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1959 United States Grand Prix
Sat, December 12th, 1959
Round 9
Track:
Sebring Raceway
Official race name:
II United States Grand Prix
Round:
9
(of 9)
Race number:
84
Date:
Sat, December 12th, 1959
Time:
14.00
Track length:
8.369 km
Laps:
42
Race distance:
351.498 km
Weather:
Sunny, mild and dry
For more detailed results, visit the
Results page
Results in Brief
Race
Grid
Qualifying
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Laps
Time/Retired
Avg
Speed
Grid
Pts
1
9
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
42
2:12:35.7
159.055
10
8
2
6
Maurice Trintignant
Cooper-Climax
42
+ 0.6 secs
159.043
5
7
3
2
Tony Brooks
Ferrari
42
+ 3m 0.9 secs
155.519
4
4
4
8
Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax
42
+ 4m 57.3 secs
153.325
2
3
5
10
Innes Ireland
Lotus-Climax
39
+ 3 Laps
146.338
9
2
6
4
Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari
38
+ 4 Laps
143.793
6
7
17
Harry Blanchard
Porsche
38
+ 4 Laps
139.718
16
Ret
3
Cliff Allison
Ferrari
23
Clutch
7
Ret
12
Roy Salvadori
Cooper-Maserati
23
Transmission
11
Ret
1
Rodger Ward
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
20
Clutch
19
Ret
14
Alejandro de Tomaso
Cooper-OSCA
13
Brakes
14
Ret
5
Phil Hill
Ferrari
8
Clutch
8
Ret
15
Fritz d'Orey
Tec Mec-Maserati
6
Oil leak
17
Ret
7
Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax
5
Transmission
1
Ret
19
Harry Schell
Cooper-Climax
5
Clutch
3
Ret
16
George Constantine
Cooper-Climax
5
Overheating
15
Ret
11
Alan Stacey
Lotus-Climax
2
Clutch
12
Ret
18
Bob Said
Connaught-Alta
0
Accident
13
DNS
22
Phil Cade
Maserati
Engine
18
Np
21
Ettore Chimeri
Maserati
Not present
Fastest lap:
3:05.0 -
Maurice Trintignant
(Lap 39)
Further details »
R
o
w
1
3
Harry Schell
Cooper-Climax
3:05.2
2
Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax
3:03.0
1
Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax
3:00.0
R
o
w
2
5
Maurice Trintignant
Cooper-Climax
3:06.0
4
Tony Brooks
Ferrari
3:05.9
R
o
w
3
8
Phil Hill
Ferrari
3:07.2
7
Cliff Allison
Ferrari
3:06.8
6
Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari
3:06.2
R
o
w
4
10
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
3:08.6
9
Innes Ireland
Lotus-Climax
3:08.2
R
o
w
5
13
Bob Said
Connaught-Alta
3:27.3
12
Alan Stacey
Lotus-Climax
3:13.8
11
Roy Salvadori
Cooper-Maserati
3:12.0
R
o
w
6
15
George Constantine
Cooper-Climax
3:30.6
14
Alejandro de Tomaso
Cooper-OSCA
3:28.0
R
o
w
7
18
Phil Cade
Maserati
3:39.0
17
Fritz d'Orey
Tec Mec-Maserati
3:33.4
16
Harry Blanchard
Porsche
3:32.7
R
o
w
8
19
Rodger Ward
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
3:43.8
P
No
Driver
Constructor
Time
Gap
%
Avg
Speed
Laps
1
7
Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax
3:00.0
100.0
167.380
2
8
Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax
3:03.0
3.0
101.7
164.636
3
19
Harry Schell
Cooper-Climax
3:05.2
5.2
102.9
162.680
4
2
Tony Brooks
Ferrari
3:05.9
5.9
103.3
162.068
5
6
Maurice Trintignant
Cooper-Climax
3:06.0
6.0
103.3
161.981
6
4
Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari
3:06.2
6.2
103.4
161.807
7
3
Cliff Allison
Ferrari
3:06.8
6.8
103.8
161.287
8
5
Phil Hill
Ferrari
3:07.2
7.2
104.0
160.942
9
10
Innes Ireland
Lotus-Climax
3:08.2
8.2
104.6
160.087
10
9
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
3:08.6
8.6
104.8
159.748
11
12
Roy Salvadori
Cooper-Maserati
3:12.0
12.0
106.7
156.919
12
11
Alan Stacey
Lotus-Climax
3:13.8
13.8
107.7
155.461
13
18
Bob Said
Connaught-Alta
3:27.3
27.3
115.2
145.337
14
14
Alejandro de Tomaso
Cooper-OSCA
3:28.0
28.0
115.6
144.848
15
16
George Constantine
Cooper-Climax
3:30.6
30.6
117.0
143.060
16
17
Harry Blanchard
Porsche
3:32.7
32.7
118.2
141.647
17
15
Fritz d'Orey
Tec Mec-Maserati
3:33.4
33.4
118.6
141.183
18
22
Phil Cade
Maserati
3:39.0
39.0
121.7
137.573
19
1
Rodger Ward
Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser
3:43.8
43.8
124.3
134.622
Further details »
Standings
P
Driver
Pts
1
Jack Brabham
31
(34)
2
Tony Brooks
27
4
3
Stirling Moss
25
.5
6
4
Phil Hill
20
11
5
Maurice Trintignant
19
12
6
Bruce McLaren
16
.5
15
7
Dan Gurney
13
18
8
Jo Bonnier
10
21
9
Masten Gregory
10
21
10
Rodger Ward
8
23
11
Jim Rathmann
6
25
12
Johnny Thomson
5
26
13
Harry Schell
5
26
14
Innes Ireland
5
26
15
Olivier Gendebien
3
28
16
Tony Bettenhausen
3
28
17
Cliff Allison
2
29
18
Paul Goldsmith
2
29
19
Jean Behra
2
29
20
Roy Salvadori
0
31
21
Ron Flockhart
0
31
22
Ian Burgess
0
31
23
Johnny Boyd
0
31
24
Wolfgang von Trips
0
31
25
Graham Hill
0
31
26
Duane Carter
0
31
27
Harry Blanchard
0
31
28
Carroll Shelby
0
31
29
Giorgio Scarlatti
0
31
30
Eddie Johnson
0
31
31
Alan Stacey
0
31
32
Carel Godin de Beaufort
0
31
33
Paul Russo
0
31
34
A.J. Foyt
0
31
35
Fritz d'Orey
0
31
36
Chris Bristow
0
31
37
Mário de Araújo Cabral
0
31
38
Gene Hartley
0
31
39
Henry Taylor
0
31
40
Colin Davis
0
31
41
Bob Veith
0
31
42
Peter Ashdown
0
31
43
Al Herman
0
31
44
Ivor Bueb
0
31
45
Jimmy Daywalt
0
31
46
Chuck Arnold
0
31
47
Giulio Cabianca
0
31
48
Jim McWithey
0
31
P
Constructor
Pts
1
Cooper-Climax
40
(53)
2
Ferrari
32
(38)
8
3
BRM
18
22
4
Lotus-Climax
5
35
5
Cooper-Maserati
0
40
6
Aston Martin
0
40
7
Porsche
0
40
8
Maserati
0
40
9
Cooper-Borgward
0
40
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