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Home / Seasons / 1959 F1 World Championship Season / Driver Standings

1959 F1 driver standings

Constructor standings
PosDriverMCO Monaco flag lazyload500 USA flag lazyloadNLD Netherlands flag lazyloadFRA France flag lazyloadGBR United Kingdom flag lazyloadDEU Germany flag lazyloadPRT Portugal flag lazyloadITA Italy flag lazyloadUSA USA flag lazyloadPoints
1Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham1 231RR3431 (34)
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks2 R1R19R327
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossR RDSQ2R11R25.5
4USA flag lazyload Phil Hill4 62 3R2R20
5France flag lazyload Maurice Trintignant3 8115449219
6New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren5  53RRR116.5
7USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney   R 234 13
8Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierR 1RR5R8 10
=USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryR 3R7R2  10
10USA flag lazyload Rodger Ward 1      R8
11USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann 2       6
12USA flag lazyload Johnny Thomson 3       5
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland  4R RRR55
=USA flag lazyload Harry SchellR R74757R5
15USA flag lazyload Tony Bettenhausen 4       3
=Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien   4   6 3
17USA flag lazyload Paul Goldsmith 5       2
=France flag lazyload Jean BehraR 5R DNS   2
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Cliff AllisonR 9  R 5R2
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy Salvadori6R RR6 6RR 
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartR  6R 713  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian Burgess   RR6 14  
 Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsR    DNS  6 
 USA flag lazyload Johnny Boyd 6        
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillR 7R9RRR  
 USA flag lazyload Duane Carter 7        
 USA flag lazyload Harry Blanchard        7 
 USA flag lazyload Carroll Shelby  R NC 810  
 Italy flag lazyload Giorgio ScarlattiDNQ  8   12  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Alan Stacey    8   R 
 USA flag lazyload Eddie Johnson 8        
 Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de Beaufort  109      
 USA flag lazyload Paul Russo 9        
 Brazil flag lazyload Fritz d’Orey   10R   R 
 USA flag lazyload AJ Foyt 10        
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Chris Bristow    10     
 Portugal flag lazyload Mario Araujo de Cabral      10   
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Colin Davis   R   11  
 USA flag lazyload Gene Hartley 11        
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry Taylor    11     
 USA flag lazyload Bob Veith 12        
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Peter Ashdown    12     
 USA flag lazyload Al Herman 13        
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Ivor BuebDNQ   13     
 USA flag lazyload Jimmy Daywalt 14        
 USA flag lazyload Chuck Arnold 15        
 Italy flag lazyload Giulio Cabianca       15  
 USA flag lazyload Jim McWithey 16        
 USA flag lazyload Eddie Sachs 17R        
 USA flag lazyload Al Keller 18R        
 USA flag lazyload Pat Flaherty 19R        
 USA flag lazyload Dick Rathmann 20R        
 USA flag lazyload Bill Cheesbourg 21R        
 USA flag lazyload Don Freeland 22R        
 USA flag lazyload Ray Crawford 23R        
 USA flag lazyload Don Branson 24R        
 USA flag lazyload Bob Christie 25R        
 USA flag lazyload Bobby Grim 26R        
 USA flag lazyload Jack Turner 27R        
 USA flag lazyload Chuck Weyant 28R        
 USA flag lazyload Jud Larson 29R        
 USA flag lazyload Mike Magill 30R        
 USA flag lazyload Red Amick 31R        
 USA flag lazyload Len Sutton 32R        
 USA flag lazyload Jimmy Bryan 33R        
 Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann    RR    
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack Fairman    R  R  
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Bruce HalfordR         
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian Naylor    R     
 United Kingdom flag lazyload David Piper    R     
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Taylor    R     
 Argentina flag lazyload Alessandro de Tomaso        R 
 USA flag lazyload George Constantine        R 
 USA flag lazyload Bob Said        R 
 USA flag lazyload Phil Cade        DNS 
 Belgium flag lazyload Alain de ChangyDNQ         
 Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiDNQ         
 Italy flag lazyload Maria Teresa de FilippisDNQ         
 USA flag lazyload Pete LovelyDNQ         
 France flag lazyload Jean LucienbonnetDNQ         
 Monaco flag lazyload Andre TestutDNQ         
 Uruguay flag lazyload Azdrubal Bayardo   DNQ      
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Bill Moss    DNQ     
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Mike Parkes    DNQ     
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Trevor Taylor    DNQ     
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Keith Greene    DNQ     
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Tim Parnell    DNQ     
 United Kingdom flag lazyload Dennis Taylor    DNQ     
No.DriverMCO Monaco flag lazyload500 USA flag lazyloadNLD Netherlands flag lazyloadFRA France flag lazyloadGBR United Kingdom flag lazyloadDEU Germany flag lazyloadPRT Portugal flag lazyloadITA Italy flag lazyloadUSA USA flag lazyloadPoints
Table key
  • Highlight: Rookie
  • Bold: pole position
  • Underline: fastest lap
  • Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
  • DNQ: Did not qualify
  • NC: Not classified
  • DNS: Did not start
Points system and championship rules

The top five classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:

  • 1st (8)
  • 2nd (6)
  • 3rd (4)
  • 4th (3)
  • 5th (2)
  • fastest lap (1)

A point was awarded for setting the fastest lap. In the event of more than one driver setting the fastest lap points were shared.

Only the best five results counted towards the championship.

Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1959.

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