The 1959 British Grand Prix was Round 5 of the 1959 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Aintree Racecourse, United Kingdom on Sunday, 18 July 1959. Jack Brabham started on pole position in the Cooper Climax and was the race winner.
1959 British Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 75 | 2:30:11.600 | 2:30:11.600 | - | - | 1:57.800 | 28 | 8 |
| 2 | 6 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 75 | +22.200 | 2:30:33.800 | +22.200 | +22.200 | 1:57.000 | 69 | 6.5 |
| 3 | 16 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 75 | +22.400 | 2:30:34.000 | +22.400 | +0.200 | 1:57.000 | 75 | 4.5 |
| 4 | 8 | Harry Schell | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:59.400 | 26 | 3 | |
| 5 | 18 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:59.200 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Aston Martin | 74 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 2:00.400 | 37 | ||||
| 7 | 14 | Masten Gregory | United States | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 73 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:58.800 | 70 | ||
| 8 | 30 | Alan Stacey | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 71 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 2 laps | 2:04.200 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 28 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 70 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 1 lap | 2:01.600 | 8 | |||
| 10 | 48 | Chris Bristow | Great Britain | Cooper Borgward | 70 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 2:05.800 | 39 | ||||
| 11 | 58 | Henry Taylor | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | 69 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 1 lap | 2:07.400 | 29 | |||
| 12 | 52 | Peter Ashdown | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | 69 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 2:08.200 | 61 | ||||
| 13 | 46 | Ivor Bueb | Great Britain | Cooper Borgward | 69 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 2:08.000 | 16 | ||||
| DNF | 4 | Carroll Shelby | United States | Aston Martin | 69 | DNF | 2:00.000 | 45 | |||||
| DNF | 40 | Fritz d'Orey | Brazil | Maserati | Pirelli | 57 | DNF | 2:01.800 | 17 | ||||
| DNF | 42 | Ron Flockhart | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 53 | DNF | 2:00.200 | 49 | ||||
| DNF | 38 | Jack Fairman | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | 39 | DNF | 2:05.800 | 28 | |||||
| DNF | 10 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | BRM | Dunlop | 37 | DNF | 2:01.200 | 35 | ||||
| DNF | 22 | Ian Burgess | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | 31 | DNF | 2:00.400 | 10 | |||||
| DNF | 24 | Hans Herrmann | Germany | Cooper Maserati | 21 | DNF | 2:07.200 | 16 | |||||
| DNF | 64 | David Piper | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 19 | DNF | 2:10.200 | 12 | |||||
| DNF | 36 | Brian Naylor | Great Britain | JBW Maserati | 18 | DNF | 2:02.000 | 2 | |||||
| DNF | 50 | Mike Taylor | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | 17 | DNF | 2:11.000 | 15 | |||||
| DNF | 20 | Tony Brooks | Great Britain | Vanwall | Dunlop | 13 | DNF | 2:05.600 | 6 | ||||
| DNQ | 54 | Keith Greene | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | DNQ | ||||||||
| DNQ | 56 | Bill Moss | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | DNQ | ||||||||
| DNQ | 60 | Mike Parkes | Great Britain | Fry Climax | DNQ | ||||||||
| DNQ | 62 | Dennis Taylor | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | DNQ | ||||||||
| DNQ | 44 | Trevor Taylor | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | DNQ | ||||||||
| DNQ | 66 | Tim Parnell | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | DNQ |