1959 French Grand Prix

F1 1959 Dutch Grand Prix 1959 British Grand Prix France French Circuit-Reims-1954.png Reims layout 5 July 1959 XLV Grand Prix de l'ACF Reims circuit, Reims, France Temporary road course 5.187 8.348 50 259.350 417.383 Hot, dry Tony Brooks Ferrari 2:19.4 UK Stirling Moss BRM 2:22.8 UK Tony Brooks Ferrari UK Phil Hill Ferrari USA 1959 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax AUS FRA The 1959 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims on 5 July 1959. It was race 4 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 3 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 37th French Grand Prix and the twelfth to be held at the Reims highway circuit and the fourth to be held on the longer and faster 8.348 km layout. The race was held over 50 laps of the eight kilometre circuit for a race distance of 417 kilometres. The race was won by British driver Tony Brooks driving a Ferrari 246 F1. Brooks dominated the race, leading all 50 laps and winning by 27 seconds over his American Scuderia Ferrari teammate Phil Hill. Brooks said after the race a sticking throttle in the closing laps made it more difficult than the result seemed. Australian driver Jack Brabham was over a minute behind in third position driving a Cooper T51 for the factory Cooper racing team after stopping to get new goggles as the circuit broke up. Race day was very hot, to the point where the bitumen started to melt. Race cars were dislodging aggregate stones as the race went on causing American Masten Gregory to retire with cuts to his face, and Graham Hill to retire his Lotus 16 after his radiator was holed. Stirling Moss was disqualified from eighth position after receiving a push-start in his British Racing Partnership entered BRM P25. Moss had pushed his car hard trying to overcome a failing gearbox, claiming a new lap record. Jean Behra too pushed hard in his Ferrari 246 F1, climbing into third racing against no less than four teammates at this race.http://www.barchetta.cc/english/All.Ferraris/Detail/Formula/0011.156.57.htm Dino 156 Formula 2 s/n 0011 barchetta.cc 22 September 2019 Behra's engine broke under his charge and the Frenchman had a heated discussion with team manager Romolo Tavoni which ended with Behra punching Tavoni and a patron at a restaurant. It would be Behra's last race for Ferrari, with the Frenchman being fired for the assault.http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/5286.html Grit, punches and shattered goggles Martin Williamson 18 December 2009 ESPN F1 28 November 2011 The win was the first of the season for Scuderia Ferrari and moved Brooks into second place overall, five points behind Brabham. Hill's second position moved him into third in the championship. Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 24 GBR Tony Brooks Ferrari 2:19.4—2 8 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:19.7 +0.33 26 United States 1959 Phil Hill Ferrari 2:19.8 +0.44 2 GBR Stirling Moss BRM 2:19.9 +0.55 30 FRA Jean Behra Ferrari 2:20.2 +0.86 4 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 2:20.6 +1.27 10 United States 1959 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 2:20.8 +1.48 14 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 2:21.3 +1.99 6 United States 1959 Harry Schell BRM 2:21.5 +2.110 12 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2:21.5 +2.111 22 BEL Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 2:21.5 +2.112 28 United States 1959 Dan Gurney Ferrari 2:21.9 +2.513 44 GBR Ron Flockhart BRM 2:23.4 +4.014 32 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 2:23.7 +4.315 34 GBR Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 2:24.2 +4.816 16 GBR Roy Salvadori Cooper-Maserati 2:26.4 +7.017 20 GBR Colin Davis Cooper-Maserati 2:32.3 +12.918 38 BRA 1889 Fritz d'Orey Maserati 2:34.0 +14.619 18 GBR Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 2:35.2 +15.820 42 NLD Carel Godin de Beaufort Maserati 2:35.4 +16.021 40 ITA Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 2:35.6 +16.2DNS Did not start 36 URY Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo Maserati Source:http://web.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1959&gp=ACF%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1959 ACF GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 25 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200725143549/http://web.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1959&gp=ACF%20GP&r=1&type=qual 2020-07-25 live Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 GBR Tony Brooks Ferrari 50 2:01:26.5 1 8 2 26 United States 1959 Phil Hill Ferrari 50 + 27.5 3 6 3 8 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 50 + 1:37.7 2 4 4 22 BEL Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 50 + 1:47.5 11 3 5 12 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 50 + 1:47.7 10 2 6 44 GBR Ron Flockhart BRM 50 + 2:05.7 13   7 6 United States 1959 Harry Schell BRM 47 + 3 Laps 9   8 40 ITA Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 41 + 9 Laps 21   9 42 NLD Carel Godin de Beaufort Maserati 40 + 10 Laps 20   10 38 BRA 1889 Fritz d'Orey Maserati 40 + 10 Laps 18   11 14 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 36 + 14 Laps 8   DSQ Disqualified 2 GBR Stirling Moss BRM 42 Push start 4 11 1 Ret Retired 30 FRA Jean Behra Ferrari 31 Engine 5   Ret Retired 16 GBR Roy Salvadori Cooper-Maserati 20 Engine 16   Ret Retired 28 United States 1959 Dan Gurney Ferrari 19 Radiator 12   Ret Retired 34 GBR Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 14 Wheel 15   Ret Retired 18 GBR Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 13 Engine 19   Ret Retired 10 United States 1959 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 8 Physical 7   Ret Retired 32 GBR Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 7 Radiator 14   Ret Retired 20 GBR Colin Davis Cooper-Maserati 7 Oil Leak 17   Ret Retired 4 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 6 Engine 6   DNS Did not start 36 URY Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo Maserati        Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1959/638/ 1959 French Grand Prix formula1.com 16 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140218000317/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1959/638/ 18 February 2014 Notes 1 1 – 1 point for fastest lap Notes This was the first fastest lap for a BRM. This was Ferrari's 5th Formula One World Championship Grand Prix win of a French Grand Prix, both as a constructor and an engine supplier. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 AUS Jack Brabham 19 10px 2 2 GBR Tony Brooks 14 10px 6 3 United States 1959 Phil Hill 9 10px 2 4 SWE Joakim Bonnier 8 10px 2 5 United States 1959 Rodger Ward 8Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1959/france/championnat.aspx France 1959 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Cooper-Climax18 10px 1 2 ITA Ferrari16 10px 1 3 GBR BRM8 10px 4 GBR Lotus-Climax3Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References French Grand Prix 1959 1959 Dutch Grand Prix 1959 British Grand Prix 1958 French Grand Prix 1960 French Grand Prix 1958 Belgian Grand Prix 1960 Italian Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix Category:1959 in French motorsport