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Home / Seasons / 1959 F1 World Championship Season / Pole Positions

1959 F1 World Championship Pole Positions

Polesitters

#Grand PrixCircuitDriverConstructorRacePole margin
1MonacoMonte Carlo(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-ClimaxDNF0.400s
2Indianapolis 500Indianapolis(USA) Johnny ThomsonLesovsky-Offenhauser30.204s
3NetherlandsZandvoort(SWE) Jo BonnierBRM10.000s
4FranceReims(GBR) Tony BrooksFerrari10.300s
5BritainAintree(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax10.000s
6GermanyAVUS(GBR) Tony BrooksFerrari10.100s
7PortugalMonsanto(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Climax12.000s
8ItalyMonza(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Climax10.100s
9USASebring(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-ClimaxDNF3.000s
← 1958 1960 →
First pole position (drivers)
Jo Bonnier (first Swedish polesitter)
Jack Brabham (first Australian polesitter)
Johnny Thomson
Last pole position (drivers)
Jo Bonnier
Tony Brooks
Johnny Thomson
First pole position (constructors)
BRM
Cooper
Lesovsky
Last pole position (constructors)
Lesovsky
Last pole position until…
1962 for BRM
Last pole position by a…
Swedish driver until 1973

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