1959 French Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 5 July 1959
Winner:	Tony Brooks Ferrari
Pole position:	Tony Brooks Ferrari
Fastest lap:	Stirling Moss BRM
Circuit:	Reims, 50 laps
Round:	4 of 9

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Tony Brooks	Ferrari	50	2hr 01m 26.500s	8
2	+1	Phil Hill	Ferrari	50	+27.500s	6
3	-1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	50	+1m 37.700s	4
4	+7	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	50	+1m 47.500s	3
5	+5	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	50	+1m 47.700s	2
6	+7	Ron Flockhart	BRM	50	+2m 05.700s
7	+2	Harry Schell	BRM	47	+3 laps
DQ		Stirling Moss	BRM (P)	42	DSQ	1 FL
8	+13	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati (P)	41	+9 laps
9	+11	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Maserati (P)	40	+10 laps
10	+8	Fritz d’Orey	Maserati (P)	40	+10 laps
11	-3	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (P)	36	+14 laps
R		Jean Behra	Ferrari	31	DNF
R		Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Maserati (P)	20	DNF
R		Dan Gurney	Ferrari	19	DNF
R		Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	14	DNF
R		Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (P)	13	DNF
R		Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	8	DNF
R		Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	7	DNF
R		Colin Davis	Cooper-Maserati (P)	7	DNF
R		Jo Bonnier	BRM	6	DNF

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	2:19.400
2	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
3	Phil Hill	Ferrari
4	Stirling Moss	BRM (P)
5	Jean Behra	Ferrari
6	Jo Bonnier	BRM
7	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax
8	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (P)
9	Harry Schell	BRM
10	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
11	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari
12	Dan Gurney	Ferrari
13	Ron Flockhart	BRM
14	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax
15	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
16	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Maserati (P)
17	Colin Davis	Cooper-Maserati (P)
18	Fritz d’Orey	Maserati (P)
19	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (P)
20	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Maserati (P)
21	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati (P)

Non-qualifiers

• (P): privateer entry

Driver	Constructor
Azdrubal Bayardo	Maserati (P)

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jack Brabham	19
2	Tony Brooks	14
3	Phil Hill	9
4	Rodger Ward	8
=	Jo Bonnier	8
6	Jim Rathmann	6
7	Johnny Thomson	5
8	Maurice Trintignant	4
=	Masten Gregory	4
10	Bruce McLaren	4
11	Tony Bettenhausen	3
=	Innes Ireland	3
=	Olivier Gendebien	3
14	Paul Goldsmith	2
=	Jean Behra	2
16	Stirling Moss	2

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Cooper-Climax	18
2	Ferrari	16
3	BRM	8
4	Lotus-Climax	3

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Colin Davis, Fritz d’Orey, Dan Gurney

Last start

Driver: Jean Behra

Milestone race start

Driver: 50th for Harry Schell

Wins

Driver: 5th for Tony Brooks

Constructor: 28th for Ferrari

Race 1-2

Constructor: 17th for Ferrari

Podiums

Driver: 7th for Tony Brooks, 3rd for Phil Hill & Jack Brabham

Constructor: 98th & 99th for Ferrari, 11th for Cooper

Poles

Driver: 2nd for Tony Brooks

Constructor: 30th for Ferrari

Fastest laps

Driver: 14th for Stirling Moss

Constructor: 1st for BRM (12th different fastest lap setter)

Front row starts

Driver: 7th for Tony Brooks, 4th for Jack Brabham, 1st for Phil Hill (47th different front row starter, 23rd American driver)

Pole & win

Driver: 1st for Tony Brooks (10th different driver to win from pole, 3rd British driver)

See also

• French Grand Prix
• Reims Circuit
• 1959 World Championship season