1959 French Grand Prix
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Circuit | Reims, 50 laps |
Round | 4 of 9 |
Race numbers | The 1959 French Grand Prix was the:
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | (GBR) Tony Brooks | Ferrari | 50 | 2hr 01m 26.500s | 8 | |
2 | +1 | (USA) Phil Hill | Ferrari | 50 | +27.500s | 6 |
3 | -1 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 50 | +1m 37.700s | 4 |
4 | +7 | (BEL) Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari | 50 | +1m 47.500s | 3 |
5 | +5 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 50 | +1m 47.700s | 2 |
6 | +7 | (GBR) Ron Flockhart | BRM | 50 | +2m 05.700s | |
7 | +2 | (USA) Harry Schell | BRM | 47 | +3 laps | |
DQ | (GBR) Stirling Moss | BRM (privateer) | 42 | DSQ | 1 FL | |
8 | +13 | (ITA) Giorgio Scarlatti | Maserati (privateer) | 41 | +9 laps | |
9 | +11 | (NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort | Maserati (privateer) | 40 | +10 laps | |
10 | +8 | (BRA) Fritz d’Orey | Maserati (privateer) | 40 | +10 laps | |
11 | -3 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 36 | +14 laps | |
R | (FRA) Jean Behra | Ferrari | 31 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 20 | DNF | ||
R | (USA) Dan Gurney | Ferrari | 19 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 14 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 13 | DNF | ||
R | (USA) Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | 8 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Graham Hill | Lotus-Climax | 7 | DNF | ||
R | (GBR) Colin Davis | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 7 | DNF | ||
R | (SWE) Jo Bonnier | BRM | 6 | DNF |
Notes
- Stirling Moss was disqualified for receiving a push start after a spin.
Starting grid
Pole time: 2:19.400
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | (GBR) Tony Brooks | Ferrari |
2 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
3 | (USA) Phil Hill | Ferrari |
4 | (GBR) Stirling Moss | BRM (privateer) |
5 | (FRA) Jean Behra | Ferrari |
6 | (SWE) Jo Bonnier | BRM |
7 | (USA) Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax |
8 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
9 | (USA) Harry Schell | BRM |
10 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
11 | (BEL) Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari |
12 | (USA) Dan Gurney | Ferrari |
13 | (GBR) Ron Flockhart | BRM |
14 | (GBR) Graham Hill | Lotus-Climax |
15 | (GBR) Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax |
16 | (GBR) Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
17 | (GBR) Colin Davis | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
18 | (BRA) Fritz d’Orey | Maserati (privateer) |
19 | (GBR) Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
20 | (NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort | Maserati (privateer) |
21 | (ITA) Giorgio Scarlatti | Maserati (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-race.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | (AUS) Jack Brabham | 19 |
2 | (GBR) Tony Brooks | 14 |
3 | (USA) Phil Hill | 9 |
4 | (USA) Rodger Ward | 8 |
= | (SWE) Jo Bonnier | 8 |
6 | (USA) Jim Rathmann | 6 |
7 | (USA) Johnny Thompson | 5 |
8 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant | 4 |
= | (USA) Masten Gregory | 4 |
10 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren | 4 |
11 | (USA) Tony Bettenhausen | 3 |
= | (GBR) Innes Ireland | 3 |
= | (BEL) Olivier Gendebien | 3 |
14 | (USA) Paul Goldsmith | 2 |
= | (FRA) Jean Behra | 2 |
16 | (GBR) Stirling Moss | 2 |
Statistics & milestones
- Race debut
- Colin Davis
- Fritz d’Orey (first Brazilian driver to start a race since 1956)
- Dan Gurney
- Last start
- Jean Behra
- Milestone race start
- 50th for Harry Schell (4th driver to start 50 races, 1st American driver)
- Wins
- 5th for Tony Brooks (first for Ferrari)
- 28th for Ferrari
- Race 1-2
- 17th for Ferrari
- Podiums
- 7th for Tony Brooks
- 3rd for Phil Hill & Jack Brabham
- 98th & 99th for Ferrari
- 11th for Cooper
- Poles
- 2nd for Tony Brooks (first for Ferrari)
- 30th for Ferrari (1st constructor to take 30 pole positions)
- Fastest laps
- 14th for Stirling Moss (first for BRM)
- 1st for BRM (12th different fastest lap setter)
- Front row starts
- 7th for Tony Brooks (first for Ferrari)
- 4th for Jack Brabham
- 1st for Phil Hill (47th different front row starter, 23rd American driver)
- Pole & win
- 1st for Tony Brooks (10th different driver to win from pole, 3rd British driver)