1959 Formula One season

The 1959 Formula One season was the 9th of the championship. The champion was Jack Brabham in a close battle.

Season review

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

1959 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	MON	500	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA	Pts.^[1]
1	Jack Brabham	1*		2	3	1	Ret	Ret	3	4	31 (34)
2	Tony Brooks	2		Ret	1	Ret	1*	9	Ret	3	27
3	Stirling Moss	Ret		Ret*	DSQ*	2*	Ret	1*	1	Ret	25.5
4	Phil Hill	4		6	2		3	Ret	2*	Ret	20
5	Maurice Trintignant	3		8	11	5	4	4	9	2*	19
6	Bruce McLaren	5			5	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	16.5
7	Dan Gurney				Ret		2	3	4		13
8	Joakim Bonnier	Ret		1	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	8		10
9	Masten Gregory	Ret		3	Ret	7	Ret	2			10
10	Rodger Ward		1							Ret	8
11	Jim Rathmann		2								6
12	Johnny Thomson		3*								5
13	Harry Schell	Ret		Ret	7	4	7	5	7	Ret	5
14	Innes Ireland			4	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	5	5
15	Olivier Gendebien				4				6		3
16	Tony Bettenhausen		4								3
17	Cliff Allison	Ret		9			Ret		5	Ret	2
18	Jean Behra	Ret		5	Ret						2
19	Paul Goldsmith		5								2
20	Roy Salvadori	6		Ret	Ret	6		6	Ret	Ret	0
21	Ron Flockhart	Ret			6	Ret		7	13		0
22	Ian Burgess				Ret	Ret	6		14		0
23	Wolfgang von Trips	Ret								6	0
24	Johnny Boyd		6								0
25	Graham Hill	Ret		7	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret		0
26	Duane Carter		7								0
27	Harry Blanchard									7	0
28	Carroll Shelby			Ret		Ret		8	10		0
29	Giorgio Scarlatti	DNQ			8				12		0
30	Alan Stacey					8				Ret	0
31	Eddie Johnson		8								0
32	Carel Godin de Beaufort			10	9						0
33	Paul Russo		9								0
34	Fritz d'Orey				10	Ret				Ret	0
35	A. J. Foyt		10								0
36	Chris Bristow					10					0
37	Mario de Araujo Cabral							10			0
38	Colin Davis				Ret				11		0
39	Gene Hartley		11								0
40	Henry Taylor					11					0
41	Bob Veith		12								0
42	Peter Ashdown					12					0
43	Al Herman		13								0
44	Ivor Bueb	DNQ				13					0
45	Jimmy Daywalt		14								0
46	Chuck Arnold		15								0
47	Giulio Cabianca								15		0
48	Jim McWithey		16								0
—	Hans Herrmann					Ret	Ret				0
—	Jack Fairman					Ret			Ret		0
—	Bruce Halford	Ret									0
—	Eddie Sachs		Ret								0
—	Al Keller		Ret								0
—	Dick Rathmann		Ret								0
—	Bill Cheesbourg		Ret								0
—	Don Freeland		Ret								0
—	Ray Crawford		Ret								0
—	Don Branson		Ret								0
—	Bob Christie		Ret								0
—	Bobby Grim		Ret								0
—	Jack Turner		Ret								0
—	Jud Larson		Ret								0
—	Jimmy Bryan		Ret								0
—	Red Amick		Ret								0
—	Len Sutton		Ret								0
—	Pat Flaherty		Ret								0
—	Mike Magill		Ret								0
—	Chuck Weyant		Ret								0
—	Brian Naylor					Ret					0
—	David Piper					Ret					0
—	Mike Taylor					Ret					0
—	Alessandro de Tomaso									Ret	0
—	George Constantine									Ret	0
—	Bob Said									Ret	0
—	Alain de Changy	DNQ									0
—	Lucien Bianchi	DNQ									0
—	Maria Teresa de Filippis	DNQ									0
—	Pete Lovely	DNQ									0
—	Jean Lucienbonnet	DNQ									0
—	Andre Testut	DNQ									0
—	Bill Moss					DNQ					0
—	Keith Greene					DNQ					0
—	Mike Parkes					DNQ					0
—	Trevor Taylor					DNQ					0
—	Dennis Taylor					DNQ					0
—	Tim Parnell					DNQ					0
—	Azdrubal Fontes				DNS						0
—	Phil Cade									DNS	0
Pos.	Driver	MON	500	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

References

↑ Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

[points-1] Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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