1959 United States Grand Prix

Date	Saturday, 12 December 1959
Winner	Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax
Pole position	Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap	Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax
Circuit	Sebring, 42 laps
Round	9 of 9
Race numbers	The 1959 United States Grand Prix was the: 84th World Championship race 1st World Championship United States Grand Prix 1st and only World Championship race at Sebring 1959 Drivers’ title decider
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Next race	1960 Argentine Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+9	(NZL) Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	42	2hr 12m 35.700s	8
2	+3	(FRA) Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	42	+0.600s	7 FL
3	+1	(GBR) Tony Brooks	Ferrari	42	+3m 00.900s	4
4	-2	(AUS) Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	42	+4m 57.300s	3
5	+4	(GBR) Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	39	+3 laps	2
6		(DEU) Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	38	+4 laps
7	+9	(USA) Harry Blanchard	Porsche (privateer)	38	+4 laps
R		(GBR) Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	23	DNF
R		(GBR) Cliff Allison	Ferrari	23	DNF
R		(USA) Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser (privateer)	20	DNF
R		(ARG) Alessandro de Tomaso	Cooper-OSCA (privateer)	13	DNF
R		(USA) Phil Hill	Ferrari	8	DNF
R		(BRA) Fritz d’Orey	Tec-Mec-Maserati (privateer)	6	DNF
R		(USA) Harry Schell	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	5	DNF
R		(USA) George Constantine	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	5	DNF
R		(GBR) Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	5	DNF
R		(GBR) Alan Stacey	Lotus-Climax	1	DNF
R		(USA) Bob Said	Connaught-Alta	0	DNF
Did not start
		(USA) Phil Cade	Maserati (privateer)

Notes

Stirling Moss ended lap 5 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Pole time: 3:00.000

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	(GBR) Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
2	(AUS) Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
3	(USA) Harry Schell	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
4	(GBR) Tony Brooks	Ferrari
5	(FRA) Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
6	(DEU) Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari
7	(GBR) Cliff Allison	Ferrari
8	(USA) Phil Hill	Ferrari
9	(GBR) Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
10	(NZL) Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
11	(GBR) Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
12	(GBR) Alan Stacey	Lotus-Climax
13	(USA) Bob Said	Connaught-Alta
14	(ARG) Alessandro de Tomaso	Cooper-OSCA (privateer)
15	(USA) George Constantine	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
16	(USA) Harry Blanchard	Porsche (privateer)
17	(BRA) Fritz d’Orey	Tec-Mec-Maserati (privateer)
18
19	(USA) Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser (privateer)

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Race debut: Harry Blanchard (only start); George Constantine (only start); Bob Said (only start); Tec-Mec (only start)
Last start: Alessandro de Tomaso; Fritz d’Orey (last Brazilian driver to start a race until 1970); Connaught
World Champion: 1st title for Jack Brabham (5th driver to win the World Championship, 1st Australian champion)
Wins: 1st for Bruce McLaren (24th different winner, 1st New Zealander driver); 7th for Cooper
Race 1-2: 2nd for Cooper
Podiums: 9th for Maurice Trintignant; 9th for Tony Brooks (last podium until 1961; last for Ferrari); 2nd for Bruce McLaren; 105th for Ferrari; 18th & 19th for Cooper
Poles: 11th for Stirling Moss; 5th for Cooper
1-2 start: 2nd for Cooper
Fastest laps: 1st and only for Maurice Trintignant (27th different fastest lap setter, 2nd French driver; first French driver to set a fastest lap since 1954 and last until 1968); 5th for Cooper
Front row starts: 31st for Stirling Moss; 9th for Jack Brabham; 5th and last for Harry Schell (only front row start for Cooper)