1959 standings

Final standings, United States Grand Prix, 12 Dec 1959. Race results · Team-mate head-to-head · 1958 · 1960

Championship progression

Points after each round for the top eight drivers in the final standings. Hover or tap for a round.

Constructors, top six.

Drivers

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

Constructors

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

Standings after each round

Rd	Race	Winner	Leader after the race	Pts
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	9
2	Indianapolis 500	Rodger Ward	Jack Brabham	9
3	Dutch Grand Prix	Jo Bonnier	Jack Brabham	15
4	French Grand Prix	Tony Brooks	Jack Brabham	19
5	British Grand Prix	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	27
6	German Grand Prix	Tony Brooks	Jack Brabham	27
7	Portuguese Grand Prix	Stirling Moss	Jack Brabham	27
8	Italian Grand Prix	Stirling Moss	Jack Brabham	31
9	United States Grand Prix	Bruce McLaren	Jack Brabham	31