1959 RAC British Grand Prix

Race 5 of 9

Aintree
75 laps
Time of race: 2:30:11.6
Average speed of winner: 144.663 kph
Margin of victory: 22.2 sec.
Lead changes: 0
Fastest lap: Stirling Moss 1:57.0
Lap leaders: Brabham 1-75

Race notes: First pole for Jack Brabham. Debut for Chris Bristow, David Piper, and Henry Taylor. Finale for Ivor Bueb. Only start for Mike Taylor.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Owner	Qualifying Time	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	1	Jack Brabham	12	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	Dunlop	Cooper	1:58.0	75	1	75	2:30:11.6	8
2	7	Stirling Moss	6	British Racing Partnership	BRM P25	BRM 2.5 L4	Dunlop	BRP	1:59.6	75	0	0	+22.2	6.5
3	8	Bruce McLaren	16	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	Dunlop	Cooper	1:59.6	75	0	0	+22.4	4.5
4	3	Harry Schell	8	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM 2.5 L4	Dunlop	BRM	1:59.2	74	0	0	+1 lap	3
5	4	Maurice Trintignant	18	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	Dunlop	Rob Walker	1:59.2	74	0	0	+1 lap	2
6	2	Roy Salvadori	2	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin DBR4/250	Aston Martin 2.5 L6		Aston Martin	1:58.0	74	0	0	+1 lap	0
7	5	Masten Gregory	14	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	Dunlop	Cooper	1:59.4	73	0	0	+2 laps	0
8	12	Alan Stacey	30	Team Lotus	Lotus Mk16	Climax 2.5 L4		Lotus	2:02.8	71	0	0	+4 laps	0
9	9	Graham Hill	28	Team Lotus	Lotus Mk16	Climax 2.5 L4		Lotus	2:00.0	70	0	0	+5 laps	0
10	16	Chris Bristow	48	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T51	Borgward		BRP	2:04.4	70	0	0	+5 laps	0
11	21	Henry Taylor	58	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax 1.5 L4		Cooper	2:05.6	69	0	0	+6 laps	0
12	23	Peter Ashdown	52	Alan Brown Equipe	Cooper T45	Climax 1.5 L4		Alan Brown	2:06.2	69	0	0	+6 laps	0
13	18	Ivor Bueb	46	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T51	Borgward		BRP	2:04.8	69	0	0	+6 laps	0
14	6	Carroll Shelby	4	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin DBR4/250	Aston Martin 2.5 L6		Aston Martin	1:59.6	69	0	0	ignition	0
15	20	Fritz d'Orey	40	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6	Pirelli	Centro Sud	2:05.6	57	0	0	accident	0
16	11	Ron Flockhart	42	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM 2.5 L4	Dunlop	BRM	2:00.2	53	0	0	spun off	0
17	15	Jack Fairman	38	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper T43	Climax 2.5 L4		HEM	2:04.2	39	0	0	gearbox	0
18	10	Jo Bonnier	10	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P25	BRM 2.5 L4	Dunlop	BRM	2:00.0	37	0	0	brakes	0
19	13	Ian Burgess	22	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51	Maserati 2.5 L4		Centro Sud	2:03.0	31	0	0	transmission	0
20	19	Hans Herrmann	24	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51	Maserati 2.5 L4		Centro Sud	2:05.6	21	0	0	gearbox	0
21	22	David Piper	64	Dorchester Service Station	Lotus Mk16	Climax 1.5 L4		Dorchester	2:06.0	19	0	0	overheating	0
22	14	Brian Naylor	36	JB Naylor	JBW	Maserati 2.5 L4		Naylor	2:03.0	18	0	0	transmission	0
23	24	Mike Taylor	50	Alan Brown Equipe	Cooper T45	Climax 1.5 L4		Alan Brown	2:07.0	17	0	0	transmission	0
24	17	Tony Brooks	20	Vandervell Products Ltd.	Vanwall	Vanwall 2.5 L4		Vanwall	2:04.6	13	0	0	ignition	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Jack Brabham	27	4	1	2	4
2	Tony Brooks	14	4	1	1	2
3	Phil Hill	9	3	0	0	1
4	Stirling Moss	8.5	4	1	0	1
5	Bruce McLaren	8.5	3	0	0	1
6	Jo Bonnier	8	4	1	1	1
7	Rodger Ward	8	1	0	1	1
8	Jim Rathmann	6	1	0	0	1
9	Maurice Trintignant	6	4	0	0	1
10	Johnny Thomson	5	1	1	0	1
11	Masten Gregory	4	4	0	0	1
12	Harry Schell	3	4	0	0	0
13	Tony Bettenhausen	3	1	0	0	0
14	Innes Ireland	3	2	0	0	0
15	Olivier Gendebien	3	1	0	0	0
16	Jean Behra	2	3	0	0	0
17	Paul Goldsmith	2	1	0	0	0
18	Roy Salvadori	0	4	0	0	0
19	Ron Flockhart	0	3	0	0	0
20	Johnny Boyd	0	1	0	0	0
21	Graham Hill	0	4	0	0	0
22	Duane Carter	0	1	0	0	0
23	Eddie Johnson	0	1	0	0	0
24	Giorgio Scarlatti	0	1	0	0	0
25	Alan Stacey	0	1	0	0	0