Season 1959 · Round 7

Portuguese Grand Prix

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1959-08-23 · Monsanto Park Circuit · Portugal · Portuguese Grand Prix · 62Lap · 337.280km
7 Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax 2:11:55.410
Team win 18pt P1 · P2 · P4 · P11 · P12 1-2
2 Masten Gregory
Cooper-Climax
36 Dan Gurney
Ferrari
Fastest Lap
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DNF
6
Bruce McLaren L38 Jack Brabham L23 Jo Bonnier L10 Phil Hill L5 Graham Hill L5 Innes Ireland L3
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Circuit Info
Monsanto Park Circuit Lisbon, Portugal
62Lap 337.280km 1 races held (1959–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Stirling Moss 2 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P5 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Stirling Moss -1
Starts
P37 Stirling Moss 3 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P37 Jack Brabham 3 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P37 Jo Bonnier 3 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L62 Moss · P1 → P1 1 Moss MOS 1 Moss MOS Gregory · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Gregory GRE 2 Gregory GRE Gurney · P6 → P3 · +3 6 Gurney GUR 3 Gurney GUR Trintignant · P4 → P4 4 Trintignant TRI 4 Trintignant TRI Schell · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Schell SCH 5 Schell SCH Salvadori · P12 → P6 · +6 12 Salvadori SAL 6 Salvadori SAL Flockhart · P11 → P7 · +4 11 Flockhart FLO 7 Flockhart FLO Shelby · P13 → P8 · +5 13 Shelby SHE 8 Shelby SHE Brooks · P10 → P9 · +1 10 Brooks BRO 9 Brooks BRO Cabral · P14 → P10 · +4 14 Cabral CAB 10 Cabral CAB McLaren · P8 → retired L38 McLaren · retired L38 8 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Brabham · P2 → retired L23 Brabham · retired L23 2 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Bonnier · P5 → retired L10 Bonnier · retired L10 5 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Hill · P7 → retired L5 Hill · retired L5 7 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Hill · P15 → retired L5 Hill · retired L5 15 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Ireland · P16 → retired L3 Ireland · retired L3 16 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1 62 2:11:55.410 9
2 2 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 3 61 +1 Lap 6
3 36 Dan Gurney Ferrari 6 61 +1 Lap 4
4 6 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 4 60 +2 Laps 3
5 19 Harry Schell BRM 9 59 +3 Laps 2
6 12 Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 12 59 +3 Laps
7 4 Ron Flockhart BRM 11 59 +3 Laps
8 26 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin 13 58 +4 Laps
9 2 Tony Brooks Ferrari 10 57 +5 Laps
10 18 Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Maserati 14 56 +6 Laps
R 9 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 8 38 Transmission
R 8 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2 23 Transmission
R 6 Jo Bonnier BRM 5 10 Engine
R 5 Phil Hill Ferrari 7 5 Accident
R 18 Graham Hill Team Lotus 15 5 Accident
R 10 Innes Ireland Team Lotus 16 3 Gearbox
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Stirling Moss
2
8 Jack Brabham
3
2 Masten Gregory
4
6 Maurice Trintignant
5
6 Jo Bonnier
6
36 Dan Gurney
7
5 Phil Hill
8
9 Bruce McLaren
9
19 Harry Schell
10
2 Tony Brooks
11
4 Ron Flockhart
12
12 Roy Salvadori
13
26 Carroll Shelby
14
18 Mário de Araújo Cabral
15
18 Graham Hill
16
10 Innes Ireland
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