1959 F1 driver standings | GP Racing Stats

Constructor standings

Pos	Driver	MCO	500	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	PRT	ITA	USA	Points
1	Jack Brabham	1		2	3	1	R	R	3	4	31 (34)
2	Tony Brooks	2		R	1	R	1	9	R	3	27
3	Stirling Moss	R		R	DSQ	2	R	1	1	R	25.5
4	Phil Hill	4		6	2		3	R	2	R	20
5	Maurice Trintignant	3		8	11	5	4	4	9	2	19
6	Bruce McLaren	5			5	3	R	R	R	1	16.5
7	Dan Gurney				R		2	3	4		13
8	Jo Bonnier	R		1	R	R	5	R	8		10
=	Masten Gregory	R		3	R	7	R	2			10
10	Rodger Ward		1							R	8
11	Jim Rathmann		2								6
12	Johnny Thomson		3								5
=	Innes Ireland			4	R		R	R	R	5	5
=	Harry Schell	R		R	7	4	7	5	7	R	5
15	Tony Bettenhausen		4								3
=	Olivier Gendebien				4				6		3
17	Paul Goldsmith		5								2
=	Jean Behra	R		5	R		DNS				2
=	Cliff Allison	R		9			R		5	R	2
	Roy Salvadori	6^R		R	R	6		6	R	R
	Ron Flockhart	R			6	R		7	13
	Ian Burgess				R	R	6		14
	Wolfgang von Trips	R					DNS			6
	Johnny Boyd		6
	Graham Hill	R		7	R	9	R	R	R
	Duane Carter		7
	Harry Blanchard									7
	Carroll Shelby			R		NC		8	10
	Giorgio Scarlatti	DNQ			8				12
	Alan Stacey					8				R
	Eddie Johnson		8
	Carel Godin de Beaufort			10	9
	Paul Russo		9
	Fritz d’Orey				10	R				R
	AJ Foyt		10
	Chris Bristow					10
	Mario Araujo de Cabral							10
	Colin Davis				R				11
	Gene Hartley		11
	Henry Taylor					11
	Bob Veith		12
	Peter Ashdown					12
	Al Herman		13
	Ivor Bueb	DNQ				13
	Jimmy Daywalt		14
	Chuck Arnold		15
	Giulio Cabianca								15
	Jim McWithey		16
	Eddie Sachs		17^R
	Al Keller		18^R
	Pat Flaherty		19^R
	Dick Rathmann		20^R
	Bill Cheesbourg		21^R
	Don Freeland		22^R
	Ray Crawford		23^R
	Don Branson		24^R
	Bob Christie		25^R
	Bobby Grim		26^R
	Jack Turner		27^R
	Chuck Weyant		28^R
	Jud Larson		29^R
	Mike Magill		30^R
	Red Amick		31^R
	Len Sutton		32^R
	Jimmy Bryan		33^R
	Hans Herrmann					R	R
	Jack Fairman					R			R
	Bruce Halford	R
	Brian Naylor					R
	David Piper					R
	Mike Taylor					R
	Alessandro de Tomaso									R
	George Constantine									R
	Bob Said									R
	Phil Cade									DNS
	Alain de Changy	DNQ
	Lucien Bianchi	DNQ
	Maria Teresa de Filippis	DNQ
	Pete Lovely	DNQ
	Jean Lucienbonnet	DNQ
	Andre Testut	DNQ
	Azdrubal Bayardo				DNQ
	Bill Moss					DNQ
	Mike Parkes					DNQ
	Trevor Taylor					DNQ
	Keith Greene					DNQ
	Tim Parnell					DNQ
	Dennis Taylor					DNQ
No.	Driver	MCO	500	NLD	FRA	GBR	DEU	PRT	ITA	USA	Points

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.

Race to the title

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