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1959 British Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAintree, 75 laps
Round5 of 9
Race numbers

The 1959 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 80th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Aintree
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Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:58.000

PosDriverConstructor
1(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
2(GBR) Roy SalvadoriAston Martin
3(USA) Harry SchellBRM
4(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)
5(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax
6(USA) Carroll ShelbyAston Martin
7(GBR) Stirling MossBRM (privateer)
8(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
9(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Climax
10(SWE) Jo BonnierBRM
11(GBR) Ron FlockhartBRM
12(GBR) Alan StaceyLotus-Climax
13(GBR) Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (privateer)
14(GBR) Brian NaylorJBW-Maserati
15(GBR) Jack FairmanCooper-Climax (privateer)
16(GBR) Chris BristowCooper-Borgward (privateer)
17(GBR) Tony BrooksVanwall
18(GBR) Ivor BuebCooper-Borgward (privateer)
19(DEU) Hans HerrmannCooper-Maserati (privateer)
20(BRA) Fritz d’OreyMaserati (privateer)
21(GBR) Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)
22(GBR) David PiperLotus-Climax (privateer)
23(GBR) Peter AshdownCooper-Climax (privateer)
24(GBR) Mike TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Bill MossCooper-Climax (privateer)
(GBR) Mike ParkesFry-Climax
(GBR) Trevor TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)
(GBR) Keith GreeneCooper-Climax (privateer)
(GBR) Tim ParnellCooper-Climax (privateer)
(GBR) Dennis TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Jack Brabham27
2(GBR) Tony Brooks14
3(USA) Phil Hill9
4(GBR) Stirling Moss8.5
5(NZL) Bruce McLaren8.5
6(USA) Rodger Ward8
=(SWE) Jo Bonnier8
8(USA) Jim Rathmann6
9(FRA) Maurice Trintignant6
10(USA) Johnny Thompson5
11(USA) Masten Gregory4
12(USA) Tony Bettenhausen3
=(GBR) Innes Ireland3
=(BEL) Olivier Gendebien3
=(USA) Harry Schell3
16(USA) Paul Goldsmith2
=(FRA) Jean Behra2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Cooper-Climax26
2Ferrari16
3BRM14
4Lotus-Climax3

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)