1959 Lavant Cup

1959 Lavant Cup
1959 Lavant Cup
Race details
Date	30 March 1959
Official name	X Lavant Cup
Location	Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.863 km (2.408 miles)
Distance	15 laps, 57.93 km (36.12 miles)
Weather	Wet
Attendance	40,000
Pole position
Driver	Jack Brabham;
Fastest lap
Driver	Roy Salvadori
Time	1:30.2
Podium
First	Jack Brabham;
Second	Roy Salvadori;
Third	Jim Russell;

The 10th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run to Formula Two rules, held on 30 March 1959 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 15 laps, and was won from pole position by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T45-Climax. Roy Salvadori was second in a Cooper T43-Climax and set fastest lap, and Jim Russell was third in a Cooper T45-Climax.^[1]^[2]

Results[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	21	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T45-Climax	23:08.4	1
2	20	Roy Salvadori	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper T45-Climax	+0.4s	2
3	26	Jim Russell	J. Russell	Cooper T45-Climax	+12.8s	3
4	37	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus 12-Climax	15 laps	7
5	23	Masten Gregory	Alan Brown Equipe	Cooper T45-Climax	15 laps	4
6	24	Bruce McLaren	Alan Brown Equipe	Cooper T45-Climax	15 laps	5
7	27	Tony Marsh	T. Marsh	Cooper T45-Climax	15 laps	6
8	25	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Cooper T43-Climax	+1 lap	8
9	38	Bruce Halford	John Fisher Equipe	Lotus 16-Climax	+1 laps	10
10	19	Ivor Bueb	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T51-Borgward	+1 lap	9
11	31	Jackie Lewis	H&L Motors	Cooper T45-Climax	+1 lap	11
12	18	George Wicken	British Racing Partnership	Cooper T51-Borgward	+2 laps	12
13	39	Dennis Taylor	D. Taylor	Lotus 12-Climax	+2 laps	14
	22	Jean Lucienbonnet	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T45-Climax		21
	28	Tim Parnell	R.H.H. Parnell	Cooper T45-Climax		15
	29	Bill Moss	United Racing Stable	Cooper T51-Climax		18
	30	John Campbell-Jones	J. Campbell-Jones	Cooper T43-Climax		20
	32	Dickie Stoop	R. Stoop	Cooper T43-Climax		13
	33	Norman Barclay	N. Barclay	Cooper T43-Climax		17
	34	Jimmy Stuart	J.T. Stuart	Cooper T43-Climax		16
	36	Trevor Taylor	Ace Garage Rotherham	Cooper T51-Climax		19
DNS	35	Chris Bristow	Bradstock Motors Ltd.	Cooper T43-Climax		-
DNA	17	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper T43-Borgward		-
DNA	24	Mike Taylor	Alan Brown Equipe	Cooper T45-Climax	car driven by Bruce McLaren	-
DNA	29	Cliff Allison	United Racing Stable	Cooper T51-Climax	car driven by Bill Moss	-