1959 Italian Grand Prix
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1959 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 13 September 1959 | ||||
Official name | XXX Gran Premio d'Italia | ||||
Location | |||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 5.750 km (3.573 miles) | ||||
Distance | 72 laps, 414.000 km (257.256 miles) | ||||
Weather | Dry and sunny | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Time | 1:39.7 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Phil Hill | Ferrari | |||
Time | 1:40.4 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1959 Italian Grand Prix was a
The race was won by British driver Stirling Moss driving a Cooper T51 for the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team. Moss won by 46 seconds over American driver Phil Hill driving a Ferrari Dino 246 for Scuderia Ferrari. Championship points leader Australian Jack Brabham finished third in works entered Cooper T51, expanding his points lead, but not sufficiently to prevent a championship showdown with Moss and Ferrari driver Tony Brooks at the United States Grand Prix.
Race report
This race was won on the weight of the cars, with
Moss's win closed the championship gap to only 5.5 points behind Jack Brabham with Brooks eight points behind Brabham. The combined efforts of Brabham, Moss, Maurice Trintignant, Bruce McLaren and Masten Gregory secured the Constructors' Championship for the Cooper Car Company.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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1 | 14 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax | 1:39.7 | — |
2 | 30 | Tony Brooks | Ferrari | 1:39.8 | +0.1 |
3 | 12 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 1:40.2 | +0.5 |
4 | 36 | Dan Gurney | Ferrari | 1:40.8 | +1.1 |
5 | 32 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 1:41.2 | +1.5 |
6 | 38 | Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari | 1:41.4 | +1.7 |
7 | 2 | Harry Schell | BRM
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1:41.6 | +1.9 |
8 | 34 | Cliff Allison | Ferrari | 1:41.8 | +2.1 |
9 | 8 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 1:42.0 | +2.3 |
10 | 18 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Climax | 1:42.9 | +3.2 |
11 | 6 | Jo Bonnier | BRM
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1:43.1 | +3.4 |
12 | 10 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Cooper-Climax | 1:43.3 | +3.6 |
13 | 16 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax | 1:43.4 | +3.7 |
14 | 20 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 1:43.5 | +3.8 |
15 | 4 | Ron Flockhart | BRM
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1:43.6 | +3.9 |
16 | 42 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati | 1:44.6 | +4.9 |
17 | 24 | Roy Salvadori | Aston Martin | 1:44.7 | +5.0 |
18 | 40 | Colin Davis | Cooper-Maserati | 1:44.9 | +5.2 |
19 | 26 | Carroll Shelby | Aston Martin | 1:46.4 | +6.7 |
20 | 22 | Jack Fairman | Maserati
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1:49.4 | +9.7 |
21 | 28 | Giulio Cabianca | Maserati | 1:51.5 | +11.8 |
Source:[1] |
Race
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 14 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax | 72 | 2:04:05.4 | 1 | 8 |
2 | 32 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 72 | + 46.7 | 5 | 71 |
3 | 12 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 72 | + 1:12.5 | 3 | 4 |
4 | 36 | Dan Gurney | Ferrari | 72 | + 1:19.6 | 4 | 3 |
5 | 34 | Cliff Allison | Ferrari | 71 | + 1 Lap | 8 | 2 |
6 | 38 | Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari | 71 | + 1 Lap | 6 | |
7 | 2 | Harry Schell | BRM
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70 | + 2 Laps | 7 | |
8 | 6 | Jo Bonnier | BRM
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70 | + 2 Laps | 11 | |
9 | 16 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax | 70 | + 2 Laps | 13 | |
10 | 26 | Carroll Shelby | Aston Martin | 70 | + 2 Laps | 19 | |
11 | 40 | Colin Davis | Cooper-Maserati | 68 | + 4 Laps | 18 | |
12 | 10 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Cooper-Climax | 68 | + 4 Laps | 12 | |
13 | 4 | Ron Flockhart | BRM
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67 | + 5 Laps | 15 | |
14 | 42 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati | 67 | + 5 Laps | 16 | |
15 | 28 | Giulio Cabianca | Maserati | 64 | + 8 Laps | 21 | |
Ret | 24 | Roy Salvadori | Aston Martin | 44 | Engine | 17 | |
Ret | 8 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 22 | Engine | 9 | |
Ret | 22 | Jack Fairman | Maserati
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18 | Engine | 20 | |
Ret | 20 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 14 | Brakes | 14 | |
Ret | 18 | Graham Hill | Lotus-Climax | 1 | Clutch | 10 | |
Ret | 30 | Tony Brooks | Ferrari | 0 | Clutch | 2 | |
Source:[2]
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- Notes
- ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap
Championship standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results counted towards each championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References
- ^ "1959 Italian GP". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
- ^ "1959 Italian Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Italy 1959 – Championship". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.