1959 Dutch Grand Prix

F1 1959 Indianapolis 500#World Drivers' Championship 1959 French Grand Prix Netherlands Dutch 31 May 1959 Circuit Park Zandvoort-1948.svg Zandvoort original layout VII Grote Prijs van Nederland Circuit Park ZandvoortZandvoort, Netherlands Permanent racing facility 2.605 4.193 75 195.406 314.475 Sunny Jo Bonnier Sweden BRM 1:36.0 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1.36.6 42 UK Jo Bonnier Sweden BRM Jack Brabham Australia Cooper-Climax Masten Gregory USA 1912 Cooper-Climax NED The 1959 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 31 May 1959. It was the ninth Dutch Grand Prix. The race was held over 75 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 314 kilometres. It was race 3 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 2 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Swedish driver Joakim Bonnier driving a front engine BRM P25, the last proper win of such a layout on a twisty track, as the remaining two front-engine GP wins in that year, 1959 French Grand Prix at Reims and 1959 German Grand Prix at AVUS in Berlin, occurred on high speed circuits where the engine power of Ferrari succeeded over the better handling and lower tyre wear of the mid-engine cars. Even the 1959 Italian Grand Prix at the regular flat Monza layout was won by a Cooper while the Ferrari had to pit. The very last front-engine win at the 1960 Italian Grand Prix was helped by the organizers choosing the high banking oval layout and the main British teams, having secured the championships, boycotting the race. The quality of the entrants was low, none of the participating drivers had won a GP before, not even those on the Ferrari factory team that dominated against sub-par F1 and F2 cars. It would be the only World Championship victory of Bonnier's fifteen-year Grand Prix career. It was the first pole position and also the first win for the Owen Racing Organisation, the race team of the constructor BRM, and also the first pole position and win for a BRM-engine, after almost a decade of effort. Bonnier won by fifteen seconds over Australian driver Jack Brabham driving a Cooper T51, to become the first Swedish driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix. Brabham's American teammate Masten Gregory was the only other driver to finish on the lead lap in his Cooper T51 in third position. Brabham's second position expanded his championship points lead with Bonnier now second along with the Indianapolis 500 winner Rodger Ward. The organisers wanted to have a local driver in the race, so Carel Godin de Beaufort was allowed to compete despite his car being an underpowered Porsche RSK sports car.Long Brian Porsche Racing Cars: 1953 to 1975 2008 Veloce Publishing Dorchester, England 9781904788447 75 Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 7 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 1:36.0—2 8 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 1:36.0 +0.03 11 GBR Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1:36.2 +0.24 1 FRA Jean Behra Ferrari 1:36.6 +0.65 14 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 1:36.7 +0.76 6 USA 1912 Harry Schell BRM 1:37.3 +1.37 9 USA 1912 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 1:37.6 +1.68 2 GBR Tony Brooks Ferrari 1:37.9 +1.99 12 GBR Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 1:38.3 +2.310 5 USA 1912 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 1:38.5 +2.511 10 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 1:38.7 +2.712 3 USA 1912 Phil Hill Ferrari 1:39.2 +3.213 4 GBR Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 1:39.7 +3.714 15 NLD Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 1:44.5 +8.515 16 GBR Cliff Allison Ferrari Source:http://web.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1959&gp=Dutch%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1959 Dutch GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 25 July 2020 25 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200725132645/http://web.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1959&gp=Dutch%20GP&r=1&type=qual dead Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 75 2:05:26.8 1 8 2 8 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 75 + 14.2 2 6 3 9 USA 1912 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 75 + 1:23.0 7 4 4 12 GBR Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 74 + 1 Lap 9 3 5 1 FRA Jean Behra Ferrari 74 + 1 Lap 4 2 6 3 USA 1912 Phil Hill Ferrari 73 + 2 Laps 12   7 14 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 73 + 2 Laps 5   8 10 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 73 + 2 Laps 11   9 16 GBR Cliff Allison Ferrari 71 + 4 Laps 15   10 15 NLD Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 68 + 7 Laps 14   Ret Retired 11 GBR Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 62 Gearbox 3 11 1 Ret Retired 6 USA 1912 Harry Schell BRM 46 Gearbox 6   Ret Retired 2 GBR Tony Brooks Ferrari 42 Oil Leak 8   Ret Retired 5 USA 1912 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 25 Engine 10   Ret Retired 4 GBR Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 3 Engine 13  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1959/637/ 1959 Dutch Grand Prix formula1.com 16 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140802073630/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1959/637/ 2 August 2014 Notes 1 1 – 1 point for fastest lap Notes This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British driver and future Grand Prix winner Innes Ireland. This was Jo Bonnier's first and only pole position, Grand Prix win and podium. It was also the first pole position, Grand Prix win and podium for a Swedish driver. Lastly, this also marked the first pole position and Grand Prix win for BRM as a manufacturer and engine supplier. This was the Formula One World Championship debut for British manufacturer and engine supplier Aston Martin. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 AUS Jack Brabham 15 10px 21 2 SWE Joakim Bonnier 8 10px 1 3 USA 1912 Rodger Ward 8 10px 1 4 GBR Tony Brooks 6 10px 1 5 USA 1912 Jim Rathmann 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1959/pays-bas/championnat.aspx Netherlands 1959 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Cooper-Climax14 10px 2 2 GBR BRM8 10px 1 3 ITA Ferrari8 10px 4 GBR Lotus-Climax3Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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