1959 Formula One season

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1 Season Summary
2 Season Review
3 1959 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1959 Drivers Championship final standings

Season Summary

Season Review

Race	Date	Location	Winning Driver	Winning Team	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 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Team	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Cooper-Climax	93	5	13	5
2	Ferrari	65	2	9	2
3	BRM	21	1	2	1
4	Watson-Offenhauser	14	1	2
5	Epperly-Offenhauser	5
6	Lotus-Climax	5
7	Lesovsky-Offenhauser	4		1	1
8	Kuzma-Offenhauser
9	Vanwall
10	Sutton-Offenhauser
11	Porsche
12	Phillips-Offenhauser
13	Moore-Offenhauser
14	Maserati
15	Christensen-Offenhauser
16	JBW-Maserati
17	Fry-Climax
18	Elder-Offenhauser
19	Dunn-Offenhauser
20	Cooper-OSCA
21	Cooper-Maserati
22	Aston Martin
23	Cooper-Borgward
24	Tec-Mec-Maserati
25	Connaught
26	Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser

1959 Drivers Championship final standings

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Jack Brabham	8	Australia	33	2	5	1
2	Tony Brooks	2	Britain	26	2	4	2
3	Stirling Moss	7	Britain	22	2	3	4
4	Phil Hill	5	USA	19		3
5	Maurice Trintignant	6	France	18		2
6	Bruce McLaren	9	New Zealand	16	1	2
7	Dan Gurney	36	USA	13		2
8	Masten Gregory	2	USA	10		2
9	Joakim Bonnier	6	Sweden	10	1	1	1
10	Rodger Ward	1	USA	8	1	1
11	Jim Rathmann	16	USA	6		1
12	Innes Ireland	10	Britain	5
13	Harry Schell	19	USA	5
14	Johnny Thomson	3	USA	4		1	1
15	Olivier Gendebien	38	Belgium	3
16	Tony Bettenhausen	1	USA	3
17	Jean Behra	30	France	2
18	Cliff Allison	3	Britain	2
19	Paul Goldsmith	99	USA	2
20	Jean Lucienbonnet	14	France
21	Jim McWithey	58	USA
22	Mario de Araujo Cabral	18	Portugal
23	Keith Greene	54	Britain
24	Jimmy Bryan	1	USA
25	Jimmy Daywalt	66	USA
26	Johnny Boyd	33	USA
27	Jack Turner	24	USA
28	Jack Fairman	22	Britain
29	Jud Larson	7	USA
30	Pat Flaherty	64	USA
31	Ron Flockhart	4	Britain
32	Red Amick	87	USA
33	Ray Crawford	49	USA
34	Peter Ashdown	52	Britain
35	Pete Lovely	42	USA
36	Lucien Bianchi	10	Belgium
37	Paul Russo	45	USA
38	Len Sutton	8	USA
39	Mike Parkes	60	Britain
40	Mike Magill	77	USA
41	Wolfgang von Trips	4	Germany
42	A.J. Foyt	10	USA
43	Roy Salvadori	12	Britain
44	Maria Teresa de Filippis	4	Italy
45	Trevor Taylor	44	Britain
46	Bob Christie	65	USA
47	Chuck Arnold	71	USA
48	Chris Bristow	48	Britain
49	Carroll Shelby	26	USA
50	Carel Godin de Beaufort	42	Holland
51	Bruce Halford	44	Britain
52	Brian Naylor	36	Britain
53	Bobby Grim	48	USA
54	Chuck Weyant	47	USA
55	Bob Said	18	USA
56	Bill Cheesbourg	53	USA
57	Bill Moss	56	Britain
58	Andre Testut	56	Monaco
59	Alan Stacey	11	Britain
60	Alain de Changy	12	Belgium
61	Al Keller	57	USA
62	Al Herman	89	USA
63	Ivor Bueb	46	Britain
64	Mike Taylor	50	USA
65	Bob Veith	74	USA
66	Giulio Cabianca	28	Italy
67	Alessandro de Tomaso	14	Argentina
68	Henry Taylor	58	USA
69	Harry Blanchard	17	USA
70	Graham Hill	18	Britain
71	Ian Burgess	42	Britain
72	Giorgio Scarlatti	10	Italy
73	George Constantine	16	USA
74	Gene Hartley	88	USA
75	Fritz d Orey	15	Brazil
76	David Piper	64	Britain
77	Eddie Johnson	19	USA
78	Duane Carter	37	USA
79	Don Freeland	15	USA
80	Don Branson	9	USA
81	Dick Rathmann	73	USA
82	Dennis Taylor	62	USA
83	Colin Davis	40	Britain
84	Hans Herrmann	11	Germany
85	Eddie Sachs	44	USA

Categories: Formula One seasons

1959 Formula One season

Table of contents

Season Summary

Season Review

1959 Constructors Championship final standings

1959 Drivers Championship final standings