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|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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 Drivers Championship final standings

|valign="middle"|Pos.|valign="middle"|Driver|MON|500|NED|FRA|GBR|GER|POR|ITA|USA|valign="middle"|Pts.||||||
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|Jack Brabham|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1*||bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|align="right"|**31 (34)**|
|Tony Brooks|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1*|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|align="right"|**27**|
|Stirling Moss|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret*|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: white"|DSQ*|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2*|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1*|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**25.5**|
|Phil Hill|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4||bgcolor="#cfcfff"|6|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2||bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2*|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**20**||
|Maurice Trintignant|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3||bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2*|align="right"|**19**|
|Bruce McLaren|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|||bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|align="right"|**16.5**||
|Dan Gurney||||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4||align="right"|**13**|||||
|Joakim Bonnier|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8||align="right"|**10**||
|Masten Gregory|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|||align="right"|**10**|||
|Rodger Ward||bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|||||||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**8**|||||||
|Jim Rathmann||bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2||||||||align="right"|**6**||||||||
|Johnny Thomson||bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3*||||||||align="right"|**5**||||||||
|Harry Schell|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**5**|
|Innes Ireland|||bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|align="right"|**5**|||
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|Cliff Allison|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**2**||||
|Jean Behra|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||||||align="right"|**2**||||||
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|Carroll Shelby|||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10||align="right"|**0**|||||
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|David Piper|||||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
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|Alain de Changy|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
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|Maria Teresa de Filippis|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|||||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||
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