1959 Italian Grand Prix

October 2022 F1 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix 1959 United States Grand Prix Italy Italian Monza 1957.jpg 13 September, 1959 XXX Gran Premio d'Italia Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaMonza, Italy Permanent racing facility 3.573 5.750 72 257.256 414.000 Dry and sunny Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1:39.7 UK Phil Hill Ferrari 1:40.4 USA 1959 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax UK Phil Hill Ferrari USA 1959 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax AUS ITA The 1959 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 13 September 1959. It was race 8 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 7 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 29th Italian Grand Prix and the 24th to be held at Monza. The race was held over 72 laps of the five-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 414 kilometres. The race was won by British driver Stirling Moss driving a Cooper T51 for the privateer Rob Walker Racing Team. Moss won by 46 seconds over American driver Phil Hill driving a Ferrari Dino 246 for Scuderia Ferrari. Championship points leader Australian Jack Brabham finished third in works entered Cooper T51, expanding his points lead, but not sufficiently to prevent a championship showdown with Moss and Ferrari driver Tony Brooks at the United States Grand Prix. Race report This race was won on the weight of the cars, with Stirling Moss and team manager Rob Walker gambling on running the whole race without a tyre change in the little lightweight Cooper – although they substituted knock-on wheels for bolt-ons in case a pit stop was necessary.October 2022 Stirling drove a careful race, relying on the Ferrari crew needing to pit.October 2022 Tony Brooks made a good start but a piston failure eliminated him on the first lap. Graham Hill and then Dan Gurney led, but lost their advantages through clumsy pit-stop action.October 2022 Moss continued to win at an average speed of 124 mph, a track record.October 2022 Phil Hill was second for Ferrari on their home track, ahead of a Ferrari 4–5–6 in the order Gurney, Cliff Allison and Olivier Gendebien. Moss's win closed the championship gap to only 5.5 points behind Jack Brabham with Brooks eight points behind Brabham. The combined efforts of Brabham, Moss, Maurice Trintignant, Bruce McLaren and Masten Gregory secured the Constructors' Championship for the Cooper Car Company. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 14 GBR Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1:39.7— 2 30 GBR Tony Brooks Ferrari 1:39.8 +0.1 3 12 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 1:40.2 +0.5 4 36 USA 1959 Dan Gurney Ferrari 1:40.8 +1.1 5 32 USA 1959 Phil Hill Ferrari 1:41.2 +1.5 6 38 BEL Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 1:41.4 +1.7 7 2 USA 1959 Harry Schell BRM 1:41.6 +1.9 8 34 GBR Cliff Allison Ferrari 1:41.8 +2.1 9 8 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:42.0 +2.3 10 18 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 1:42.9 +3.2 11 6 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 1:43.1 +3.4 12 10 ITA Giorgio Scarlatti Cooper-Climax 1:43.3 +3.6 13 16 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 1:43.4 +3.7 14 20 GBR Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 1:43.5 +3.8 15 4 GBR Ron Flockhart BRM 1:43.6 +3.9 16 42 GBR Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 1:44.6 +4.9 17 24 GBR Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 1:44.7 +5.0 18 40 GBR Colin Davis Cooper-Maserati 1:44.9 +5.2 19 26 USA 1959 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 1:46.4 +6.7 20 22 GBR Jack Fairman Cooper-Maserati 1:49.4 +9.7 21 28 ITA Giulio Cabianca Maserati 1:51.5 +11.8Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1959&gp=Italian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1959 Italian GP ChicaneF1.com 26 July 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 14 GBR Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 72 2:04:05.4 1 8 2 32 USA 1959 Phil Hill Ferrari 72 + 46.7 5 71 1 3 12 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 72 + 1:12.5 3 4 4 36 USA 1959 Dan Gurney Ferrari 72 + 1:19.6 4 3 5 34 GBR Cliff Allison Ferrari 71 + 1 Lap 8 2 6 38 BEL Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 71 + 1 Lap 6   7 2 USA 1959 Harry Schell BRM 70 + 2 Laps 7   8 6 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 70 + 2 Laps 11   9 16 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 70 + 2 Laps 13   10 26 USA 1959 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 70 + 2 Laps 19   11 40 GBR Colin Davis Cooper-Maserati 68 + 4 Laps 18   12 10 ITA Giorgio Scarlatti Cooper-Climax 68 + 4 Laps 12   13 4 GBR Ron Flockhart BRM 67 + 5 Laps 15   14 42 GBR Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 67 + 5 Laps 16   15 28 ITA Giulio Cabianca Maserati 64 + 8 Laps 21   Ret Retired 24 GBR Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 44 Engine 17   Ret Retired 8 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 22 Engine 9   Ret Retired 22 GBR Jack Fairman Cooper-Maserati 18 Engine 20   Ret Retired 20 GBR Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 14 Brakes 14   Ret Retired 18 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 1 Clutch 10   Ret Retired 30 GBR Tony Brooks Ferrari 0 Clutch 2  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1959/640/ 1959 Italian Grand Prix Formula1.com 16 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140217235706/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1959/640/ 17 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 31 10px 1 2 GBR Stirling Moss 25.5 10px 1 3 GBR Tony Brooks 23 10px 4 USA 1959 Phil Hill 20 10px 3 5 USA 1959 Dan Gurney 13Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1959/italie/championnat.aspx Italy 1959 – Championship StatsF1.com 1 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Cooper-Climax38 (45) 10px 2 ITA Ferrari32 (34) 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 Italian Grand Prix 1959 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix 1959 United States Grand Prix 1958 Italian Grand Prix 1960 Italian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix Category:Italian Grand Prix Category:1959 in Italian motorsport