Portugal 1959: Race analysis

At a glance

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Moss	Cooper	2:02.890
2	Brabham	Cooper	2:04.950	+2.060
3	Gregory	Cooper	2:06.330	+3.440
4	Trintignant	Cooper	2:07.380	+4.490
5	Bonnier	BRM	2:07.860	+4.970
6	Gurney	Ferrari	2:07.990	+5.100
7	Hill	Ferrari	2:08.020	+5.130
8	McLaren	Cooper	2:08.170	+5.280
9	Schell	BRM	2:09.080	+6.190
10	Brooks	Ferrari	2:10.960	+8.070
11	Flockhart	BRM	2:10.980	+8.090
12	Salvadori	Aston Martin	2:13.280	+10.390
13	Shelby	Aston Martin	2:13.580	+10.690
14	Cabral	Cooper	2:15.250	+12.360
15	Hill	Lotus	2:15.550	+12.660
16	Ireland	Lotus	2:18.470	+15.580

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	Tyres
1	Stirling MossFastest lap	Cooper	1	62	2:11:55.410	Climax	Dunlop
2	Masten Gregory	Cooper	3	61	+1 lap	Climax	Dunlop
3	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	6	61	+1 lap	Ferrari	Dunlop
4	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper	4	60	+2 laps	Climax	Dunlop
5	Harry Schell	BRM	9	59	+3 laps	BRM	Dunlop
6	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	12	59	+3 laps	Aston Martin	Avon
7	Ron Flockhart	BRM	11	59	+3 laps	BRM	Dunlop
8	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	13	58	+4 laps	Aston Martin	Avon
9	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	10	57	+5 laps	Ferrari	Dunlop
10	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper	14	56	+6 laps	Maserati	Dunlop
DNF	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	8	38	Transmission	Climax	Dunlop
DNF	Jack Brabham	Cooper	2	23	Collision	Climax	Dunlop
DNF	Jo Bonnier	BRM	5	10	Engine	BRM	Dunlop
DNF	Phil Hill	Ferrari	7	5	Accident	Ferrari	Dunlop
DNF	Graham Hill	Lotus	15	5	Accident	Climax	Dunlop
DNF	Innes Ireland	Lotus	16	3	Gearbox	Climax	Dunlop

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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.