The 1959 Italian Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1959 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at the Monza circuit in Italy on Sunday, 13 September 1959. Stirling Moss started on pole position in a Cooper Climax and was the race winner.
1959 Italian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 72 | 2:04:05.400 | 2:04:05.400 | - | - | 1:41.000 | 38 | 8 |
| 2 | 32 | Phil Hill | United States | Ferrari | Dunlop | 72 | +46.700 | 2:04:52.100 | +46.700 | +46.700 | 1:40.400 | 32 | 7 |
| 3 | 12 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 72 | +72.500 | 2:05:17.900 | +1:12.500 | +25.800 | 1:43.100 | 13 | 4 |
| 4 | 36 | Dan Gurney | United States | Ferrari | Dunlop | 72 | +79.600 | 2:05:25.000 | +1:19.600 | +7.100 | 1:41.500 | 27 | 3 |
| 5 | 34 | Cliff Allison | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 71 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:41.800 | 29 | 2 | |
| 6 | 38 | Olivier Gendebien | Belgium | Ferrari | Dunlop | 71 | +2 laps | 1 lap | 1:43.300 | 19 | |||
| 7 | 2 | Harry Schell | United States | BRM | Dunlop | 70 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:44.900 | 37 | ||
| 8 | 6 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | BRM | Dunlop | 70 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:43.800 | 5 | |||
| 9 | 16 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 70 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:44.200 | 31 | |||
| 10 | 26 | Carroll Shelby | United States | Aston Martin | 70 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:45.400 | 65 | ||||
| 11 | 40 | Colin Davis | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | 68 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 2 laps | 1:45.500 | 26 | |||
| 12 | 10 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Italy | Cooper Climax | 68 | +4 laps | 4 laps | 1:45.200 | 48 | ||||
| 13 | 4 | Ron Flockhart | Great Britain | BRM | Dunlop | 67 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 1 lap | 1:44.700 | 30 | ||
| 14 | 42 | Ian Burgess | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | 67 | +5 laps | 5 laps | 1:45.300 | 31 | ||||
| 15 | 28 | Giulio Cabianca | Italy | Maserati | Pirelli | 64 | +8 laps | 8 laps | 3 laps | 1:53.400 | 29 | ||
| DNF | 24 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Aston Martin | 44 | DNF | 1:44.700 | 33 | |||||
| DNF | 8 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | 22 | DNF | 1:42.800 | 6 | |||||
| DNF | 22 | Jack Fairman | Great Britain | Cooper Maserati | 18 | DNF | 1:51.600 | 18 | |||||
| DNF | 20 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 14 | DNF | 1:44.800 | 2 | |||||
| DNF | 18 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | 1 | DNF | 1:57.700 | 1 | |||||
| DNF | 30 | Tony Brooks | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | DNF |