Season 1959 · Round 1

Monaco Grand Prix

1959 Season R2 →
1959-05-10 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 100Lap · 314.500km
8 Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax 2:55:51.300
Team win 15pt P1 · P3 · P5 · P7 · P13 1-3
2 Tony Brooks
Ferrari +20.400
6 Maurice Trintignant
Cooper-Climax
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
10
Stirling Moss L81 Ron Flockhart L64 Harry Schell L48 Jo Bonnier L44 Jean Behra L24 Graham Hill L21 Masten Gregory L6 Wolfgang von Trips L1 Cliff Allison L1 Bruce Halford L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 6 wins
Graham Hill active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
100Lap 314.500km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Graham Hill 5 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P5 Stirling Moss 3 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P9 Maurice Trintignant 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P6 Graham Hill 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P11 Jack Brabham 14 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P21 Bruce McLaren 12 starts · → Michele Alboreto -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L100 Brabham · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Brabham BRA 1 Brabham BRA Brooks · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Brooks BRO 2 Brooks BRO Trintignant · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Trintignant TRI 3 Trintignant TRI Hill · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Hill HIL 4 Hill HIL McLaren · P13 → P5 · +8 13 McLaren MCL 5 McLaren MCL Salvadori · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Salvadori SAL 6 Salvadori SAL Moss · P1 → retired L81 Moss · retired L81 1 Moss MOS R Moss MOS Flockhart · P10 → retired L64 Flockhart · retired L64 10 Flockhart FLO R Flockhart FLO Schell · P9 → retired L48 Schell · retired L48 9 Schell SCH R Schell SCH Bonnier · P7 → retired L44 Bonnier · retired L44 7 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Behra · P2 → retired L24 Behra · retired L24 2 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Hill · P14 → retired L21 Hill · retired L21 14 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Gregory · P11 → retired L6 Gregory · retired L6 11 Gregory GRE R Gregory GRE von Trips · P12 → retired L1 von Trips · retired L1 12 von Trips VON R von Trips VON Allison · P15 → retired L1 Allison · retired L1 15 Allison ALL R Allison ALL Halford · P16 → retired L1 Halford · retired L1 16 Halford HAL R Halford HAL
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 3 100 2:55:51.300 9
2 2 Tony Brooks Ferrari 4 100 +20.400 6
3 6 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 6 98 +2 Laps 4
4 5 Phil Hill Ferrari 5 97 +3 Laps 3
5 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 13 96 +4 Laps 2
6 12 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Maserati 8 83 +17 Laps
R 7 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1 81 Transmission
R 4 Ron Flockhart BRM 10 64 Spun off
R 19 Harry Schell BRM 9 48 Accident
R 6 Jo Bonnier BRM 7 44 Brakes
R 30 Jean Behra Ferrari 2 24 Engine
R 18 Graham Hill Team Lotus 14 21 Heat shield fire
R 2 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 11 6 Gearbox
R 4 Wolfgang von Trips Porsche 12 1 Collision
R 3 Cliff Allison Ferrari 15 1 Collision
R 44 Bruce Halford Team Lotus 16 1 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Stirling Moss
2
30 Jean Behra
3
8 Jack Brabham
4
2 Tony Brooks
5
5 Phil Hill
6
6 Maurice Trintignant
7
6 Jo Bonnier
8
12 Roy Salvadori
9
19 Harry Schell
10
4 Ron Flockhart
11
2 Masten Gregory
12
4 Wolfgang von Trips
13
9 Bruce McLaren
14
18 Graham Hill
15
3 Cliff Allison
16
44 Bruce Halford
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.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
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