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

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