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1959 Britain Grand Prix in Formula 1 at the Aintree circuit. Full information

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1959 Britain Grand Prix

1959 Britain Grand Prix is 80th Formula 1 race. Passed at the Aintree circuit. Jack Brabham won the pole position and this race. Stirling Moss and Bruce Mclaren also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 75 laps (362 km).

Previous race: 1959 France Grand Prix
Next race: 1959 Germany Grand Prix
Race Start: 18th July 1959

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1959 Britain Grand Prix

4th victory for the Cooper team
2nd victory for the Jack Brabham
4th podium for the Jack Brabham
17th podium for the Stirling Moss
1st podium for the Bruce Mclaren

Jack Brabham - Winner of the 1959 Britain Grand Prix

1959 Britain Grand Prix

Cooper T51 #12 - 1959 Britain Grand Prix winner

1959 Britain Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Lap	Team
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper T51, #12	8.00	2h 30m 11.6s ( 144.654 km/h )	75	Cooper Car Company
2	Stirling Moss	BRM P25, #6	6.50	2h 30m 33.8s ( +22.2s )	75	British Racing Partnership
3	Bruce Mclaren	Cooper T51, #16	4.50	2h 30m 34.0s ( +22.4s )	75	Cooper Car Company
4	Harry Schell	BRM P25, #8	3.00		74	Owen Racing Organisation
5	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper T51, #18	2.00		74	RRC Walker Racing Team
6	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DBR4, #2	0		74	David Brown Corporation
7	Masten Gregory	Cooper T51, #14	0		73	Cooper Car Company
8	Alan Stacey	Lotus 16, #30	0		71	Team Lotus
9	Graham Hill	Lotus 16, #28	0		70	Team Lotus
10	Chris Bristow	Cooper T51, #48	0		70	British Racing Partnership
11	Henry Taylor	Cooper T51, #58	0		69	RHH Parnell
12	Peter Ashdown	Cooper T45, #52	0		69	Equipe Alan Brown
13	Ivor Bueb	Cooper T51, #46	0		69	British Racing Partnership
ab	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin DBR4, #4	0	Magneto	69	David Brown Corporation
ab	Fritz D'orey	Maserati 250F, #40	0	Accident	57	Scuderia Centro Sud
ab	Ron Flockhart	BRM P25, #42	0	Spin	53	Owen Racing Organisation
ab	Jack Fairman	Cooper T45, #38	0	Gearbox	39	High Efficiency Motors
ab	Jo Bonnier	BRM P25, #10	0	Throttle	37	Owen Racing Organisation
ab	Ian Burgess	Cooper T51, #22	0	Gearbox	31	Scuderia Centro Sud
ab	Hans Herrmann	Cooper T51, #24	0	Gearbox	21	Scuderia Centro Sud
ab	David Piper	Lotus 16, #64	0	Cylinder head gasket	19	Dorchester Service Station
ab	Brian Naylor	JBW 59, #36	0	Transmission	18	JB Naylor
ab	Mike Taylor	Cooper T45, #50	0	Transmission	17	Equipe Alan Brown
ab	Tony Brooks	Vanwall VW 59, #20	0	Engine	13	Vandervell Products Ltd
nq	Trevor Taylor	Cooper T51, #44	0			Ace Garage
f	Bruce Halford	Connaught B, #34	0	Car unavailable		John Fisher
nq	Keith Greene	Cooper T45, #54	0			Gilby Engineering
nq	Bill Moss	Cooper T51, #56	0			United Racing Stable
f	Innes Ireland	Lotus 16, #30	0	Driver ill		Team Lotus
nq	Mike Parkes	Fry F2, #60	0			David Fry
nq	Dennis Taylor	Lotus 12, #62	0			Privé
nq	Tim Parnell	Cooper T45, #66	0			RHH Parnell

Qualifying Results for the 1959 Britain Grand Prix on the Aintree circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper T51, #12	1'58''0	Cooper Car Company
2	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin DBR4, #2	1'58''0	David Brown Corporation
3	Harry Schell	BRM P25, #8	1'59''2	Owen Racing Organisation
4	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper T51, #18	1'59''3	RRC Walker Racing Team
5	Masten Gregory	Cooper T51, #14	1'59''4	Cooper Car Company
6	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin DBR4, #4	1'59''6	David Brown Corporation
7	Stirling Moss	BRM P25, #6	1'59''7	British Racing Partnership
8	Bruce Mclaren	Cooper T51, #16	1'59''8	Cooper Car Company
9	Graham Hill	Lotus 16, #28	2'00''0	Team Lotus
10	Jo Bonnier	BRM P25, #10	2'00''1	Owen Racing Organisation
11	Ron Flockhart	BRM P25, #42	2'00''2	Owen Racing Organisation
12	Alan Stacey	Lotus 16, #30	2'02''8	Team Lotus
13	Ian Burgess	Cooper T51, #22	2'03''0	Scuderia Centro Sud
14	Brian Naylor	JBW 59, #36	2'03''1	JB Naylor
15	Jack Fairman	Cooper T45, #38	2'04''2	High Efficiency Motors
16	Chris Bristow	Cooper T51, #48	2'04''4	British Racing Partnership
17	Tony Brooks	Vanwall VW 59, #20	2'04''4	Vandervell Products Ltd
18	Ivor Bueb	Cooper T51, #46	2'04''8	British Racing Partnership
19	Hans Herrmann	Cooper T51, #24	2'05''6	Scuderia Centro Sud
20	Fritz D'orey	Maserati 250F, #40	2'05''6	Scuderia Centro Sud
21	Henry Taylor	Cooper T51, #58	2'05''6	RHH Parnell
22	David Piper	Lotus 16, #64	2'06''0	Dorchester Service Station
23	Peter Ashdown	Cooper T45, #52	2'06''2	Equipe Alan Brown
24	Mike Taylor	Cooper T45, #50	2'07''0	Equipe Alan Brown
25	Bill Moss	Cooper T51, #56	2'07''2	United Racing Stable
26	Mike Parkes	Fry F2, #60	2'07''6	David Fry
27	Trevor Taylor	Cooper T51, #44	2'08''2	Ace Garage
28	Keith Greene	Cooper T45, #54	2'09''8	Gilby Engineering
29	Tim Parnell	Cooper T45, #66	-	RHH Parnell
30	Dennis Taylor	Lotus 12, #62	-	Privé
0	Bruce Halford	Connaught B, #34	0	John Fisher
0	Innes Ireland	Lotus 16, #30	0	Team Lotus