World Championship 1959

1.round : Sebring 2.round : Targa Florio 3.round : Nürburgring 4.round : Le Mans 5.round : Goodwood

Sebring 12 Hours 21.3.1959

12 h Sebring 1.round

Practiced: 74 (S3.0 - 14, S2.0 - 4, S1.5 - 10, S1.1 - 5, S750 - 5, GT3.5 - 4, GT2.0 - 8, GT1.6 - 4, GT1.3 - 9, GT1.0 - 6, GT750 - 4) Started: 65 (S3.0 - 11, S2.0 - 4, S1.5 - 8, S1.1 - 5, S750 - 5, GT3.5 - 4, GT2.0 - 7, GT1.6 - 4, GT1.3 - 8, GT1.0 - 5, GT750 - 4) Classified: 47 (S3.0 - 6, S2.0 - 3, S1.5 - 5, S1.1 - 4, S750 - 3, GT3.5 - 3, GT2.0 - 6, GT1.6 - 4, GT1.3 - 6, GT1.0 - 4, GT750 - 4) Race: 8,369 km * 188 laps = 1573,295 km AVG: 130,648 km/h FL: Jean Behra 9 Ferrari 250 TR59 3:21,600 149,4389 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 7 Dan Gurney / USA Ferrari 250 TR59 0766TR Scuderia Ferrari 188 12:02:31,800 1. S3.0 Chuck Daigh / USA Phil Hill / USA - DNP Olivier Gendebien / B - DNP 2. 9 Jean Behra / F Ferrari 250 TR59 0768TR Scuderia Ferrari 187 2. S3.0 3:24,000 Cliff Allison / GB 3. 31 Wolfgang von Trips / D Porsche 718 RSK Porsche KG 184 1. S2.0 Jo Bonnier / S 4. 34 Bob Holbert / USA Porsche 718 RSK Cyrus L. Fulton 182 1. S1.5 Don Sesslar / USA 5. 32 John Fitch / USA Porsche 718 RSK Porsche KG 181 2. S1.5 Edgar Barth / D 6. 12 Edwin D. Martin / USA Ferrari 250 TR58 0730TR Edwin D. Martin 174 3. S3.0 Lance Reventlow / USA DNS - William Kimberly / USA 7. 14 Ed Lunken / USA Ferrari 250 TR58 0720TR James Johnston 174 4. S3.0 Augie Pabst / USA Gaston Andrey / USA 8. 35 Jack McAfee / USA Porsche 718 RSK Precision Motors 173 3. S1.5 Ken Miles / USA 9. 70 Howard Hively / USA Ferrari 250 GT Calif 1085GT Scuderia Ferrari 171 1. GT3.5 Richie Ginther / USA 10. 37 Ernie Erickson / USA Porsche 718 RSK Chester J. Flynn 170 4. S1.5 Ed Hugus / USA 11. 33 Huschke von Hanstein / D Porsche 356A Carrera Porsche KG 164 1. GT1.6 Carel Godin de Beaufort / NL 12. 3 Walt Hansgen / USA Lister - Jaguar Briggs Cunningham 164 5. S3.0 Dick Thompson / USA 13. 19T Lloyd Casner / USA Ferrari 500 TRC/58 0600MDTR North American Racing Team 164 2. S2.0 Jim Hunt / USA Dan M. Collins / USA 14. 25 Robert Burns / USA A.C. Ace Bristol A.C. Cars Ltd. 164 1. GT2.0 Ray Jackson-Moore / GB James Cook / USA 15. 4 Briggs Cunningham / USA Lister - Jaguar BHL102 Briggs Cunningham 164 6. S3.0 Lake Underwood / USA Russ Boss / USA Stirling Moss / GB - DNP 16. 44 Jake Kaplan / USA Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Jake Kaplan 162 1. GT1.3 Charlie Rainville / USA 17. 59 Gérard Laureau / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch & Bonne 162 1. S750 Paul Armagnac / F 18. 60 Alejandro de Tomaso / RA Osca S750 760 Alejandro de Tomaso 161 2. S750 Denise McCluggage / USA Isabelle Haskell / USA Ricardo Rodriguez / MEX 19. 48 Frank Baptista / USA Elva Mk.IV Climax Elva Engineering Co. 160 1. S1.1 Charles Wallace / USA Art Tweedale / USA 20. 15 Alfonso Gomez-Mena / C Ferrari 250 GT LWB 1035GT Havana Auto Sport Club 160 2. GT3.5 Juan Montalvo / C 21. 45 Pete Lovely / USA Lotus Elite Team Lotus 160 2. GT1.3 Jay Chamberlain / USA Sam Weiss / USA DNS - Colin Chapman / GB 22. 24 Arch Means / USA A.C. Ace Bristol A.C. Cars Ltd. 159 2. GT2.0 Charles Kurtz / USA Ross Wees / USA 23. 49 Burdette Martin / USA Elva Mk.IV Climax Elva Engineering Co. 158 2. S1.1 William Jordan / USA Chuck Dietrich / USA 24. 23T Lonnie Rix / USA A.C. Ace Bristol ASK US A.C. Cars Ltd. 158 3. GT2.0 Ed Rahal / USA DNS - George C. Avent / USA 25. 26 Max Goldman / USA Arnolt Bolide Bristol S. H. Arnolt 155 4. GT2.0 S. H. Arnolt / USA Ralph Durbin / USA 26. 22 Mike Rothschild / USA Morgan Plus 4 Fergus Motors 155 5. GT2.0 Archibald J. McNeill / USA 27. 28 Ray Saidel / USA MGA Hambro Auto Corporation 155 2. GT1.6 Gus Ehrman / USA 28. 64 Bill Rutan / USA Fiat-Abarth 750 Monza Roosevelt Auto Co. Inc. 152 1. GT750 Ray Cuomo / USA Paul Richards / USA 29. 62 Lanzo Cussini / I Fiat-Abarth 750 Monza Roosevelt Auto Co. Inc. 150 2. GT750 Remo Cattini / I 30. 65 Robert Kuhn / USA Fiat-Abarth 750 Monza George F. Schrafft 149 3. GT750 Jim Jeffords / USA DNS - George Schrafft / USA 31. 54 Phil Stiles / USA Austin-Healey Sebring Sprit Hambro Auto Corporation 149 1. GT1.0 Hugh Sutherland / USA DNS - Harold Kunz / USA 32. 63 Mario Poltonieri / I Fiat-Abarth 750 Monza Roosevelt Auto Co. Inc. 147 4. GT750 Alfonso Thiele / I DNS - John Norwood / USA 33. 40 Charles Moran, Jr. / USA Lotus Eleven Le Mans Cl 275 Charles Moran 145 5. S1.5 George Rand / USA 34. 29 John Dalton / GB MGA Hambro Auto Corporation 145 3. GT1.6 Jim Parkinson / USA 35. 51 Harry Blanchard / USA Lancia Appia Zagato Harry C. Blanchard 144 3. GT1.3 Skip Callahan / USA DNS - H. Anderson / USA 36. 53 Ed Leavens / CDN Austin-Healey Sebring Sprit Hambro Auto Corporation 142 2. GT1.0 Harold Kunz / USA DNS - John Colgate / USA DNS - Hugh Sutherland / USA 37. 58 Henri Perrier / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch & Bonne 141 3. S750 William Wood / USA 38. 55 Fred Hayes / CDN Austin-Healey Sebring Sprit Hambro Auto Corporation 141 3. GT1.0 John Christy / USA John Colgate / USA 39. 43 Bob Pfaff / USA Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Louis Comito 140 4. GT1.3 Louis Comito / USA Wynn Kramarsky / USA Tom O'Brien / USA 40. 52 Peter Baumberger / CH Lancia Appia Zagato Charles Kreisler 140 5. GT1.3 Walter Rohlfs / USA Walter Cronkite / USA 41. 18 Jim Hall / USA Maserati 250S Carroll Shelby 138 3. S2.0 Hap Sharp / USA DNS - Red Byron / USA 42. 42 Bob Rubin / USA Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Robert Grossman 134 6. GT1.3 Bob Grossman / USA Louis Comito / USA 43. 80 Fred Lieb / USA Turner 750 Sports Climax Turner Sports Cars 128 4. GT1.0 Smokey Drolet / USA 44. 47 Tom Fleming / USA Lotus Eleven Climax 541 Team Lotus 123 3. S1.1 Bill Schade / USA Harry Dager / USA 45. 30 Ray Pickering / USA MGA Hambro Auto Corporation 121 4. GT1.6 Jack Flaherty / USA Sherman Decker / USA 46. 16 George Reed / USA Ferrari 250 GT LWB 1127GT RRR Motors 110 3. GT3.5 Don O'Dell / USA George Arents / USA 47. 56 Ricardo Rodriguez / MEX Osca S950 951 Automobili Osca 106 4. S1.1 Frank Bott / USA 48. 20 Robert Samm / USA Triumph TR3 Standard Triumph Motor Co. 98 6. GT2.0 John Bentley / USA Fred Moore / USA Did not finish: 49. 10 Rod Carveth / USA Ferrari 250 TR 0666MM North American Racing Team 130 Collision S3.0 Gilbert Geitner / USA 50. 21 Charlie Kolb / USA Triumph TR3 Standard Triumph Motor Co. 128 Valve GT2.0 Fred Moore / USA Gebe Hobbs / USA 51. 27 William Entwhistle / USA Lotus 15 Climax Autosport Ltd. 126 Electrics S2.0 Robert Hanna / USA 52. 38 Carl Haas / USA Osca S1500 Automobili Osca 115 Wet ignition S1.5 Frank Campbell / USA Jay Middleton / USA 53. 66 Rob Rollason / USA Stanguellini 750 Sport Fiat Sandy McArthur 97 Accident S750 Sandy McArthur / USA 54. 57 Howard Hanna / USA D.B. HBR5 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch & Bonne 82 Engine GT1.0 Richard Toland / USA 55. 61 Alan I. Markelson / USA Osca S750 763 Automobili Osca 82 Electrics S750 Rees T. Makins / USA 56. 8 Olivier Gendebien / B Ferrari 250 TR59 0770TR Scuderia Ferrari 77 Differential S3.0 Phil Hill / USA DNS - Chuck Daigh / USA 57. 11 Pedro Rodriguez / MEX Ferrari 250 TR58 0728TR Mexican National Auto Club 66 Engine S3.0 Paul O'Shea / USA 58. 46 Jay Chamberlain / USA Lotus Elite Climax Team Lotus 65 Engine GT1.3 Sam Weiss / USA 59. 36 Roberto Miéres / RA Porsche 718 RSK Count von Dory 34 Camshaft S1.5 Anton von Döry / RA Pedro von Döry / RA 60. 50 M. R. J. Wyllie / USA Elva Mk.IV Climax M. R. J. Wyllie 34 Suspension S1.1 Skip Lange / USA Margaret Wyllie / USA 61. 1 Roy Salvadori / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/1 David Brown 32 Gear lever S3.0 Carroll Shelby / USA 62. 41 Fred van Beuren, Sr. / MEX Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Fred van Beuren 31 Accident GT1.3 Javier Velasquez / MEX - DND Mario Mercader / MEX - DND 63. 39 Jean Lucas / F Cooper T49 Monaco Climax Los Amigos Racing 20 Oil loss S1.5 Jean-François Malle / F 64. 17 Duncan Forlong / USA Aston Martin DB2/4 Joe Sheppard 11 Piston GT3.5 Joe Sheppard / USA David Schiff / USA - DND 65. 2 Ivor Bueb / GB Lister - Jaguar BHL123 Brian Lister Engineering 98 DQ: illgegal r S3.0 2. 3:31,000 Stirling Moss / GB DNS - Russ Boss / USA Did not start: 5 Edwin P. Lawrence / USA Maserati 300S 3083 Rallye Motors Fatal accident S3.0 James Cook / USA Ralph Durbin / USA 19 Lloyd Casner / USA Ferrari 250 TR 0722TR North American Racing Team S3.0 Jim Hunt / USA 23 Lonnie Rix / USA A.C. Ace Bristol A.C. Cars Ltd. GT2.0 Ed Rahal / USA George C. Avent / USA 72 Art Bunker / USA Porsche 718 RSK Art Bunker Reserve S1.5 73 Briggs Cunningham / USA Porsche 718 RSK Briggs Cunningham S1.5 Lake Underwood / USA 75 Ross Durant, Jr. / USA Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Ross Durant, Jr. Reserve GT1.3 George Peck / USA 78 Sydney Oakes / BS Austin-Healey Sebring Sprit Sydney Oakes Reserve GT1.0 Greta Oakes / BS G. H. Peter Bethel / BS 82 John Fulp / USA Ferrari 250 TR 0724TR John Fulp S3.0 In entry list only: T Sherman Decker / USA MGA Hambro Auto Corporation GT1.6 T John Colgate / USA Austin-Healey Sprite Hambro Auto Corporation GT1.0 71 xxx Arnolt Bolide Bristol S. H. Arnolt GT2.0 74 John Cuevas / USA Porsche 356 Carrera John Cuevas GT1.6 Burdette Martin / USA 76 Millard Ripley / USA Lotus Eleven Climax Jay Chamberlain S1.1 William Milliken, Jr. / USA Steve Wilder / USA 77 Alan Patterson / USA Elva Mk.IV Climax Alan Patterson S1.1 Joachim Kammer / USA 81 William Love / GB A.C. Ace Bristol William Love GT2.0 Skip Conklin / USA 83 Newton Davis / USA Lancia Appia Zagato Charles L. Abry GT1.3 Charles L. Abry / USA Top of page

Targa Florio 24.5.1959

Targa Florio 2.round

Practiced: 58 (S3.0 - 3, S2.0 - 7, S1.5 - 5, S1.1 - 8, S750 - 6, GT+2.6 - 2, GT2.6 - 8, GT1.3 - 14, GT750 - 5) Started: 52 (S3.0 - 3, S2.0 - 7, S1.5 - 4, S1.1 - 8, S750 - 5, GT+2.6 - 2, GT2.6 - 7, GT1.3 - 13, GT750 - 3) Classified: 21 (, S2.0 - 3, S1.5 - 2, S1.1 - 4, S750 - 3, GT+2.6 - 1, GT2.6 - 2, GT1.3 - 6, GT750 - 1) Race: 72,000 km * 14 laps = 1008,000 km AVG: 91,309 km/h FL: Jo Bonnier 130 Porsche 718 RSK 43:11,600 100,015 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 112 Edgar Barth / D Porsche 718 RSK Porsche KG 14 11:02:21,800 1. S1.5 48:09,000 Wolfgang Seidel / D 2. 118 Eberhard Mahle / D Porsche 550 RS Porsche KG 14 11:22:20,800 2. S1.5 Paul-Ernst Strähle / D Herbert Linge / D DNS - Guido Scaglierini / I 3. 102 Huschke von Hanstein / D Porsche 356A Carrera Porsche KG 14 11:31:44,400 1. GT2.6 Antonio Pucci / I 4. 96 Paul-Ernst Strähle / D Porsche 356A Carrera Porsche KG 14 11:36:10,000 2. GT2.6 Herbert Linge / D Eberhard Mahle / D 5. 134 Mennato Boffa / I Maserati A6G Centro-Sud 14 11:41:20,000 1. S2.0 Piero Drogo / I 6. 38 "Dario Sepe" / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zag Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 14 12:02:30,000 1. GT1.3 Colin Davis / GB Mario Sannino / I 7. 84 Umberto Bini / I Osca S1100 1184 Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 14 12:10:52,300 1. S1.1 Luciano Mantovani / I 8. 132 Mario Cammarata / I Ferrari 500 TRC 0670MDTR Mario Cammarata 14 12:14:45,400 2. S2.0 Domenico Tramontana / I 9. 120 Salvatore La Pira / I Ferrari 250 GT LWB B 0555GT Nissena 14 12:24:15,000 1. GT+2.6 Francesco Siracusa / I 10. 138 Giuseppe Allotta / I Maserati A6GCS Giuseppe Allotta 14 12:35:47,400 3. S2.0 Nino Vaccarella / I 11. 72 Domenico Rotolo / I Osca MT4 1100 1106 Monte Pellegrino 14 12:39:40,000 2. S1.1 Gaspare Cavaliere / I DNS - Franco Tagliavia / I 12. 30 Antonio Picone / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Monte Pellegrino 14 12:41:31,000 2. GT1.3 Franco Tagliavia / I Sergio Mantia / I 13. 46 Vito Coco / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Nissena 14 12:46:16,000 3. GT1.3 Vito Sabbia / I 14. 8 Enrico Carini / I Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato Janua 14 12:53:39,000 1. GT750 Ernesto Prinoth / I 15. 24 Carlo Bartocelli / I Fiat 1200 Boano Nissena 14 13:00:27,300 4. GT1.3 Giuseppe Parla / I Salvatore Panepinto / I 16. 20 Pietro Laureati / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Pietro Laureati 14 13:12:05,100 5. GT1.3 Pompei / I 17. 50 Sesto Leonardi / I Osca S750 765 Settecoli 14 13:13:46,100 1. S750 Alfredo Tinazzo / I 18. 70 Tommy Wisdom / GB Austin-Healey Sprite Tommy Wisdom 14 13:22:05,400 3. S1.1 Bernard Cahier / F 19. 60 Gustavo Laureati / I Osca S750 755 Montegrappa 14 13:39:23,200 2. S750 Giuseppe Celani / I 20. 56 Giancarlo Rigamonti / I Osca S750 751 Scuderia Sant Ambroeus 14 13:43:47,000 3. S750 Anna Maria Peduzzi / I 21. 28 José Rosinski / F Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zag Paris 14 13:44:11,400 6. GT1.3 Claude Bobrowski / F Not classified: 22. 76 Enrico Manzini / I Ermini - Fiat Clemente Biondetti 14 Over time limi S1.1 Attilio Brandi / I 6 Carmelo Giugno / I Fiat 500 Nissena 14 Over time limi GT750 Salvatore Giuffrida / I 92 Giovanni Giordano / I Fiat 8V Zagato San Rizzo 14 Over time limi GT2.6 Carlo Fulci / I Did not finish: 130 Jo Bonnier / S Porsche 718 RSK Porsche AG 13 S2.0 46:00,000 Wolfgang von Trips / D 152 Olivier Gendebien / B Ferrari 250 TR59 0766TR Scuderia Ferrari 1 Pinion S3.0 48:16,000 Phil Hill / USA - DND 4 Gérard Laureau / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn GT750 François Jaeger / F 14 Edoardo Lualdi / I Osca MT4 Scuderia Sant Ambroeus S1.5 Ludovico Scarfiotti / I 26 Teodoro Zeccoli / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV G. S. Savio GT1.3 Roberto Rosignoli / I 32 Giuseppe Ruggero / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Giuseppe Ruggiero GT1.3 Ciro Monaci / I 34 Jean-Pierre Hanrioud / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard Jean-Pierre Hanrioud GT1.3 Beniatt / F 36 Sergio Bettoja / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zag Camidoglio GT1.3 P. Feroldi / I 40 Ada Pace / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zag Racing Club 19 GT1.3 Carlo Peroglio / I 42 Enrico Giaccone / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Enrico Giaccone GT1.3 Vincenzo Ribaudo / I 44 Francesco de Leonibus / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zag Racing Club 19 GT1.3 Carlo Peroglio / I 52 Amerigo Brachetti / I Giaur Montegrappa S750 Elio Pandolfo / I 58 Giacomo Marino / I Fiat-Abarth 750 Monte Pellegrino S750 Salvatore Sirchia / I 74 Francesco La Mattina / I Osca 1100S Monte Pellegrino S1.1 Armando Soldano / I Francesco Soldano / I 78 Emanuele Trapani / I Osca 1100S Monte Pellegrino S1.1 Bartolomeo Donato / I 80 Antonio di Salvo / I Raor - Fiat 1100 Falanga S1.1 Silvestre Semilia / I 82 Enzo Buzzetti / I Osca MT4 1100 1156 Settecoli S1.1 Giuseppe Rossi / I - DND DNS - Giuseppe Maria Favero 90 Rosario Montalbano / I Fiat 8V Giuseppe Bologna GT2.6 Gaspare Bologna / I 94 Alfonso Vella / I Fiat 8V Pietro Termini GT2.6 Pietro Termini / I 100 Rocco Finocchiaro / I Fiat 8V Rocco Finocchiaro GT2.6 Ignazio Consiglio / I 104 Vincenzo Sorrentino / I Lancia Flaminia Sorrentino GT2.6 Franco Pisano / I 116 Christian Goethals / B Porsche 550 RS Christian Goethals S1.5 122 Nino Todaro / I Ferrari 250 GT 0597GT Mediterranea GT+2.6 Gennaro Alterio / I 136 Umberto Maglioli / I Porsche 718 RSK Porsche AG transmission S2.0 45:51,000 Hans Herrmann / D 140 Gaetano Starrabba / I Ferrari 500 TRC 0682MDTR Gaetano Starrabba S2.0 Domenico Lo Coco / I - DND 142 Giulio Cabianca / I Ferrari Dino 196S 0740 Scuderia Eugenio Castellott Out of fuel S2.0 Giorgio Scarlatti / I - DND 150 Jean Behra / F Ferrari 250 TR59 0768TR Scuderia Ferrari Rear axle S3.0 48:06,000 Tony Brooks / GB 154 Dan Gurney / USA Ferrari 250 TR59 0770TR Scuderia Ferrari Transmission S3.0 49:52,000 Cliff Allison / GB - DND Did not start: 2 Elio Lenza / I Fiat-Abarth 750 Zagato Elio Lenza GT750 Filippo Golia / I 10 Aldo Tine / I Fiat-Abarth 750 Aretusa GT750 Gianni Carpinteri / I Matteo Scarlata / I 22 Francesco Gambi / I Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Francesco Gambi GT1.3 54 Gaetano Spampinato / I Fiat-Abarth 750 Spampinato S750 98 Sergio Mantia / I Lancia Flaminia Monte Pellegrino GT2.6 Giovanni Napoli / I 110 Henri Perrier / F Osca MT4 Henri Perrier/Binachon S1.5 Binachon / F Gilles Nebon Carle / F In entry list only: 86 John Campbell-Jones / GB Lotus Eleven Climax John Campbell-Jones S1.1 Keith Hall / GB Top of page

1000 km Nürburgring 7.6.1959

1000 km Nürburgring 3.round

Spectators: 200 000 Practiced: 77 (S3.0 - 11, S2.0 - 9, S1.5 - 8, S1.1 - 6, S750 - 5, GT3.0 - 6, GT1.6 - 14, GT1.3 - 17) Started: 68 (S3.0 - 10, S2.0 - 9, S1.5 - 7, S1.1 - 5, S750 - 5, GT3.0 - 5, GT1.6 - 13, GT1.3 - 14) Classified: 40 (S3.0 - 5, S2.0 - 3, S1.5 - 3, S1.1 - 2, S750 - 4, GT3.0 - 3, GT1.6 - 11, GT1.3 - 9) Race: 22,810 km * 44 laps = 1003,640 km AVG: 132,444 km/h FL: Stirling Moss 1 Aston Martin DBR1/300 9:32,000 143,559 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 1 Stirling Moss / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/1 David Brown 44 7:33:18,000 1. S3.0 4. 9:43,100 Jack Fairman / GB 2. 4 Phil Hill / USA Ferrari 250 TR59 0766TR Scuderia Ferrari 44 7:33:59,000 2. S3.0 5. 9:44,200 Olivier Gendebien / B 3. 3 Tony Brooks / GB Ferrari 250 TR59 0768TR Scuderia Ferrari 44 7:36:45,000 3. S3.0 1. 9:37,400 Jean Behra / F 4. 15 Umberto Maglioli / I Porsche 718 RSK Porsche KG 44 7:40:57,000 1. S2.0 6. 9:54,200 Hans Herrmann / D 5. 5 Dan Gurney / USA Ferrari 250 TR59 0770TR Scuderia Ferrari 43 4. S3.0 3. 9:40,700 Cliff Allison / GB 6. 34 Heini Walter / CH Porsche 718 RSK Heini Walter 42 7:41:26,000 1. S1.5 16. 10:28,000 Arthur Heuberger / CH 7. 26 Wolfgang von Trips / D Porsche 718 RSK Porsche KG 41 2. S1.5 7. 9:58,100 Jo Bonnier / S DNS - Edgar Barth / D DNS - Wolfgang Seidel / D DNS - Carel Godin de Beaufor 8. 10 Mario Cabral / P Maserati 300S Scuderia Centro Sud 40 5. S3.0 22. 10:47,000 Joaquim Felipe Nogueira / P 9. 55 "Jean Beurlys" / B Ferrari 250 GT LWB B 1321GT Ecurie Francorchamps 40 7:42:51,000 1. GT3.0 25. 10:53,300 "Blary" / B 10. 67 Hans-Joachim Walter / D Porsche 356A Carrera Hans-Joachim Walter 39 7:34:29,000 1. GT1.6 24. 10:49,400 Paul-Ernst Strähle / D 11. 68 Helmut Busch / D Porsche 356A Carrera 0660 Helmut Busch 39 2. GT1.6 40. 11:17,000 Christian Bino Heins / BR 12. 72 Siegfried Günther / D Porsche 356A Carrera Siegfried Günther 39 3. GT1.6 39. 11:16,300 Helmut Zick / D 13. 25 Pedro Rodriguez / MEX Porsche 356B S90 Speziale Porsche KG 39 2. S2.0 33. 11:08,400 Leo Levine / USA 14. 56 "Eldé" / B Ferrari 250 GT LWB 0763GT Ecurie Francorchamps 39 2. GT3.0 28. 11:02,300 Lucien Bianchi / B 15. 65 Emil B. Pardee / USA Porsche 356A Carrera Emil B. Pardee 39 4. GT1.6 31. 11:05,200 Peter Talbot / USA 16. 43 John Campbell-Jones / GB Lotus Eleven Climax John Campbell-Jones 39 7:41:38,000 1. S1.1 26. 10:54,600 John Horridge / GB 17. 24 Herbert Linge / D Porsche 356A Carrera Spez. Porsche KG 39 3. S2.0 13. 10:19,500 Antonio Pucci / I DNS - Paul-Ernst Strähle / D 18. 77 Sepp Greger / D Porsche 356 Carrera Sepp Greger 39 5. GT1.6 27. 11:02,200 Peter Ruby / D 19. 61 Peter Monteverdi / CH Mercedes-Benz 300SL Peter Monteverdi 38 3. GT3.0 29. 11:02,300 Karl Stangl / D 20. 71 Gerhard Koch / D Porsche 356 Carrera Gerhard Koch 38 6. GT1.6 41. 11:18,900 Werner Lindermann / D 21. 78 Paul Frére / B Porsche 356 Carrera Nadege Ferrier 38 7. GT1.6 30. 11:02,400 Nadege Ferrier / CH 22. 76 Frank E. Kalkuhl / D Porsche 356 Carrera Frank E. Kalkuhl 38 8. GT1.6 44. 11:32,200 Egon Evertz / D 23. 85 Peter Lumsden / GB Lotus Elite 1016or1003 R.W Fitzwilliam 38 7:41:22,000 1. GT1.3 46. 11:34,100 Peter Riley / GB 24. 74 Hans Hartzheim / D Porsche 356A Carrera Hans Hartzheim 38 9. GT1.6 14. 10:25,100 Heinz Hartzheim / D 25. 92 Ewald Bandmann / D Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Ewald Bandmann 37 2. GT1.3 47. 11:35,200 Lothar Bender / D 26. 93 Ron J. Vogt / D Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Ron J. Vogt 37 3. GT1.3 42. 11:26,900 William Rauch / D 27. 94 Rudolf Wilhelm Moser / D Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zag Heinz Friederichs 37 4. GT1.3 43. 11:26,900 Heinz Friederichs / D 28. 81 Wilfried Junge / D Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Auto-Wax 37 5. GT1.3 56. 12:02,600 Günther Schramm / D 29. 29 David Piper / GB Lotus 15 Climax David Piper 36 3. S1.5 20. 10:35,900 Keith Greene / GB 30. 87 Jacques Charlot / B Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Jaques Charlot 36 6. GT1.3 55. 12:02,100 Gustave Gosselin / B 31. 48 Gérard Laureau / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard Automobile Deutsch et Bonne 36 7:36:14,000 1. S750 58. 12:05,300 Paul Armagnac / F 32. 89 André Pilette / B Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zag Ecurie Francorchamps? 36 7. GT1.3 57. 12:03,200 André Liekens / B 33. 91 Georges Hacquin / B Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Georges Hacquin 35 8. GT1.3 61. 12:17,500 Pierre Henriquet / B 34. 96 Warren B. King / USA Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Warren B. King 35 9. GT1.3 38. 11:15,100 William Linder / D 35. 75 Bruno Runte / D Porsche 356 Carrera Bruno Runte 35 10. GT1.6 45. 11:33,300 Günther Selbach / D 36. 73 Hellmuth Gerhards / D Porsche 356A Hellmuth Gerhards 35 11. GT1.6 63. 12:29,800 Harald Gerhards / D 37. 41 Jacques Lefebvre / F Lotus Eleven Climax Jacques Lefebvre 35 2. S1.1 32. 11:07,200 Walter E. Monaco / USA 38. 50 René Philippe Faure / F Stanguellini Efac SP6501 Stanguellini France 33 2. S750 64. 12:34,300 Duvillier / F 39. 51 Georges Guyot / F Stanguellini Efac SP6501 Stanguellini France 33 3. S750 65. 12:44,700 Roger Gourdin / F 40. 49 René Bartholoni / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard Automobile Deutsch et Bonne 31 4. S750 54. 12:01,800 Roger Masson / F Not classified: 63 Frank L. Ballard / USA Triumph TR3 Frank L. Ballard 4. GT3.0 50. 11:43,900 Herbert L. Russell / USA 88 Georges Berger / B Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Georges Berger 10. GT1.3 60. 12:14,900 Pascal Demol / B Did not finish: 11 Rod Carveth / USA Ferrari 250 TR58 0666MM Rod Carveth 38 Accident S3.0 18. 10:31,300 Gilbert Geitner / USA 27 Wolfgang Seidel / D Porsche 718 RSK Wolfgang Seidel 33 Engine S1.5 12. 10:17,400 Carroll Shelby / USA 14 Edgar Barth / D Porsche 718 RSK Porsche KG 23 Engine S2.0 2. 9:40,500 Carel Godin de Beaufort / NL DNS - Wolfgang von Trips / D DNS - Jo Bonnier / S 9 Mike Taylor / GB Lister - Jaguar Brian Lister Engineering (T 16 Accident S3.0 19. 10:34,500 Peter Blond / GB 46 Peter Ashdown / GB Lola Mk.1 Climax BY1 Lola Cars Ltd. 15 DQ: loose body S1.1 10. 10:11,600 Eric Broadley / GB 2 Graham Whitehead / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/5 A. G. Whitehead 14 Gear lever S3.0 9. 10:07,100 Brian Naylor / GB 80 Herbert Schultze / D Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zag Auto-Wax 14 Brakes GT1.3 35. 11:10,900 Eberhard Mahle / D 6 Ron Flockhart / GB Tojeiro - Jaguar TJ3 Ecurie Ecosse 13 Suspension S3.0 15. 10:25,700 John Lawrence / GB - DND DNS - Masten Gregory / USA 16 Giulio Cabianca / I Ferrari Dino 196S 0740 Scuderia Eugenio Castellott 9 Engine S2.0 11. 10:16,000 Giorgio Scarlatti / I 19 Christopher Martyn / GB MGA Twin Cam Fitzwilliam Racing Team 9 S2.0 59. 12:10,400 Douglas Graham / GB 83 Edgar Berney / CH Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Edgar Berney 9 Head gasket GT1.3 36. 11:12,100 Karl Foitek / CH 20 Robin Carnegie / GB MGA Twin Cam Fitzwilliam Racing Team 8 Head gasket S2.0 49. 11:41,400 R. William de Selincourt DNS - Richard W. Fitzwilliam 21 Tim Parnell / GB Lotus 15 Climax 622 Reg Parnell 8 Broken chassis S2.0 23. 10:48,300 David Buxton / GB 42 Fausto Meyrat / CH Auto Union RS1080 Stefan Brugger 8 Fatal accident S1.1 34. 11:08,700 Stefan Brugger / CH - DND 7 Masten Gregory / USA Lister Monza Jaguar BHL109 Ecurie Ecosse 5 Suspension S3.0 8. 10:05,500 Innes Ireland / GB - DND DNS - John Lawrence / GB 62 Rudi Goldener / D Mercedes-Benz 190SL Rudi Goldener 2 GT3.0 53. 11:52,800 Helmut Koegel / D - DND 90 Paul Deetens / B Alfa Romeo Giulietta Paul Deetens 2 GT1.3 52. 11:52,600 Annie Speers / B 30 Colin Davis / GB Osca FS1500 1194 Alejandro de Tomaso 1 Accident S1.5 37. 11:14,300 Alejandro de Tomaso - DND 44 N. Robert Hicks / GB Lotus Eleven Climax R. J. W. Atley 1 Accident S1.1 21. 10:45,500 Christopher Power / GB - DND 52 Fernard Leroy / F Stanguellini Efac SP6501 Stanguellini France 1 S750 68. 0:00,000 Andre Bauder / F 66 Paul Fletcher / GB MGA Twin Cam Fitzwilliam Racing Team 1 Halfshaft GT1.6 48. 11:37,300 John Dashwood / GB - DND 86 Jan Johnson / S Alfa Romeo Berlina Jan Johnson 1 GT1.3 66. 13:08,000 Erik Siegfasth / S - DND 23 James K. Cockrell / USA A.C. Ace Bristol James K. Cockrell 0 Accident S2.0 51. 11:50,500 Harald von Saucken / D - DND 31 Isabelle Haskell / USA Osca S1500 1183 Alessandro de Tomaso 0 Gearbox S1.5 67. 14:11,900 Denise McCluggage - DND 33 Christian Goethals / B Porsche 550A Spyder Christian Goethals 0 Engine S1.5 17. 10:29,300 Jean Romain / B - DND 69 Horst Muellges / D Porsche 356A S75 Horst Muellges 0 GT1.6 62. 12:18,400 Hans-August Stausberg - DND Did not start: 8 Lucien Bianchi / B Ferrari 250 TR58 Ecurie Francorchamps? S3.0 0:00,000 Alain de Changy / B 32 Carel Godin de Beaufort / NL Porsche 718 RSK Maarsbergen S1.5 0:00,000 40 Paolo Martoglio / I Stanguellini HP13 Stanguellini S1.1 0:00,000 Giorgio Cecchini / I 57 Willy Mairesse / B Ferrari 250 GT Willy Mairesse GT3.0 0:00,000 70 Emile-Claude Clemens / B Porsche 356A Carrera Emile-Claude Clemens GT1.6 0:00,000 Paul Nokin / B 82 Bertil Roos / CDN Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Hochet GT1.3 0:00,000 Rob Slotemaker / NL 84 Francisco Jose Marques Pinto Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider Francisco Jose Marques Pint GT1.3 0:00,000 Joacquin Correira de Olivier 95 Kurt Ahrens / D Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zag Kurt Ahrens, Sr. GT1.3 0:00,000 Kurt Ahrens, Jr. / D Running in practice: 18T Odoardo Govoni / I Maserati Tipo 60 2451 San Giorgio S2.0 0:00,000 Adolfo Tedeschi / I Stirling Moss / GB Top of page

XXVII Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 21.6.1959

24 h Le Mans 4.round

Started: 53 (S3.0 - 15, S2.0 - 4, S1.5 - 4, S1.1 - 1, S750 - 7, GT5.0 - 0, GT3.0 - 5, GT2.0 - 6, GT1.5 - 3, GT1.1 - 1, GT750 - 7) Classified: 13 (S3.0 - 2, S2.0 - 0, S1.5 - 0, S1.1 - 0, S750 - 1, GT5.0 - 0, GT3.0 - 4, GT2.0 - 1, GT1.5 - 2, GT1.1 - 0, GT750 - 3) Race: 13,461 km * 323 laps = 4347,900 km AVG: 181,163 km/h FL: Jean Behra 12 Ferrari 250 TR59 4:00,900 201,161 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 5 Roy Salvadori / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/2 David Brown Racing Dept. 323 1. S3.0 Carroll Shelby / USA DNS - Stirling Moss / GB 2. 6 Maurice Trintignant / F Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/4 David Brown Racing Dept. 322 2. S3.0 Paul Frére / B DNS - Henry Taylor / GB 3. 11 "Jean Beurlys" / B Ferrari 250 GT LWB B 1321GT Equipe Nationale Belge 297 1. GT3.0 "Eldé" / B 4. 18 André Pilette / B Ferrari 250 GT Inter 1461GT North American Racing Team 296 2. GT3.0 George Arents / USA 5. 16 Bob Grossman / USA Ferrari 250 GT Calif 1451GT North American Racing Team 294 3. GT3.0 Fernand Tavano / F 6. 20 Lino Fayen / YV Ferrari 250 GT Inter 1377GT Lino Fayen 293 4. GT3.0 Gino Munaron / I 7. 29 Ted Whiteaway / GB A.C. Ace Bristol ASK US Rudd Racing Ltd. 273 5. GT2.0 John Turner / GB DNS - Robert Staples / GB 8. 41 Peter Lumsden / GB Lotus Elite Mk.14 Clim 1016 William S. Frost 270 6. GT1.5 Peter Riley / GB 9. 46 Louis Cornet / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn 258 7. GT750 René Cotton / F 10. 42 John Whitmore / GB Lotus Elite Mk.14 Clim 1038 Border Reivers 257 8. GT1.5 Jim Clark / GB 11. 45 Paul Armagnac / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard 988 Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn 247 9. GT750 Bernard Consten / F 12. 44 Sture Nottorp / S Saab 93 Sture Nottorp 232 10. GT750 Gunnar Bengtsson / S 13. 55 Roger Delageneste / F Stanguellini 750 Sport Fiat Automobili Stanguellini 220 3. S750 Paul Guiraud / F Did not finish: 14 Olivier Gendebien / B Ferrari 250 TR59 0766TR Scuderia Ferrari 263 Overheating S3.0 Phil Hill / USA 25 Peter Jopp / GB Triumph TR3S X 628 Standard Triumph 245 Overheating GT2.0 Richard Stoop / GB DNS - Ninian Sanderson / GB 37 Ed Hugus / USA Porsche 718 RSK 024 Ed Hugus 240 Engine S1.5 Ernie Erickson / USA 35 Jean Kerguen / F Porsche 550 RS 0142 Jean Kerguen 229 Clutch S1.5 Robert Lacaze / F 36 Carel Godin de Beaufort / NL Porsche 718 RSK 027 Carel Godin de Beaufort 186 Engine S1.5 Christian Bino Heins / BR 33 Ted Lund / GB MGA Twin Cam YD3/627/5 F. W. R. Lund 185 Gearbox GT2.0 Colin Escott / GB 31 Jo Bonnier / S Porsche 718 RSK 008 Porsche KG 182 Clutch S2.0 Wolfgang von Trips / D 49 Roger Masson / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard Roger Masson 179 Clutch S1.1 Jean Vinatier / F 48 René Bartholoni / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn 169 Clutch GT750 François Jaeger / F 34 Edgar Barth / D Porsche 718 RSK 006 Porsche KG 168 Gearbox S1.5 Wolfgang Seidel / D 53 Alan Stacey / GB Lotus 17 Climax 663 Team Lotus Engineering 156 Head gasket S750 Keith Greene / GB 8 Ron Flockhart / GB Tojeiro - Jaguar TAD-1-59 Ecurie Ecosse 137 Overheating => S3.0 John Lawrence / GB 12 Jean Behra / F Ferrari 250 TR59 0774TR Scuderia Ferrari 129 Gearbox S3.0 4:03,300 Dan Gurney / USA 1 Ivor Bueb / GB Lister LM Jaguar BHL2.59 Brian Lister 121 Engine S3.0 Bruce Halford / NZ DNS - Mike McDonell / GB 30 Graham Hill / GB Lotus 15 Climax 626 Team Lotus Engineering 119 Engine S3.0 Derek Jolly / GB 27 Ninian Sanderson / GB Triumph TR3S X 627 Standard Triumph 114 Radiator GT2.0 Claude Dubois / B DNS - Peter Jopp / GB 19 Edwin D. Martin / USA Ferrari 250 TR58 0730TR Edwin D. Martin 108 Gearbox S3.0 William Kimberly / USA 38 Jean-Claude Vidilles / F Lotus Elite 1007 Los Amigos 105 Fire GT1.5 Jean-François Malle / F 52 Jean Laroche / F Osca S750 761 Osca Automobili 88 Gearbox S750 André Testut / F 24 Jim Russell / GB Cooper T49 Monaco Climax Cooper Car Company 79 Accident S2.0 Bruce McLaren / NZ 32 Hans Herrmann / D Porsche 718 RSK 007 Porsche KG 78 Ignition S2.0 Umberto Maglioli / I 3 Innes Ireland / GB Jaguar D-type XKD603 Ecurie Ecosse 70 Engine S3.0 Masten Gregory / USA 4 Stirling Moss / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/3 David Brown Racing Dept. 70 Engine S3.0 Jack Fairman / GB 23 Giorgio Scarlatti / I Ferrari Dino 196S 0740 Scuderia Ferrari 63 Out of fuel S2.0 Giulio Cabianca / I 50 Colin Davis / GB D.B. HBR5 Panhard Alejandro de Tomaso 63 Gearbox GT750 Alejandro de Tomaso / RA 62 René Philippe Faure / F Stanguellini Efac SP5601 Fi E.F.A.C. 58 Accident S750 Georges Guyot / F DNS - René Revillon / F 59 Gérard Laffargue / F D.B. HBR4 Panhard Jacques Faucher 53 Engine GT1.1 Jacques Faucher / F 2 Walt Hansgen / USA Lister LM Jaguar BHL3.59 Brian Lister 52 Engine S3.0 Peter Blond / GB DNS - Mike McDonell / GB 7 Graham Whitehead / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/5 A. G. Whitehead 52 Accident S3.0 Brian Naylor / GB 10 Lucien Bianchi / B Ferrari 250 TR58 0736TR Equipe Nationale Belge 47 Fuel feed S3.0 Alain de Changy / B 15 Hermano da Silva Ramos / F Ferrari 250 TR59 0770TR Scuderia Ferrari 41 Gearbox S3.0 Cliff Allison / GB DNS - Dan Gurney / USA 56 René Revillon / F Stanguellini Bialbero Automobili Stanguellini 37 Out of fuel S750 Joseph Dieu / F DNS - Georges Guyot / F 26 Peter Bolton / GB Triumph TR3S X 629 Standard Triumph 35 Holed radiator GT2.0 Mike Rothschild / USA 43 Sydney H. Hurrell / GB Saab 93 Sydney A. Hurrell 35 Engine GT750 Roy North / GB 51 Pedro Rodriguez / MEX Osca S750 TN 766 Osca Automobili 32 Water pump S750 Ricardo Rodriguez / MEX 60 William Wilks / GB Frazer Nash Le Mans 203 John Dashwood 30 Accident GT2.0 John Dashwood / GB 54 Mike Taylor / GB Lotus 17 Climax 659 Team Lotus Engineering 23 Ignition S750 Jonathan Sieff / GB 17 Rod Carveth / USA Ferrari 250 TR58 0666MM North American Racing Team 21 Gearbox S3.0 Gilbert Geitner / USA 21 Hubert Patthey / CH Aston Martin DB4GT DP199/1 Ecurie 3 Chevrons 21 Engine GT3.0 Renaud Calderari / CH - DND 47 Gérard Laureau / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard Automobiles Deutsch et Bonn 9 Engine GT750 Pierre Chancel / F - DND Did not start: 58 Douglas Graham / GB Lotus Elite 1037 J. R. Stoop GT1.5 Mike McKee / GB In entry list only: - Michel Parsy / F Maserati 200SI Georges Guyot Not accepted S2.0 Roger Castelain / F Paul Guiraud / F - Daniel Pouget / B Aston Martin DBR1 Daniel Pouget Not accepted S3.0 Rene Bourrely / F - Jean-Marie Dumazer / F V.P. 156R Renault Just-Emile Vernet Not accepted S750 - Peter Blond / GB Tojeiro Mk III Climax John Ogier Not accepted S1.5 Peter Ashdown / GB - R. F. Taylor / GB Tojeiro Mk II Climax Tojeiro Not accepted S1.1 L. A. Gamage - David L. Lewis / GB Mirromac - Climax David L. Lewis Not accepted S750 - Kenneth W. Mackenzie / GB Austin-Healey Sprite Kenneth W. Mackenzie/Tom Ba Not accepted GT1.1 Tom Barnard / GB John H. Gaston / GB - N. Robert Hicks / GB Lotus 17 Climax Hicks/Utley Not accepted S1.1 R. J. W. Utley / GB - David Piper / GB Lotus 17 Climax Dorchester Service Station Not accepted S1.1 John Campbell-Jones / GB Derek Randall / GB - Maurice Charles / GB Jaguar D-type Maurice Charles Not accepted S3.0 - Michael E. S. Bond / GB MGA David G. Dixon Not accepted GT2.0 Kenneth W. Mackenzie / GB John McKechcnie / GB - Christian Goethals / B Porsche 718 RSK Christian Goethals Not accepted S1.5 - Marcel Lailler / F Panhard X86 Marcel Lailler Not accepted S750 Lucien Pailler / F - xxx Cooper T49 Monaco Climax Jean Lucas S1.5 - René Bartholoni / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard René Bartholoni Not accepted S1.1 - Bernard Duval / F Lola Mk.1 Climax Bernard Duval Not accepted S1.1 - xxx Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Con Lafa Romoe Not accepted GT1.3 - xxx Porsche 550 RS Maurice Slotine Not accepted S1.5 - xxx Stanguellini HP13 Automobili Stanguellini Not accepted S1.1 - xxx Stanguellini Efac SP5601 E.F.A.C. Not accepted S750 - Michael E. S. Bond / GB Aston Martin DB3S David G. Dixon Not accepted S3.0 Richard Stoop / GB David G. Dixon / GB - Freddy Rousselle / B Lister - Jaguar Equipe Nationale Belge? S3.0 Jacques Croisier / B - xxx R.B. Isola Osca Rene Breuil Not accepted S1.1 - Alejandro de Tomaso / RA Osca S750 Alejandro de Tomaso S750 Isabelle Haskell / USA - Jim Russell / GB Cooper T49 Monaco Climax Cooper Car Company S1.1 George Wisdom / GB Ian Burgess / GB - xxx Stanguellini Bialbero Automobili Stanguellini S750 - Percy Crabb / GB Cooper T49 Monaco Climax Cooper Car Company S1.1 - André Héchard / F D.B. HBR5 Panhard André Héchard Not accepted GT750 Michel Legourd / F - Colin Chapman / GB Lotus 19 Climax Team Lotus Engineering S3.0 Graham Hill / GB Pete Lovely / USA Innes Ireland / GB - Graham Hill / GB Lotus Elite Team Lotus Engineering GT1.3 Innes Ireland / GB Colin Chapman / GB Pete Lovely / USA - Maurice van der Bruwaene / F Panhard X86 Maurice van der Bruwaene S750 André Beaulieux / F - Lance Reventlow / USA Ferrari 250 GT North American Racing Team GT3.0 - Leslie Johnson / GB Jensen 541R 3013607 Leslie Johnson GT5.0 - xxx Ferrari 250 GT Fernard Tavano GT3.0 - Mike Taylor / GB Lister - Jaguar Mike Taylor Not accepted S3.0 Jonathan Sieff / GB - José Behra / F Porsche 718 RSK José Behra S1.5 9 Lucien Bianchi / B Lister - Jaguar Equipe Nationale Belge S3.0 Jacques Croisier / B Paul Nokin / B 28 Armand Blaton / B A.C. Ace Bristol Equipe Nationale Belge?/A.C GT2.0 André Pilette / B - xxx Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Con Virgilio Conrero GT1.3 - José Rosinski / F Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Con Virgilio Conrero GT1.3 Claude Bobrowski / F 45 Alfonso Papani / I Fiat-Abarth 750 Alfonso Papani S750 Mario Poltonieri / I 58 xxx D.B. HBR5 Panhard Andre Héchard GT750 Top of page

XXIV. R.A.C. Tourist Trophy, Goodwood 5.9.1959

Tourist Trophy 5.round

Practiced: 31 (S3.0 - 11, S2.0 - 9, S1.1 - 10) Started: 30 (S3.0 - 11, S2.0 - 9, S1.1 - 10) Classified: 14 (S3.0 - 5, S2.0 - 2, S1.1 - 7) Race: 3,862 km * 224 laps = 865,183 km AVG: 143,885 km/h FL: Tony Brooks 9 Ferrari 250 TR59 1:31,800 151,4682 km/h Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Group Practice
Classified: 1. 2 Carroll Shelby / USA Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/2 David Brown 224 6:00:46,800 1. S3.0 7. 1:33,800 Jack Fairman / GB Stirling Moss / GB - DNP DNS - Roy Salvadori / GB 2. 22 Wolfgang von Trips / D Porsche 718 RSK Dr. Porsche 223 6:00:14,400 1. S2.0 10. 1:35,000 Jo Bonnier / S 3. 10 Olivier Gendebien / B Ferrari 250 TR59 0766TR Scuderia Ferrari 223 6:00:16,400 2. S3.0 5. 1:33,200 Phil Hill / USA - DNP Cliff Allison / GB - DNP Tony Brooks / GB - DNP DNS - Giulio Cabianca / I 4. 3 Maurice Trintignant / F Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/4 David Brown 221 6:00:39,200 3. S3.0 12. 1:35,200 Paul Frére / B 5. 9 Tony Brooks / GB Ferrari 250 TR59 0770TR Scuderia Ferrari 220 6:00:54,100 4. S3.0 2. 1:32,000 Dan Gurney / USA DNS - Olivier Gendebien / B 6. 33 Peter Ashdown / GB Lola Mk.1 Climax BY1 Lola Cars 210 6:00:38,600 1. S1.1 16. 1:36,800 Alan Ross / USA 7. 7 Ron Flockhart / GB Jaguar D-type XKD603 Ecurie Ecosse 209 6:00:51,800 5. S3.0 22. 1:37,800 John Bekaert / GB 8. 34 N. Robert Hicks / GB Lola Mk.1 Climax BY3? Lola Cars 208 6:01:33,900 2. S1.1 24. 1:40,000 Richard N. Prior / GB 9. 36 Mike McKee / GB Elva Mk.V Climax Elva Racing Team 206 6:01:37,400 3. S1.1 28. 1:41,600 J. Cedric Brierley / GB 10. 35 Bernard Cox / GB Lola Mk.1 Climax BY4 Lola Cars 202 6:01:39,400 4. S1.1 23. 1:38,200 Colin Escott / GB 11. 31 Keith Greene / GB Lotus 17 Climax 653 Team Lotus 199 6:01:27,200 5. S1.1 25. 1:40,200 Tony Marsh / GB 12. 23 Edgar Barth / D Porsche 718 RSK Dr. Porsche 197 6:00:52,200 2. S2.0 3. 1:33,000 Umberto Maglioli / I 13. 38 John Brown / GB Elva Mk.IV Climax Elva Racing Team 171 6:00:22,100 6. S1.1 30. 1:42,200 Chris Steele / GB 14. 39 John Campbell-Jones / GB Lotus Eleven Climax 325 John Campbell-Jones 154 6:00:38,600 7. S1.1 29. 1:41,800 John Horridge / GB Did not finish: 1 Stirling Moss / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/3 David Brown Pit fire S3.0 1. 1:31,400 Roy Salvadori / GB DNS - Jack Fairman / GB 4 Graham Whitehead / GB Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/5 A. G. Whitehead Withdrawn S3.0 13. 1:35,400 Henry Taylor / GB 5 John Dalton / GB Aston Martin DB3S DB3S/10 John Dalton Gearbox S3.0 27. 1:41,000 David Shale / GB 6 Jim Clark / GB Tojeiro - Jaguar TAD-1-59 Ecurie Ecosse Accident S3.0 14. 1:35,600 Masten Gregory / USA 8 Peter Blond / GB Lister - Jaguar BHL122? Taylor & Crawley Oil leak S3.0 21. 1:37,400 Jonathan Sieff / GB 11 Phil Hill / USA Ferrari 250 TR59 0774TR Scuderia Ferrari Rocker S3.0 6. 1:33,400 Cliff Allison / GB - DND 21 Giorgio Scarlatti / I Ferrari Dino 196S 0740 Scuderia Ferrari Rear suspensio S2.0 15. 1:36,400 Ludovico Scarfiotti / I 24 Hans Herrmann / D Porsche 718 RSK Dr. Porsche Accident S2.0 18. 1:39,600 Chris Bristow / GB 25 Jack Brabham / AUS Cooper T49 Monaco C CM/4/59 John Coombs Racing Organisa Steering arm S2.0 8. 1:33,800 Bruce McLaren / NZ - DND 26 Mike Taylor / GB Lotus 15 Climax 615-2 Taylor & Crawley Head gasket S2.0 11. 1:35,000 Christopher Martyn - DND 27 Tom Dickson / GB Lotus 15 Climax 625-3 Dickson Motors Gearbox S2.0 17. 1:37,000 Jim Mackay / GB - DND DNS - Ninian Sanderson / GB 28 David Piper / GB Lotus 15 Climax 603-1 Dorchester Service Station Accident S2.0 9. 1:34,800 Bruce Halford / NZ - DND 29 Graham Hill / GB Lotus 15 Climax 623-3 Team Lotus Accident S2.0 4. 1:33,000 Alan Stacey / GB 32 Innes Ireland / GB Lotus 17 Climax 664? Team Lotus Axle S1.1 20. 1:37,400 Jay Chamberlain / USA - DND 37 Chris Threlfall / GB Elva Mk.V Climax Elva Racing Team Camshaft S1.1 26. 1:40,400 Tom J. Threlfall / GB - DND 40 Peter Arundell / GB Lotus Eleven Climax 502 Cranham Service Station Accident S1.1 19. 1:37,000 Jack Westcott / GB Running in practice: T Paul Frére / B Aston Martin DBR1/30 DBR1/1 David Brown T-car S3.0 1:31,100 Jack Fairman / GB Roy Salvadori / GB Stirling Moss / GB Top of page

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