1959 Season

Season

Driver Standings

#	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	J. Brabham	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	2		31
2	T. Brooks	FerrariFerrari	2	−4	27
3	S. Moss	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	2	−5.5	25.5
4	P. Hill	FerrariFerrari	0	−11	20
5	M. Trintignant	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−12	19
6	B. McLaren	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	1	−14.5	16.5
7	D. Gurney	FerrariFerrari	0	−18	13
8	J. Bonnier	BRMBRM	1	−21	10
9	M. Gregory	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−21	10
10	R. Ward	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	1	−23	8
11	J. Rathmann	WatsonWatson	0	−25	6
12	J. Thomson	LesovskyLesovsky	0	−26	5
13	H. Schell	BRMBRM	0	−26	5
14	I. Ireland	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0	−26	5
15	O. Gendebien	FerrariFerrari	0	−28	3
16	T. Bettenhausen	EpperlyEpperly	0	−28	3
17	C. Allison	FerrariFerrari	0	−29	2
18	J. Behra	FerrariFerrari	0	−29	2
19	P. Goldsmith	EpperlyEpperly	0	−29	2
31	E. Johnson	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
32	C. de Beaufort	MaseratiMaserati	0	−31	0
33	P. Russo	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
34	F. d'Orey	MaseratiMaserati	0	−31	0
35	C. Bristow	Cooper-BorgwardCooper-Borgward	0	−31	0
36	M. Cabral	Cooper-MaseratiCooper-Maserati	0	−31	0
37	A. Foyt	KuzmaKuzma	0	−31	0
38	C. Davis	Cooper-MaseratiCooper-Maserati	0	−31	0
39	G. Hartley	KuzmaKuzma	0	−31	0
40	H. Taylor	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−31	0
41	P. Ashdown	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−31	0
42	B. Veith	MooreMoore	0	−31	0
43	I. Bueb	Cooper-BorgwardCooper-Borgward	0	−31	0
44	A. Herman	DunnDunn	0	−31	0
45	J. Daywalt	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
46	C. Arnold	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
47	G. Cabianca	MaseratiMaserati	0	−31	0
48	J. McWithey	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
49	H. Herrmann	BRMBRM	0	−31	0
50	A. de Tomaso	Cooper-OSCACooper-OSCA	0	−31	0
51	G. Constantine	Cooper-BorgwardCooper-Borgward	0	−31	0
52	B. Halford	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0	−31	0
53	J. Fairman	Cooper-MaseratiCooper-Maserati	0	−31	0
54	E. Sachs	KuzmaKuzma	0	−31	0
55	A. Keller	KuzmaKuzma	0	−31	0
56	B. Said	ConnaughtConnaught	0	−31	0
57	P. Cade	MaseratiMaserati	0	−31	0
58	A. de Changy	-	0	−31	0
59	P. Flaherty	WatsonWatson	0	−31	0
60	L. Bianchi	-	0	−31	0
61	D. Rathmann	WatsonWatson	0	−31	0
62	B. Cheesbourg	KuzmaKuzma	0	−31	0
63	M. de Filippis	-	0	−31	0
64	D. Piper	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0	−31	0
65	A. Fontes	MaseratiMaserati	0	−31	0
66	D. Freeland	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
67	P. Lovely	-	0	−31	0
68	B. Naylor	JBWJBW	0	−31	0
69	R. Crawford	ElderElder	0	−31	0
70	J. Lucienbonnet	-	0	−31	0
71	M. Taylor	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−31	0
72	D. Branson	PhillipsPhillips	0	−31	0
73	A. Testut	-	0	−31	0
74	B. Christie	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
75	K. Greene	-	0	−31	0
76	B. Grim	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
77	B. Moss	-	0	−31	0
78	M. Parkes	-	0	−31	0
79	J. Turner	ChristensenChristensen	0	−31	0
80	D. Taylor	-	0	−31	0
81	C. Weyant	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
82	J. Larson	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0	−31	0
83	T. Taylor	-	0	−31	0
84	M. Magill	SuttonSutton	0	−31	0
85	T. Parnell	-	0	−31	0
86	R. Amick	-	0	−31	0
87	L. Sutton	-	0	−31	0
88	J. Bryan	-	0	−31	0
–	A. Stacey	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0		0
–	C. Shelby	Aston MartinAston Martin	0		0
–	D. Carter	Kurtis KraftKurtis Kraft	0		0
–	G. Hill	Team LotusTeam Lotus	0		0
–	G. Scarlatti	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0		0
–	H. Blanchard	PorschePorsche	0		0
–	I. Burgess	Cooper-MaseratiCooper-Maserati	0		0
–	J. Boyd	EpperlyEpperly	0		0
–	R. Flockhart	BRMBRM	0		0
–	R. Salvadori	Aston MartinAston Martin	0		0
–	W. von Trips	FerrariFerrari	0		0

Constructor Standings

#	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	Cooper-Climax	5		40
2	Ferrari	2	−8	32
3	BRM	1	−22	18
4	Watson	1	−26	14
4	Team Lotus	0	−35	5
5	Lesovsky	0	−35	5
6	Epperly	0	−35	5
–	Aston Martin	0		0
–	Christensen	0		0
–	Connaught	0		0
–	Cooper-Borgward	0		0
–	Cooper-Maserati	0		0
–	Cooper-OSCA	0		0
–	Dunn	0		0
–	Elder	0		0
–	Fry	0		0
–	JBW	0		0
–	Kurtis Kraft	0		0
–	Kuzma	0		0
–	Maserati	0		0
–	Moore	0		0
–	Phillips	0		0
–	Porsche	0		0
–	Sutton	0		0
–	Tec-Mec	0		0
–	Vanwall	0		0

Races

#	Race	Circuit	Winner (Driver)	Winner (Constructor)	Date
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	J. Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1959-05-10
2	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	R. Ward	Watson	1959-05-30
3	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	J. Bonnier	BRM	1959-05-31
4	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	T. Brooks	Ferrari	1959-07-05
5	British Grand Prix	Aintree	J. Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1959-07-18
6	German Grand Prix	AVUS	T. Brooks	Ferrari	1959-08-02
7	Portuguese Grand Prix	Monsanto Park Circuit	S. Moss	Cooper-Climax	1959-08-23
8	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	S. Moss	Cooper-Climax	1959-09-13
9	United States Grand Prix	Sebring International Raceway	B. McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1959-12-12

Teammate battles of 1959

Teammate head-to-head battles of the 1959 Formula 1 season
Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
Cooper-Climax	Jack Brabham vs Maurice Trintignant	8–0	5–3	34–19
Ferrari	Tony Brooks vs Phil Hill	6–1	5–2	27–20
BRM	Jo Bonnier vs Harry Schell	5–2	2–5	10–5
Cooper-Climax	Jack Brabham vs Bruce McLaren	7–0	4–3	28–16.5
Cooper-Climax	Masten Gregory vs Jack Brabham	0–6	2–4	10–27
Cooper-Climax	Stirling Moss vs Maurice Trintignant	6–0	2–4	18–17
Team Lotus	Graham Hill vs Innes Ireland	5–0	2–3	0–3
Cooper-Climax	Masten Gregory vs Bruce McLaren	5–0	1–4	6–8.5
Ferrari	Dan Gurney vs Phil Hill	3–1	2–2	13–17
Ferrari	Tony Brooks vs Dan Gurney	3–1	2–2	17–13
Aston Martin	Roy Salvadori vs Carroll Shelby	3–1	2–2	0–0
Ferrari	Jean Behra vs Phil Hill	2–1	1–2	2–9
Ferrari	Jean Behra vs Tony Brooks	2–1	1–2	2–14
BRM	Jo Bonnier vs Ron Flockhart	3–0	1–2	0–0
BRM	Ron Flockhart vs Harry Schell	0–3	1–2	0–2