1959 Portuguese Grand Prix

Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monsanto on 23 August 1959. It was race 7 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 6 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the eighth Portuguese Grand Prix and the second to be included in the World Championship of Drivers. It was the third time the race was held at Monsanto and the first for Formula One. The race was held over 62 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 337 kilometres.

The race was won by British driver Stirling Moss, his eleventh Grand Prix victory, driving a Cooper T51 for privateer race team Rob Walker Racing Team. Moss finished a lap ahead of American racer Masten Gregory driving a similar Cooper T51 for the factory Cooper Car Company team. American Scuderia Ferrari driver Dan Gurney finished third in his Ferrari Dino 246.

Race report

Wins in France and Germany had given Tony Brooks a healthy second place in the championship behind Jack Brabham. Stirling Moss improved on his poor championship position with a dominating drive, lapping the entire field. Phil Hill and Graham Hill crashed into each other on lap 6, whilst Brabham had an enormous somersaulting crash from which he emerged unscathed. Gurney was the only Ferrari in the top eight with Maurice Trintignant and Harry Schell rounding off the top five.

With Brabham failing to finish and Brooks finishing a distant five laps down in ninth, Moss closed the gap to just 9½ points behind Brabham and 5½ points behind Brooks in the championship race.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	4	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	2:02.9
2	1	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2:04.9	+2.0
3	2	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	2:06.3	+3.4
4	5	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	2:07.4	+4.5
5	7	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	BRM	2:07.9	+5.0
6	16	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Ferrari	2:08.0	+5.1
7	15	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	Ferrari	2:08.1	+5.2
8	3	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	2:08.2	+5.3
9	6	Template:Flagicon Harry Schell	BRM	2:09.1	+6.2
10	14	Template:Flagicon Tony Brooks	Ferrari	2:11.0	+8.1
11	8	Template:Flagicon Ron Flockhart	BRM	2:11.2	+8.3
12	10	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	2:13.3	+10.4
13	9	Template:Flagicon Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	2:13.6	+10.7
14	18	Template:Flagicon Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper-Maserati	2:15.3	+12.4
15	11	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	2:15.6	+12.7
16	12	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	2:18.5	+15.6
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	62	2:11:55.41	1	9Template:Ref
2	2	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	61	+ 1 Lap	3	6
3	16	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Ferrari	61	+ 1 Lap	6	4
4	5	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	60	+ 2 Laps	4	3
5	6	Template:Flagicon Harry Schell	BRM	59	+ 3 Laps	9	2
6	10	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	59	+ 3 Laps	12
7	8	Template:Flagicon Ron Flockhart	BRM	59	+ 3 Laps	11
8	9	Template:Flagicon Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	58	+ 4 Laps	13
9	14	Template:Flagicon Tony Brooks	Ferrari	57	+ 5 Laps	10
10	18	Template:Flagicon Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper-Maserati	56	+ 6 Laps	14
Ret	3	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	38	Transmission	8
Ret	1	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	23	Collision	2
Ret	7	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	BRM	10	Engine	5
Ret	15	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	Ferrari	5	Accident	7
Ret	11	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	5	Accident	15
Ret	12	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	3	Gearbox	16
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Notes

• Template:Note – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	27
	2	Template:Flagicon Tony Brooks	23
3	3	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	17.5
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	4	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	13
	5	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	12
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Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Template:Flagicon Cooper-Climax	34 (37)
	2	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	28
	3	Template:Flagicon BRM	18
	4	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Climax	3
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• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results counted towards each Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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