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

1959 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 10 May 1959
Winner
  • Jack Brabham
  • Cooper-Climax
Pole position
  • Stirling Moss
  • Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap
  • Jack Brabham
  • Cooper-Climax
CircuitMonte Carlo, 100 laps
Round1 of 9
Race numbers

The 1959 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 76th World Championship race
  • 6th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 6th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
More 1959 season
More Monaco Grands Prix
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On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Non-qualifiers
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax1002hr 55m 51.300s9 FL
2+2(GBR) Tony BrooksFerrari100+20.400s6
3+3(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)98+2 laps4
4+1(USA) Phil HillFerrari97+3 laps3
5+8(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax96+4 laps2
6+2(GBR) Roy SalvadoriCooper-Maserati (privateer)83DNF 
R (GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)81DNF 
R (GBR) Ron FlockhartBRM64DNF 
R (USA) Harry SchellBRM48DNF 
R (SWE) Jo BonnierBRM44DNF 
R (FRA) Jean BehraFerrari24DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillLotus-Climax21DNF 
R (USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax6DNF 
R (GBR) Bruce HalfordLotus-Climax (privateer)1DNF 
R (GBR) Cliff AllisonFerrari1DNF 
R (DEU) Wolfgang von TripsPorsche1DNF 

Notes

  • Stirling Moss ended lap 81 as the race leader before retiring.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:39.600

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)
2(FRA) Jean BehraFerrari
3(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
4(GBR) Tony BrooksFerrari
5(USA) Phil HillFerrari
6(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)
7(SWE) Jo BonnierBRM
8(GBR) Roy SalvadoriCooper-Maserati (privateer)
9(USA) Harry SchellBRM
10(GBR) Ron FlockhartBRM
11(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax
12(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsPorsche
13(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
14(GBR) Graham HillLotus-Climax
15(GBR) Cliff AllisonFerrari
16(GBR) Bruce HalfordLotus-Climax (privateer)

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Ivor BuebCooper-Climax (privateer)
(ITA) Giorgio ScarlattiMaserati (privateer)
(BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-Climax (privateer)
(BEL) Alain de ChangyCooper-Climax (privateer)
(ITA) Maria Teresa de FilippisBehra-Porsche
(USA) Pete LovelyLotus-Climax
(FRA) Jean LucienbonnetCooper-Climax (privateer)
(MCO) Andre TestutMaserati (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Jack Brabham9
2(GBR) Tony Brooks6
3(FRA) Maurice Trintignant4
4(USA) Phil Hill3
5(NZL) Bruce McLaren2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Cooper-Climax8
2Ferrari6

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Bruce McLaren (first New Zealander driver to start a race)
Milestone race start
50th for Jean Behra (3rd driver to start 50 races, 2nd French driver)
Wins
1st for Jack Brabham (21st different winner, 1st Australian driver)
3rd for Cooper
Podiums
8th for Maurice Trintignant
6th for Tony Brooks (first for Ferrari)
1st for Jack Brabham (61st different podium finisher, 1st Australian driver)
97th for Ferrari
7th & 8th for Cooper
Poles
8th for Stirling Moss (first for Cooper)
1st for Cooper (10th different polesitter)
Fastest laps
1st for Jack Brabham (24th different fastest lap setter, 1st Australian driver)
1st for Cooper (10th different fastest lap setter)
Front row starts
26th for Stirling Moss (first for Cooper)
10th and last for Jean Behra (7th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 1st French driver; last French front row starter until 1968; only front row start for Ferrari)
2nd for Jack Brabham
Points finishes
1st for Bruce McLaren (98th different point scorer, 1st New Zealander driver)
Win & fastest lap
1st for Jack Brabham (11th different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 1st Australian driver)

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo circuit
  • 1959 World Championship season

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