1959 United States Grand Prix

Race 9 of 9

Sebring
42 laps
Time of race: 2:12:35.7
Average speed of winner: 159.061 kph
Margin of victory: 0.6 sec.
Lead changes: 2 among 3 drivers
Fastest lap: Maurice Trintignant 3:05.0
Lap leaders: Moss 1-5, Brabham 6-41, McLaren 42

Race notes: First win for Bruce McLaren. Finale for Alejandro de Tomaso and Fritz d'Orey. Only start for Harry Blanchard, George Constantine, and Bob Said.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Team	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Owner	Qualifying Time	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	10	Bruce McLaren	9	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	Dunlop	Cooper	3:08.6	42	1	1	2:12:35.7	8
2	5	Maurice Trintignant	6	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	Dunlop	Rob Walker	3:06.0	42	0	0	+0.6	7
3	4	Tony Brooks	2	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246	Ferrari 155/59	Dunlop	Ferrari	3:05.9	42	0	0	+180.9	4
4	2	Jack Brabham	8	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	Dunlop	Cooper	3:03.0	42	1	36	+297.3	0
5	9	Innes Ireland	10	Team Lotus	Lotus Mk16	Climax 2.5 L4		Lotus	3:08.2	39	0	0	+3 laps	2
6	6	Wolfgang von Trips	4	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246	Ferrari 155/59	Dunlop	Ferrari	3:06.2	38	0	0	engine (classified)	0
7	16	Harry Blanchard	17	Blanchard Automobiles	Porsche RSK	Porsche 1.5 B4		Blanchard	3:32.7	38	0	0	+4 laps	0
8	7	Cliff Allison	3	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246	Ferrari 155/59	Dunlop	Ferrari	3:06.8	23	0	0	transmission	0
9	11	Roy Salvadori	12	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper T45	Maserati 2.5 L4		HEM	3:12.0	23	0	0	transmission	0
10	19	Rodger Ward	1	Leader Cards Inc.	Kurtis Kraft Midget	Offenhauser 2.5 L4		Leader Card	3:43.8	20	0	0	clutch	0
11	14	Alejandro de Tomaso	14	Automobili OSCA	Cooper T43	Osca		OSCA	3:28.0	13	0	0	brakes	0
12	8	Phil Hill	5	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246	Ferrari 155/59	Dunlop	Ferrari	3:07.2	8	0	0	clutch	0
13	17	Fritz d'Orey	15	Camoradi International	Tec-Mec F415	Maserati 2.5 L6		Camoradi	3:33.4	6	0	0	oil leak	0
14	1	Stirling Moss	7	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	Dunlop	Rob Walker	3:00.0	5	1	5	transmission	0
15	3	Harry Schell	19	Ecurie Bleue	Cooper T51	Climax 2.2 L4		Bleue	3:05.2	5	0	0	clutch	0
16	15	George Constantine	16	Mike Taylor	Cooper T45	Climax 2.5 L4		Mike Taylor	3:30.6	5	0	0	overheating	0
17	12	Alan Stacey	11	Team Lotus	Lotus Mk16	Climax 2.5 L4		Lotus	3:13.8	2	0	0	clutch	0
18	13	Bob Said	18	Connaught Cars/Paul Emery	Connaught C	Alta 1.5		Connaught	3:27.3	0	0	0	accident	0
19	18	Phil Cade	22	Phil Cade	Maserati 250F	Maserati 2.5 L6		Cade	3:39.0	0	0	0	did not start	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Jack Brabham	31	8	1	2	5
2	Tony Brooks	27	8	2	2	4
3	Stirling Moss	25.5	8	4	2	3
4	Phil Hill	20	7	0	0	3
5	Maurice Trintignant	19	8	0	0	2
6	Bruce McLaren	16.5	7	0	1	2
7	Dan Gurney	13	4	0	0	2
8	Jo Bonnier	10	7	1	1	1
9	Masten Gregory	10	6	0	0	2
10	Rodger Ward	8	2	0	1	1
11	Jim Rathmann	6	1	0	0	1
12	Johnny Thomson	5	1	1	0	1
13	Harry Schell	5	8	0	0	0
14	Innes Ireland	5	6	0	0	0
15	Tony Bettenhausen	3	1	0	0	0
16	Olivier Gendebien	3	2	0	0	0
17	Jean Behra	2	4	0	0	0
18	Cliff Allison	2	5	0	0	0
19	Paul Goldsmith	2	1	0	0	0
20	Roy Salvadori	0	7	0	0	0
21	Ron Flockhart	0	5	0	0	0
22	Wolfgang von Trips	0	2	0	0	0
23	Johnny Boyd	0	1	0	0	0
24	Ian Burgess	0	4	0	0	0
25	Graham Hill	0	7	0	0	0