The British Grand Prix of 1959 (officially XII RAC British Grand Prix ) is a car race held on July 18, 1959 on the Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, Great Britain . She became the fifth race of the 1959. Season was won by a pilot from Australia. 
Jack Brabham .
| 1959 British Grand Prix | |
|---|---|
| English XII RAC British Grand Prix | |
| date of | July 18, 1959 |
| A place | |
| Track | Aintree Motor Racing Circuit (4828 m) |
| Distance | 75 laps , 362.10 km |
| Weather | Sunny, dry. |
| Pole | |
| 1: 58.0 | Jack Brabham Cooper - Climax |
| Fast lap | |
| 1: 57.0 | |
| 69 circle |  Stirling Moss |
| BRM | |
| 75 circle |  Bruce mclaren |
| Cooper - Climax | |
| Podium | |
| Winner | Jack Brabham Cooper - Climax |
| 2nd place | Stirling Moss BRM |
| 3rd place | Bruce mclaren Cooper - Climax |
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Classification
| A place | FROM | No. | Pilot | Constructor | W | Circles | Time / reason for departure | ABOUT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one | one | 12 | Jack Brabham | Cooper - Climax | D | 75 | 2:30: 11.6 | 8 |
| 2 | 7 | 6 | Stirling Moss | BRM | D | 75 | +22.2 | 6 + 0.5 |
| 3 | 8 | 16 | Bruce mclaren | Cooper - Climax | D | 75 | +22.4 | 4 + 0.5 |
| four | 3 | 8 | Harry shell | BRM | D | 74 | +1 circle | 3 |
| 5 | four | eighteen | Maurice Trentignan | Cooper - Climax | D | 74 | +1 circle | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Roy Salvadori | Aston martin | A | 74 | +1 circle | |
| 7 | 5 | fourteen | Masten Gregory | Cooper - Climax | D | 73 | +2 laps | |
| 8 | 12 | thirty | Alan Stacy | Lotus - Climax | D | 71 | +4 laps | |
| 9 | 9 | 28 | Graham Hill | Lotus - Climax | D | 70 | +5 laps | |
| 10 | 16 | 48 | Chris Bristow | Cooper - Borgward | D | 70 | +5 laps | |
| eleven | 21 | 58 | Henry Taylor | Cooper - Climax | D | 69 | +6 laps | |
| 12 | 23 | 52 | Peter Ashdown | Cooper - Climax | D | 69 | +6 laps | |
| 13 | eighteen | 46 | Ivor Bube | Cooper - Borgward | D | 69 | +6 laps | |
| Gathering | 6 | four | Carroll Shelby | Aston martin | A | 69 | Ignition | |
| Gathering | twenty | 40 | Fritz d'Oray | Maserati | D | 57 | Crash | |
| Gathering | eleven | 42 | Ron Flockhart | BRM | D | 53 | Departure | |
| Gathering | fifteen | 38 | Jack fairman | Cooper - Climax | D | 39 | Transmission | |
| Gathering | 10 | 10 | Yo Bonnier | BRM | D | 37 | The brakes | |
| Gathering | 13 | 22 | Ian Burges | Cooper - Maserati | D | 31 | Transmission | |
| Gathering | 19 | 24 | Hans Herrmann | Cooper - Maserati | D | 21 | Transmission | |
| Gathering | 22 | 64 | David piper | Lotus - Climax | D | 19 | Overheat | |
| Gathering | fourteen | 36 | Brian Naylor | JBW - Maserati | D | eighteen | Transmission | |
| Gathering | 24 | fifty | Mike taylor | Cooper - Climax | D | 17 | Transmission | |
| Gathering | 17 | twenty | Tony brooks | Vanwall | D | 13 | Ignition | |
| NKV | 54 | Keith Green | Cooper - Climax | D | ||||
| NKV | 56 | Bill moss | Cooper - Climax | D | ||||
| NKV | 60 | Mike Parks | Fry - Climax | D | ||||
| NKV | 62 | Dennis taylor | Lotus - Climax | D | ||||
| NKV | 44 | Trevor Taylor | Cooper - Climax | D | ||||
| NKV | 66 | Tim Parnell | Cooper - Climax | D |
Championship position after the Grand Prix
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- Note: Only 5 items are included in both tables.
Links
- Brabham presses home his claim on the title . Grand Prix Racing . Date of treatment September 7, 2007. Archived on August 14, 2007.
- 1959 British Grand Prix at grandprix.com
- 1959 British GP . ChicaneF1.com . Date of treatment September 7, 2007. Archived September 29, 2007. (Race results and statistics.)
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