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XVIIe Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco

10 May 1959Monte Carlo314.500 km (3145 m x 100 Laps)

 Pole Position: Stirling Moss, Cooper T51-Climax, 1:39.6 (113.7 km/h) Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham, Cooper T51-Climax, 1:40.4 (112.8 km/h lap 83) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 24 Jack Brabham Cooper T51-Climax 2:55:51.3 107.3 km/h 2 50 Tony Brooks Ferrari 256 2:56:11.7 107.1 km/h 3 32 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Climax -2 Laps 4 48 Phil Hill Ferrari 256 -3 Laps 5 22 Bruce McLaren Cooper T51-Climax -4 Laps 6 38 Roy Salvadori Cooper T45-Maserati -17 Laps Did Not Finish: 30 Stirling Moss Cooper T51-Climax 81 Transmission 20 Ron Flockhart BRM P25 64 Spun off 16 Harry Schell BRM P25 48 Accident/Fuel leak 18 Jo Bonnier BRM P25 44 Brakes/Spun off 46 Jean Behra Ferrari 256 24 Engine 40 Graham Hill Lotus 16-Climax 21 Fire 26 Masten Gregory Cooper T51-Climax 6 Gearbox 6* Wolfgang von Trips Porsche 718/2 1 Collision with Allison and Halford 52* Cliff Allison Ferrari Dino 156 1 Collision with Halford and von Trips 44* Bruce Halford Lotus 16-Climax 1 Collision with Allison and von Trips Did Not Qualify: 34* Ivor Bueb Cooper T51-Climax 54 Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 250F 12* Alain de Changy Cooper T51-Climax 10* Lucien Bianchi Cooper T51-Climax 4* Maria-Teresa de Filippis Behra-Porsche RSK 42 Pete Lovely Lotus 16-Climax 14* Jean Lucienbonnet Cooper T45-Climax 56 André Testut Maserati 250F 4* Edgar Barth Behra-Porsche RSK Did Not Appear: 2* Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 718 RSK 4* José Behra Behra-Porsche RSK 8 Fritz d'Orey Maserati 250F 28 Brian Whitehouse Cooper T43-Climax 28 Bruce Kessler Cooper T43-Climax 36 Paul Emery Cooper T51-Alta 58 Ken Kavanagh Maserati 250F Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 46 Jean Behra Ferrari 256 1-21 21 30 Stirling Moss Cooper T51-Climax 22-81 60 24 Jack Brabham Cooper T51-Climax 82-100 19 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 24 Jack Brabham Cooper T51-Climax 1:40.4 112.8 83 2 30 Stirling Moss Cooper T51-Climax 1:42.3 110.7 80 3 50 Tony Brooks Ferrari 256 1:42.5 110.5 47 4 46 Jean Behra Ferrari 256 1:43.6 109.6 20 5 38 Roy Salvadori Cooper T45-Maserati 1:43.7 109.2 60 6 16 Harry Schell BRM P25 1:44.0 108.9 45 7 48 Phil Hill Ferrari 256 1:44.2 108.7 14 8 22 Bruce McLaren Cooper T51-Climax 1:44.4 108.4 45 9 32 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Climax 1:44.4 108.4 42 10 18 Jo Bonnier BRM P25 1:45.0 107.8 17 11 20 Ron Flockhart BRM P25 1:45.7 107.1 42 12 40 Graham Hill Lotus 16-Climax 1:46.8 106.0 15 13 26 Masten Gregory Cooper T51-Climax 1:49.1 103.8 4 14 6* Wolfgang von Trips Porsche 718/2 2:01.0 93.6 1 15 52* Cliff Allison Ferrari Dino 156 2:02.1 92.7 1 16 44* Bruce Halford Lotus 16-Climax 2:02.7 92.3 1 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 30 Stirling Moss Cooper T51-Climax 1:39.6 113.7 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 2 46 Jean Behra Ferrari 256 1:40.0 113.2 Scuderia Ferrari 3 24 Jack Brabham Cooper T51-Climax 1:40.1 113.1 Cooper Car Co 4 50 Tony Brooks Ferrari 256 1:41.0 112.1 Scuderia Ferrari 5 48 Phil Hill Ferrari 256 1:41.3 111.8 Scuderia Ferrari 6 32 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Climax 1:41.7 111.3 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 7 18 Jo Bonnier BRM P25 1:42.3 110.7 Owen Racing Organisation 8 38 Roy Salvadori Cooper T45-Maserati 1:42.4 110.6 High Efficiency Motors 9 16 Harry Schell BRM P25 1:43.0 109.9 Owen Racing Organisation 10 20 Ron Flockhart BRM P25 1:43.1 109.8 Owen Racing Organisation 11 26 Masten Gregory Cooper T51-Climax 1:43.2 109.7 Cooper Car Co 12 6* Wolfgang von Trips Porsche 718/2 1:43.8 109.1 Dr Ing F. Porsche KG 13 22 Bruce McLaren Cooper T51-Climax 1:43.9 109.0 Cooper Car Co 14 40 Graham Hill Lotus 16-Climax 1:43.9 109.0 Team Lotus 15 52* Cliff Allison Ferrari Dino 156 1:44.4 108.4 Scuderia Ferrari 16 44* Bruce Halford Lotus 16-Climax 1:44.8 108.0 John Fisher Did Not Qualify: 17 34* Ivor Bueb Cooper T51-Climax 1:44.9 107.9 British Racing Partnership 18 54 Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 250F 1:45.0 107.8 Scuderia Ugolini 19 12* Alain de Changy Cooper T51-Climax 1:45.4 107.4 Equipe Nationale Belge 20 10* Lucien Bianchi Cooper T51-Climax 1:45.4 107.4 Equipe Nationale Belge 21 4* Maria-Teresa de Filippis Behra-Porsche RSK 1:47.8 105.0 Dr Ing F. Porsche KG 22 42 Pete Lovely Lotus 16-Climax 1:47.9 104.9 Team Lotus 23 14* Jean Lucienbonnet Cooper T45-Climax 1:50.9 102.1 Jean Lucienbonnet 24 56 André Testut Maserati 250F 1:59.1 95.1 Monte Carlo Auto Sport 25 4* Edgar Barth Behra-Porsche RSK - - Dr Ing F. Porsche KG Not Present: 2* Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 718 RSK - - Scuderia Colonia 4* José Behra Behra-Porsche RSK - - Dr Ing F. Porsche KG 8 Fritz d'Orey Maserati 250F - - Scuderia Centro Sud 28 Brian Whitehouse Cooper T43-Climax - - Compton & Ecclestone Ltd 28 Bruce Kessler Cooper T43-Climax - - Compton & Ecclestone Ltd 36 Paul Emery Cooper T51-Alta - - Emeryson Cars Ltd 58 Ken Kavanagh Maserati 250F - - Ken Kavanagh
Starting Grid:
30 Stirling Moss
Cooper T51-Climax
1:39.6
46 Jean Behra
Ferrari 256
1:40.0
24 Jack Brabham
Cooper T51-Climax
1:40.1
50 Tony Brooks
Ferrari 256
1:41.0
48 Phil Hill
Ferrari 256
1:41.3
32 Maurice Trintignant
Cooper T51-Climax
1:41.7
18 Jo Bonnier
BRM P25
1:42.3
38 Roy Salvadori
Cooper T45-Maserati
1:42.4
16 Harry Schell
BRM P25
1:43.0
20 Ron Flockhart
BRM P25
1:43.1
26 Masten Gregory
Cooper T51-Climax
1:43.2
6* Wolfgang von Trips
Porsche 718/2
1:43.8
22 Bruce McLaren
Cooper T51-Climax
1:43.9
40 Graham Hill
Lotus 16-Climax
1:43.9
52* Cliff Allison
Ferrari Dino 156
1:44.4
44* Bruce Halford
Lotus 16-Climax
1:44.8
Notes:
  • Formula 2 drivers matched with *. Car# Driver Car Entrant 2 Wolfgang Seidel Porsche 718 RSK-Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 Scuderia Colonia 4 Maria-Teresa de Filippis Behra-Porsche RSK-Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 Dr Ing F. Porsche KG 4 Edgar Barth Behra-Porsche RSK-Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 Dr Ing F. Porsche KG 4 José Behra Behra-Porsche RSK-Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 Dr Ing F. Porsche KG 6 Wolfgang von Trips Porsche 718/2-Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 Dr Ing F. Porsche KG 10 Lucien Bianchi Cooper T51-Coventry Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Equipe Nationale Belge 12 Alain de Changy Cooper T51-Coventry Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Equipe Nationale Belge 14 Jean Lucienbonnet Cooper T45-Coventry Climax FPF 1.5 L4 Jean Lucienbonnet 34 Ivor Bueb Cooper T51-Coventry Climax FPF 1.5 L4 British Racing Partnership 44 Bruce Halford Lotus 16-Coventry Climax FPF 1.5 L4 John Fisher 52 Cliff Allison Ferrari Dino 156 F2-Ferrari D156 1.5 V6 Scuderia Ferrari
  • Weather: Hot, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    A couple of months after the tragic 1958 season - which had seen the deaths of Luigi Musso, Peter Collins and Stuart Lewis-Evans - Tony Vandervell, the boss of the Vanwall team, announced that he was withdrawing from Grand Prix racing because of ill-health. A couple of weeks after that announcement Mike Hawthorn, the retired World Champion, was killed in a road accident.

    There was considerable change to the driver lineup for the 1959 season with Stirling Moss joining Rob Walker's privateer Cooper team alongside Maurice Trintignant, Tony Brooks moving to Ferrari to join BRM refugee Jean Behra and Phil Hill and Lotus driver Cliff Allison. Bruce McLaren joined Jack Brabham in the factory Cooper team, as Roy Salvadori was recruited to drive for a new Aston Martin team, with team mate Carroll Shelby. BRM retained Harry Schell and Jo Bonnier and Ron Flockhart rejoined to replace Behra.

    The first World Championship race did not take place until 05.1959 but there were three non-championship F1 before that: The Glover Trophy at Good, the BARC 200 at Aintree and the International Trophy at Silverstone. The new 2.5-liter Coventry Climax engine was very competitive and Moss won the first race for Cooper, Behra the second for Ferrari and Brabham the third for Cooper.

    It was no surprise, therefore, that these three men were alongside one another on the front row at Monaco with Moss ahead of Behra and Brabham. On the second row were Brooks and Phil Hill and the third row featured Trintignant, Bonnier and Salvadori (driving a High Efficiency Motors Cooper-Maserati as the Aston Martins were not ready.

    Behra took the lead at the start and led Moss and Brabham. It was not until lap 22 that Moss managed to get ahead of Behra and Brabham followed through on the next lap as the Ferrari suffered engine failure. This promoted Phil Hill to third place although he would later spin and be overtaken by Schell and Brooks. On lap 81 Moss pitted with transmission trouble. He rejoined but retired almost immediately. This left Brabham out in front of Brooks with Trintignant third. Phil Hill had had three spins but was still fourth. Bruce McLaren finished fifth four laps down while Salvadori was classified sixth 17 laps behind. The race was Jack Brabham's first World Championship victory.