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1959 Formula One season

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Season Summary

Season Review

Race Date Location Winning Driver Winning Team Report
Monaco Grand Prix May 10 Monaco Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax Report
Indianapolis 500 May 30 Indianapolis Rodger Ward Watson-Offenhauser Report
Dutch Grand Prix May 31 Zandvoort Joakim Bonnier BRM Report
French Grand Prix July 5 Reims Tony Brooks Ferrari Report
British Grand Prix July 18 Aintree Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax Report
German Grand Prix August 2 AVUS Tony Brooks Ferrari Report
Portuguese Grand Prix August 23 Monsanto Park Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax Report
Italian Grand Prix September 13 Monza Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax Report
United States Grand Prix December 12 Sebring Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax Report

1959 Constructors Championship final standings

Place Constructor Points
1 Cooper-Climax 40
2 Ferrari 32
3 BRM 18
4 Lotus-Climax 5
5 Cooper-Maserati 0
6 Aston Martin 0
7 Porsche 0
8 Maserati 0
9 Connaught 0
10 JBW-Maserati 0
11 Fry-Climax 0
12 Vanwall 0
13 Cooper-OSCA 0
14 Cooper-Borgward 0
15 Tec-Mec-Maserati 0
16 Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser 0

1959 Drivers Championship final standings

Place Driver Number Country Points Wins Podiums Poles
1 Jack Brabham 8 Australia 33 2 5 1
2 Tony Brooks 2 Britain 26 2 4 2
3 Stirling Moss 7 Britain 22 2 3 4
4 Phil Hill 5 USA 19 3
5 Maurice Trintignant 6 France 18 2
6 Bruce McLaren 9 New Zealand 16 1 2
7 Dan Gurney 36 USA 13 2
8 Masten Gregory 2 USA 10 2
9 Joakim Bonnier 6 Sweden 10 1 1 1
10 Rodger Ward 1 USA 8 1 1
11 Jim Rathmann 16 USA 6 1
12 Innes Ireland 10 Britain 5
13 Harry Schell 19 USA 5
14 Johnny Thomson 3 USA 4 1 1
15 Olivier Gendebien 38 Belgium 3
16 Tony Bettenhausen 1 USA 3
17 Jean Behra 30 France 2
18 Cliff Allison 3 Britain 2
19 Paul Goldsmith 99 USA 2
20 Jean Lucienbonnet 14 France
21 Jim McWithey 58 USA
22 Mario de Araujo Cabral 18 Portugal
23 Keith Greene 54 Britain
24 Jimmy Bryan 1 USA
25 Jimmy Daywalt 66 USA
26 Johnny Boyd 33 USA
27 Jack Turner 24 USA
28 Jack Fairman 22 Britain
29 Jud Larson 7 USA
30 Pat Flaherty 64 USA
31 Ron Flockhart 4 Britain
32 Red Amick 87 USA
33 Ray Crawford 49 USA
34 Peter Ashdown 52 Britain
35 Pete Lovely 42 USA
36 Lucien Bianchi 10 Belgium
37 Paul Russo 45 USA
38 Len Sutton 8 USA
39 Mike Parkes 60 Britain
40 Mike Magill 77 USA
41 Wolfgang von Trips 4 Germany
42 A.J. Foyt 10 USA
43 Roy Salvadori 12 Britain
44 Maria Teresa de Filippis 4 Italy
45 Trevor Taylor 44 Britain
46 Bob Christie 65 USA
47 Chuck Arnold 71 USA
48 Chris Bristow 48 Britain
49 Carroll Shelby 26 USA
50 Carel Godin de Beaufort 42 Netherlands
51 Bruce Halford 44 Britain
52 Brian Naylor 36 Britain
53 Bobby Grim 48 USA
54 Chuck Weyant 47 USA
55 Bob Said 18 USA
56 Bill Cheesbourg 53 USA
57 Bill Moss 56 Britain
58 Andre Testut 56 Monaco
59 Alan Stacey 11 Britain
60 Alain de Changy 12 Belgium
61 Al Keller 57 USA
62 Al Herman 89 USA
63 Ivor Bueb 46 Britain
64 Mike Taylor 50 USA
65 Bob Veith 74 USA
66 Giulio Cabianca 28 Italy
67 Alessandro de Tomaso 14 Argentina
68 Henry Taylor 58 USA
69 Harry Blanchard 17 USA
70 Graham Hill 18 Britain
71 Ian Burgess 42 Britain
72 Giorgio Scarlatti 10 Italy
73 George Constantine 16 USA
74 Gene Hartley 88 USA
75 Fritz d Orey 15 Brazil
76 David Piper 64 Britain
77 Eddie Johnson 19 USA
78 Duane Carter 37 USA
79 Don Freeland 15 USA
80 Don Branson 9 USA
81 Dick Rathmann 73 USA
82 Dennis Taylor 62 USA
83 Colin Davis 40 Britain
84 Hans Herrmann 11 Germany
85 Eddie Sachs 44 USA