1959 Portuguese Grand Prix

The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was the seventh race of the season, held on August 23. The weekend was dominated by Stirling Moss, who recorded his only career Grand Chelem. Second and third places went to United States drivers Masten Gregory and Dan Gurney.

BackgroundEdit

Entry listEdit

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

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
2	Masten Gregory	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
4	Stirling Moss	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
5	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
6	Harry Schell	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
7	Jo Bonnier	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
8	Ron Flockhart	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P25	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
9	Carroll Shelby	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin	DBR4	Aston Martin	RB6 L6 2.5	A
10	Roy Salvadori	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin	DBR4	Aston Martin	RB6 L6 2.5	A
11	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
12	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
14	Tony Brooks	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D264	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
15	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D264	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
16	Dan Gurney	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D264	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
18	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D

Practice OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	4	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	2:02.89	-
2	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2:04.95	+2.06
3	2	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	2:06.33	+3.44
4	5	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	2:07.38	+4.39
5	7	Jo Bonnier	BRM	2:07.86	+4.97
6	16	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	2:07.99	+5.10
7	15	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2:08.02	+5.13
8	3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	2:08.17	+5.28
9	6	Harry Schell	BRM	2:09.08	+6.19
10	14	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	2:10.96	+8.07
11	8	Ron Flockhart	BRM	2:10.98	+8.09
12	10	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	2:13.28	+10.39
13	9	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	2:13.58	+10.69
14	18	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper-Maserati	2:15.25	+12.36
15	11	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	2:15.55	+12.66
16	12	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	2:18.47	+15.58

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ResultsEdit

The final results for the 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix are shown below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	62	2:11:55.41	1	9
2	2	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	61	+1 Lap	3	6
3	16	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	61	+1 Lap	6	4
4	5	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	60	+2 Laps	4	3
5	6	Harry Schell	BRM	59	+3 Laps	9	2
6	10	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	59	+3 Laps	12
7	8	Ron Flockhart	BRM	59	+3 Laps	11
8	9	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	58	+4 Laps	13
9	14	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	57	+5 Laps	10
10	18	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper-Maserati	56	+6 Laps	14
Ret	3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	38	Transmission	8
Ret	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	23	Accident	2
Ret	7	Jo Bonnier	BRM	10	Engine	5
Ret	15	Phil Hill	Ferrari	5	Accident	7
Ret	11	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	5	Accident	15
Ret	12	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	3	Gearbox	16

MilestonesEdit

• Only career Grand Chelem for Stirling Moss.

Standings after raceEdit