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

1959 Dutch Grand Prix

DateSunday, 31 May 1959
Winner
  • Jo Bonnier
  • BRM
Pole position
  • Jo Bonnier
  • BRM
Fastest lap
  • Stirling Moss
  • Cooper-Climax
CircuitZandvoort, 75 laps
Round3 of 9
Race numbers

The 1959 Dutch Grand Prix was the:

  • 78th World Championship race
  • 5th World Championship Dutch Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Zandvoort
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On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (SWE) Jo BonnierBRM752hr 05m 26.800s8
2 (AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax75+14.200s6
3+4(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax75+1m 23.000s4
4+5(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax74+1 lap3
5-1(FRA) Jean BehraFerrari74+1 lap2
6+6(USA) Phil HillFerrari73+2 laps 
7-2(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Climax73+2 laps 
8+3(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)73+2 laps 
9+6(GBR) Cliff AllisonFerrari71+4 laps 
10+4(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)68+7 laps 
R (GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)63DNF1 FL
R (USA) Harry SchellBRM46DNF 
R (GBR) Tony BrooksFerrari42DNF 
R (USA) Carroll ShelbyAston Martin25DNF 
R (GBR) Roy SalvadoriAston Martin3DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:36.000

PosDriverConstructor
1(SWE) Jo BonnierBRM
2(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
3(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)
4(FRA) Jean BehraFerrari
5(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Climax
6(USA) Harry SchellBRM
7(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax
8(GBR) Tony BrooksFerrari
9(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
10(USA) Carroll ShelbyAston Martin
11(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)
12(USA) Phil HillFerrari
13(GBR) Roy SalvadoriAston Martin
14(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
15(GBR) Cliff AllisonFerrari

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Jack Brabham15
2(USA) Rodger Ward8
=(SWE) Jo Bonnier8
4(GBR) Tony Brooks6
=(USA) Jim Rathmann6
6(USA) Johnny Thompson5
7(FRA) Maurice Trintignant4
=(USA) Masten Gregory4
9(USA) Phil Hill3
=(USA) Tony Bettenhausen3
=(GBR) Innes Ireland3
12(NZL) Bruce McLaren2
=(USA) Paul Goldsmith2
=(FRA) Jean Behra2
15(GBR) Stirling Moss1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Cooper-Climax14
2BRM8
3Ferrari8
4Lotus-Climax3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Innes Ireland
Aston Martin
Wins
1st and only for Jo Bonnier (23rd different winner, 1st Swedish driver; last Swedish winner until 1973)
1st for BRM (11th different winner; last until 1962)
Podiums
2nd for Jack Brabham
2nd for Masten Gregory (first podium since 1957; first for Cooper)
1st and only for Jo Bonnier (64th different podium finisher, 1st Swedish driver; last Swedish driver to finish on the podium until 1970)
9th & 10th for Cooper (6th constructor to score ten podiums)
3rd for BRM
Poles
1st and only for Jo Bonnier (20th different polesitter, 1st Swedish driver; last Swedish polesitter until 1973)
1st for BRM (12th different polesitter, last until 1962)
Fastest laps
13th for Stirling Moss (first for Cooper)
2nd for Cooper
Front row starts
27th for Stirling Moss
3rd for Jack Brabham
1st for Jo Bonnier (46th different front row starter, 1st Swedish driver)
Points finishes
25th for Stirling Moss
16th and last for Jean Behra
1st for Innes Ireland (101st different point scorer, 17th British driver)
Pole & win
1st and only for Jo Bonnier (9th different driver to win from pole, 1st Swedish driver; last Swedish driver to win from pole until 1973)

See also

  • Dutch Grand Prix
  • Zandvoort circuit
  • 1959 World Championship season

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