The Garagiste.

The Season in Review  ·  Round 9

United States Grand Prix

1959  ·  Sebring International Raceway  ·  12 December 1959  ·  42 laps

  1. 1st Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax · 02:12:35.7
  2. 2nd Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax · +0.6
  3. 3rd Tony Brooks Ferrari · +3:00.900

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Stirling Moss

Cooper-Climax  —  Pole position

02 Lap 5

Stirling Moss

Retirement Cooper-Climax  —  Transmission

03 Lap 5

Harry Schell

Retirement Cooper-Climax  —  Clutch

04 Fastest Lap

Maurice Trintignant

Cooper-Climax

05 On the Charge

Bruce McLaren

Cooper-Climax  —  P10 → P1

06 Victory

Bruce McLaren

Cooper-Climax  —  Won from P10

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 10 42 02:12:35.7 8
2 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 5 42 +0.6FL 7
3 Tony Brooks Ferrari 4 42 +3:00.900 4
4 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2 42 +4:57.300 3
5 Innes Ireland Team Lotus 9 39 +3 Laps 2
6 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 6 38 Engine
7 Harry Blanchard Porsche 16 38 +4 Laps
8 Cliff Allison Ferrari 11 23 Transmission
9 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Maserati 11 23 Transmission
10 Rodger Ward Kurtis Kraft 19 20 Clutch
11 Alessandro de Tomaso Cooper-OSCA 14 13 Brakes
12 Phil Hill Ferrari 8 8 Clutch
13 Fritz d'Orey Tec-Mec 17 6 Oil leak
14 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1 5 Transmission
15 Harry Schell Cooper-Climax 3 5 Clutch
16 George Constantine Cooper-Borgward 15 5 Overheating
17 Alan Stacey Team Lotus 12 2 Clutch
18 Bob Said Connaught 13 0 Accident
19 Phil Cade Maserati 0 Withdrew

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