Championship points standings for the World Championship of Drivers 1959
Position | Driver | Team | Car | Engine | Tyres | Points | 1. | ![]() | Jack Brabham | Cooper Car Co. | Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop | 31 |
2. | ![]() | Tony Brooks | Scuderia Ferrari, Vandervell Products | Ferrari Dino 246 Vanwall VW 59 | Ferrari 2.4 Vanwall 2.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 27 |
3. | ![]() | Stirling Moss | R R C Walker Racing Team, British Racing Partnership | Cooper T51 BRM P25 | Coventry Climax 2.5 BRM 2.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 25.5 |
4. | ![]() | Phil Hill | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Dino 246 | Ferrari 2.4 | Dunlop | 20 |
5. | ![]() | Maurice Trintignant | R R C Walker Racing Team | Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop | 19 |
6. | ![]() | Bruce McLaren | Cooper Car Co. | Cooper T51 Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 2.2 Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 16.5 |
7. | ![]() | Dan Gurney | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Dino 246 | Ferrari 2.4 | Dunlop | 13 |
8. | ![]() | Jo Bonnier | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM P25 | BRM 2.5 | Dunlop | 10 |
9. | ![]() | Masten Gregory | Cooper Car Co. | Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop | 10 |
10. | ![]() | Rodger Ward | Leader Cards Inc | Watson Kurtis Kraft Midget | Offenhauser 4.5 Offenhauser 2.5 | Firestone Firestone | 8 |
11. | ![]() | Jim Rathmann | Lindsey Hopkins | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 6 |
12. | ![]() | Johnny Thomson | Racing Associates | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 5 |
13. | ![]() | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus | Lotus 16 | Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop | 5 |
13. | ![]() | Harry Schell | Ecurie Bleue, Owen Racing Organisation | Cooper T51 BRM P25 | Coventry Climax 2.2 BRM 2.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 5 |
15. | ![]() | Tony Bettenhausen | John R Wills | Epperly | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 3 |
15. | ![]() | Olivier Gendebien | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Dino 246 | Ferrari 2.4 | Dunlop | 3 |
17. | ![]() | Cliff Allison | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari Dino 156 Ferrari Dino 246 | Ferrari 1.5 Ferrari 2.4 | Dunlop Dunlop | 2 |
17. | ![]() | Jean Behra | Scuderia Ferrari, Jean Behra | Ferrari Dino 246 Behra-Porsche RSK | Ferrari 2.4 Porsche 1.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 2 |
17. | ![]() | Paul Goldsmith | Norman C Demler | Epperly | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 2 |
![]() | Red Amick | Wheeler-Foutch | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Chuck Arnold | Hall-Mar | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Peter Ashdown | Alan Brown Equipe | Cooper T45 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Lucien Bianchi | Equipe Nationale Belge | Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Harry Blanchard | Blanchard Automobile Co. | Porsche RSK | Porsche 1.5 | Goodyear | 0 |
![]() | Johnny Boyd | Bowes Seal Fast | Epperly | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Don Branson | Bob Estes | Phillips | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Chris Bristow | British Racing Partnership | Cooper T51 | Borgward 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Ivor Bueb | British Racing Partnership | Cooper T51 Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 1.5 Borgward 1.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Ian Burgess | Scuderia Centro Sud | Cooper T51 | Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Giulio Cabianca | Ottorino Volonterio | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Mário Cabral | Scuderia Centro Sud | Cooper T51 | Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Phil Cade | Phil Cade | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Duane Carter | Smokey's Reverse Torque | Kurtis Kraft 500H | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Bill Cheesbourg | Greenman-Casale | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Bob Christie | Federal Engineering | Kurtis Kraft 500D | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | George Constantine | Mike Taylor | Cooper T45 | Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Bob Cortner | Cornis | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Ray Crawford | Meguiar's Mirror Glaze | Elder | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Fritz d'Orey | Scuderia Centro Sud, Camoradi USA | Maserati 250F Tec-Mec F415 | Maserati 2.5 Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Colin Davis | Scuderia Centro Sud | Cooper T51 | Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Jimmy Daywalt | Federal Engineering | Kurtis Kraft 500E | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Ecurie Maarsbergen, Scuderia Ugolini | Porsche RSK Maserati 250F | Porsche 1.5 Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Alain de Changy | Equipe Nationale Belge | Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | ![]() | Maria Teresa de Filippis | Dr. Ing F Porsche KG | Behra-Porsche RSK | Porsche 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Alejandro de Tomaso | Automobili OSCA | Cooper T43 | OSCA 2.0 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Rex Easton | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Jack Fairman | High Efficiency Motors | Cooper T43 Cooper T45 | Coventry Climax 2.5 Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Pat Flaherty | John Zink Heater | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Ron Flockhart | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM P25 | BRM 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Azdrubal Fontes Bayardo | Scuderia Centro Sud | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | A. J. Foyt | Dean Van Lines | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Don Freeland | Jim Robbins | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Keith Greene | Gilby Engineering | Cooper T43 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Bobby Grim | Sumar | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Bruce Halford | John Fisher | Lotus 16 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Gene Hartley | Drewry's | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Al Herman | Dunn Engineering | Dunn | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Hans Herrmann | Scuderia Centro Sud, British Racing Partnership | Cooper T51 BRM P25 | Maserati 2.5 BRM 2.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Graham Hill | Team Lotus | Lotus 16 | Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Eddie Johnson | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Al Keller | Helse | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Clarence Walter Larson | Bowes Seal Fast | Kurtis Kraft 500J | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Pete Lovely | Team Lotus | Lotus 16 | Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Jean Lucienbonnet | Jean Lucienbonnet | Cooper T45 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Mike Magill | Dayton Steel Foundry | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Jim McWithey | Ray Brady | Kurtis Kraft 500C | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Bill Moss | United Racing Stable | Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Brian Naylor | J B Naylor | JBW 59 | Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Mike Parkes | David Fry | Fry F2 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Tim Parnell | R H H Parnell | Cooper T45 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | David Piper | Dorchester Service Station | Lotus 16 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Dick Rathmann | McNamara | Watson | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Paul Russo | Bardahl | Kurtis Kraft 500G | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Eddie Sachs | Schmidt | Kuzma | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Bob Said | Connaught Cars-Paul Emery | Connaught C | Alta 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Roy Salvadori | High Efficiency Motors, David Brown Corporation | Cooper T45 Aston Martin DBR4/250 | Maserati 2.5 Aston Martin 2.5 | Dunlop Avon | 0 |
![]() | Giorgio Scarlatti | Cooper Car Co., Scuderia Ugolini | Maserati 250F Cooper T51 | Maserati 2.5 Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Carroll Shelby | David Brown Corporation | Aston Martin DBR4/250 | Aston Martin 2.5 | Avon | 0 |
![]() | Alan Stacey | Team Lotus | Lotus 16 | Coventry Climax 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Len Sutton | Wolcott Memorial | Lesovsky | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Dennis Taylor | Dennis Taylor | Lotus 12 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Henry Taylor | R H H Parnell | Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Mike Taylor | Alan Brown Equipe | Cooper T45 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Trevor Taylor | Ace Garage - Rotherham | Cooper T51 | Coventry Climax 1.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | André Testut | Monte Carlo Auto Sport | Maserati 250F | Maserati 2.5 | Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Jack Turner | Travelon Trailer | Christensen | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Jerry Unser | Kurtis Kraft | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Bob Veith | John Zink Heater | Moore | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
![]() | Wolfgang von Trips | Scuderia Ferrari, Dr. Ing F Porsche KG | Ferrari Dino 246 Porsche 718 | Ferrari 2.4 Porsche 1.5 | Dunlop Dunlop | 0 |
![]() | Chuck Weyant | McKay | Kurtis Kraft 500J | Offenhauser 4.5 | Firestone | 0 |
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Driver | Number | ||
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Most race wins | ![]() | Stirling Moss | 2 |
![]() | Jack Brabham | 2 | |
![]() | Tony Brooks | 2 | |
Most pole positions | ![]() | Stirling Moss | 4 |
Most podium positions | ![]() | Jack Brabham | 5 |
Most podium positions without a win | ![]() | Phil Hill | 3 |
Most fastest race laps | ![]() | Stirling Moss | 4 |
Youngest driver | ![]() | Fritz d'Orey | 21 y/o |
Oldest driver | ![]() | Jack Fairman | 46 y/o |
# | Date | Circuit | Winner | Second | Third | Pole | FL |
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1 | 1959-05-10 | Monte Carlo | Brabham | Brooks | Trintignant | Moss | Brabham |
2 | 1959-05-30 | Indianapolis | Ward | Rathmann | Thomson | Thomson | Thomson |
3 | 1959-05-31 | Zandvoort | Bonnier | Brabham | Gregory | Bonnier | Moss |
4 | 1959-07-05 | Reims | Brooks | Hill | Brabham | Brooks | Moss |
5 | 1959-07-18 | Aintree | Brabham | Moss | McLaren | Brabham | Moss |
6 | 1959-08-02 | Berlin | Brooks | Gurney | Hill | Brooks | Brooks |
7 | 1959-08-23 | Lisbon | Moss | Gregory | Gurney | Moss | Moss |
8 | 1959-09-13 | Monza | Moss | Hill | Brabham | Moss | Hill |
9 | 1959-12-12 | Sebring | McLaren | Trintignant | Brooks | Moss | Trintignant |