Season 1959 · Round 5

British Grand Prix

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1959-07-18 · Aintree · UK · British Grand Prix · 75Lap · 362.100km
8 Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax 2:30:11.600
Team win 14.5pt P1 · P3 · P5 · P7 · P11 · P12 · P17 · P23 1-3
7 Stirling Moss
BRM +22.200
9 Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax +22.400
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Carroll Shelby L69 Fritz d'Orey L57 Ron Flockhart L53 Jack Fairman L39 Jo Bonnier L37 Ian Burgess L31 Hans Herrmann L21 David Piper L19 Brian Naylor L18 Mike Taylor L17 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost 5 wins
Closest finish · all-time P11
Circuit Info
Aintree Liverpool, UK
75Lap 362.100km 5 races held (1955–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Jack Brabham 3 wins · → Nigel Mansell -1
P17 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P17 Wolfgang von Trips 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Graham Hill 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P9 Jack Brabham 15 starts · → Jenson Button -2
P18 Jo Bonnier 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L75 Brabham · P1 → P1 1 Brabham BRA 1 Brabham BRA Moss · P7 → P2 · +5 7 Moss MOS 2 Moss MOS McLaren · P8 → P3 · +5 8 McLaren MCL 3 McLaren MCL Schell · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Schell SCH 4 Schell SCH Trintignant · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Trintignant TRI 5 Trintignant TRI Salvadori · P2 → P6 · -4 2 Salvadori SAL 6 Salvadori SAL Gregory · P5 → P7 · -2 5 Gregory GRE 7 Gregory GRE Stacey · P12 → P8 · +4 12 Stacey STA 8 Stacey STA Hill · P9 → P9 9 Hill HIL 9 Hill HIL Bristow · P16 → P10 · +6 16 Bristow BRI 10 Bristow BRI Taylor · P21 → P11 · +10 21 Taylor TAY 11 Taylor TAY Ashdown · P23 → P12 · +11 23 Ashdown ASH 12 Ashdown ASH Bueb · P18 → P13 · +5 18 Bueb BUE 13 Bueb BUE Shelby · P6 → retired L69 Shelby · retired L69 6 Shelby SHE R Shelby SHE d'Orey · P20 → retired L57 d'Orey · retired L57 20 d'Orey D'O R d'Orey D'O Flockhart · P11 → retired L53 Flockhart · retired L53 11 Flockhart FLO R Flockhart FLO Fairman · P15 → retired L39 Fairman · retired L39 15 Fairman FAI R Fairman FAI Bonnier · P10 → retired L37 Bonnier · retired L37 10 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Burgess · P13 → retired L31 Burgess · retired L31 13 Burgess BUR R Burgess BUR Herrmann · P19 → retired L21 Herrmann · retired L21 19 Herrmann HER R Herrmann HER Piper · P22 → retired L19 Piper · retired L19 22 Piper PIP R Piper PIP Naylor · P14 → retired L18 Naylor · retired L18 14 Naylor NAY R Naylor NAY Taylor · P24 → retired L17 Taylor · retired L17 24 Taylor TAY R Taylor TAY Brooks · P17 → retired L13 Brooks · retired L13 17 Brooks BRO R Brooks BRO
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 8 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 1 75 2:30:11.600 8
2 7 Stirling Moss BRM 7 75 +22.200 6.5
3 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 8 75 +22.400 4.5
4 19 Harry Schell BRM 3 74 +1 Lap 3
5 6 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 4 74 +1 Lap 2
6 12 Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 2 74 +1 Lap
7 2 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 5 73 +2 Laps
8 11 Alan Stacey Team Lotus 12 71 +4 Laps
9 18 Graham Hill Team Lotus 9 70 +5 Laps
10 48 Chris Bristow Cooper-Borgward 16 70 +5 Laps
11 58 Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 21 69 +6 Laps
12 52 Peter Ashdown Cooper-Climax 23 69 +6 Laps
13 46 Ivor Bueb Cooper-Borgward 18 69 +6 Laps
R 26 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 6 69 Ignition
R 15 Fritz d'Orey Maserati 20 57 Accident
R 4 Ron Flockhart BRM 11 53 Spun off
R 22 Jack Fairman Cooper-Climax 15 39 Gearbox
R 6 Jo Bonnier BRM 10 37 Brakes
R 42 Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 13 31 Transmission
R 11 Hans Herrmann Cooper-Maserati 19 21 Gearbox
R 64 David Piper Team Lotus 22 19 Overheating
R 36 Brian Naylor JBW 14 18 Transmission
R 50 Mike Taylor Cooper-Climax 24 17 Transmission
R 2 Tony Brooks Vanwall 17 13 Ignition
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
8 Jack Brabham
2
12 Roy Salvadori
3
19 Harry Schell
4
6 Maurice Trintignant
5
2 Masten Gregory
6
26 Carroll Shelby
7
7 Stirling Moss
8
9 Bruce McLaren
9
18 Graham Hill
10
6 Jo Bonnier
11
4 Ron Flockhart
12
11 Alan Stacey
13
42 Ian Burgess
14
36 Brian Naylor
15
22 Jack Fairman
16
48 Chris Bristow
17
2 Tony Brooks
18
46 Ivor Bueb
19
11 Hans Herrmann
20
15 Fritz d'Orey
21
58 Henry Taylor
22
64 David Piper
23
52 Peter Ashdown
24
50 Mike Taylor
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