The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 7

Portuguese Grand Prix

1959  ·  Monsanto Park Circuit  ·  23 August 1959  ·  62 laps

  1. 1st Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax · 02:11:55.41
  2. 2nd Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax
  3. 3rd Dan Gurney Ferrari

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Stirling Moss

Cooper-Climax  —  Pole position

02 Lap 10

Jo Bonnier

Retirement BRM  —  Engine

03 Lap 23

Jack Brabham

Retirement Cooper-Climax  —  Transmission

04 Fastest Lap

Stirling Moss

Cooper-Climax

05 On the Charge

Roy Salvadori

Aston Martin  —  P12 → P6

06 Victory

Stirling Moss

Cooper-Climax  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1 62 02:11:55.41FL 9
2 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 3 61 +1 Lap 6
3 Dan Gurney Ferrari 6 61 +1 Lap 4
4 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 4 60 +2 Laps 3
5 Harry Schell BRM 9 59 +3 Laps 2
6 Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 12 59 +3 Laps
7 Ron Flockhart BRM 11 59 +3 Laps
8 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 13 58 +4 Laps
9 Tony Brooks Ferrari 10 57 +5 Laps
10 Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Maserati 14 56 +6 Laps
11 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 8 38 Transmission
12 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2 23 Transmission
13 Jo Bonnier BRM 5 10 Engine
14 Phil Hill Ferrari 7 5 Accident
15 Graham Hill Team Lotus 15 5 Accident
16 Innes Ireland Team Lotus 16 3 Gearbox

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