1959 British Grand Prix
80th World Championship race, 10th World Championship British Grand Prix, 3rd World Championship race at Aintree
Fact File
Date: | Saturday, 18 July 1959 |
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Winner: | ![]() ![]() |
Pole position: | ![]() ![]() |
Fastest lap: | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Circuit: | Aintree, 75 laps |
Round: | 5 of 9 |
Race Result
- (P): privateer entry
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 75 | 2hr 30m 11.600s | 8 | |
2 | +5 | ![]() | BRM (P) | 75 | +22.200s | 6.5 FL |
3 | +5 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 75 | +22.400s | 4.5 FL |
4 | -1 | ![]() | BRM | 74 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | -1 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 74 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | -4 | ![]() | Aston Martin | 74 | +1 lap | |
7 | -2 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 73 | +2 laps | |
8 | +4 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 71 | +4 laps | |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 70 | +5 laps | ||
10 | +6 | ![]() | Cooper-Borgward (P) | 70 | +5 laps | |
NC | ![]() | Aston Martin | 69 | DNF | ||
11 | +10 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 69 | +6 laps | |
12 | +11 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 69 | +6 laps | |
13 | +5 | ![]() | Cooper-Borgward (P) | 69 | +6 laps | |
R | ![]() | Maserati (P) | 57 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 53 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 39 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM | 37 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (P) | 31 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (P) | 21 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (P) | 19 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | JBW-Maserati | 18 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 17 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Vanwall | 13 | DNF |
Starting Grid
- Highlight: race winner
- Highlight: second place
- Highlight: third place
- (P): privateer entry
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time |
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1 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 1:58.000 |
2 | ![]() | Aston Martin | 1:58.000 |
3 | ![]() | BRM | 1:59.200 |
4 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 1:59.300 |
5 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 1:59.400 |
6 | ![]() | Aston Martin | 1:59.600 |
7 | ![]() | BRM (P) | 1:59.700 |
8 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 1:59.800 |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 2:00.000 |
10 | ![]() | BRM | 2:00.100 |
11 | ![]() | BRM | 2:00.200 |
12 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 2:02.800 |
13 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (P) | 2:03.000 |
14 | ![]() | JBW-Maserati | 2:03.100 |
15 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:04.200 |
16 | ![]() | Cooper-Borgward (P) | 2:04.400 |
17 | ![]() | Vanwall | 2:04.400 |
18 | ![]() | Cooper-Borgward (P) | 2:04.800 |
19 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (P) | 2:05.600 |
20 | ![]() | Maserati (P) | 2:05.600 |
21 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:05.600 |
22 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (P) | 2:06.000 |
23 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:06.200 |
24 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:07.000 |
Qualifying Result
- (P): privateer entry
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 1:58.000 | |
2 | ![]() | Aston Martin | 1:58.000 | 0.000 |
3 | ![]() | BRM | 1:59.200 | 1.200 |
4 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 1:59.300 | 1.300 |
5 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 1:59.400 | 1.400 |
6 | ![]() | Aston Martin | 1:59.600 | 1.600 |
7 | ![]() | BRM (P) | 1:59.700 | 1.700 |
8 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 1:59.800 | 1.800 |
9 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 2:00.000 | 2.000 |
10 | ![]() | BRM | 2:00.100 | 2.100 |
11 | ![]() | BRM | 2:00.200 | 2.200 |
12 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 2:02.800 | 4.800 |
13 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (P) | 2:03.000 | 5.000 |
14 | ![]() | JBW-Maserati | 2:03.100 | 5.100 |
15 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:04.200 | 6.200 |
16 | ![]() | Cooper-Borgward (P) | 2:04.400 | 6.400 |
17 | ![]() | Vanwall | 2:04.400 | 6.400 |
18 | ![]() | Cooper-Borgward (P) | 2:04.800 | 6.800 |
19 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (P) | 2:05.600 | 7.600 |
20 | ![]() | Maserati (P) | 2:05.600 | 7.600 |
21 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:05.600 | 7.600 |
22 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (P) | 2:06.000 | 8.000 |
23 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:06.200 | 8.200 |
24 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:07.000 | 9.000 |
Did not qualify | ||||
25 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:07.200 | 9.200 |
26 | ![]() | Fry-Climax | 2:07.600 | 9.600 |
27 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:08.200 | 10.200 |
28 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | 2:09.800 | 11.800 |
29 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (P) | – | |
30 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (P) | – |
Championship Standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 27 |
2 | ![]() | 14 |
3 | ![]() | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 8.5 |
5 | ![]() | 8.5 |
6 | ![]() | 8 |
= | ![]() | 8 |
8 | ![]() | 6 |
9 | ![]() | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 5 |
11 | ![]() | 4 |
12 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
16 | ![]() | 2 |
= | ![]() | 2 |
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)