Season 1959 · Round 6

German Grand Prix

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1959-08-02 · AVUS · Germany · German Grand Prix · 2Lap · 498.000km
2 Tony Brooks
Ferrari 2:09:31.600
Team win 19pt P1 · P2 · P3 · P14 1-2
36 Dan Gurney
Ferrari +2.900
5 Phil Hill
Ferrari +1:04.800
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Bruce McLaren L36 Hans Herrmann L36 Masten Gregory L23 Jack Brabham L15 Graham Hill L10 Innes Ireland L7 Cliff Allison L2 Stirling Moss L1
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Circuit Info
AVUS Berlin, Germany
2Lap 498.000km 1 races held (1959–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P8 Tony Brooks 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
P15 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Starts
P4 Graham Hill 16 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P15 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P25 Jo Bonnier 10 starts · → Mark Webber -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L60 Brooks · P1 → P1 1 Brooks BRO 1 Brooks BRO Gurney · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Gurney GUR 2 Gurney GUR Hill · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Hill HIL 3 Hill HIL Trintignant · P12 → P4 · +8 12 Trintignant TRI 4 Trintignant TRI Bonnier · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Bonnier BON 5 Bonnier BON Burgess · P15 → P6 · +9 15 Burgess BUR 6 Burgess BUR Schell · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Schell SCH 7 Schell SCH McLaren · P9 → retired L36 McLaren · retired L36 9 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Herrmann · P11 → retired L36 Herrmann · retired L36 11 Herrmann HER R Herrmann HER Gregory · P5 → retired L23 Gregory · retired L23 5 Gregory GRE R Gregory GRE Brabham · P4 → retired L15 Brabham · retired L15 4 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Hill · P10 → retired L10 Hill · retired L10 10 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Ireland · P13 → retired L7 Ireland · retired L7 13 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Allison · P14 → retired L2 Allison · retired L2 14 Allison ALL R Allison ALL Moss · P2 → retired L1 Moss · retired L1 2 Moss MOS R Moss MOS
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Tony Brooks Ferrari 1 60 2:09:31.600 9
2 36 Dan Gurney Ferrari 3 60 +2.900 6
3 5 Phil Hill Ferrari 6 60 +1:04.800 4
4 6 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 12 59 +1 Lap 3
5 6 Jo Bonnier BRM 7 58 +2 Laps 2
6 42 Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 15 56 +4 Laps
7 19 Harry Schell BRM 8 49 +11 Laps
R 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 9 36 Transmission
R 11 Hans Herrmann BRM 11 36 Accident
R 2 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 5 23 Engine
R 8 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 4 15 Transmission
R 18 Graham Hill Team Lotus 10 10 Gearbox
R 10 Innes Ireland Team Lotus 13 7 Differential
R 3 Cliff Allison Ferrari 14 2 Clutch
R 7 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 2 1 Transmission
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Tony Brooks
2
7 Stirling Moss
3
36 Dan Gurney
4
8 Jack Brabham
5
2 Masten Gregory
6
5 Phil Hill
7
6 Jo Bonnier
8
19 Harry Schell
9
9 Bruce McLaren
10
18 Graham Hill
11
11 Hans Herrmann
12
6 Maurice Trintignant
13
10 Innes Ireland
14
3 Cliff Allison
15
42 Ian Burgess
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