1959 BRITISH GRAND PRIX

The '1959 British Grand Prix' was a Formula One motor race held at the Aintree Circuit on 18 July 1959. It was the fifth race of the 1959 Formula One season. The race was won by Australian Jack Brabham in a works Cooper. His team mate Bruce McLaren finished in third place. Splitting the Coopers was a British Racing Partnership-entered BRM in second place, driven by Stirling Moss, the best ever result for a BRP car.

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Classification

Notes

References

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	'Jack Brabham'	'Cooper-Climax'	75	2:30'11.6	1	'8'
2	6	'Stirling Moss'	'BRM'	75	+ 22.2	7	'6'
3	16	'Bruce McLaren'	'Cooper-Climax'	75	+ 22.4	8	'4'
4	8	'Harry Schell'	'BRM'	74	+ 1 Lap	3	'3'
5	18	'Maurice Trintignant'	'Cooper-Climax'	74	+ 1 Lap	4	'2'
6	2	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	74	+ 1 Lap	2
7	14	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	73	+ 2 Laps	5
8	30	Alan Stacey	Lotus-Climax	71	+ 4 Laps	12
9	28	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	70	+ 5 Laps	9
10	48	Chris Bristow	Cooper-Borgward	70	+ 5 Laps	16
11	58	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	69	+ 6 Laps	21
12	52	Peter Ashdown	Cooper-Climax	69	+ 6 Laps	23
13	46	Ivor Bueb	Cooper-Borgward	69	+ 6 Laps	18
Ret	4	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	69	Ignition	6
Ret	40	Fritz d'Orey	Maserati	57	Accident	20
Ret	42	Ron Flockhart	BRM	53	Spun Off	11
Ret	38	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax	39	Gearbox	15
Ret	10	Jo Bonnier	BRM	37	Brakes	10
Ret	22	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	31	Transmission	13
Ret	24	Hans Herrmann	Cooper-Maserati	21	Gearbox	19
Ret	64	David Piper	Lotus-Climax	19	Overheating	22
Ret	36	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	18	Transmission	14
Ret	50	Mike Taylor	Cooper-Climax	17	Transmission	24
Ret	20	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	13	Ignition	17
DNQ	54	Keith Greene	Cooper-Climax
DNQ	56	Bill Moss	Cooper-Climax
DNQ	60	Mike Parkes	Fry-Climax
DNQ	62	Dennis Taylor	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	44	Trevor Taylor	Cooper-Climax
DNQ	66	Tim Parnell	Cooper-Climax

Notes

★ Pole position: Jack Brabham - 1'58.0

★ Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss (lap 69)/Bruce McLaren (lap 75)^[1] - 1'57.0

References

1. Grand Prix! Vol 1, , Mike, Lang, Haynes Publishing Group, ,


★ Brabham presses home his claim on the title

★ GRAND PRIX RESULTS: BRITISH GP, 1959

★ 1959 British GP (Race results and statistics.)