1959 British Grand Prix

Fact File

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

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	75	2hr 30m 11.600s	8
2	+5	Stirling Moss	BRM (P)	75	+22.200s	6.5 FL
3	+5	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	75	+22.400s	4.5 FL
4	-1	Harry Schell	BRM	74	+1 lap	3
5	-1	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (P)	74	+1 lap	2
6	-4	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	74	+1 lap
7	-2	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	73	+2 laps
8	+4	Alan Stacey	Lotus-Climax	71	+4 laps
9		Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	70	+5 laps
10	+6	Chris Bristow	Cooper-Borgward (P)	70	+5 laps
NC		Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	69	DNF
11	+10	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)	69	+6 laps
12	+11	Peter Ashdown	Cooper-Climax (P)	69	+6 laps
13	+5	Ivor Bueb	Cooper-Borgward (P)	69	+6 laps
R		Fritz d’Orey	Maserati (P)	57	DNF
R		Ron Flockhart	BRM	53	DNF
R		Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax (P)	39	DNF
R		Jo Bonnier	BRM	37	DNF
R		Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (P)	31	DNF
R		Hans Herrmann	Cooper-Maserati (P)	21	DNF
R		David Piper	Lotus-Climax (P)	19	DNF
R		Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	18	DNF
R		Mike Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)	17	DNF
R		Tony Brooks	Vanwall	13	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:58.000
2	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	1:58.000
3	Harry Schell	BRM	1:59.200
4	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (P)	1:59.300
5	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	1:59.400
6	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	1:59.600
7	Stirling Moss	BRM (P)	1:59.700
8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:59.800
9	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	2:00.000
10	Jo Bonnier	BRM	2:00.100
11	Ron Flockhart	BRM	2:00.200
12	Alan Stacey	Lotus-Climax	2:02.800
13	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (P)	2:03.000
14	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	2:03.100
15	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:04.200
16	Chris Bristow	Cooper-Borgward (P)	2:04.400
17	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	2:04.400
18	Ivor Bueb	Cooper-Borgward (P)	2:04.800
19	Hans Herrmann	Cooper-Maserati (P)	2:05.600
20	Fritz d’Orey	Maserati (P)	2:05.600
21	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:05.600
22	David Piper	Lotus-Climax (P)	2:06.000
23	Peter Ashdown	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:06.200
24	Mike Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:07.000

Qualifying Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:58.000
2	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	1:58.000	0.000
3	Harry Schell	BRM	1:59.200	1.200
4	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (P)	1:59.300	1.300
5	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	1:59.400	1.400
6	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	1:59.600	1.600
7	Stirling Moss	BRM (P)	1:59.700	1.700
8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:59.800	1.800
9	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	2:00.000	2.000
10	Jo Bonnier	BRM	2:00.100	2.100
11	Ron Flockhart	BRM	2:00.200	2.200
12	Alan Stacey	Lotus-Climax	2:02.800	4.800
13	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (P)	2:03.000	5.000
14	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	2:03.100	5.100
15	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:04.200	6.200
16	Chris Bristow	Cooper-Borgward (P)	2:04.400	6.400
17	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	2:04.400	6.400
18	Ivor Bueb	Cooper-Borgward (P)	2:04.800	6.800
19	Hans Herrmann	Cooper-Maserati (P)	2:05.600	7.600
20	Fritz d’Orey	Maserati (P)	2:05.600	7.600
21	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:05.600	7.600
22	David Piper	Lotus-Climax (P)	2:06.000	8.000
23	Peter Ashdown	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:06.200	8.200
24	Mike Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:07.000	9.000
Did not qualify
25	Bill Moss	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:07.200	9.200
26	Mike Parkes	Fry-Climax	2:07.600	9.600
27	Trevor Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:08.200	10.200
28	Keith Greene	Cooper-Climax (P)	2:09.800	11.800
29	Tim Parnell	Cooper-Climax (P)	–
30	Dennis Taylor	Lotus-Climax (P)	–

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jack Brabham	27
2	Tony Brooks	14
3	Phil Hill	9
4	Stirling Moss	8.5
5	Bruce McLaren	8.5
6	Rodger Ward	8
=	Jo Bonnier	8
8	Jim Rathmann	6
9	Maurice Trintignant	6
10	Johnny Thomson	5
11	Masten Gregory	4
12	Tony Bettenhausen	3
=	Innes Ireland	3
=	Olivier Gendebien	3
=	Harry Schell	3
16	Paul Goldsmith	2
=	Jean Behra	2

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Cooper-Climax	26
2	Ferrari	16
3	BRM	14
4	Lotus-Climax	3

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