1959 British Grand Prix
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Circuit | Aintree, 75 laps |
Round | 5 of 9 |
Race numbers | The 1959 British Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 75 | 2hr 30m 11.600s | 8 | |
2 | +5 | (GBR) Stirling Moss | BRM (privateer) | 75 | +22.200s | 6.5 FL |
3 | +5 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 75 | +22.400s | 4.5 FL |
4 | -1 | (USA) Harry Schell | BRM | 74 | +1 lap | 3 |
5 | -1 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 74 | +1 lap | 2 |
6 | -4 | (GBR) Roy Salvadori | Aston Martin | 74 | +1 lap | |
7 | -2 | (USA) Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | 73 | +2 laps | |
8 | +4 | (GBR) Alan Stacey | Lotus-Climax | 71 | +4 laps | |
9 | (GBR) Graham Hill | Lotus-Climax | 70 | +5 laps | ||
10 | +6 | (GBR) Chris Bristow | Cooper-Borgward (privateer) | 70 | +5 laps | |
NC | (USA) Carroll Shelby | Aston Martin | 69 | DNF | ||
11 | +10 | (GBR) Henry Taylor | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 69 | +6 laps | |
12 | +11 | (GBR) Peter Ashdown | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 69 | +6 laps | |
13 | +5 | (GBR) Ivor Bueb | Cooper-Borgward (privateer) | 69 | +6 laps | |
R | (BRA) Fritz d’Orey | Maserati (privateer) | 57 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Ron Flockhart | BRM | 53 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Jack Fairman | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 39 | DNF | ||
R | (SWE) Jo Bonnier | BRM | 37 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 31 | DNF | ||
R | (DEU) Hans Herrmann | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 21 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) David Piper | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 19 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Brian Naylor | JBW-Maserati | 18 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Mike Taylor | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 17 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Tony Brooks | Vanwall | 13 | DNF |
Starting grid
Pole time: 1:58.000
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
2 | (GBR) Roy Salvadori | Aston Martin |
3 | (USA) Harry Schell | BRM |
4 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
5 | (USA) Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax |
6 | (USA) Carroll Shelby | Aston Martin |
7 | (GBR) Stirling Moss | BRM (privateer) |
8 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
9 | (GBR) Graham Hill | Lotus-Climax |
10 | (SWE) Jo Bonnier | BRM |
11 | (GBR) Ron Flockhart | BRM |
12 | (GBR) Alan Stacey | Lotus-Climax |
13 | (GBR) Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
14 | (GBR) Brian Naylor | JBW-Maserati |
15 | (GBR) Jack Fairman | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
16 | (GBR) Chris Bristow | Cooper-Borgward (privateer) |
17 | (GBR) Tony Brooks | Vanwall |
18 | (GBR) Ivor Bueb | Cooper-Borgward (privateer) |
19 | (DEU) Hans Herrmann | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
20 | (BRA) Fritz d’Orey | Maserati (privateer) |
21 | (GBR) Henry Taylor | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
22 | (GBR) David Piper | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
23 | (GBR) Peter Ashdown | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
24 | (GBR) Mike Taylor | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | 27 |
2 | (GBR) Tony Brooks | 14 |
3 | (USA) Phil Hill | 9 |
4 | (GBR) Stirling Moss | 8.5 |
5 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | 8.5 |
6 | (USA) Rodger Ward | 8 |
= | (SWE) Jo Bonnier | 8 |
8 | (USA) Jim Rathmann | 6 |
9 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | 6 |
10 | (USA) Johnny Thompson | 5 |
11 | (USA) Masten Gregory | 4 |
12 | (USA) Tony Bettenhausen | 3 |
= | (GBR) Innes Ireland | 3 |
= | (BEL) Olivier Gendebien | 3 |
= | (USA) Harry Schell | 3 |
16 | (USA) Paul Goldsmith | 2 |
= | (FRA) Jean Behra | 2 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Peter Ashdown (only start)
- Chris Bristow
- Brian Naylor
- David Piper
- Henry Taylor
- Mike Taylor (only start)
- JBW
- Last start
- Ivor Bueb
- Wins
- 2nd for Jack Brabham
- 4th for Cooper
- Podiums
- 17th for Stirling Moss (only podium for BRM)
- 4th for Jack Brabham
- 1st for Bruce McLaren (65th different podium finisher, 1st New Zealander driver)
- 12th & 13th for Cooper
- 4th for BRM
- Poles
- 1st for Jack Brabham (21st different polesitter, 1st Australian driver)
- 2nd for Cooper
- Fastest laps
- 15th for Stirling Moss (last for BRM)
- 1st for Bruce McLaren (26th different fastest lap setter, 1st New Zealander driver)
- 3rd for Cooper
- 2nd for BRM
- Front row starts
- 5th for Jack Brabham
- 4th for Harry Schell (last for BRM)
- 2nd and last for Roy Salvadori (only front row start for Aston Martin)
- Pole & win
- 1st for Jack Brabham (11th different driver to win from pole, 1st Australian driver)