1959
Season

1959

Drivers' Champion
P1 J.Brabham 31 pts
P2 T.Brooks 27 pts
P3 S.Moss 26 pts
Constructors' Champion
P1 Cooper-Climax 82 pts
P2 Ferrari 40 pts
P3 BRM 36 pts

Driver Standings

Points System
# Driver Team Pts 2nd 3rd +/- Elo Peak
1 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 31 2 — — +32 2,295 2,526
2 Tony Brooks Vanwall 27 2 — — +135 2,148 2,311
3 Stirling Moss BRM 26 2 — — -139 2,196 2,403
4 Phil Hill Ferrari 20 — — — -101 2,203 2,569
5 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 19 — — — +63 2,324 2,366
6 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 17 1 — — +145 2,214 2,552
7 Dan Gurney Ferrari 13 — — — +54 2,290 2,496
8 Jo Bonnier BRM 10 1 — — +68 2,118 2,401
9 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 10 — — — +115 2,242 2,282
10 Rodger Ward Kurtis Kraft 8 1 — — +34 2,034 2,063
11 Jim Rathmann Watson 6 — — — +79 2,288 2,342
12 Johnny Thomson Lesovsky 5 — — — +190 2,135 2,205
13 Harry Schell Cooper-Climax 5 — — — -134 2,128 2,267
14 Innes Ireland Team Lotus 5 — — — +149 2,025 2,348
15 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 3 — — — +66 2,194 2,334
16 Tony Bettenhausen Epperly 3 — — — +87 2,221 2,221
17 Cliff Allison Ferrari 2 — — — +18 2,144 2,244
18 Jean Behra Ferrari 2 — — — -31 2,097 2,389
19 Paul Goldsmith Epperly 2 — — — +195 2,080 2,194
20 Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 0 — — — +13 2,113 2,339
21 Ron Flockhart BRM 0 — — — -36 2,098 2,177
22 Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 0 — — — -28 2,049 2,145
23 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 0 — — — +61 2,153 2,455
24 Johnny Boyd Epperly 0 — — — +65 2,199 2,199
25 Graham Hill Team Lotus 0 — — — -75 1,898 2,601
26 Harry Blanchard Porsche 0 — — — +79 2,079 2,079
27 Duane Carter Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — +75 2,162 2,232
28 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 0 — — — +38 2,091 2,091
29 Giorgio Scarlatti Cooper-Climax 0 — — — -10 2,095 2,198
30 Alan Stacey Team Lotus 0 — — — -103 1,982 2,102
31 Eddie Johnson Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — +93 2,118 2,185
32 Carel Godin de Beaufort Maserati 0 — — — +76 2,076 2,293
33 Paul Russo Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — +62 2,128 2,279
34 Fritz d'Orey Tec-Mec 0 — — — -34 2,029 2,063
35 Chris Bristow Cooper-Borgward 0 — — — +90 2,090 2,090
36 Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Maserati 0 — — — +25 2,025 2,094
37 Anthony Foyt Kuzma 0 — — — +78 2,089 2,089
38 Colin Davis Cooper-Maserati 0 — — — +70 1,993 1,993
39 Gene Hartley Kuzma 0 — — — +34 2,111 2,111
40 Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 0 — — — +78 2,078 2,238
41 Peter Ashdown Cooper-Climax 0 — — — +66 2,066 2,066
42 Bob Veith Moore 0 — — — +57 2,064 2,152
43 Ivor Bueb Cooper-Borgward 0 — — — +52 2,057 2,070
44 Al Herman Dunn 0 — — — +92 2,004 2,136
45 Jimmy Daywalt Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — +113 1,952 2,144
46 Chuck Arnold Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — +27 2,027 2,027
47 Giulio Cabianca Maserati 0 — — — -15 1,990 2,069
48 Jim McWithey Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — +16 2,016 2,016
49 Hans Herrmann BRM 0 — — — +30 2,024 2,251
50 Alessandro de Tomaso Cooper-OSCA 0 — — — +26 2,005 2,005
51 George Constantine Cooper-Borgward 0 — — — -57 1,943 1,943
52 Bruce Halford Team Lotus 0 — — — -4 1,968 2,085
53 Jack Fairman Cooper-Maserati 0 — — — -71 1,969 2,188
54 Eddie Sachs Kuzma 0 — — — +48 1,958 1,958
55 Al Keller Kuzma 0 — — — +6 1,979 1,979
56 Bob Said Connaught 0 — — — -87 1,913 1,913
57 Phil Cade Maserati 0 — — — -102 1,898 1,898
58 Alain de Changy Cooper-Climax 0 — — — -56 1,944 1,944
59 Pat Flaherty Watson 0 — — — -110 2,090 2,219
60 Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 0 — — — -69 1,931 2,231
61 Dick Rathmann Watson 0 — — — -3 1,943 2,064
62 Bill Cheesbourg Kuzma 0 — — — -39 1,957 1,996
63 Maria de Filippis Porsche 0 — — — -91 1,928 2,019
64 David Piper Team Lotus 0 — — — -41 1,959 1,965
65 Azdrubal Fontes Maserati 0 — — — -105 1,895 1,895
66 Don Freeland Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — -120 2,021 2,204
67 Pete Lovely Team Lotus 0 — — — -96 1,904 2,061
68 Brian Naylor JBW 0 — — — -28 1,918 2,026
69 Ray Crawford Elder 0 — — — +20 1,837 1,910
70 Jean Lucienbonnet Cooper-Climax 0 — — — -109 1,891 1,891
71 Mike Taylor Cooper-Climax 0 — — — -65 1,935 1,935
72 Don Branson Phillips 0 — — — -75 1,925 2,099
73 André Testut Maserati 0 — — — -99 1,842 1,941
74 Bob Christie Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — -119 1,947 2,068
75 Keith Greene Cooper-Climax 0 — — — -89 1,911 1,965
76 Bobby Grim Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — -98 1,902 1,964
77 Bill Moss Cooper-Climax 0 — — — -100 1,900 1,900
78 Mike Parkes Fry 0 — — — -112 1,888 2,249
79 Jack Turner Christensen 0 — — — -80 1,862 2,023
80 Dennis Taylor Team Lotus 0 — — — -124 1,876 1,876
81 Chuck Weyant Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — -106 1,865 2,065
82 Jud Larson Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — -172 1,910 2,085
83 Trevor Taylor Cooper-Climax 0 — — — -136 1,864 2,229
84 Mike Magill Sutton 0 — — — -117 1,831 1,946
85 Tim Parnell Cooper-Climax 0 — — — -148 1,852 2,068
86 Red Amick Kurtis Kraft 0 — — — -154 1,846 1,981
87 Len Sutton Lesovsky 0 — — — -102 1,765 1,863
88 Jimmy Bryan Epperly 0 — — — -283 1,955 2,253

Driver Results

# Driver Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9
1 Brabham 31 9 6 4 8 4 3
2 Brooks 27 6 8 DNF 9 DNF 4
3 Moss 26 1 1 6 9 8
4 Hill 20 3 6 4 7
5 Trintignant 19 4 2 3 3 7
6 McLaren 17 2 2 4 8
7 Gurney 13 6 4 3
8 Bonnier 10 8 DNF 2
9 Gregory 10 4 6
10 Ward 8 8
11 Rathmann 6 6
12 Thomson 5 5
13 Schell 5 3 2
14 Ireland 5 3 2
15 Gendebien 3 3
16 Bettenhausen 3 3
17 Allison 2 2
18 Behra 2 2
19 Goldsmith 2 2
20 Salvadori 0
21 Flockhart 0
22 Burgess 0
23 von Trips 0
24 Boyd 0
25 Hill 0
26 Blanchard 0
27 Carter 0
28 Shelby 0
29 Scarlatti 0
30 Stacey 0
31 Johnson 0
32 de Beaufort 0
33 Russo 0
34 d'Orey 0
35 Bristow 0
36 Cabral 0
37 Foyt 0
38 Davis 0
39 Hartley 0
40 Taylor 0
41 Ashdown 0
42 Veith 0
43 Bueb 0
44 Herman 0
45 Daywalt 0
46 Arnold 0
47 Cabianca 0
48 McWithey 0
49 Herrmann 0
50 de Tomaso 0
51 Constantine 0
52 Halford 0
53 Fairman 0
54 Sachs 0
55 Keller 0
56 Said 0
57 Cade 0
58 de Changy 0
59 Flaherty 0
60 Bianchi 0
61 Rathmann 0
62 Cheesbourg 0 DNF
63 de Filippis 0 DNF
64 Piper 0 DNF
65 Fontes 0 DNF
66 Freeland 0 DNF
67 Lovely 0 DNF
68 Naylor 0 DNF
69 Crawford 0 DNF
70 Lucienbonnet 0 DNF
71 Taylor 0 DNF
72 Branson 0 DNF
73 Testut 0 DNF
74 Christie 0 DNF
75 Greene 0 DNF
76 Grim 0 DNF
77 Moss 0 DNF
78 Parkes 0 DNF
79 Turner 0 DNF
80 Taylor 0 DNF
81 Weyant 0 DNF
82 Larson 0 DNF
83 Taylor 0 DNF
84 Magill 0 DNF
85 Parnell 0 DNF
86 Amick 0 DNF
87 Sutton 0 DNF
88 Bryan 0 DNF

Driver Standings

Constructor Standings

# Constructor Pts 2nd 3rd +/- Elo Peak
1 Cooper-Climax 82 3 — — -48 1,769 1,972
2 Ferrari 40 — — — -65 1,909 2,524
3 BRM 36 3 — — — 1,907 2,057
4 Vanwall 27 2 — — — 2,014 2,105
5 Kurtis Kraft 8 1 — — +85 1,735 1,892
6 Watson 6 — — — — 1,933 2,034
7 Lesovsky 5 — — — — 2,002 2,002
8 Team Lotus 5 — — — -34 1,851 2,187
9 Epperly 5 — — — — 2,019 2,129
10 Dunn 0 — — — — 2,076 2,076
11 Cooper-OSCA 0 — — — +11 2,011 2,011
12 Connaught 0 — — — -8 1,882 2,012
13 JBW 0 — — — — 2,123 2,123
14 Elder 0 — — — — 2,041 2,041
15 Phillips 0 — — — — 2,181 2,181
16 Fry 0 — — — — 1,985 1,985
17 Christensen 0 — — — — 2,027 2,027
18 Sutton 0 — — — — 2,001 2,001
19 Moore 0 — — — — 2,188 2,188
20 Kuzma 0 — — — — 1,869 2,110
21 Cooper-Borgward 0 — — — -18 1,995 2,013
22 Tec-Mec 0 — — — -2 1,998 1,998
23 Maserati 0 — — — -6 1,799 1,945
24 Porsche 0 — — — +41 2,098 2,098
25 Cooper-Maserati 0 — — — +44 2,011 2,044
26 Aston Martin 0 — — — — 1,994 2,192

Constructor Standings

Calendar

Rd Circuit Date
1 Circuit de Monaco Monaco May 10
2 Indianapolis Motor Speedway USA May 30
3 Circuit Park Zandvoort Netherlands May 31
4 Reims-Gueux France Jul 05
5 Aintree UK Jul 18
6 AVUS Germany Aug 02
7 Monsanto Park Circuit Portugal Aug 23
8 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Italy Sep 13
9 Sebring International Raceway USA Dec 12

Teams

Aston Martin
Roy Salvadori 2113
Carroll Shelby 2091
BRM
Stirling Moss 2196
Ron Flockhart 2098
Jo Bonnier 2118
Hans Herrmann 2024
Christensen
Jack Turner 1862
Connaught
Bob Said 1913
Cooper-Borgward
Ivor Bueb 2057
Chris Bristow 2090
George Constantine 1943
Cooper-Climax
Jack Brabham 2295
Maurice Trintignant 2324
Bruce McLaren 2214
Harry Schell 2128
Masten Gregory 2242
Giorgio Scarlatti 2095
Alain de Changy 1944
Lucien Bianchi 1931
Jean Lucienbonnet 1891
Henry Taylor 2078
Peter Ashdown 2066
Mike Taylor 1935
Keith Greene 1911
Bill Moss 1900
Trevor Taylor 1864
Tim Parnell 1852
Cooper-Maserati
Ian Burgess 2049
Colin Davis 1993
Jack Fairman 1969
Mário de Araújo Cabral 2025
Cooper-OSCA
Alessandro de Tomaso 2005
Dunn
Al Herman 2004
Elder
Ray Crawford 1837
Epperly
Tony Bettenhausen 2221
Paul Goldsmith 2080
Johnny Boyd 2199
Jimmy Bryan 1955
Ferrari
Phil Hill 2203
Jean Behra 2097
Wolfgang von Trips 2153
Cliff Allison 2144
Olivier Gendebien 2194
Dan Gurney 2290
Fry
Mike Parkes 1888
JBW
Brian Naylor 1918
Kurtis Kraft
Rodger Ward 2034
Duane Carter 2162
Eddie Johnson 2118
Paul Russo 2128
Jimmy Daywalt 1952
Chuck Arnold 2027
Jim McWithey 2016
Don Freeland 2021
Bob Christie 1947
Bobby Grim 1902
Chuck Weyant 1865
Jud Larson 1910
Red Amick 1846
Kuzma
Anthony Foyt 2089
Gene Hartley 2111
Eddie Sachs 1958
Al Keller 1979
Bill Cheesbourg 1957
Lesovsky
Johnny Thomson 2135
Len Sutton 1765
Maserati
André Testut 1842
Carel Godin de Beaufort 2076
Azdrubal Fontes 1895
Giulio Cabianca 1990
Phil Cade 1898
Moore
Bob Veith 2064
Phillips
Don Branson 1925
Porsche
Maria de Filippis 1928
Harry Blanchard 2079
Sutton
Mike Magill 1831
Team Lotus
Graham Hill 1898
Bruce Halford 1968
Pete Lovely 1904
Innes Ireland 2025
Alan Stacey 1982
David Piper 1959
Dennis Taylor 1876
Tec-Mec
Fritz d'Orey 2029
Vanwall
Tony Brooks 2148
Watson
Jim Rathmann 2288
Pat Flaherty 2090
Dick Rathmann 1943

Points System

Race Points
P1 8
P2 6
P3 4
P4 3
P5 2
Fastest Lap
+1 point

Fastest lap point awarded to any finisher. Shared drives allowed.

Elo Ratings

Elo Progression

Season MVP (Elo) M.Trintignant +324
Biggest Race Gain R.Ward Indianapolis Motor Speedway (+242)
Biggest Race Drop J.Bryan Indianapolis Motor Speedway (-283)
Avg Field Elo 2,022

Season Elo Gainers

1 M.Trintignant +324
2 D.Gurney +290
3 J.Brabham +261
4 O.Gendebien +224
5 R.Flockhart +207

Season Elo Losers

1 J.Bryan -283
2 J.Larson -172
3 R.Salvadori -159
4 R.Amick -154
5 T.Parnell -148