1959 British Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	75	2hr 30m 11.600s	8
2	+5	Stirling Moss	BRM (privateer)	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 (privateer)	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 (privateer)	70	+5 laps
NC		Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	69	DNF
11	+10	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	69	+6 laps
12	+11	Peter Ashdown	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	69	+6 laps
13	+5	Ivor Bueb	Cooper-Borgward (privateer)	69	+6 laps
R		Fritz d’Orey	Maserati (privateer)	57	DNF
R		Ron Flockhart	BRM	53	DNF
R		Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	39	DNF
R		Jo Bonnier	BRM	37	DNF
R		Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	31	DNF
R		Hans Herrmann	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	21	DNF
R		David Piper	Lotus-Climax (privateer)	19	DNF
R		Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	18	DNF
R		Mike Taylor	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	17	DNF
R		Tony Brooks	Vanwall	13	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:58.000

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
2	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin
3	Harry Schell	BRM
4	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
5	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax
6	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin
7	Stirling Moss	BRM (privateer)
8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
9	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax
10	Jo Bonnier	BRM
11	Ron Flockhart	BRM
12	Alan Stacey	Lotus-Climax
13	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
14	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati
15	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
16	Chris Bristow	Cooper-Borgward (privateer)
17	Tony Brooks	Vanwall
18	Ivor Bueb	Cooper-Borgward (privateer)
19	Hans Herrmann	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
20	Fritz d’Orey	Maserati (privateer)
21	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
22	David Piper	Lotus-Climax (privateer)
23	Peter Ashdown	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
24	Mike Taylor	Cooper-Climax (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

Driver	Constructor
Bill Moss	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
Mike Parkes	Fry-Climax
Trevor Taylor	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
Keith Greene	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
Tim Parnell	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
Dennis Taylor	Lotus-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

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

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

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