1959 Formula One season

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The 1959 Formula One season was the 9th of the championship. The champion was Jack Brabham in a close battle.

[change] 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	Image:Flag of SWE.svg 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

[change] 1959 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	MON	500	NED	FRA	GBR	GER	POR	ITA	USA	Pts.^[1]
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.

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) Withdrawn during race (WD/Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Withdrawn before qualifying (WD/DNQ) or pre-qualifying (WD/DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS) Withdrawn before start (WD/DNS)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP) Withdrawn, thus DNP (WD/DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Did not have a car (DNC)

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