The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was Round 7 of the 1959 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Monsanto Park Circuit in Portugal on Sunday, 23 August 1959. Stirling Moss started on pole position in a Cooper Climax and was the race winner.
1959 Portuguese Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 62 | 2:11:55.410 | 2:11:55.410 | - | - | 2:05.070 | 28 | 9 |
| 2 | 2 | Masten Gregory | United States | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 61 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 2:07.330 | 5 | 6 | |
| 3 | 16 | Dan Gurney | United States | Ferrari | Dunlop | 61 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 2:07.850 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 60 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 2:08.050 | 5 | 3 | |
| 5 | 6 | Harry Schell | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 59 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 2:11.370 | 6 | 2 | |
| 6 | 10 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Aston Martin | 59 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2:12.560 | 19 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | Ron Flockhart | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 59 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 2:10.170 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 9 | Carroll Shelby | United States | Aston Martin | 58 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1 lap | 2:14.990 | 18 | |||
| 9 | 14 | Tony Brooks | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 57 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 1 lap | 2:11.550 | 10 | ||
| 10 | 18 | Nicha Cabral | Portugal | Cooper Maserati | 56 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 1 lap | 2:16.910 | 40 | |||
| DNF | 3 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 38 | DNF | 2:07.530 | 13 | ||||
| DNF | 1 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 23 | DNF | 2:06.980 | 11 | ||||
| DNF | 7 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | BRM | Dunlop | 10 | DNF | 2:13.170 | 3 | ||||
| DNF | 15 | Phil Hill | United States | Ferrari | Dunlop | 5 | DNF | 2:09.800 | 5 | ||||
| DNF | 11 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 5 | DNF | 2:12.400 | 5 | |||||
| DNF | 12 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 3 | DNF | 2:31.430 | 1 |