Sports car world championship 1959
The sports car world championship in 1959 was the seventh season of this championship. It began on March 21st and ended on September 5th, 1959.
championship
The 1959 World Sports Car Championship was not decided until the last race, the RAC Tourist Trophy in Goodwood . Should the Aston Martin team win the race, a Scuderia Ferrari vehicle would have to finish second in order for Ferrari to successfully defend the title. Carroll Shelby , Jack Fairman and Stirling Moss won for Aston Martin, and Ferrari missed the title by 2 seconds. That was the deficit that Tony Brooks had on the second-placed Porsche driver Wolfgang von Trips .
It was the third overall victory for Aston Martin this year, after the successes at the Nürburgring and at Le Mans . At the season opening in Sebring , Dan Gurney and Chuck Daigh had remained victorious for Ferrari.
The Porsche Team celebrated a historic success at the Targa Florio . It was the first overall victory for the German sports car manufacturer in a race in the sports car world championship.
Racing calendar
| No. | date | Race name / circuit |
team | Overall winner | vehicle | championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 21st |
 Sebring 12-hour race( Sebring International Raceway ) |
 Scuderia Ferrari
|
Dan Gurney Chuck Daigh
|
Ferrari 250TR59 | Brands |
| 2 | May 24th |
Targa Florio ( Piccolo circuito delle Madonie ) |
 Porsche KG
|
Edgar Barth Wolfgang Seidel
|
Porsche 718 RSK | Brands |
| 3 | June 7th |
1000 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring ) |
 David Brown
|
Stirling Moss Jack Fairman
|
Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 | Brands |
| 4th | June 20-21 |
 24 Hours of Le Mans( Circuit des 24 Heures ) |
David Brown Racing Dept.
|
Carroll Shelby Roy Salvadori
|
Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 | Brands |
| 5 | 5th September |
RAC Tourist Trophy ( Goodwood Circuit ) |
David Brown
|
Carroll Shelby Jack Fairman Stirling Moss
|
Aston Martin DBR1 / 300 | Brands |
Brand world championship for designers
Overall rating
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Aston Martin
|
8th | 8th | 8th | 24 | ||
| 2 |
Ferrari
|
8th | 6th | 4th | (4) | 18th | |
| 3 |
Porsche
|
4th | 8th | (3) | 6th | 18th | |
| 4th |
Maserati
|
2 | 2 | ||||
| 5 = |
Alfa Romeo
|
1 | 1 | ||||
| 5 = |
Lola
|
1 | 1 |
literature
- Alain Bienvenu: Endurance. 50 ans d'histoire. Volume 2: 1964-1981. Éditions ETAI, Boulogne-Billancourt 2004, ISBN 2-7268-9327-9 .
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .