss, 1st for Bruce McLaren (26th different fastest lap setter, 1st New Zealander driver)
Constructor: 3rd for Cooper, 2nd for BRM
Front row starts
Driver: 5th for Jack Brabham, 4th for Harry Schell, 2nd and last for Roy Salvadori
Pole & win
Driver: 1st for Jack Brabham (11th different driver to win from pole, 1st Australian driver)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Aintree Circuit
  • 1959 World Championship season

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