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 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 Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

1959 Formula One Season Media

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  Jack Brabham (pictured in 1966) won his first of three drivers' championships, driving a Cooper-Climax

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  Aston Martin debuted in F1 with average results but no championship points.

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  Jean Behra suffered a fatal accident ahead of the German Grand Prix.

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  Stirling Moss (front) took the lead of the Dutch Grand Prix from Jo Bonnier (back), but soon after, he retired with mechanical woes, giving the Swede his maiden win.