Germany 1959: Race analysis

At a glance

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Allison	Ferrari	2:05.800
2	Brooks	Ferrari	2:05.900	+0.100
3	Moss	Cooper	2:06.800	+1.000
4	Gurney	Ferrari	2:07.200	+1.400
5	Brabham	Cooper	2:07.400	+1.600
6	Gregory	Cooper	2:07.500	+1.700
7	Hill	Ferrari	2:07.600	+1.800
8	Bonnier	BRM	2:10.300	+4.500
9	Schell	BRM	2:10.300	+4.500
10	McLaren	Cooper	2:10.400	+4.600
11	Hill	Lotus	2:10.800	+5.000
12	Herrmann	BRM	2:11.400	+5.600
13	Trintignant	Cooper	2:12.700	+6.900
14	Ireland	Lotus	2:14.600	+8.800
15	Burgess	Cooper	2:18.900	+13.100

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Engine
1	Tony BrooksFastest lap	Ferrari	1	60	2:09:31.600	Ferrari
2	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	3	60	+1.900	Ferrari
3	Phil Hill	Ferrari	6	60	+1:04.800	Ferrari
4	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper	12	59	+1 lap	Climax
5	Jo Bonnier	BRM	7	58	+2 laps	BRM
6	Ian Burgess	Cooper	15	56	+4 laps	Maserati
7	Harry Schell	BRM	8	49	+11 laps	BRM
DNF	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	9	37	Transmission	Climax
DNF	Hans Herrmann	BRM	11	35	Accident	BRM
DNF	Masten Gregory	Cooper	5	23	Engine	Climax
DNF	Jack Brabham	Cooper	4	15	Transmission	Climax
DNF	Graham Hill	Lotus	10	10	Gearbox	Climax
DNF	Innes Ireland	Lotus	13	7	Differential	Climax
DNF	Cliff Allison	Ferrari	14	2	Clutch	Ferrari
DNF	Stirling Moss	Cooper	2	1	Transmission	Climax
DNS	Jean Behra	Behra-Porsche	-		Fatal accident in support race	Porsche
DNS	Wolfgang von Trips	Porsche	-		Withdrew	Porsche

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PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

The first race at this circuit.

Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.