1959 French Grand Prix

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Reims circuit layout for 1959

Race details

Date

July 5, 1959

Official Name

XLV^e Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.

Location

Reims
Gueux, Marne, France

Course

Temporary road course
8.302km (5.16mi)

Distance

50 laps, 415.1km (257.986 miles)

Pole Position

Driver

Tony Brooks

Ferrari

Time

2:19.4

Fastest Lap

Driver

Stirling Moss

BRM

Time

2:22.8 on lap 40

Podium

Lap Leaders

Background[edit | edit source]

Entry List[edit | edit source]

The full entry list for the 1959 French Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Stirling Moss	British Racing Partnership	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
4	Jo Bonnier	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
6	Harry Schell	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
8	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
10	Masten Gregory	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
12	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
14	Maurice Trintignant	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
16	Roy Salvadori	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper	T45	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
18	Ian Burgess	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
20	Colin Davis	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
22	Olivier Gendebien	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
24	Tony Brooks	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
26	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
28	Dan Gurney	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
30	Jean Behra	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
32	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
34	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
36	Asdrúbal Bayardo	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
38	Fritz d'Orey	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
40	Giorgio Scarlatti	Scuderia Ugolini	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
42	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Scuderia Ugolini	Maserati	250F	Maserati	250F1 L6 2.5	D
44	Ron Flockhart	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D

Practice Overview[edit | edit source]

Qualifying[edit | edit source]

Report[edit | edit source]

Qualifying Results[edit | edit source]

The full qualifying results for the 1959 French Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	24	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	2:19.4	—
2	8	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2:19.7	+0.3s
3	26	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2:19.8	+0.4s
4	2	Stirling Moss	BRM	2:19.9	+0.5s
5	30	Jean Behra	Ferrari	2:20.2	+0.8s
6	4	Jo Bonnier	BRM	2:20.6	+1.2s
7	10	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	2:20.8	+1.4s
8	14	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	2:21.3	+1.9s
9	6	Harry Schell	BRM	2:21.5	+2.1s
10	12	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	2:21.5	+2.1s
11	22	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	2:21.5	+2.1s
12	28	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	2:21.9	+2.5s
13	44	Ron Flockhart	BRM	2:23.4	+4.0s
14	32	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	2:23.7	+4.3s
15	34	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	2:24.2	+4.8s
16	16	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Maserati	2:26.4	+7.0s
17	20	Colin Davis	Cooper-Maserati	2:32.3	+12.9s
18	38	Fritz d'Orey	Maserati	2:34.0	+14.6s
19	18	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	2:35.2	+15.8s
20	42	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Maserati	2:35.4	+16.0s
21	40	Giorgio Scarlatti	Maserati	2:35.6	+16.2s
DNQ	36	Asdrúbal Bayardo	Maserati	Too slow

Grid[edit | edit source]

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
				______________
		______________		1
______________		2		Tony Brooks
3		Jack Brabham
Phil Hill
			______________
	______________		4
	5		Stirling Moss
	Jean Behra
				______________
		______________		6
______________		7		Jo Bonnier
8		Masten Gregory
Maurice Trintignant
			______________
	______________		9
	10		Harry Schell
	Bruce McLaren
				______________
		______________		11
______________		12		Olivier Gendebien
13		Dan Gurney
Ron Flockhart
			______________
	______________		14
	15		Graham Hill
	Innes Ireland
				______________
		______________		16
______________		17		Roy Salvadori
18		Colin Davis
Fritz d'Orey
			______________
	______________		19
	20		Ian Burgess
	Carel Godin de Beaufort
				______________
		______________		21
______________		22		Giorgio Scarlatti
23

Race[edit | edit source]

Results[edit | edit source]

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Standings after the race[edit | edit source]

V T E	1959 Formula One Season
Constructors	Aston Martin • Behra-Porsche • BRM • Cooper • Connaught • Ferrari • Fry • JBW • Kurtis Kraft • Lotus • Maserati • Porsche • Tec-Mec • Vanwall
Engines	Alta • Aston Martin • Borgward • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Maserati • Offenhauser • OSCA • Porsche • Vanwall
Drivers	Allison • Ashdown • Behra • Bianchi • Blanchard • Bonnier • Brabham • Bristow • Brooks • Bueb • Burgess • Cabianca • Cabral • Cade • de Changy • Constantine • Davis • de Filippis • Fairman • Flockhart • Fontes Bayardo • Gendebien • Godin de Beaufort • Greene • Gregory • Gurney • Halford • Herrmann • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • Lovely • Lucienbonnet • McLaren • B. Moss • S. Moss • Naylor • d'Orey • Parkes • T. Parnell • Piper • Said • Salvadori • Scarlatti • Schell • Shelby • Stacey • D. Taylor • H. Taylor • M. Taylor • T. Taylor • Testut • de Tomaso • Trintignant • von Trips
Cars	Aston Martin DBR4 • Behra-Porsche RSK • BRM P25 • Connaught C • Cooper T43 • Cooper T45 • Cooper T51 • Ferrari D156 • Ferrari D246 • Fry F2 • JBW 59 • Kurtis Kraft Midget • Lotus 12 • Lotus 16 • Maserati 250F • Porsche RSK • Porsche 718 • Tec-Mec F415 • Vanwall VW 59
Tyres	Avon • Dunlop • Firestone
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See also	1958 Formula One Season • 1960 Formula One Season • Category

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