The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 5

British Grand Prix

1959  ·  Aintree  ·  18 July 1959  ·  75 laps

  1. 1st Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax · 02:30:11.6
  2. 2nd Stirling Moss BRM · +22.2
  3. 3rd Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax · +22.4

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Jack Brabham

Cooper-Climax  —  Pole position

02 Lap 53

Ron Flockhart

Retirement BRM  —  Spun off

03 Lap 57

Fritz d'Orey

Retirement Maserati  —  Accident

04 Lap 69

Carroll Shelby

Retirement Aston Martin  —  Ignition

05 Fastest Lap

Stirling Moss

BRM

06 On the Charge

Peter Ashdown

Cooper-Climax  —  P23 → P12

07 Victory

Jack Brabham

Cooper-Climax  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 1 75 02:30:11.6 8
2 Stirling Moss BRM 7 75 +22.2FL 6.5
3 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 8 75 +22.4FL 4.5
4 Harry Schell BRM 3 74 +1 Lap 3
5 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 4 74 +1 Lap 2
6 Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 2 74 +1 Lap
7 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 5 73 +2 Laps
8 Alan Stacey Team Lotus 12 71 +4 Laps
9 Graham Hill Team Lotus 9 70 +5 Laps
10 Chris Bristow Cooper-Borgward 16 70 +5 Laps
11 Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 21 69 +6 Laps
12 Peter Ashdown Cooper-Climax 23 69 +6 Laps
13 Ivor Bueb Cooper-Borgward 18 69 +6 Laps
14 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 6 69 Ignition
15 Fritz d'Orey Maserati 20 57 Accident
16 Ron Flockhart BRM 11 53 Spun off
17 Jack Fairman Cooper-Climax 15 39 Gearbox
18 Jo Bonnier BRM 10 37 Brakes
19 Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 13 31 Transmission
20 Hans Herrmann Cooper-Maserati 19 21 Gearbox
21 David Piper Team Lotus 22 19 Overheating
22 Brian Naylor JBW 14 18 Transmission
23 Mike Taylor Cooper-Climax 24 17 Transmission
24 Tony Brooks Vanwall 17 13 Ignition

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