1959 Portuguese Grand Prix

The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monsanto on August 23, 1959.

Race report

Wins in France and Germany had given Tony Brooks a healthy second place in the championship behind Jack Brabham. Stirling Moss improved on his poor championship position with a dominating drive, lapping the entire field except for second-placed Masten Gregory and third-placed Dan Gurney. Phil Hill and Graham Hill crashed into each other on lap 6, whilst Brabham had an enormous somersaulting crash from which he emerged unscathed. Gurney was the only Ferrari in the top eight with Maurice Trintignant, Harry Schell and Roy Salvadori rounding off the top six, and Moss closed the gap to just 5 1/2 points behind Brooks in the championship race.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	62	2:11:55.41	1	8
2	2	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	61	+ 1 Lap	3	6
3	16	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	61	+ 1 Lap	6	4
4	5	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	60	+ 2 Laps	4	3
5	6	Harry Schell	BRM	59	+ 3 Laps	9	2
6	10	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	59	+ 3 Laps	12
7	8	Ron Flockhart	BRM	59	+ 3 Laps	11
8	9	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	58	+ 4 Laps	13
9	14	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	57	+ 5 Laps	10
10	18	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper-Maserati	56	+ 6 Laps	14
Ret	3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	38	Transmission	8
Ret	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	23	Transmission	2
Ret	7	Jo Bonnier	BRM	10	Engine	5
Ret	15	Phil Hill	Ferrari	5	Accident	7
Ret	11	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	5	Accident	15
Ret	12	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	3	Gearbox	16

Notes

• Pole position: Stirling Moss - 2:02.89
• Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss - 2:05.07

Previous race: 1959 German Grand Prix	FIA Formula One World Championship 1959 season	Next race: 1959 Italian Grand Prix
Previous race: 1958 Portuguese Grand Prix	Portuguese Grand Prix	Next race: 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix

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