1959 Dutch Grand Prix

1959 Dutch Grand Prix
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Zandvoort original layout
Race details
Date	31 May 1959
Official name	VII Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.193 km (2.605 miles)
Distance	75 laps, 314.475 km (195.406 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Jo Bonnier	BRM
Time	1:36.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
Time	1.36.6 on lap 42
Podium
First	Jo Bonnier	BRM
Second	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Third	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax
Lap leaders

The 1959 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 31 May 1959. It was the ninth Dutch Grand Prix. The race was held over 75 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 314 kilometres. It was race 3 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 2 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

The race was won by Swedish driver Joakim Bonnier driving a BRM P25. It would be the only World Championship victory of Bonnier's fifteen-year Grand Prix career. It was the first pole position and also the first win for the Owen Racing Organisation, the race team of the constructor BRM, and also the first pole position and win for a BRM-engine, after almost a decade of effort. Bonnier won by fifteen seconds over Australian driver Jack Brabham driving a Cooper T51, to become the first Swedish driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix. Brabham's American teammate Masten Gregory was the only other driver to finish on the lead lap in his Cooper T51 in third position.

Brabham's second position expanded his championship points lead with Bonnier now second along with the Indianapolis 500 winner Rodger Ward.

The organisers wanted to have a local driver in the race, so Carel Godin de Beaufort was allowed to compete despite his car being a Porsche RSK sports car.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	7	Jo Bonnier	BRM	1:36.0	—
2	8	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:36.0	+0.0
3	11	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	1:36.2	+0.2
4	1	Jean Behra	Ferrari	1:36.6	+0.6
5	14	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	1:36.7	+0.7
6	6	Harry Schell	BRM	1:37.3	+1.3
7	9	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	1:37.6	+1.6
8	2	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	1:37.9	+1.9
9	12	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:38.3	+2.3
10	5	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	1:38.5	+2.5
11	10	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	1:38.7	+2.7
12	3	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1:39.2	+3.2
13	4	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	1:39.7	+3.7
14	15	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:44.5	+8.5
15	16	Cliff Allison	Ferrari
Source:

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Jo Bonnier	BRM	75	2:05:26.8	1	8
2	8	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	75	+ 14.2	2	6
3	9	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	75	+ 1:23.0	7	4
4	12	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	74	+ 1 Lap	9	3
5	1	Jean Behra	Ferrari	74	+ 1 Lap	4	2
6	3	Phil Hill	Ferrari	73	+ 2 Laps	12
7	14	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	73	+ 2 Laps	5
8	10	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	73	+ 2 Laps	11
9	16	Cliff Allison	Ferrari	71	+ 4 Laps	15
10	15	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	68	+ 7 Laps	14
Ret	11	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	62	Gearbox	3	1
Ret	6	Harry Schell	BRM	46	Gearbox	6
Ret	2	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	42	Oil Leak	8
Ret	5	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	25	Engine	10
Ret	4	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	3	Engine	13
Source:

Notes

• ^1 – 1 point for fastest lap

Additional information

This was the Formula One World Championship debut race for British driver Innes Ireland.

It was also the debut race for Aston Martin as a constructor and engine supplier in the Formula One World Championship.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Jack Brabham	15
21	2	Joakim Bonnier	8
1	3	Rodger Ward	8
1	4	Tony Brooks	6
1	5	Jim Rathmann	6
Source:

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Cooper-Climax	14
2	2	BRM	8
1	3	Ferrari	8
	4	Lotus-Climax	3
Source:

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.