# 1959 Formula 1 season

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World Champion: **Jack Brabham** (Cooper-Climax, Australia).

## Specs and regulations
- Engine: 2.5 L naturally aspirated or 0.75 L supercharged
- Points: 8 points for a win (8-6-4-3-2), plus one for the fastest lap until 1958
- Races: 9

## Calendar and winners
| Round | Grand Prix | Date | Circuit | Winner | Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Monaco Grand Prix | 1959-05-10 | Circuit de Monaco | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 2 | Indianapolis 500 | 1959-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Rodger Ward | Watson |
| 3 | Dutch Grand Prix | 1959-05-31 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Jo Bonnier | BRM |
| 4 | French Grand Prix | 1959-07-05 | Reims-Gueux | Tony Brooks | Ferrari |
| 5 | British Grand Prix | 1959-07-18 | Aintree | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 6 | German Grand Prix | 1959-08-02 | AVUS | Tony Brooks | Ferrari |
| 7 | Portuguese Grand Prix | 1959-08-23 | Monsanto Park Circuit | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax |
| 8 | Italian Grand Prix | 1959-09-13 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax |
| 9 | United States Grand Prix | 1959-12-12 | Sebring International Raceway | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |

## Drivers' standings (final)
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Jack Brabham](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/jack-brabham.md) | Cooper-Climax | 31 | 2 |
| 2 | [Tony Brooks](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/brooks.md) | Vanwall | 27 | 2 |
| 3 | [Stirling Moss](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/moss.md) | BRM | 25.5 | 2 |
| 4 | [Phil Hill](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/phil-hill.md) | Ferrari | 20 | 0 |
| 5 | [Maurice Trintignant](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/trintignant.md) | Cooper-Climax | 19 | 0 |
| 6 | [Bruce McLaren](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mclaren.md) | Cooper-Climax | 16.5 | 1 |
| 7 | [Dan Gurney](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gurney.md) | Ferrari | 13 | 0 |
| 8 | [Jo Bonnier](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bonnier.md) | BRM | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | [Masten Gregory](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gregory.md) | Cooper-Climax | 10 | 0 |
| 10 | [Rodger Ward](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ward.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | [Jim Rathmann](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/rathmann.md) | Watson | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | [Johnny Thomson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/thomson.md) | Lesovsky | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | [Harry Schell](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/schell.md) | Cooper-Climax | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | [Innes Ireland](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ireland.md) | Team Lotus | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | [Olivier Gendebien](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gendebien.md) | Ferrari | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | [Tony Bettenhausen](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bettenhausen.md) | Epperly | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | [Cliff Allison](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/allison.md) | Ferrari | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | [Jean Behra](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/behra.md) | Ferrari | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | [Paul Goldsmith](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/goldsmith.md) | Epperly | 2 | 0 |
| - | [Roy Salvadori](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/salvadori.md) | Aston Martin | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ron Flockhart](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/flockhart.md) | BRM | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ian Burgess](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/burgess.md) | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Wolfgang von Trips](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/trips.md) | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Johnny Boyd](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/boyd.md) | Epperly | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Graham Hill](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hill.md) | Team Lotus | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Duane Carter](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/darter.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Harry Blanchard](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/blanchard.md) | Porsche | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Carroll Shelby](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/shelby.md) | Aston Martin | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Giorgio Scarlatti](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/scarlatti.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Alan Stacey](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/stacey.md) | Team Lotus | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Eddie Johnson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/johnson.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Carel Godin de Beaufort](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/beaufort.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Paul Russo](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/paul-russo.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Fritz d'Orey](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/orey.md) | Tec-Mec | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Anthony Foyt](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/foyt.md) | Kuzma | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Chris Bristow](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bristow.md) | Cooper-Borgward | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Mário de Araújo Cabral](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/cabral.md) | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Colin Davis](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/davis.md) | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Gene Hartley](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hartley.md) | Kuzma | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Henry Taylor](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/henry-taylor.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bob Veith](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/veith.md) | Moore | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Peter Ashdown](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ashdown.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Al Herman](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/herman.md) | Dunn | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ivor Bueb](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bueb.md) | Cooper-Borgward | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jimmy Daywalt](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/daywalt.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Chuck Arnold](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/arnold.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Giulio Cabianca](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/cabianca.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jim McWithey](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mcwithey.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Hans Herrmann](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/herrmann.md) | BRM | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Alessandro de Tomaso](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/tomaso.md) | Cooper-OSCA | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bruce Halford](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/halford.md) | Team Lotus | 0 | 0 |
| - | [George Constantine](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/constantine.md) | Cooper-Borgward | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jack Fairman](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/fairman.md) | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Eddie Sachs](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/sachs.md) | Kuzma | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Al Keller](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/keller.md) | Kuzma | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bob Said](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/said.md) | Connaught | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Pat Flaherty](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/flaherty.md) | Watson | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Phil Cade](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/cade.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Dick Rathmann](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/dick-rathmann.md) | Watson | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bill Cheesbourg](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/cheesbourg.md) | Kuzma | 0 | 0 |
| - | [David Piper](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/piper.md) | Team Lotus | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Don Freeland](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/freeland.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Azdrubal Fontes](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/fontes.md) | Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Brian Naylor](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/naylor.md) | JBW | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ray Crawford](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ray-crawford.md) | Elder | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Mike Taylor](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mike-taylor.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Don Branson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/branson.md) | Phillips | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bob Christie](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/christie.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bobby Grim](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/grim.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jack Turner](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/turner.md) | Christensen | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Chuck Weyant](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/weyant.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jud Larson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/larson.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Mike Magill](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/magill.md) | Sutton | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Red Amick](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/amick.md) | Kurtis Kraft | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Len Sutton](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/sutton.md) | Lesovsky | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jimmy Bryan](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bryan.md) | Epperly | 0 | 0 |

## Constructors' standings (final)
| Pos | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Cooper-Climax](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/cooper-climax.md) | 40 | 5 |
| 2 | [Ferrari](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/ferrari.md) | 32 | 2 |
| 3 | [BRM](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/brm.md) | 18 | 1 |
| 4 | [Team Lotus](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/team-lotus.md) | 5 | 0 |
| - | [Cooper-Maserati](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/cooper-maserati.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Aston Martin](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/aston-martin.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Porsche](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/porsche.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Maserati](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/maserati.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Cooper-Borgward](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/cooper-borgward.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Kurtis Kraft](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/kurtis-kraft.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Cooper-OSCA](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/cooper-osca.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Tec-Mec](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/tec-mec.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Connaught](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/connaught.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [JBW](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/jbw.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Vanwall](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/vanwall.md) | 0 | 0 |

[1958 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1958.md) · [1960 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1960.md)