1959 Portuguese Grand Prix

October 2015 F1 1959 German Grand Prix 1959 Italian Grand Prix Portugal Portuguese 23 August Circuit Monsanto.png 1959 VIII Portuguese Grand Prix Circuito de MonsantoLisbon, Portugal Public road 3.380 5.440 62 209.56 337.28 Hot and clear. GBR Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 2:02.89 GBR Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 2:05.07 GBR Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax USA 1959 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax USA 1959 Dan Gurney Ferrari POR The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monsanto on 23 August 1959. It was race 7 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 6 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the eighth Portuguese Grand Prix and the second to be included in the World Championship of Drivers. It was the third time the race was held at Monsanto and the first for Formula One. The race was held over 62 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 337 kilometres. The race was won by British driver Stirling Moss, his eleventh Grand Prix victory, driving a Cooper T51 for privateer race team Rob Walker Racing Team. Moss finished a lap ahead of American racer Masten Gregory driving a similar Cooper T51 for the factory Cooper Car Company team. American Scuderia Ferrari driver Dan Gurney finished third in his Ferrari Dino 246. Race report Wins in France and Germany had given Tony Brooks a healthy second place in the championship behind Jack Brabham. Stirling Moss improved on his poor championship position with a dominating drive, lapping the entire field. Phil Hill and Graham Hill crashed into each other on lap 6, whilst Brabham had an enormous somersaulting crash from which he emerged unscathed. Gurney was the only Ferrari in the top eight with Maurice Trintignant and Harry Schell rounding off the top five. With Brabham failing to finish and Brooks finishing a distant five laps down in ninth, Moss closed the gap to just 9½ points behind Brabham and 5½ points behind Brooks in the championship race. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap14GBR Stirling MossCooper-Climax2:02.921AUS Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax2:04.9 +2.032USA 1959 Masten GregoryCooper-Climax2:06.3 +3.445FRA Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax2:07.4 +4.557SWE Jo BonnierBRM2:07.9 +5.0616USA 1959 Dan GurneyFerrari2:08.0 +5.1715USA 1959 Phil HillFerrari2:08.1 +5.283NZL Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax2:08.2 +5.396USA 1959 Harry SchellBRM2:09.1 +6.21014GBR Tony BrooksFerrari2:11.0 +8.1118GBR Ron FlockhartBRM2:11.2 +8.31210GBR Roy SalvadoriAston Martin2:13.3 +10.4139USA 1959 Carroll ShelbyAston Martin2:13.6 +10.71418POR Mário de Araújo CabralCooper-Maserati2:15.3 +12.41511GBR Graham HillLotus-Climax2:15.6 +12.71612GBR Innes IrelandLotus-Climax2:18.5 +15.6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1959/portugal/qualification.aspx Portugal 1959 - Qualifications • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 10 January 2019 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 GBR Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 62 2:11:55.41 1 91 1 2 2 USA 1959 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 61 + 1 Lap 3 6 3 16 USA 1959 Dan Gurney Ferrari 61 + 1 Lap 6 4 4 5 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 60 + 2 Laps 4 3 5 6 USA 1959 Harry Schell BRM 59 + 3 Laps 9 2 6 10 GBR Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 59 + 3 Laps 12   7 8 GBR Ron Flockhart BRM 59 + 3 Laps 11   8 9 USA 1959 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 58 + 4 Laps 13   9 14 GBR Tony Brooks Ferrari 57 + 5 Laps 10   10 18 PRT Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Maserati 56 + 6 Laps 14   Ret Retired 3 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 38 Transmission 8   Ret Retired 1 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 23 Collision 2   Ret Retired 7 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 10 Engine 5   Ret Retired 15 USA 1959 Phil Hill Ferrari 5 Accident 7   Ret Retired 11 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 5 Accident 15   Ret Retired 12 GBR Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 3 Gearbox 16  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1959/642/ 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix formula1.com 16 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218000144/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1959/642/ 18 February 2014 Notes 1 1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 AUS Jack Brabham 27 10px 2 GBR Tony Brooks 23 10px 3 3 GBR Stirling Moss 17.5 10px 1 4 USA 1959 Phil Hill 13 10px 5 FRA Maurice Trintignant 12Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1959/portugal/championnat.aspx Portugal 1959 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Cooper-Climax34 (37) 10px 2 ITA Ferrari28 10px 3 GBR BRM18 10px 4 GBR Lotus-Climax3Source: 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 30em Portuguese Grand Prix 1959 1959 German Grand Prix 1959 Italian Grand Prix 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix Portuguese Grand Prix Portuguese Grand Prix Category:Portuguese Grand Prix