1959 Season

9 rounds. Brabham won the title by 4 points over Brooks; Cooper-Climax won the constructors' championship by 8.

1959 race calendar with winners
Rd	Grand Prix	Date	Winner	Team	Laps	Time
1	Monaco Grand Prix	10 May	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	100	2:55:51.3
2	Indianapolis 500	30 May	Rodger Ward	Watson	200	3:40:49.20
3	Dutch Grand Prix	31 May	Jo Bonnier	BRM	75	2:05:26.8
4	French Grand Prix	5 Jul	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	50	2:01:26.5
5	British Grand Prix	18 Jul	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	75	2:30:11.6
6	German Grand Prix	2 Aug	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	60	2:09:31.6
7	Portuguese Grand Prix	23 Aug	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	62	2:11:55.41
8	Italian Grand Prix	13 Sep	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	72	2:04:05.4
9	United States Grand Prix	12 Dec	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	42	2:12:35.7

1959 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Jack Brabham	Australian	Cooper-Climax	31
2	Tony Brooks	British	Ferrari	27	−4
3	Stirling Moss	British	Cooper-Climax	25.5	−5.5
4	Phil Hill	American	Ferrari	20	−11
5	Maurice Trintignant	French	Cooper-Climax	19	−12
6	Bruce McLaren	New Zealander	Cooper-Climax	16.5	−14.5
7	Dan Gurney	American	Ferrari	13	−18
8	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	BRM	10	−21
9	Masten Gregory	American	Cooper-Climax	10	−21
10	Rodger Ward	American	Kurtis Kraft	8	−23
11	Jim Rathmann	American	Watson	6	−25
12	Johnny Thomson	American	Lesovsky	5	−26
13	Harry Schell	American	Cooper-Climax	5	−26
14	Innes Ireland	British	Team Lotus	5	−26
15	Olivier Gendebien	Belgian	Ferrari	3	−28
16	Tony Bettenhausen	American	Epperly	3	−28
17	Cliff Allison	British	Ferrari	2	−29
18	Jean Behra	French	Ferrari	2	−29
19	Paul Goldsmith	American	Epperly	2	−29
20	Roy Salvadori	British	Cooper-Maserati	0	−31
21	Ron Flockhart	British	BRM	0	−31
22	Ian Burgess	British	Cooper-Maserati	0	−31
23	Wolfgang von Trips	German	Ferrari	0	−31
24	Johnny Boyd	American	Epperly	0	−31
25	Graham Hill	British	Team Lotus	0	−31
26	Harry Blanchard	American	Porsche	0	−31
27	Duane Carter	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
28	Carroll Shelby	American	Aston Martin	0	−31
29	Giorgio Scarlatti	Italian	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
30	Alan Stacey	British	Team Lotus	0	−31
31	Eddie Johnson	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
32	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Dutch	Maserati	0	−31
33	Paul Russo	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
34	Fritz d'Orey	Brazilian	Tec-Mec	0	−31
35	Chris Bristow	British	Cooper-Borgward	0	−31
36	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Portuguese	Cooper-Maserati	0	−31
37	Anthony Foyt	American	Kuzma	0	−31
38	Colin Davis	British	Cooper-Maserati	0	−31
39	Gene Hartley	American	Kuzma	0	−31
40	Henry Taylor	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
41	Peter Ashdown	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
42	Bob Veith	American	Moore	0	−31
43	Ivor Bueb	British	Cooper-Borgward	0	−31
44	Al Herman	American	Dunn	0	−31
45	Jimmy Daywalt	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
46	Chuck Arnold	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
47	Giulio Cabianca	Italian	Maserati	0	−31
48	Jim McWithey	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
49	Hans Herrmann	German	BRM	0	−31
50	Alessandro de Tomaso	Argentine-Italian	Cooper-OSCA	0	−31
51	George Constantine	American	Cooper-Borgward	0	−31
52	Bruce Halford	British	Team Lotus	0	−31
53	Jack Fairman	British	Cooper-Maserati	0	−31
54	Eddie Sachs	American	Kuzma	0	−31
55	Al Keller	American	Kuzma	0	−31
56	Bob Said	American	Connaught	0	−31
57	Phil Cade	American	Maserati	0	−31
58	Alain de Changy	Belgian	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
59	Pat Flaherty	American	Watson	0	−31
60	Lucien Bianchi	Belgian	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
61	Dick Rathmann	American	Watson	0	−31
62	Bill Cheesbourg	American	Kuzma	0	−31
63	Maria de Filippis	Italian	Porsche	0	−31
64	David Piper	British	Team Lotus	0	−31
65	Azdrubal Fontes	Uruguayan	Maserati	0	−31
66	Don Freeland	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
67	Pete Lovely	American	Team Lotus	0	−31
68	Brian Naylor	British	JBW	0	−31
69	Ray Crawford	American	Elder	0	−31
70	Jean Lucienbonnet	French	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
71	Mike Taylor	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
72	Don Branson	American	Phillips	0	−31
73	André Testut	Monegasque	Maserati	0	−31
74	Bob Christie	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
75	Keith Greene	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
76	Bobby Grim	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
77	Bill Moss	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
78	Mike Parkes	British	Fry	0	−31
79	Jack Turner	American	Christensen	0	−31
80	Dennis Taylor	British	Team Lotus	0	−31
81	Chuck Weyant	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
82	Jud Larson	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
83	Trevor Taylor	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
84	Mike Magill	American	Sutton	0	−31
85	Tim Parnell	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−31
86	Red Amick	American	Kurtis Kraft	0	−31
87	Len Sutton	American	Lesovsky	0	−31
88	Jimmy Bryan	American	Epperly	0	−31

1959 constructors' championship standings
Pos	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Cooper-Climax	40
2	Ferrari	32	−8
3	BRM	18	−22
4	Team Lotus	5	−35
5	Aston Martin	0	−40
6	Cooper-Maserati	0	−40
7	Kurtis Kraft	0	−40
8	Porsche	0	−40
9	Maserati	0	−40
10	Cooper-Borgward	0	−40
11	Cooper-OSCA	0	−40
12	Tec-Mec	0	−40
13	Connaught	0	−40
14	JBW	0	−40
15	Vanwall	0	−40
16	Fry	0	−40