TOP DRIVERS OF THE 1959 SEASON

2
Second Place Driver

Tony Brooks

1
First Place Driver

Jack Brabham

3
Third Place Driver

Stirling Moss

Statistics

Drivers

  • Most Wins
    Tony Brooks(2)
  • Most Podiums
    Jack Brabham (5)
  • Most Poles
    Stirling Moss (4)
  • Most Laps Led
    None
  • Most In Points
    Maurice Trintignant (7)
  • Most DNFs
    Graham Hill (5)
  • Most Fastest Laps
    None

Constructors

  • Most Wins
    Cooper-Climax(5)
  • Most Podiums
    Cooper-Climax (13)
  • Most Poles
    Cooper-Climax (5)
  • Most Laps Led
    None
  • Most In Points
    Cooper-Climax (22)
  • Most DNFs
    Cooper-Climax (15)
  • Most Fastest Laps
    None

Drivers Championship Standings

Pos Driver Constructor Points Wins
1
Australian Jack Brabham
British Cooper-Climax
31.0 2
2
British Tony Brooks
Italian Ferrari
27.0 2
3
British Stirling Moss
British Cooper-Climax
25.5 2
4
American Phil Hill
Italian Ferrari
20.0 0
5
French Maurice Trintignant
British Cooper-Climax
19.0 0
6
New Zealander Bruce McLaren
British Cooper-Climax
16.5 1
7
American Dan Gurney
Italian Ferrari
13.0 0
8
Swedish Jo Bonnier
British BRM
10.0 1
9
American Masten Gregory
British Cooper-Climax
10.0 0
10
American Rodger Ward
American Watson
8.0 1
11
American Jim Rathmann
American Watson
6.0 0
12
American Johnny Thomson
American Lesovsky
5.0 0
13
American Harry Schell
British BRM
5.0 0
14
British Innes Ireland
British Team Lotus
5.0 0
15
Belgian Olivier Gendebien
Italian Ferrari
3.0 0
16
American Tony Bettenhausen
American Epperly
3.0 0
17
British Cliff Allison
Italian Ferrari
2.0 0
18
French Jean Behra
Italian Ferrari
2.0 0
19
American Paul Goldsmith
American Epperly
2.0 0
20
British Roy Salvadori
British Cooper-Maserati
0.0 0
21
British Ron Flockhart
British BRM
0.0 0
22
British Ian Burgess
British Cooper-Maserati
0.0 0
23
German Wolfgang von Trips
German Porsche
0.0 0
24
American Johnny Boyd
American Epperly
0.0 0
25
British Graham Hill
British Team Lotus
0.0 0
26
American Harry Blanchard
German Porsche
0.0 0
27
American Duane Carter
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
28
American Carroll Shelby
British Aston Martin
0.0 0
29
Italian Giorgio Scarlatti
Italian Maserati
0.0 0
30
British Alan Stacey
British Team Lotus
0.0 0
31
American Eddie Johnson
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
32
Dutch Carel Godin de Beaufort
German Porsche
0.0 0
33
American Paul Russo
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
34
Brazilian Fritz d'Orey
Italian Maserati
0.0 0
35
British Chris Bristow
British Cooper-Borgward
0.0 0
36
Portuguese Mário de Araújo Cabral
British Cooper-Maserati
0.0 0
37
American Anthony Foyt
American Kuzma
0.0 0
38
British Colin Davis
British Cooper-Maserati
0.0 0
39
American Gene Hartley
American Kuzma
0.0 0
40
British Henry Taylor
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
41
British Peter Ashdown
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
42
American Bob Veith
American Moore
0.0 0
43
British Ivor Bueb
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
44
American Al Herman
American Dunn
0.0 0
45
American Jimmy Daywalt
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
46
American Chuck Arnold
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
47
Italian Giulio Cabianca
Italian Maserati
0.0 0
48
American Jim McWithey
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
49
German Hans Herrmann
British Cooper-Maserati
0.0 0
50
Argentine-Italian Alessandro de Tomaso
British Cooper-OSCA
0.0 0
51
American George Constantine
British Cooper-Borgward
0.0 0
52
British Bruce Halford
British Team Lotus
0.0 0
53
British Jack Fairman
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
54
American Eddie Sachs
American Kuzma
0.0 0
55
American Al Keller
American Kuzma
0.0 0
56
American Bob Said
British Connaught
0.0 0
57
American Phil Cade
Italian Maserati
0.0 0
58
Belgian Alain de Changy
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
59
American Pat Flaherty
American Watson
0.0 0
60
Belgian Lucien Bianchi
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
61
American Dick Rathmann
American Watson
0.0 0
62
American Bill Cheesbourg
American Kuzma
0.0 0
63
Italian Maria de Filippis
German Porsche
0.0 0
64
British David Piper
British Team Lotus
0.0 0
65
Uruguayan Azdrubal Fontes
Italian Maserati
0.0 0
66
American Don Freeland
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
67
American Pete Lovely
British Team Lotus
0.0 0
68
British Brian Naylor
British JBW
0.0 0
69
American Ray Crawford
American Elder
0.0 0
70
French Jean Lucienbonnet
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
71
British Mike Taylor
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
72
American Don Branson
American Phillips
0.0 0
73
Monegasque André Testut
Italian Maserati
0.0 0
74
American Bob Christie
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
75
British Keith Greene
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
76
American Bobby Grim
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
77
British Bill Moss
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
78
British Mike Parkes
British Fry
0.0 0
79
American Jack Turner
American Christensen
0.0 0
80
British Dennis Taylor
British Team Lotus
0.0 0
81
American Chuck Weyant
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
82
American Jud Larson
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
83
British Trevor Taylor
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
84
American Mike Magill
American Sutton
0.0 0
85
British Tim Parnell
British Cooper-Climax
0.0 0
86
American Red Amick
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
87
American Len Sutton
American Lesovsky
0.0 0
88
American Jimmy Bryan
American Epperly
0.0 0

Constructors Championship Standings

Pos Constructor Points Wins
1
British Cooper-Climax
40.0 5
2
Italian Ferrari
32.0 2
3
British BRM
18.0 1
4
British Team Lotus
5.0 0
5
British Aston Martin
0.0 0
6
British Cooper-Maserati
0.0 0
7
American Kurtis Kraft
0.0 0
8
German Porsche
0.0 0
9
Italian Maserati
0.0 0
10
British Cooper-Borgward
0.0 0
11
British Cooper-OSCA
0.0 0
12
Italian Tec-Mec
0.0 0
13
British Connaught
0.0 0
14
British JBW
0.0 0
15
British Vanwall
0.0 0
16
British Fry
0.0 0

Driver Points Distribution

Constructor Points Distribution

Driver Points Evolution

Constructor Points Evolution

Monaco Grand Prix

Monaco Grand Prix

May 10, 1959

Indianapolis 500

Indianapolis 500

May 30, 1959

Dutch Grand Prix

Dutch Grand Prix

May 31, 1959

French Grand Prix

French Grand Prix

July 5, 1959

British Grand Prix

British Grand Prix

July 18, 1959

German Grand Prix

German Grand Prix

Aug. 2, 1959

Portuguese Grand Prix

Portuguese Grand Prix

Aug. 23, 1959

Italian Grand Prix

Italian Grand Prix

Sept. 13, 1959

United States Grand Prix

United States Grand Prix

Dec. 12, 1959