Race · Round 9 of 9 ·
1959 United States Grand Prix
Bruce McLaren won for Cooper from 10th on the grid at Sebring. 11 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship race win for Bruce McLaren.
- Circuit
- SebringSebring, Florida, United States of America
- Winner
- Bruce McLarenCooper
- Fastest lap
- Maurice Trintignant
- Entries
- 197 classified
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Chassis | Grid | Laps | Out | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper | T51 | 10 | 42 | Finished | 8 | |
| 2 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper | T51 | 5 | 42 | Finished | 7 | fastest lap |
| 3 | Tony Brooks | Ferrari | — | 4 | 42 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | Sir Jack Brabham | Cooper | T51 | 2 | 42 | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus | 16 | 9 | 39 | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | — | 6 | 38 | Finished | 0 | |
| 7 | Harry Blanchard | Porsche | RSK | 16 | 38 | Finished | 0 | |
| DNF | Roy Salvadori | Cooper | T45 | 11 | 23 | Transmission | 0 | |
| DNF | Cliff Allison | Ferrari | — | 7 | 23 | Clutch | 0 | |
| DNF | Rodger Ward | — | Midget | 19 | 20 | Clutch | 0 | |
| DNF | Alejandro de Tomaso | Cooper | T43 | 14 | 13 | Brakes | 0 | |
| DNF | Phil Hill | Ferrari | — | 8 | 8 | Clutch | 0 | |
| DNF | Fritz d'Orey | Tec-Mec | F415 | 17 | 6 | Oil leak | 0 | |
| DNF | Sir Stirling Moss | Cooper | T51 | 1 | 5 | Transmission | 0 | |
| DNF | Harry Schell | Cooper | T51 | 3 | 5 | Clutch | 0 | |
| DNF | George Constantine | Cooper | T45 | 15 | 5 | Overheating | 0 | |
| DNF | Alan Stacey | Team Lotus | 16 | 12 | 1 | Clutch | 0 | |
| DNF | Bob Said | Connaught | C | 13 | 0 | Accident | 0 | |
| DNS | Phil Cade | Maserati | 250F | 18 | — | DNS | 0 |
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Stirling Moss | Cooper | 7 | 3:00.000 | — | — |
| 2 | Sir Jack Brabham | Cooper | 8 | 3:03.000 | +3.000 | +3.000 |
| 3 | Harry Schell | Cooper | 19 | 3:05.200 | +5.200 | +2.200 |
| 4 | Tony Brooks | Ferrari | 2 | 3:05.900 | +5.900 | +0.700 |
| 5 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper | 6 | 3:06.000 | +6.000 | +0.100 |
| 6 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 4 | 3:06.200 | +6.200 | +0.200 |
| 7 | Cliff Allison | Ferrari | 3 | 3:06.200 | +6.200 | +0.000 |
| 8 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 5 | 3:07.200 | +7.200 | +1.000 |
| 9 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus | 10 | 3:08.200 | +8.200 | +1.000 |
| 10 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper | 9 | 3:08.600 | +8.600 | +0.400 |
| 11 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper | 12 | 3:12.000 | +12.000 | +3.400 |
| 12 | Alan Stacey | Team Lotus | 11 | 3:13.800 | +13.800 | +1.800 |
| 13 | Bob Said | Connaught | 18 | 3:27.300 | +27.300 | +13.500 |
| 14 | Alejandro de Tomaso | Cooper | 14 | 3:28.000 | +28.000 | +0.700 |
| 15 | George Constantine | Cooper | 16 | 3:30.600 | +30.600 | +2.600 |
| 16 | Harry Blanchard | Porsche | 17 | 3:32.700 | +32.700 | +2.100 |
| 17 | Fritz d'Orey | Tec-Mec | 15 | 3:33.400 | +33.400 | +0.700 |
| 18 | Phil Cade | Maserati | 22 | 3:39.000 | +39.000 | +5.600 |
| 19 | Rodger Ward | — | 1 | 3:43.800 | +43.800 | +4.800 |
Pit stops
Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.
The cars in this race
The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.
Where this comes from
- Round
- 9 of 1959
- Grand Prix
- United States Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Cooper
- Entrant
- Cooper-Climax
- Confidence
- reference
No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.