1959 Portuguese Grand Prix

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Race details
Date23 August 1959
Official name VIII Portuguese Grand Prix
Location Circuito de Monsanto
Lisbon, Portugal
Course Public road
Course length 5.440 km (3.380 miles)
Distance 62 laps, 337.28 km (209.56 miles)
Weather Hot and clear.
Pole position
Driver
 Cooper-Climax
Time 2:02.89
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax
Time 2:05.07
Podium
First
 Cooper-Climax
Second
 Cooper-Climax
Third
 Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix

The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monsanto on 23 August 1959. It was race 7 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 6 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the eighth Portuguese Grand Prix and the second to be included in the World Championship of Drivers. It was the third time the race was held at Monsanto and the first for Formula One. The race was held over 62 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 337 kilometres.

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The race was won by British driver Stirling Moss, his eleventh Grand Prix victory, driving a Cooper T51 for privateer race team Rob Walker Racing Team. Moss finished a lap ahead of American racer Masten Gregory driving a similar Cooper T51 for the factory Cooper Car Company team. American Scuderia Ferrari driver Dan Gurney finished third in his Ferrari Dino 246.

Race report

Wins in France and Germany had given Tony Brooks a healthy second place in the championship behind Jack Brabham. Stirling Moss improved on his poor championship position with a dominating drive, lapping the entire field. Phil Hill and Graham Hill crashed into each other on lap 6, whilst Brabham had an enormous somersaulting crash from which he emerged unscathed. Gurney was the only Ferrari in the top eight with Maurice Trintignant and Harry Schell rounding off the top five.

With Brabham failing to finish and Brooks finishing a distant five laps down in ninth, Moss closed the gap to just 9½ points behind Brabham and 5½ points behind Brooks in the championship race.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 2:02.9
21 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:04.9+2.0
32 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 2:06.3+3.4
45 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 2:07.4+4.5
57 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier BRM 2:07.9+5.0
616 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Dan Gurney Ferrari 2:08.0+5.1
715 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Phil Hill Ferrari 2:08.1+5.2
83 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2:08.2+5.3
96 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Harry Schell BRM 2:09.1+6.2
1014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks Ferrari 2:11.0+8.1
118 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Flockhart BRM 2:11.2+8.3
1210 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 2:13.3+10.4
139 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 2:13.6+10.7
1418 Flag of Portugal.svg Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Maserati 2:15.3+12.4
1511 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 2:15.6+12.7
1612 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 2:18.5+15.6
Source: [1]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 622:11:55.4119 1
22 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 61+ 1 Lap36
316 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Dan Gurney Ferrari 61+ 1 Lap64
45 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 60+ 2 Laps43
56 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Harry Schell BRM 59+ 3 Laps92
610 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 59+ 3 Laps12 
78 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ron Flockhart BRM 59+ 3 Laps11 
89 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 58+ 4 Laps13 
914 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks Ferrari 57+ 5 Laps10 
1018 Flag of Portugal.svg Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Maserati 56+ 6 Laps14 
Ret3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 38Transmission8 
Ret1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 23Collision2 
Ret7 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier BRM 10Engine5 
Ret15 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Phil Hill Ferrari 5Accident7 
Ret11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Lotus-Climax 5Accident15 
Ret12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 3Gearbox16 
Source: [2]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

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References

  1. ↑ "Portugal 1959 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "1959 Portuguese Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Portugal 1959 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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