1959 French Grand Prix

Race result

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 (privateer)	42	DSQ	1 FL
8	+13	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati (privateer)	41	+9 laps
9	+11	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Maserati (privateer)	40	+10 laps
10	+8	Fritz d’Orey	Maserati (privateer)	40	+10 laps
11	-3	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	36	+14 laps
R		Jean Behra	Ferrari	31	DNF
R		Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	20	DNF
R		Dan Gurney	Ferrari	19	DNF
R		Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	14	DNF
R		Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	13	DNF
R		Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	8	DNF
R		Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	7	DNF
R		Colin Davis	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	7	DNF
R		Jo Bonnier	BRM	6	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:19.400

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Tony Brooks	Ferrari
2	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
3	Phil Hill	Ferrari
4	Stirling Moss	BRM (privateer)
5	Jean Behra	Ferrari
6	Jo Bonnier	BRM
7	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax
8	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
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 (privateer)
17	Colin Davis	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
18	Fritz d’Orey	Maserati (privateer)
19	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
20	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Maserati (privateer)
21	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

Driver	Constructor
Azdrubal Bayardo	Maserati (privateer)

Championship standings

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

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

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)

See also

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