Round 5 | Aintree

1959 British Grand Prix

British Grand Prix at Aintree, 1959-07-18. Jack Brabham won it for Cooper-Climax. Podium: Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, Bruce McLaren.

Winner

Jack Brabham

Cooper-Climax

Pole

not available

Fastest lap

not available

Circuit

Aintree

UK

Race result

Classification

PosDriverTeamGridLapsStatusPts
1 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 1 75 Finished 8.0
2 Stirling Moss BRM 7 75 Finished 6.5
3 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 8 75 Finished 4.5
4 Harry Schell BRM 3 74 +1 Lap 3.0
5 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 4 74 +1 Lap 2.0
6 Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 2 74 +1 Lap 0.0
7 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 5 73 +2 Laps 0.0
8 Alan Stacey Team Lotus 12 71 +4 Laps 0.0
9 Graham Hill Team Lotus 9 70 +5 Laps 0.0
10 Chris Bristow Cooper-Borgward 16 70 +5 Laps 0.0
11 Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 21 69 +6 Laps 0.0
12 Peter Ashdown Cooper-Climax 23 69 +6 Laps 0.0
13 Ivor Bueb Cooper-Borgward 18 69 +6 Laps 0.0
R Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 6 69 Ignition 0.0
R Fritz d'Orey Maserati 20 57 Accident 0.0
R Ron Flockhart BRM 11 53 Spun off 0.0
R Jack Fairman Cooper-Climax 15 39 Gearbox 0.0
R Jo Bonnier BRM 10 37 Brakes 0.0
R Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 13 31 Transmission 0.0
R Hans Herrmann Cooper-Maserati 19 21 Gearbox 0.0
R David Piper Team Lotus 22 19 Overheating 0.0
R Brian Naylor JBW 14 18 Transmission 0.0
R Mike Taylor Cooper-Climax 24 17 Transmission 0.0
R Tony Brooks Vanwall 17 13 Ignition 0.0

Grid movement

Movers

Grid 23 to P12 (+11)

Peter Ashdown

Cooper-Climax

Grid 21 to P11 (+10)

Henry Taylor

Cooper-Climax

Grid 16 to P10 (+6)

Chris Bristow

Cooper-Borgward

Grid 7 to P2 (+5)

Stirling Moss

BRM

Grid 8 to P3 (+5)

Bruce McLaren

Cooper-Climax

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1959 season

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Aintree

Circuit profile

Jack Brabham

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Cooper-Climax

Winning team