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

1959 Portuguese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 23 August 1959
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax
CircuitMonsanto, 62 laps
Round7 of 9
Race numbers

The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was the

  • 82nd World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix
  • 1st and only World Championship race at Monsanto
More 1959 season
More Portuguese Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)622hr 11m 55.410s9 FL
2+1USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Climax61+1 lap6
3+3USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyFerrari61+1 lap4
4 France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)60+2 laps3
5+4USA flag lazyload Harry SchellBRM59+3 laps2
6+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriAston Martin59+3 laps 
7+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartBRM59+3 laps 
8+5USA flag lazyload Carroll ShelbyAston Martin58+4 laps 
9+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksFerrari57+5 laps 
10+4Portugal flag lazyload Mario de Araujo CabralCooper-Maserati (privateer)56+6 laps 
R New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax38DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax23DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBRM10DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari5DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Climax5DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax3DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:02.900

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)
2Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
3USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Climax
4France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)
5Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBRM
6USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyFerrari
7USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari
8New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
9USA flag lazyload Harry SchellBRM
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksFerrari
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartBRM
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriAston Martin
13USA flag lazyload Carroll ShelbyAston Martin
14Portugal flag lazyload Mario de Araujo CabralCooper-Maserati (privateer)
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillLotus-Climax
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham27
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks23
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss17.5
4USA flag lazyload Phil Hill13
5France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant12
6Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier10
7USA flag lazyload Masten Gregory10
=USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney10
9New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren8.5
10USA flag lazyload Rodger Ward8
11USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann6
12USA flag lazyload Johnny Thomson5
13USA flag lazyload Harry Schell5
14USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland3
=Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien3
17USA flag lazyload Paul Goldsmith2
=France flag lazyload Jean Behra2

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax34
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari28
3United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM18
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Mario de Araujo Cabral (first Portuguese driver to start a race)
Wins
11th for Stirling Moss
5th for Cooper
Race 1-2
1st for Cooper (8th different constructor to finish 1-2)
Podiums
18th for Stirling Moss, 3rd and last for Masten Gregory, 2nd for Dan Gurney (last podium until 1961; last for Ferrari)
103rd for Ferrari, 14th & 15th for Cooper
Poles
9th for Stirling Moss
3rd for Cooper
Qualifying 1-2
1st for Cooper (8th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
16th for Stirling Moss
4th for Cooper
Front row starts
29th for Stirling Moss, 7th for Jack Brabham, 1st and only for Masten Gregory (49th different front row starter, 25th American driver)
Points finishes
12th and last for Harry Schell
Pole & win
4th for Stirling Moss (first for Cooper)
Win & fastest lap
6th for Stirling Moss (last until 1961; only win and fastest lap for Cooper)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
3rd for Stirling Moss (first since 1957 and last until 1961; only hat-trick for Cooper)

See also

  • Portuguese Grand Prix
  • Monsanto circuit
  • 1959 World Championship season

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