1959 World Drivers Championship2.5 Litre Normally Aspirated.75 Litre Supercharged |
| Driver | Nat. | Car |  MC |
 IND |
 NL |
 F |
 GB |
 D |
 POR |
 I |
USA |
TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Brabham | AUS | CooperT51-Climax Cooper T45-Climax |
9* | 6 | 4 | 8 | - | DNF | 4 |
(3) | 31(34) | |
| Tony Brooks | GB | Ferrari Dino 248 Vanwall VW5 |
6 | 8 | - |
9* | 4 | 27 | ||||
| Stirling Moss | GB | Cooper T51-Climax BRM P25 |
DNF | 1* | 1* |
6 1/2* |
9* | 8 | DNF | 25 1/2 | ||
| Phil Hill | USA | Ferrari Dino 246 | 3 | - | 6 | 4 | 7* | 20 | ||||
| Maurice Trintignant | F | Cooper T51-Climax | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7* | 19 | ||||
| Bruce McLaren | NZ | Cooper T51-Climax Cooper T45-Climax |
2 | 2 |
4 1/2* |
DNF |
DNF |
DNF |
8 |
16 1/2 | ||
| Dan Gurney | USA | Ferrari Dino 246 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | ||||||
| Jo Bonnier | S | BRM P25 | DNF | 8 | 2 | - | 10 | |||||
| Masten Gregory | USA | Cooper T45-Climax Cooper T51-Climax |
DNF |
4 |
DNF |
- |
DNF |
6 |
10 | |||
| Roger Ward | USA | Watson-Offenhauser Kurtis-Offenhauser |
8 | DNF |
8 | |||||||
| Jim Rathmann | USA | Watson-Offenhauser | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| Johnny Thomson | USA | Lesovsky-Offenhauser | 5* | 5 | ||||||||
| Innes Ireland | GB | Lotus 16-Climax | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||
| Harry Schell | USA | BRM P25 Cooper T51-Climax |
DNF | 3 | 2 | - | DNF |
5 | ||||
| Tony Bettenhausen | USA | Epperly-Offenhauser | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Olivier Gendebien | B | Ferrari Dino 246 | 3 | - | 3 | |||||||
| Jean Behra | F | Ferrari Dino 246 Behra-Porsche |
DNF | 2 | DNF |
DNS |
2 | |||||
| Cliff Allison | GB | Ferrari Dino 156 Ferrari Dino 246 |
DNF |
- | DNF |
2 |
DNF |
2 | ||||
| Paul Goldsmith | USA | Epperly-Offenhauser | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Graham Hill | GB | Lotus 16-Climax | DNF | - |
DNF | - |
DNF |
DNF |
DNF |
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| Roy Salvadori | GB | Cooper T45-Maserati Aston Martin DBR4/250 |
- | DNF | - |
- |
DNF | |||||
| Giorgio Scarlatti | I | Maserati 250F Cooper T51-Climax |
DNQ | - | - |
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| Ron Flockhart | GB | BRM P25 | DNF | - | - | |||||||
| Lucien Bianchi | I | Cooper T51-Climax | DNQ | |||||||||
| Ivor Bueb | GB | Cooper T51-Climax Cooper T51-Borgward |
DNQ | - |
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| Wolfgang von Trips | D | Porsche 718 Ferrari Dino 246 |
DNF |
DNS |
- |
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| Alain de Chagny | B | Cooper T51-Climax | DNQ |
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| Maria Teresa de Filippis | I | Behra-Porsche | DNQ |
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| Bruce Halford | GB | Lotus 16-Climax | DNF |
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| Pete Lovely | USA | Lotus 16-Climax | DNQ |
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| Jean Lucienbonnet | F | Cooper T45-Climax | DNQ |
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| André Testut | MC | Maserati 250F | DNQ |
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| Carel Godin de Beaufort | NL | Porsche RSK Maserati 250F |
- |
- |
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| Carroll Shelby | USA | Aston Martin DBR4/250 | DNF |
DNF |
- |
- | ||||||
| Ian Burgess | GB | Cooper T51-Maserati | DNF |
DNF |
- |
- |
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| Astrubel Bayardo | BR | Maserati 250F | DNF |
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| Colin Davis | GB | Cooper T51-Maserati | DNF |
- | ||||||||
| Fritz d'Orey | BR | Maserati 250F Tec-Mec F415-Maserato |
- |
DNF |
DNF |
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| Peter Ashdown | GB | Cooper T45-Climax | - |
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| Chris Bristow | GB | Cooper T51-Borgward | - |
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| Hans Hermann | D | Cooper T51-Maserati BRM P25 |
DNF |
DNF |
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| Alejandro de Tomaso | I | Cooper T43-OSCA | DNF | |||||||||
| Jack Fairman | GB | Cooper T43-Climax Cooper T45-Maserati |
DNF | DNF |
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| Keith Greene | GB | Cooper T43-Climax | DNQ | |||||||||
| Brian Naylor | GB | JBW-Maserati | DNF | |||||||||
| Micheal Parks | GB | Fry-Climax | DNQ | |||||||||
| Tim Parnell | GB | Cooper T45-Climax | DNQ | |||||||||
| David Piper | GB | Lotus 16-Climax | DNF | |||||||||
| Alan Stacey | GB | Lotus 16-Climax | - | |||||||||
| Henry Taylor | GB | Cooper T51-Climax | - | |||||||||
| Mike Taylor | GB | Cooper T45-Climax | DNF | |||||||||
| Trevor Taylor | GB | Cooper T51-Climax | DNQ | |||||||||
| Mario Araujo de Cabral | P | Cooper T51-Maserati | DNF | |||||||||
| Bob Said | USA | Connaught C-Alta | DNF | |||||||||
| Giulio Cabianca | I | Maserati 250F | - | |||||||||
| Harry Blanchard | USA | Porsche RSK | - |
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| Phil Cade | USA | Maserati 250F | DNS |
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| George Constantine | USA | Cooper T45-Climax | DNF |
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| Roger Ward | USA | Kurtis-Offenhauser | DNF |
Point System |
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|---|---|---|
| 8 points | - 1st | Shared fastest laps divide point |
| 6 points | - 2nd | Best six results count toward championship |
| 4 points | - 3rd | Shared drives not allowed |
| 3 points | - 4th | |
| 2 points | - 5th | |
| 1 point | - Fastest Lap |
1959 World Manufacturers Championship |
| CAR | MC |
NL |
F |
GB |
D |
POR |
I |
USA |
TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Climax | 8 | (6) | (4) | 8 | (3) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 40(53) |
| Ferrari | 6 | (2) | 8 | 8 | 4 | 6 | (4) | 32(38) | |
| BRM | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | ||||
| BRP-BRM | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| Lotus-CLimax | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| Cooper-Maserati | |||||||||
| Aston Marton | |||||||||
| Cooper-OSCA | |||||||||
| Connaught |
Point System |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 points | - 1st | Best six results count toward championship | ||
| 6 points | - 2nd | No points awarded for Indianapolis 500 | ||
| 4 points | - 3rd | First car to finish for a manufacturer awarded points | ||
| 3 points | - 4th | |||
| 2 points | - 5th |