Season 1959 · Round 9

United States Grand Prix

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1959-12-12 · Sebring International Raceway · USA · United States Grand Prix · 42Lap · 351.000km
9 Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax 2:12:35.700
Team win 18pt P1 · P2 · P4 · P14 · P15 1-2
6 Maurice Trintignant
Cooper-Climax +0.600
2 Tony Brooks
Ferrari +3:00.900
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Cliff Allison L23 Roy Salvadori L23 Rodger Ward L20 Alessandro de Tomaso L13 Phil Hill L8 Fritz d'Orey L6 Stirling Moss L5 Harry Schell L5 George Constantine L5 Alan Stacey L2 +1
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Closest finish · all-time P49
Circuit Info
42Lap 351.000km 1 races held (1959–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Graham Hill 3 wins · → Max Verstappen -1
P10 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P10 Bruce McLaren 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P2 Graham Hill 15 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P6 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P8 Jo Bonnier 11 starts · → Jack Brabham -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L42 McLaren · P10 → P1 · +9 10 McLaren MCL 1 McLaren MCL Trintignant · P5 → P2 · +3 5 Trintignant TRI 2 Trintignant TRI Brooks · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Brooks BRO 3 Brooks BRO Brabham · P2 → P4 · -2 2 Brabham BRA 4 Brabham BRA Ireland · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Ireland IRE 5 Ireland IRE von Trips · P6 → P6 6 von Trips VON 6 von Trips VON Blanchard · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Blanchard BLA 7 Blanchard BLA Allison · P11 → retired L23 Allison · retired L23 11 Allison ALL R Allison ALL Salvadori · P11 → retired L23 Salvadori · retired L23 11 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Ward · P19 → retired L20 Ward · retired L20 19 Ward WAR R Ward WAR de Tomaso · P14 → retired L13 de Tomaso · retired L13 14 de Tomaso DE R de Tomaso DE Hill · P8 → retired L8 Hill · retired L8 8 Hill HIL R Hill HIL d'Orey · P17 → retired L6 d'Orey · retired L6 17 d'Orey D'O R d'Orey D'O Moss · P1 → retired L5 Moss · retired L5 1 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Schell · P3 → retired L5 Schell · retired L5 3 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Constantine · P15 → retired L5 Constantine · retired L5 15 Constantine CON R Constantine CON Stacey · P12 → retired L2 Stacey · retired L2 12 Stacey STA R Stacey STA Said · P13 → retired L0 Said · retired L0 13 Said SAI R Said SAI Cade · pit lane → P19 · +1 — Cade CAD 19 Cade CAD
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 10 42 2:12:35.700 8
2 6 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 5 42 +0.600 7
3 2 Tony Brooks Ferrari 4 42 +3:00.900 4
4 8 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2 42 +4:57.300 3
5 10 Innes Ireland Team Lotus 9 39 +3 Laps 2
6 4 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 6 38 Engine
7 17 Harry Blanchard Porsche 16 38 +4 Laps
R 3 Cliff Allison Ferrari 11 23 Transmission
R 12 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Maserati 11 23 Transmission
R 1 Rodger Ward Kurtis Kraft 19 20 Clutch
R 14 Alessandro de Tomaso Cooper-OSCA 14 13 Brakes
R 5 Phil Hill Ferrari 8 8 Clutch
R 15 Fritz d'Orey Tec-Mec 17 6 Oil leak
R 7 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1 5 Transmission
R 19 Harry Schell Cooper-Climax 3 5 Clutch
R 16 George Constantine Cooper-Borgward 15 5 Overheating
R 11 Alan Stacey Team Lotus 12 2 Clutch
R 18 Bob Said Connaught 13 0 Accident
W 22 Phil Cade Maserati 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Stirling Moss
2
8 Jack Brabham
3
19 Harry Schell
4
2 Tony Brooks
5
6 Maurice Trintignant
6
4 Wolfgang von Trips
8
5 Phil Hill
9
10 Innes Ireland
10
9 Bruce McLaren
11
3 Cliff Allison
11
12 Roy Salvadori
12
11 Alan Stacey
13
18 Bob Said
14
14 Alessandro de Tomaso
15
16 George Constantine
16
17 Harry Blanchard
17
15 Fritz d'Orey
19
1 Rodger Ward
PIT
22 Phil Cade pit lane start
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.
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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