Season 1959 · Round 4

French Grand Prix

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1959-07-05 · Reims-Gueux · France · French Grand Prix · 50Lap · 417.383km
2 Tony Brooks
Ferrari 2:01:26.500
Team win 17pt P1 · P2 · P4 · P13 · P15 1-2
5 Phil Hill
Ferrari +27.500
8 Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax +1:37.700
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Jean Behra L31 Roy Salvadori L20 Dan Gurney L19 Innes Ireland L14 Ian Burgess L13 Masten Gregory L8 Graham Hill L7 Colin Davis L7 Jo Bonnier L6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 6/10 60%
Closest finish · all-time P6
Circuit Info
Reims-Gueux Reims, France
50Lap 417.383km 11 races held (1950–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P7 Dan Gurney 2 wins · → Jackie Stewart -1
P15 Tony Brooks 1 wins · → Niki Lauda -1
Starts
P1 Graham Hill 17 starts · GP #1
P6 Maurice Trintignant 13 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P12 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L50 Brooks · P1 → P1 1 Brooks BRO 1 Brooks BRO Hill · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Hill HIL 2 Hill HIL Brabham · P2 → P3 · -1 2 Brabham BRA 3 Brabham BRA Gendebien · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Gendebien GEN 4 Gendebien GEN McLaren · P10 → P5 · +5 10 McLaren MCL 5 McLaren MCL Flockhart · P13 → P6 · +7 13 Flockhart FLO 6 Flockhart FLO Schell · P9 → P7 · +2 9 Schell SCH 7 Schell SCH Scarlatti · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Scarlatti SCA 8 Scarlatti SCA de Beaufort · P20 → P9 · +11 20 de Beaufort DE 9 de Beaufort DE d'Orey · P18 → P10 · +8 18 d'Orey D'O 10 d'Orey D'O Trintignant · P8 → P11 · -3 8 Trintignant TRI 11 Trintignant TRI Moss · P4 → P12 · -8 4 Moss MOS 12 Moss MOS Behra · P5 → retired L31 Behra · retired L31 5 Behra BEH R Behra BEH Salvadori · P16 → retired L20 Salvadori · retired L20 16 Salvadori SAL R Salvadori SAL Gurney · P12 → retired L19 Gurney · retired L19 12 Gurney GUR R Gurney GUR Ireland · P15 → retired L14 Ireland · retired L14 15 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Burgess · P19 → retired L13 Burgess · retired L13 19 Burgess BUR R Burgess BUR Gregory · P7 → retired L8 Gregory · retired L8 7 Gregory GRE R Gregory GRE Hill · P14 → retired L7 Hill · retired L7 14 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Davis · P17 → retired L7 Davis · retired L7 17 Davis DAV R Davis DAV Bonnier · P6 → retired L6 Bonnier · retired L6 6 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Fontes · pit lane → P22 · +1 — Fontes FON 22 Fontes FON
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Tony Brooks Ferrari 1 50 2:01:26.500 8
2 5 Phil Hill Ferrari 3 50 +27.500 6
3 8 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2 50 +1:37.700 4
4 38 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 11 50 +1:47.500 3
5 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 10 50 +1:47.700 2
6 4 Ron Flockhart BRM 13 50 +2:05.700
7 19 Harry Schell BRM 9 47 +3 Laps
8 10 Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 21 41 +9 Laps
9 42 Carel Godin de Beaufort Maserati 20 40 +10 Laps
10 15 Fritz d'Orey Maserati 18 40 +10 Laps
11 6 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 8 36 +14 Laps
D 7 Stirling Moss BRM 4 42 Disqualified 1
R 30 Jean Behra Ferrari 5 31 Engine
R 12 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Maserati 16 20 Engine
R 36 Dan Gurney Ferrari 12 19 Radiator
R 10 Innes Ireland Team Lotus 15 14 Wheel
R 42 Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 19 13 Engine
R 2 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 7 8 Physical
R 18 Graham Hill Team Lotus 14 7 Radiator
R 40 Colin Davis Cooper-Maserati 17 7 Oil leak
R 6 Jo Bonnier BRM 6 6 Engine
W 36 Azdrubal Fontes Maserati 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Tony Brooks
2
8 Jack Brabham
3
5 Phil Hill
4
7 Stirling Moss
5
30 Jean Behra
6
6 Jo Bonnier
7
2 Masten Gregory
8
6 Maurice Trintignant
9
19 Harry Schell
10
9 Bruce McLaren
11
38 Olivier Gendebien
12
36 Dan Gurney
13
4 Ron Flockhart
14
18 Graham Hill
15
10 Innes Ireland
16
12 Roy Salvadori
17
40 Colin Davis
18
15 Fritz d'Orey
19
42 Ian Burgess
20
42 Carel Godin de Beaufort
21
10 Giorgio Scarlatti
PIT
36 Azdrubal Fontes 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.
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