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1959 Indianapolis 500
1958 Dutch GP
1959 Dutch GP
1959 ACF GP
1960 Dutch GP
VII
Grote Prijs van Nederland
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
•
Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 31 May 1959
Start time
14:00
Event
Dutch GP
Circuit
Zandvoort
Event Format
Race of 75 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#3 of
9
in 1959
#78 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
75
Circuit Perimeter
4193 m
Race Distance
4193 × 75 = 314.475 km
Grid Format
3-2-3-2
Pole Position
Right
First Corner
Right
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Sunny, Mild, Dry
Participants
Entries
15
Qualifiers
15
Finishers
10
Debutants
Innes Ireland
(
Driver
),
David Brown Corporation
(
Entrant
)
Milestones
Car 7
– 1st Win (
Car Number
)
BRM
– 1st Pole Position (
Engine Manufacturer
)
BRM
– 1st Win (
Engine Manufacturer
)
Dunlop
– 50th Race Entry (
Tyre Manufacturer
)
Owen Racing Organisation
– 1st Pole Position (
Entrant
)
Owen Racing Organisation
– 1st Win (
Entrant
)
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team
– 1st Fastest Lap (
Entrant
)
BRM
– 1st Pole Position (
Car Manufacturer
)
BRM
– 1st Win (
Car Manufacturer
)
Jo Bonnier
– 1st Pole Position (
Driver
)
Jo Bonnier
– 1st Win (
Driver
)
Records Broken
1.
Highest 4th Place Finish Ratio
–
Innes Ireland
(
100.00%
),
2.
Most Race Entries
–
Maurice Trintignant
(
53
),
3.
Most 3rd Place Qualifications
–
Stirling Moss
(
9
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
21
),
2.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
154
),
3.
Most Consecutive Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
12
),
4.
Most 4th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
26
),
5.
Most 4th Place Qualifications
–
Jean Behra
(
11
)
World Championship standings
1
Jack Brabham
15
2
Rodger Ward
8
Jo Bonnier
8
4
Jim Rathmann
6
Tony Brooks
6
6
Johnny Thomson
5
7
Maurice Trintignant
4
Masten Gregory
4
9
Tony Bettenhausen
3
Phil Hill
3
Innes Ireland
3
12
Jean Behra
2
Bruce McLaren
2
Paul Goldsmith
2
15
Stirling Moss
1
1
Cooper
/
Climax
14
2
BRM
/
BRM
8
3
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
8
4
Lotus
/
Climax
3
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 7
Car 7
Car 11
Entrant
Owen Racing Organisation
Owen Racing Organisation
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team
Driver
Jo Bonnier
Jo Bonnier
Stirling Moss
Car
BRM
P25
BRM
P25
Cooper
T51
Engine
BRM
2.5 L4
BRM
2.5 L4
Climax
2.5 L4
Time
2:05'26.8
1'36.0
1'36.6
Speed
150.411 km/h
157.237 km/h
156.261 km/h
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