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

1959 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 August 1959
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitAVUS, 60 laps
Round6 of 9
Race numbers

The 1959 German Grand Prix was the

  • 81st World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 1st and only World Championship race at AVUS
More 1959 season
More German Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksFerrari602hr 09m 31.600s9 FL
2+1USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyFerrari60+1.900s6
3+3USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari60+1m 04.800s4
4+8France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)59+1 lap3
5+2Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBRM58+2 laps2
6+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (privateer)56+4 laps 
7+1USA flag lazyload Harry SchellBRM49+11 laps 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax37DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Hans HerrmannBRM (privateer)35DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Climax23DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax15DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Climax10DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax7DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Cliff AllisonFerrari2DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)1DNF 
Did not start
  France flag lazyload Jean BehraBehra-Porsche (privateer)   
  Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsPorsche   

Notes

  • Jean Behra sustained a fatal injury during a crash in a support race.
  • Wolfgang von Trips withdrew from the Grand Prix as a result of Jean Behra‘s accident.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:05.900

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksFerrari
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)
3USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyFerrari
4Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
5USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Climax
6USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari
7Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBRM
8USA flag lazyload Harry SchellBRM
9New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Climax
11Germany flag lazyload Hans HerrmannBRM (privateer)
12France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Cliff AllisonFerrari
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham27
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks23
3USA flag lazyload Phil Hill13
4Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier10
5France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant9
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss8.5
7New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren8.5
8USA flag lazyload Rodger Ward8
9USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann6
=USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney6
11USA flag lazyload Johnny Thomson5
12USA flag lazyload Masten Gregory4
13USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland3
=Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien3
=USA flag lazyload Harry Schell3
17USA flag lazyload Paul Goldsmith2
=France flag lazyload Jean Behra2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax29
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari24
3United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM16
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax3

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Stirling Moss (5th driver to start 50 races, 1st British driver)
Wins
6th and last for Tony Brooks
29th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
18th for Ferrari
Podiums
8th for Tony Brooks, 4th for Phil Hill, 1st for Dan Gurney (66th different podium finisher, 28th American driver)
100th, 101st & 102nd for Ferrari (1st constructor to score 100 podiums)
Poles
3rd and last for Tony Brooks
31st for Ferrari
Fastest laps
2nd for Tony Brooks (first since 1957 and last until 1961; only fastest lap for Ferrari)
27th for Ferrari
Front row starts
28th for Stirling Moss, 8th for Tony Brooks, 6th for Jack Brabham, 1st for Dan Gurney (48th different front row starter, 24th American driver; only front row start for Ferrari)
Points finishes
1st for Dan Gurney (102nd different point scorer, 37th American driver)
Pole & win
2nd and last for Tony Brooks
Win & fastest lap
1st and only for Tony Brooks (12th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 3rd British driver)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st and only for Tony Brooks (7th different driver to complete a hat-trick, 3rd British driver)

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • AVUS circuit
  • 1959 World Championship season

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