Great Britain (1959)

Date: 18 July 1959

Location: Aintree, United Kingdom

Race Results
Position Driver Points Laps Constructor Engine Tyres
1 Australia Jack Brabham 8 75 Cooper Climax Dunlop
2 United Kingdom Stirling Moss 6.5 75 BRM BRM Dunlop
3 New Zealand Bruce McLaren 4.5 75 Cooper Climax Dunlop
4 United States of America Harry Schell 3 74 BRM BRM Dunlop
5 France Maurice Trintignant 2 74 Cooper Climax Dunlop
6 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori 0 74 Aston Martin Aston Martin Avon
7 United States of America Masten Gregory 0 73 Cooper Climax Dunlop
8 United Kingdom Alan Stacey 0 71 Lotus Climax Dunlop
9 United Kingdom Graham Hill 0 70 Lotus Climax Dunlop
10 United Kingdom Chris Bristow 0 70 Cooper Borgward Dunlop
11 United Kingdom Henry Taylor 0 69 Cooper Climax Dunlop
12 United Kingdom Peter Ashdown 0 69 Cooper Climax Dunlop
13 United Kingdom Ivor Bueb 0 69 Cooper Borgward Dunlop
DNF United States of America Carroll Shelby 0 69 Aston Martin Aston Martin Avon
DNF Brazil Fritz d'Orey 0 57 Maserati Maserati Dunlop
DNF United Kingdom Ron Flockhart 0 53 BRM BRM Dunlop
DNF United Kingdom Jack Fairman 0 39 Cooper Climax Dunlop
DNF Sweden Jo Bonnier 0 37 BRM BRM Dunlop
DNF United Kingdom Ian Burgess 0 31 Cooper Maserati Dunlop
DNF Germany Hans Herrmann 0 21 Cooper Maserati Dunlop
DNF United Kingdom David Piper 0 19 Lotus Climax Dunlop
DNF United Kingdom Brian Naylor 0 18 JBW Maserati Dunlop
DNF United Kingdom Mike Taylor 0 17 Cooper Climax Dunlop
DNF United Kingdom Tony Brooks 0 13 Vanwall Vanwall Dunlop
DNQ United Kingdom Bill Moss 0 Cooper Climax Dunlop
DNQ United Kingdom Mike Parkes 0 Fry Climax Dunlop
DNQ United Kingdom Trevor Taylor 0 Cooper Climax Dunlop
DNQ United Kingdom Keith Greene 0 Cooper Climax Dunlop
DNQ United Kingdom Tim Parnell 0 Cooper Climax Dunlop
DNQ United Kingdom Dennis Taylor 0 Lotus Climax Dunlop
Qualifying Times (Q1 / Q2 / Q3)

No qualifying data available.

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1959 RAC British Grand Prix (1959)

Date: 1959-07-18 · Circuit: Aintree (United Kingdom)

Podium
  1. Sir John Arthur Brabham Cooper 8 pts
  2. Sir Stirling Moss BRM 6.5 pts
  3. Bruce Leslie McLaren Cooper 4.5 pts
Race Results
PosDriverConstructor GridΔTime/RetiredPoints
1 Sir John Arthur Brabham Cooper 1 0 2:30:11.600 8
2 Sir Stirling Moss BRM 7 +5 2:30:33.800 6.5
3 Bruce Leslie McLaren Cooper 8 +5 2:30:34.000 4.5
4 Henry O'Reilly Schell BRM 3 -1 3
5 Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant Cooper 4 -1 2
6 Roy Francesco Salvadori Aston Martin 2 -4
7 Masten Gregory Cooper 5 -2
8 Alan Stacey Lotus 12 +4
9 Norman Graham Hill Lotus 9 0
10 Christopher William Bristow Cooper 16 +6
11 Henry Taylor Cooper 21 +10
12 Peter Hawthorn Ashdown Cooper 23 +11
13 Ivor Léon John Bueb Cooper 18 +5
Carroll Hall Shelby Aston Martin 6 Ignition
Frederico José Carlos Themudo d'Orey Maserati 20 Accident
Ron Flockhart BRM 11 Spun off
Jack Fairman Cooper 15 Gearbox
Joakim Bonnier BRM 10 Brakes
Ian Burgess Cooper 13 Transmission
Hans Herrmann Cooper 19 Gearbox
David Piper Lotus 22 Overheating
John Brian Naylor JBW 14 Transmission
Mike Taylor Cooper 24 Transmission
Charles Anthony Standish Brooks Vanwall 17 Ignition
Bill Moss Cooper
Michael Johnson Parkes Fry
Trevor Taylor Cooper
Keith Greene Cooper
Reginald Harold Haslam Parnell Cooper
Dennis Taylor Lotus
Qualifying Top 10
PosDriverConstructorGrid
1 Sir John Arthur Brabham Cooper 1
2 Roy Francesco Salvadori Aston Martin 2
3 Henry O'Reilly Schell BRM 3
4 Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant Cooper 4
5 Masten Gregory Cooper 5
6 Carroll Hall Shelby Aston Martin 6
7 Sir Stirling Moss BRM 7
8 Bruce Leslie McLaren Cooper 8
9 Norman Graham Hill Lotus 9
10 Joakim Bonnier BRM 10

Fastest Lap

Sir Stirling Moss (BRM) – 2:30:33.800

Driver of the Day

Fun Facts