1959 Formula 1

9 of 9 Grands Prix run. Jack Brabham won the drivers’ championship with 31 points and 2 wins; Cooper-Climax took the constructors’ table with 40.

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Grands Prix9

Race winners6

Drivers classified76published standings

Constructors25

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Rd	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	Winner	Constructor	Grid P1	Fastest lap
1	1959-05-10	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Stirling Moss	1:40.400 · Jack Brabham
2	1959-05-30	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Rodger Ward	Watson	Johnny Thomson	1:01.890 · Johnny Thomson
3	1959-05-31	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	Jo Bonnier	BRM	Jo Bonnier	1:36.700 · Stirling Moss
4	1959-07-05	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	Tony Brooks	2:22.800 · Stirling Moss
5	1959-07-18	British Grand Prix	Aintree	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Jack Brabham	1:57.000 · Stirling Moss
6	1959-08-02	German Grand Prix	AVUS	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	Tony Brooks	2:04.500 · Tony Brooks
7	1959-08-23	Portuguese Grand Prix	Monsanto Park Circuit	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	Stirling Moss	2:05.070 · Stirling Moss
8	1959-09-13	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	Stirling Moss	1:40.400 · Phil Hill
9	1959-12-12	United States Grand Prix	Sebring International Raceway	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	Stirling Moss	3:05.000 · Maurice Trintignant

Drivers’ standings published

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Wins
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	31	2
2	Tony Brooks	Ferrari / Vanwall	27	2
3	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax / BRM	25.5	2
4	Phil Hill	Ferrari	20	0
5	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	19	0
6	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	16.5	1
7	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	13	0
8	Jo Bonnier	BRM	10	1
9	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	10	0
10	Rodger Ward	Watson / Kurtis Kraft	8	1
11	Jim Rathmann	Watson	6	0
12	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky	5	0
13	Harry Schell	BRM / Cooper-Climax	5	0
14	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	5	0
15	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	3	0
16	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	3	0
17	Cliff Allison	Ferrari	2	0
18	Jean Behra	Ferrari	2	0
19	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly	2	0
-	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Maserati / Aston Martin	0	0
-	Ron Flockhart	BRM	0	0
-	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
-	Wolfgang von Trips	Porsche / Ferrari	0	0
-	Johnny Boyd	Epperly	0	0
-	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	0	0
-	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Harry Blanchard	Porsche	0	0
-	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	0	0
-	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati / Cooper-Climax	0	0
-	Alan Stacey	Team Lotus	0	0
-	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche / Maserati	0	0
-	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Fritz d'Orey	Maserati / Tec-Mec	0	0
-	Anthony Foyt	Kuzma	0	0
-	Chris Bristow	Cooper-Borgward	0	0
-	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
-	Colin Davis	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
-	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	0	0
-	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	0	0
-	Bob Veith	Moore	0	0
-	Peter Ashdown	Cooper-Climax	0	0
-	Al Herman	Dunn	0	0
-	Ivor Bueb	Cooper-Climax / Cooper-Borgward	0	0
-	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Chuck Arnold	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Giulio Cabianca	Maserati	0	0
-	Jim McWithey	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Hans Herrmann	Cooper-Maserati / BRM	0	0
-	Alessandro de Tomaso	Cooper-OSCA	0	0
-	Bruce Halford	Team Lotus	0	0
-	George Constantine	Cooper-Borgward	0	0
-	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax / Cooper-Maserati	0	0
-	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	0	0
-	Al Keller	Kuzma	0	0
-	Bob Said	Connaught	0	0
-	Pat Flaherty	Watson	0	0
-	Phil Cade	Maserati	0	0
-	Dick Rathmann	Watson	0	0
-	Bill Cheesbourg	Kuzma	0	0
-	David Piper	Team Lotus	0	0
-	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Azdrubal Fontes	Maserati	0	0
-	Brian Naylor	JBW	0	0
-	Ray Crawford	Elder	0	0
-	Mike Taylor	Cooper-Climax	0	0
-	Don Branson	Phillips	0	0
-	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Bobby Grim	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Jack Turner	Christensen	0	0
-	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Jud Larson	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Mike Magill	Sutton	0	0
-	Red Amick	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Len Sutton	Lesovsky	0	0
-	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly	0	0

Constructors’ standings

Pos	Constructor	Points	Wins
1	Cooper-Climax	40	5
2	Ferrari	32	2
3	BRM	18	1
4	Team Lotus	5	0
-	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
-	Aston Martin	0	0
-	Porsche	0	0
-	Maserati	0	0
-	Cooper-Borgward	0	0
-	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
-	Cooper-OSCA	0	0
-	Tec-Mec	0	0
-	Connaught	0	0
-	JBW	0	0
-	Vanwall	0	0