The 1959 French Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 1959 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Reims-Gueux, France on Sunday, 5 July 1959. Tony Brooks started on pole position for Ferrari and was the race winner.
During an interview with Beyond The Grid – The F1® Podcast released on 28 August 2019, Tony Brooks reminisced about this victory, his first for Scuderia Ferrari.
1959 French Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | Tony Brooks | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 50 | 2:01:26.500 | 2:01:26.500 | - | - | 8 | ||
| 2 | 26 | Phil Hill | United States | Ferrari | Dunlop | 50 | +27.500 | 2:01:54.000 | +27.500 | +27.500 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 8 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 50 | +97.700 | 2:03:04.200 | +1:37.700 | +1:10.200 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 22 | Olivier Gendebien | Belgium | Ferrari | Dunlop | 50 | +107.500 | 2:03:14.000 | +1:47.500 | +9.800 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 12 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 50 | +107.700 | 2:03:14.200 | +1:47.700 | +0.200 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 44 | Ron Flockhart | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 50 | +125.700 | 2:03:32.200 | +2:05.700 | +18.000 | |||
| 7 | 6 | Harry Schell | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 47 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 3 laps | ||||
| 8 | 40 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Italy | Maserati | 41 | DSQ | 9 laps | 6 laps | |||||
| 9 | 42 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Netherlands | Maserati | 40 | +9 laps | 10 laps | 1 lap | |||||
| 10 | 38 | Fritz d'Orey | Brazil | Maserati | Pirelli | 40 | +10 laps | 10 laps | |||||
| 11 | 14 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 36 | +10 laps | 14 laps | 4 laps | ||||
| DSQ | 2 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 42 | +14 laps | 2:22.800 | 40 | 1 | |||
| DNF | 30 | Jean Behra | France | Ferrari | Dunlop | 31 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 16 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | 20 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 28 | Dan Gurney | United States | Ferrari | Dunlop | 19 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 34 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 14 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 18 | Ian Burgess | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | 13 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 10 | Masten Gregory | United States | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 8 | DNF | ||||||
| DNF | 32 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 7 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 20 | Colin Davis | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | 7 | DNF | |||||||
| DNF | 4 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | BRM | Dunlop | 6 | DNF | ||||||
| DNA | 36 | Azdrubal Fontes | Uruguay | Maserati |