Season 1959 · Round 8

Italian Grand Prix

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1959-09-13 · Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Italy · Italian Grand Prix · 72Lap · 414.000km
7 Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax 2:04:05.400
Team win 12pt P1 · P3 · P9 · P12 · P17 1-3
5 Phil Hill
Ferrari +46.700
Team win 12pt P2 · P4 · P5 · P6 · P21
8 Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax +1:12.500
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Roy Salvadori L44 Bruce McLaren L22 Jack Fairman L18 Innes Ireland L14 Graham Hill L1 Tony Brooks L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Nelson Piquet 4 wins
Pole-to-win rate 26/75 34.7%
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Closest finish · all-time P1
Circuit Info
72Lap 414.000km 76 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:20.901 · Lando Norris (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Stirling Moss 3 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P11 Phil Hill 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P22 Tony Brooks 1 wins · → Juan Pablo Montoya -1
Starts
P8 Graham Hill 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P16 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P16 Jo Bonnier 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L72 Moss · P1 → P1 1 Moss MOS 1 Moss MOS Hill · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Hill HIL 2 Hill HIL Brabham · P3 → P3 3 Brabham BRA 3 Brabham BRA Gurney · P4 → P4 4 Gurney GUR 4 Gurney GUR Allison · P8 → P5 · +3 8 Allison ALL 5 Allison ALL Gendebien · P6 → P6 6 Gendebien GEN 6 Gendebien GEN Schell · P7 → P7 7 Schell SCH 7 Schell SCH Bonnier · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Bonnier BON 8 Bonnier BON Trintignant · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Trintignant TRI 9 Trintignant TRI Shelby · P19 → P10 · +9 19 Shelby SHE 10 Shelby SHE Davis · P18 → P11 · +7 18 Davis DAV 11 Davis DAV Scarlatti · P12 → P12 12 Scarlatti SCA 12 Scarlatti SCA Flockhart · P15 → P13 · +2 15 Flockhart FLO 13 Flockhart FLO Burgess · P16 → P14 · +2 16 Burgess BUR 14 Burgess BUR Cabianca · P21 → P15 · +6 21 Cabianca CAB 15 Cabianca CAB Salvadori · P17 → retired L44 Salvadori · retired L44 17 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL McLaren · P9 → retired L22 McLaren · retired L22 9 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Fairman · P12 → retired L18 Fairman · retired L18 12 Fairman FAI R Fairman FAI Ireland · P14 → retired L14 Ireland · retired L14 14 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Hill · P10 → retired L1 Hill · retired L1 10 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Brooks · P2 → retired L0 Brooks · retired L0 2 Brooks BRO R Brooks BRO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1 72 2:04:05.400 8
2 5 Phil Hill Ferrari 5 72 +46.700 7
3 8 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 3 72 +1:12.500 4
4 36 Dan Gurney Ferrari 4 72 +1:19.600 3
5 3 Cliff Allison Ferrari 8 71 +1 Lap 2
6 38 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 6 71 +1 Lap
7 19 Harry Schell BRM 7 70 +2 Laps
8 6 Jo Bonnier BRM 11 70 +2 Laps
9 6 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 13 70 +2 Laps
10 26 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 19 70 +2 Laps
11 40 Colin Davis Cooper-Maserati 18 68 +4 Laps
12 10 Giorgio Scarlatti Cooper-Climax 12 68 +4 Laps
13 4 Ron Flockhart BRM 15 67 +5 Laps
14 42 Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 16 67 +5 Laps
15 28 Giulio Cabianca Maserati 21 64 +8 Laps
R 12 Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 17 44 Engine
R 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 9 22 Engine
R 22 Jack Fairman Cooper-Maserati 12 18 Engine
R 10 Innes Ireland Team Lotus 14 14 Brakes
R 18 Graham Hill Team Lotus 10 1 Clutch
R 2 Tony Brooks Ferrari 2 0 Clutch
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Stirling Moss
2
2 Tony Brooks
3
8 Jack Brabham
4
36 Dan Gurney
5
5 Phil Hill
6
38 Olivier Gendebien
7
19 Harry Schell
8
3 Cliff Allison
9
9 Bruce McLaren
10
18 Graham Hill
11
6 Jo Bonnier
12
10 Giorgio Scarlatti
12
22 Jack Fairman
13
6 Maurice Trintignant
14
10 Innes Ireland
15
4 Ron Flockhart
16
42 Ian Burgess
17
12 Roy Salvadori
18
40 Colin Davis
19
26 Carroll Shelby
21
28 Giulio Cabianca
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15