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Round 5 · 1959

British Grand Prix

UK Aintree · 1959-07-18

Jack Brabham won the British Grand Prix 1959 at Aintree on 18 July 1959, starting from pole position. Stirling Moss finished second for BRM, with Bruce McLaren completing the podium for Cooper-Climax.

Race Results

PosGridDriverTeamLapsTime / StatusPtsFL
11Jack BrabhamBRACooper-Climax752:30:11.68
27Stirling MossMOSBRM75+22.26.5
38Bruce McLarenMCLCooper-Climax75+22.44.5
43Harry SchellSCHBRM74+1 Lap3
54Maurice TrintignantTRICooper-Climax74+1 Lap2
62Roy SalvadoriSALAston Martin74+1 Lap0
75Masten GregoryGRECooper-Climax73+2 Laps0
812Alan StaceySTATeam Lotus71+4 Laps0
99Graham HillHILTeam Lotus70+5 Laps0
1016Chris BristowBRICooper-Borgward70+5 Laps0
1121Henry TaylorTAYCooper-Climax69+6 Laps0
1223Peter AshdownASHCooper-Climax69+6 Laps0
1318Ivor BuebBUECooper-Borgward69+6 Laps0
R6Carroll ShelbySHEAston Martin69Ignition0
R20Fritz d'OreyDORMaserati57Accident0
R11Ron FlockhartFLOBRM53Spun off0
R15Jack FairmanFAICooper-Climax39Gearbox0
R10Jo BonnierBONBRM37Brakes0
R13Ian BurgessBURCooper-Maserati31Transmission0
R19Hans HerrmannHERCooper-Maserati21Gearbox0
R22David PiperPIPTeam Lotus19Overheating0
R14Brian NaylorNAYJBW18Transmission0
R24Mike TaylorTAYCooper-Climax17Transmission0
R17Tony BrooksBROVanwall13Ignition0
F0Keith GreeneGRECooper-Climax0Did not qualify0
F0Bill MossMOSCooper-Climax0Did not qualify0
F0Mike ParkesPARFry0Did not qualify0
F0Dennis TaylorTAYTeam Lotus0Did not qualify0
F0Trevor TaylorTAYCooper-Climax0Did not qualify0
F0Tim ParnellPARCooper-Climax0Did not qualify0