1959 season

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Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team(s)	Wins	Pts
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2	31
2	Tony Brooks	Ferrari→Vanwall	2	27
3	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax→BRM	2	25.5
4	Phil Hill	Ferrari	0	20
5	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	0	19
6	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1	16.5
7	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	0	13
8	Jo Bonnier	BRM	1	10
9	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	0	10
10	Rodger Ward	Watson→Kurtis Kraft	1	8
11	Jim Rathmann	Watson	0	6
12	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky	0	5
13	Harry Schell	BRM→Cooper-Climax	0	5
14	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	0	5
15	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	0	3
16	Tony Bettenhausen	Epperly	0	3
17	Cliff Allison	Ferrari	0	2
18	Jean Behra	Ferrari	0	2
19	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly	0	2
–	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Maserati→Aston Martin	0	0
–	Ron Flockhart	BRM	0	0
–	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
–	Wolfgang von Trips	Porsche→Ferrari	0	0
–	Johnny Boyd	Epperly	0	0
–	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	0	0
–	Duane Carter	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Harry Blanchard	Porsche	0	0
–	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	0	0
–	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati→Cooper-Climax	0	0
–	Alan Stacey	Team Lotus	0	0
–	Eddie Johnson	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche→Maserati	0	0
–	Paul Russo	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Fritz d'Orey	Maserati→Tec-Mec	0	0
–	Anthony Foyt	Kuzma	0	0
–	Chris Bristow	Cooper-Borgward	0	0
–	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
–	Colin Davis	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
–	Gene Hartley	Kuzma	0	0
–	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	0	0
–	Bob Veith	Moore	0	0
–	Peter Ashdown	Cooper-Climax	0	0
–	Al Herman	Dunn	0	0
–	Ivor Bueb	Cooper-Borgward	0	0
–	Jimmy Daywalt	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Chuck Arnold	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Giulio Cabianca	Maserati	0	0
–	Jim McWithey	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Hans Herrmann	Cooper-Maserati→BRM	0	0
–	Alessandro de Tomaso	Cooper-OSCA	0	0
–	Bruce Halford	Team Lotus	0	0
–	George Constantine	Cooper-Borgward	0	0
–	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax→Cooper-Maserati	0	0
–	Eddie Sachs	Kuzma	0	0
–	Al Keller	Kuzma	0	0
–	Bob Said	Connaught	0	0
–	Pat Flaherty	Watson	0	0
–	Phil Cade	Maserati	0	0
–	Dick Rathmann	Watson	0	0
–	Bill Cheesbourg	Kuzma	0	0
–	David Piper	Team Lotus	0	0
–	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Azdrubal Fontes	Maserati	0	0
–	Brian Naylor	JBW	0	0
–	Ray Crawford	Elder	0	0
–	Mike Taylor	Cooper-Climax	0	0
–	Don Branson	Phillips	0	0
–	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Bobby Grim	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Jack Turner	Christensen	0	0
–	Chuck Weyant	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Jud Larson	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Mike Magill	Sutton	0	0
–	Red Amick	Kurtis Kraft	0	0
–	Len Sutton	Lesovsky	0	0
–	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly	0	0

Constructors

Pos	Team	Wins	Pts
1	Cooper-Climax	5	40
2	Ferrari	2	32
3	BRM	1	18
4	Team Lotus	0	5
–	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
–	Aston Martin	0	0
–	Porsche	0	0
–	Maserati	0	0
–	Cooper-Borgward	0	0
–	Kurtis Kraft

Championship positions by round

Points progression

Points per round

Calendar

Rd	Grand Prix	Date	Pole	Winner	Team
1	Monaco Grand Prix	10 May 1959	Stirling Moss	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
2	Indianapolis 500	30 May 1959	Johnny Thomson	Rodger Ward	Watson
3	Dutch Grand Prix	31 May 1959	Jo Bonnier	Jo Bonnier	BRM
4	French Grand Prix	5 Jul 1959	Tony Brooks	Tony Brooks	Ferrari
5	British Grand Prix	18 Jul 1959	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
6	German Grand Prix	2 Aug 1959	Tony Brooks	Tony Brooks	Ferrari

Team line-ups

Driver changes this season: Cooper-Climax, Ferrari, BRM, Team Lotus, Cooper-Maserati, Porsche, Maserati, Cooper-Borgward, Kurtis Kraft

Cooper-Climax

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Brabham #24/8/12/1										34
Trintignant #32/10/14/18/8/5/16/6

Kurtis Kraft

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Amick #87 Left mid-season										0
Arnold #71 Left mid-season										0
Christie #65 Left mid-season										0
Carter #37 Left mid-season										0
Daywalt #66 Left mid-season										0
Freeland #15 Left mid-season										0
Grim #48 Left mid-season										0
Johnson #19 Left mid-season										0
Larson #7 Left mid-season										0
McWithey #58 Left mid-season										0
Russo #45 Left mid-season										0
Weyant #47 Left mid-season										0
Ward #1 Joined mid-season										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Brooks #50/2/24/4/14/30										27
Hill #48/3/26/5/15/32										20
Allison #52/16/17/34/3										2
Behra #46/1/30 Left mid-season										2
Gurney #28/6/16/36 Left mid-season										13
Gendebien #22/38 Stand-in										3
von Trips #4 Joined mid-season										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Bonnier #18/7/4/10/9/6										10
Schell #16/6/8/10/2										5
Flockhart #20/44/42/8/4										0
Moss #2/6 Stand-in										7.5
Herrmann #11 Stand-in										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Hill #40/14/32/28/16/11/18 Left mid-season										0
Halford #44 Left mid-season										0
Ireland #12/34/15/20/10 Joined mid-season										5
Stacey #30/11 Stand-in										0
Piper #64 Stand-in										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Salvadori #38/16/12										0
Burgess #18/22/42 Left mid-season										0
Davis #20/40 Stand-in										0
Herrmann #24 Stand-in										0
Cabral #18 Stand-in										0
Fairman #22 Stand-in										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
von Trips #6 Left mid-season										0
de Beaufort #15 Stand-in										0
Blanchard #17 Joined mid-season										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
d'Orey #38/40 Left mid-season										0
de Beaufort #42 Left mid-season										0
Fontes #36 Left mid-season										0
Scarlatti #40 Left mid-season										0
Cabianca #28 Stand-in										0
Cade #22 Joined mid-season										0

Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts
Bristow #48 Left mid-season										0
Bueb #46 Left mid-season										0
Constantine #16 Joined mid-season										0