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

1959 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 18 July 1959
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax
Pole position
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM
  • New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax
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
More 1959 season
More British Grands Prix

Race result

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

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:58.000

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

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Bill MossCooper-Climax (privateer)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike ParkesFry-Climax
United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Keith GreeneCooper-Climax (privateer)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Tim ParnellCooper-Climax (privateer)
United Kingdom flag lazyload Dennis TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1959 British Grand Prix.

Driver

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

Constructor

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

See also

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

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