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1959 United States Grand Prix

The United States Grand Prix 1959 was the 9th round of the 1959 F1 season, and took place at the Sebring International Raceway in Florida, USA, on December 12th.

Bruce McLaren won the race after starting in the 10th position, followed by Maurice Trintignant, and Tony Brooks completing the podium.

Stirling Moss started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he had a transmission problem, and had to retire on lap 5th.

Final results

1
9
Bruce McLaren
Cooper-Climax
2:12:35.7
Finished
2
3
Maurice Trintignant
Cooper-Climax
+0.6
Finished
3
1
Tony Brooks
Ferrari
+3:00.9
Finished
4
2
Jack Brabham
Cooper-Climax
+4:57.3
Finished
5
4
Innes Ireland
Team Lotus
+3 Laps
6
-
Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari
Engine
7
9
Harry Blanchard
Porsche
+4 Laps
8
3
Cliff Allison
Ferrari
Transmission
9
2
Roy Salvadori
Cooper-Maserati
Transmission
10
9
Rodger Ward
Kurtis Kraft
Clutch
11
3
Alessandro de Tomaso
Cooper-OSCA
Brakes
12
4
Phil Hill
Ferrari
Clutch
13
4
Fritz d'Orey
Tec-Mec
Oil leak
14
13
Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax
Transmission
15
12
Harry Schell
Cooper-Climax
Clutch
16
1
George Constantine
Cooper-Borgward
Overheating
17
5
Alan Stacey
Team Lotus
Clutch
18
5
Bob Said
Connaught
Accident
19
19
Phil Cade
Maserati
Withdrew
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Race evolution

We do not have lap by lap information for this race, therefore we can't analyze the evolution of the reace.

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

The reace did not end without incidents... 14 drivers out of the original 19 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Wolfgang von Trips, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 38, Cliff Allison, Roy Salvadori, and Stirling Moss, all of whom had a transmission problem, Rodger Ward, Phil Hill, Harry Schell, and Alan Stacey, all of whom had a problem with the clutch, Alessandro de Tomaso, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 13, Fritz d'Orey, who had an oil leak on lap 6, George Constantine, who suffered from an overall car overhating on lap 5, Bob Said, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 0, and Phil Cade, who withdrew on lap 0.

Engine

  • Wolfgang von Trips
    Lap 38

Transmission

  • Cliff Allison
    Lap 23
  • Roy Salvadori
    Lap 23
  • Stirling Moss
    Lap 5

Clutch

  • Rodger Ward
    Lap 20
  • Phil Hill
    Lap 8
  • Harry Schell
    Lap 5
  • Alan Stacey
    Lap 2

Brakes

  • Alessandro de Tomaso
    Lap 13

Oil leak

  • Fritz d'Orey
    Lap 6

Overheating

  • George Constantine
    Lap 5

Accident

  • Bob Said
    Lap 0

Withdrew

  • Phil Cade
    Lap 0

Qualifying

We do not have qualifying data for this race.