1959 New Zealand Grand Prix

July 2022 CUST 7th New Zealand Grand Prix New Zealand New Zealand Ardmore Track Layout.png Ardmore Circuit, Auckland, New Zealand 10 January 1959 Temporary racing facility 2.0 3.2 75 150 240 Sunny Ron Flockhart United Kingdom BRM P25 Determined by heats Stirling Moss Cooper T45 1:24.8 United Kingdom Stirling Moss United Kingdom Cooper T45 Jack Brabham Australia Cooper T45 Bruce McLaren New Zealand Cooper T45The 1959 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Ardmore Circuit on 10 January 1959. The race was held over 75 laps of the 3.2 kilometre circuit for a race distance of 240 kilometres. It was the seventh iteration of the event and was won by Stirling Moss. Classification Pos No. Driver Car Laps Time Grid 1 7 GBR Stirling Moss Cooper T45 / Climax 2015cc 4cyl 75 1hr 48min 24.4sec 21 2 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper T45 / Climax 2202cc 4cyl 75 + 1:29.0 s 2 3 47 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper T45 / Climax 1964cc 4cyl 74 + 1 Lap 3 4 USA Carroll ShelbyUSA Harry Schell Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl 73 + 2 Laps 6 5 NZL Ross Jensen Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl 72 + 3 Laps 7 6 AUS Bib Stillwell Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 72 + 3 Laps 8 7 NZL Syd Jensen Cooper T45 / Climax 1460cc 4cyl 72 + 3 Laps 10 8 NZL Bob Gibbons Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl 72 + 3 Laps 9 9 NZL Merv Neil Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl 71 + 4 Laps 14 10 NZL Tom Clark Ferrari Super Squalo 555 / Ferrari 3431cc 4cyl 70 + 5 Laps 12 11 NZL Pat Hoare Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 2996cc 4cyl 70 + 5 Laps 13 12 AUS Arnold Glass Ferrari Super Squalo 555 / Ferrari 2497cc 4cyl 68 + 7 Laps 16 13 NZL Len Gilbert Cooper-Bristol Mk II / Bristol 1971cc 6cyl 66 + 9 Laps 19 14 NZL Ken Harris Ferrari 750 Monza / Ferrari 2999cc 4cyl 65 + 10 Laps 18 15 NZL Gavin Quirk Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 63 + 12 Laps 17 Ret NZL Johnny Mansel Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 59 Engine 11 16 NZL Allan Freeman Talbot-Lago T26C / Talbot 4485cc 6cyl 58 + 17 Laps 20 Ret NZL Ray Thackwell Cooper T43 / Climax 1460cc 4cyl 47 Engine 15 Ret 1 SWE Jo Bonnier Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl 41 Steering 4 Ret 3 USA Harry Schell Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 24 Oil Leak 5 Ret GBR Ron Flockhart BRM P25 / BRM 2497cc 4cyl 24 Oil Leak 1 Ret NZL Tony Shelly Cooper T41 / Climax 1496cc 4cyl 0 Retired 22 DNS NZL Ron Duncan Connaught A / Lea-Francis 1964cc 4cyl s/c Did not start DNQ NZL Frank Cantwell Tojeiro 3/56 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl Did not qualify DNQ NZL Ron Roycroft Ferrari 375 / Ferrari 4493cc V12 Did not qualify DNQ NZL Brian Tracey Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alfa 2905cc 8cyl s/c Did not qualify DNQ NZL Graham Pierce Austin Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 8cyl s/c Did not qualify DNQ NZL Reg McCutcheon Normac Special III / Chevrolet 3930cc 6cyl Did not qualify DNQ NZL Max Richards Austin Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 4cyl Did not qualify DNA NZL Jack Malcolm Cooper-Bristol Mk II / Holden 2258cc 6cyl Did Not Attend DNA ITA Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 250F / Maserati 4477cc V8 Did Not Attend DNA SIN Chan Lye Choon Aston Martin DB3S / Aston 2996cc 6cyl Did Not Attend DNA NZL John Cullen Cullen 500 / Norton 498cc 1cyl Did Not Attend Source: http://www.sergent.com.au/motor/1959.html Sixth New Zealand International Grand Prix 1959 sergent.com.au 24 October 2015 https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/new-zealand-grand-prix/1959/ 7th New Zealand Grand Prix 1959 standings Driver Database 16 June 2022 https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1959-new-zealand-grand-prix/ 1959 New Zealand Grand Prix Motorsport Magazine 16 June 2022 References New Zealand Grand Prix 1958 New Zealand Grand Prix 1959 1960 New Zealand Grand Prix expanded Category:New Zealand Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:January 1959 sports events in Oceania