1959 Monaco Grand Prix

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Flag of Monaco.svg 1959 Monaco Grand Prix
Racing data
1st of 9 races of the 1959 World Automobile Championship
Route profile
Surname: XVII Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco
Date: May 10, 1959
Place: Monte Carlo , Monaco
Course: Circuit de Monaco
Length: 314.5 km in 100 laps of 3.145 km

Weather: sunny, dry, hot
Pole position
Driver: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stirling Moss United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax
Time: 1: 39.6 min
Fastest lap
Driver: AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax
Time: 1: 40.4 min
Podium
First: AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax
Second: United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Brooks ItalyItaly Ferrari
Third: FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax

The 1959 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 10, 1959 on the Circuit de Monaco near Monte Carlo and was the first race of the 1959 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

Cooper T51

After the resignation of Juan Manuel Fangio and the fatal car accident of Mike Hawthorn , Formula 1 started again for the first time after the World Cup in 1950 without a reigning or former world champion in the field. This circumstance did not occur again until the 1994 Formula 1 World Championship . Vanwall had partially withdrawn from Formula 1 after the fatal accident of Stuart Lewis-Evans and only started in the 1959 Grand Prix of Great Britain . Tony Brooks then switched to Ferrari . Scuderia Ferrari had lost many drivers to accidents in the previous two years, which is why they were forced to reorganize in 1959. In addition to Brooks, they brought in Jean Behra from BRM and Cliff Allison from Lotus . Phil Hill got a regular cockpit at Ferrari after sporadic races and two podium places in the previous year. A further developed Ferrari Dino 246F1 was used as the car .

Cooper split from Roy Salvadori , but extended Jack Brabham's contract . Brabham's new teammates were Bruce McLaren and Masten Gregory . The team’s new car was the Cooper T51 , which, compared to Ferrari, was rear-engined, much lighter but less powerful. BRM started the new season with Harry Schell , Jo Bonnier and Ron Flockhart , while Graham Hill and Pete Lovely drove for Lotus , who was trying to qualify for a Grand Prix for the first time in his career.

Porsche entered two vehicles for the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix, but this was the team's only race participation of the season. The drivers were Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips and Maria Teresa de Filippis . For de Filippis, the only woman in the field, it was the last attempt to qualify for a race.

In previous years, the Maserati 250F was the most widely used car by private drivers. This changed at the beginning of the Formula 1 season in 1959, when seven drivers drove a private Cooper. The Rob Walker Racing Team started with Stirling Moss and Maurice Trintignant , both with a Cooper T51-Climax, but Moss also tested a Cooper T51 with a BRM engine in practice. Lucien Bianchi made his Formula 1 debut in a private Cooper T51, Alain de Changy and Jean Lucienbonnet each drove their only race, Lucienbonnet using the older Cooper T45 . Ivor Bueb drove for British Racing Partnership in a Cooper T51, Roy Salvadori tried to qualify in a Cooper T45 with a Maserati engine. Other drivers with private cars were Bruce Halford in a Lotus, as well as Giorgio Scarlatti in a Maserati and André Testut in a Maserati in his last Grand Prix.

Maserati had previously won the race twice, Ferrari and Cooper once each, Moss won once among the drivers and Trintignant twice. The Monaco Grand Prix was the first time in history, first in a Formula 1 season after most of in previous years Grand Prix of Argentina was the first race, the Grand Prix in 1959 but paused. Several non-World Championship grands prix took place weeks before, Moss won the Glover Trophy in Goodwood with Cooper, Brabham won the BRDC International Trophy in Silverstone with Cooper and Behra won the Ferrari in Aintree . This indicated a duel between Cooper and Ferrari before the start of the season, which was to determine the 1959 Formula 1 season. This duel was also the duel between the front engine concept and the rear engine concept, which influenced the basic structure of a Formula 1 car for the next few decades.

training

In training for the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix, the Cooper works team, Ferrari and the Rob Walker Racing Team dueled for pole position . Moss drove the fastest practice lap and secured the first pole position for the new Cooper T51 in its debut race. He was four tenths of a second faster than the runner-up Behra in the Ferrari. Brabham qualified in third place ahead of Ferrari drivers Brooks and Phil Hill. Moss' team-mate Trintignant completed the top group in sixth place.

The BRM and other Cooper drivers qualified in the midfield. Bonnier reached starting position seven ahead of Salvadori in a Cooper-Maserati. Bonnier's teammates were behind and completed the top ten. Of the top teams, Allison qualified for Ferrari, Graf Berghe von Trips for Porsche, Graham Hill for Lotus and both teammates from Brabham. Halford also made it to the starting grid with his private Lotus.

For safety reasons, only the best 16 drivers were allowed to compete in the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix, all others were eliminated from practice. This concerned Bueb, Scarlatti, Bianchi, Changy, de Filippis, Lovely, Lucienbonnet and Testut.

run

Jack Brabham's first win

Ferrari driver Behra won the starting duel, leading the first laps in front of Moss and Brabham. On the first lap of the race there was an accident in the back field, in which Graf Berghe von Trips, Halford and Allison collided. This accident ended the race for all three drivers, as well as for Porsche. In addition, Gregory retired on lap six with a gearbox failure.

Since hardly any overtaking maneuvers were possible on the narrow street circuit in Monte Carlo, the race decision was made due to failures and driving errors. Behra held the lead until lap 22 when his engine started to fail. First Moss overtook Behra, then Brabham passed him until he finally gave up the race on lap 24. Graham Hill had previously retired due to a fire on his Lotus. From lap 24, Moss led the race ahead of Brabham and Phil Hill, who spun several times, however, and fell behind Schell and Brooks. Two Cooper T51s were at the head of the field in front of a BRM, but BRM started a series of failures on lap 45, which affected all of their cars. First Bonnier parked his car with defective brakes, then Schell had an accident and on lap 64 the brakes also failed at Flockhart. BRM therefore left the first race of the season without points and without reaching the finish line.

On lap 81, Moss pitted with power transmission problems. Attempts were made to repair the damage, so Moss drove back on the track, but his car had to park one lap later anyway. This was the first time in his career that Brabham, who had been runner-up, took the lead in a Formula 1 race, which he did not give up until he crossed the finish line. Brabham thus became the first Australian Grand Prix winner, and it was also the first victory for the Cooper works team. Brabham also outbid on lap 83, Moss' fastest race lap that Moss had set up just three laps earlier. This also gave him one point for the fastest race lap. Brooks crossed the finish line in second place, Trintignant completed the podium in third place. While Brooks was only 20 seconds short of victory, Trintignant was already two laps behind the leaders. Another lap back, Phil Hill reached fourth place despite various spins, and fifth was McLaren, who got his first points. Salvadori finished sixth, no other cars reached the finish.

In the drivers 'championship, Brabham led for the first time in his career ahead of Brooks and Trintignant, in the constructors' championship only Ferrari and Cooper scored points. The 1959 Monaco Grand Prix was Brabham's only win on the racetrack, for Cooper it was the second of a total of three wins at this Grand Prix.

Registration list

team No. driver chassis engine tires
GermanyGermany F. Porsche KG 04th ItalyItaly Maria Teresa de Filippis Behra-Porsche Porsche 1.5 B4 D.
06th GermanyGermany Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips Porsche 718
BelgiumBelgium Equipe Nationale Belge 10 BelgiumBelgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper T51 Climax 1.5 L4 D.
12 BelgiumBelgium Alain de Changy
FranceFrance Jean Lucienbonnet 14th FranceFrance Jean Lucienbonnet Cooper T45 Climax 2.0 L4 D.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Owen Racing Organization 16 United States 48United States Harry Schell BRM P25 BRM 2.5 L4 D.
18th SwedenSweden Jo Bonnier
20th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ron Flockhart
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper Car Company 22nd New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper T51 Climax 2.2 L4 D.
24 AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham Climax 2.5 L4
26th United States 48United States Masts Gregory
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Rob Walker Racing Team 30th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper T51 Climax 2.5 L4 D.
BRM 2.5 L4
32 FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant Climax 2.5 L4
United KingdomUnited Kingdom British Racing Partnership 34 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ivor Bueb Cooper T51 Climax 1.5 L4 D.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom High efficiency motors 38 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roy Salvadori Cooper T45 Maserati 2.5 L4 D.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Team Lotus 40 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill Lotus 16 Climax 2.5 L4 D.
42 United States 48United States Pete Lovely
ItalyItaly Scuderia Ferrari 46 FranceFrance Jean Behra Ferrari Dino 246F1 Ferrari 2.4 V6 D.
48 United States 48United States Phil Hill
50 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Brooks
52 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cliff Allison Ferrari Dino 156F2 Ferrari 1.5 V6
ItalyItaly Scuderia Ugolini 54 United States 48United States Masts Gregory Maserati 250F Maserati 2.5 L6 D.
MonacoMonaco Monte Carlo Autosport 56 MonacoMonaco André Testut Maserati 250F Maserati 2.5 L6 P

Classifications

Starting grid

Item driver constructor time Ø speed begin
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stirling Moss United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 1: 39.6 113.67 km / h 01
02 FranceFrance Jean Behra ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 40.0 113.22 km / h 02
03 AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 1: 40.1 113.11 km / h 03
04th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Brooks ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 41.0 112.10 km / h 04th
05 United States 48United States Phil Hill ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 41.3 111.77 km / h 05
06th FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 1: 41.7 111.33 km / h 06th
07th SwedenSweden Jo Bonnier United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 1: 42.3 110.67 km / h 07th
08th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roy Salvadori United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper Maserati 1: 42.4 110.57 km / h 08th
09 United States 48United States Harry Schell United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 1: 43.0 109.92 km / h 09
10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ron Flockhart United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 1: 43.1 109.82 km / h 10
11 United States 48United States Masts Gregory United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 1: 43.2 109.71 km / h 11
12 GermanyGermany Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips GermanyGermany Porsche 1: 43.8 109.08 km / h 12
13 New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 1: 43.9 108.97 km / h 13
14th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 1: 43.9 108.97 km / h 14th
15th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cliff Allison ItalyItaly Ferrari 1: 44.78 108.05 km / h 15th
16 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bruce Halford United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 1: 44.8 108.03 km / h 16
17th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ivor Bueb United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 1: 44.9 107.93 km / h DNQ
18th ItalyItaly Giorgio Scarlatti ItalyItaly Maserati 1: 45.0 107.83 km / h DNQ
19th BelgiumBelgium Lucien Bianchi United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 1: 45.4 107.42 km / h DNQ
20th BelgiumBelgium Alain de Changy United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 1: 45.4 107.42 km / h DNQ
21st ItalyItaly Maria Teresa de Filippis GermanyGermany Porsche 1: 47.8 105.03 km / h DNQ
22nd United States 48United States Pete Lovely United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 1: 47.9 104.93 km / h DNQ
23 FranceFrance Jean Lucienbonnet United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 1: 50.9 102.09 km / h DNQ
24 MonacoMonaco André Testut ItalyItaly Maserati 1: 59.1 95.06 km / h DNQ

run

Item driver constructor Round Stops time begin Fastest lap Failure reason
01 AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 100 2: 55: 51.3 03 1: 40.4
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Brooks ItalyItaly Ferrari 100 + 20.4 04th 1: 42.5
03 FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 98 + 2 rounds 06th 1: 44.4
04th United States 48United States Phil Hill ItalyItaly Ferrari 97 + 3 rounds 05 1: 44.2
05 New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 96 + 4 rounds 13 1: 44.4
06th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Roy Salvadori United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper Maserati 83 + 17 rounds 08th 1: 43.7
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Stirling Moss United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 81 DNF 01 1: 42.3 Power transmission
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ron Flockhart United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 64 DNF 10 1: 45.7 Brakes / turners
- United States 48United States Harry Schell United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 48 DNF 09 1: 44.0 accident
- SwedenSweden Jo Bonnier United KingdomUnited Kingdom BRM 45 DNF 07th 1: 45.0 Brakes
- FranceFrance Jean Behra ItalyItaly Ferrari 24 DNF 02 1: 43.6 Engine failure
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Graham Hill United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 21st DNF 14th 1: 46.8 Fire
- United States 48United States Masts Gregory United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cooper-Climax 06th DNF 11 1: 49.1 transmission
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cliff Allison ItalyItaly Ferrari 01 DNF 15th 2: 02.1 accident
- United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bruce Halford United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lotus Climax 01 DNF 16 2: 02.7 accident
- GermanyGermany Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips GermanyGermany Porsche 01 DNF 12 2: 01.0 accident

World Cup stands after the race

The first five of the race got 8, 6, 4, 3, 2 points. The driver with the fastest race lap received an additional 1 point. Only the five best results from nine races counted. Only the points of the best placed driver on a team counted in the constructors' championship.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points
01 AustraliaAustralia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 9
02 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tony Brooks Ferrari 6th
03 FranceFrance Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax 4th
04th United States 48United States Phil Hill Ferrari 3
05 New ZealandNew Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points
01 United KingdomUnited Kingdom cooper 8th
02 ItalyItaly Ferrari 6th

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