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1959 Italian Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	13 September 1959
Official name	XXXGran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza,Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.750 km (3.573 miles)
Distance	72 laps, 414.000 km (257.256 miles)
Weather	Dry and sunny
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
Time	1:39.7
Fastest lap
Driver	Phil Hill	Ferrari
Time	1:40.4
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
Second	Phil Hill	Ferrari
Third	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Lap leaders

The1959 Italian Grand Prix was aFormula Onemotor race held atMonza on 13 September 1959. It was race 8 of 9 in the1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 7 of 8 in the1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 29thItalian Grand Prix and the 24th to be held atMonza. The race was held over 72 laps of the five-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 414 kilometres.

The race was won by British driverStirling Moss driving aCooper T51 for the privateerRob Walker Racing Team. Moss won by 46 seconds over American driverPhil Hill driving aFerrari Dino 246 forScuderia Ferrari. Championship points leader AustralianJack Brabham finished third inworks entered Cooper T51, expanding his points lead, but not sufficiently to prevent a championship showdown with Moss and Ferrari driverTony Brooks at theUnited States Grand Prix.

This race was won on the weight of the cars, withStirling Moss and team managerRob Walker gambling on running the whole race without a tyre change in the little lightweightCooper – although they substituted knock-on wheels for bolt-ons in case a pit stop was necessary.^{[citation needed]} Stirling drove a careful race, relying on theFerrari crew needing to pit.^{[citation needed]}Tony Brooks made a good start but a piston failure eliminated him on the first lap.Graham Hill and thenDan Gurney led, but lost their advantages through clumsy pit-stop action.^{[citation needed]} Moss continued to win at an average speed of 124 mph, a track record.^{[citation needed]}Phil Hill was second for Ferrari on their home track, ahead of a Ferrari 4–5–6 in the order Gurney,Cliff Allison andOlivier Gendebien.

Moss's win closed the championship gap to only 5.5 points behindJack Brabham with Brooks eight points behind Brabham. The combined efforts of Brabham, Moss,Maurice Trintignant,Bruce McLaren andMasten Gregory secured the Constructors' Championship for theCooper Car Company.

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	14	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	1:39.7	—
2	30	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	1:39.8	+0.1
3	12	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:40.2	+0.5
4	36	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	1:40.8	+1.1
5	32	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1:41.2	+1.5
6	38	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	1:41.4	+1.7
7	2	Harry Schell	BRM	1:41.6	+1.9
8	34	Cliff Allison	Ferrari	1:41.8	+2.1
9	8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:42.0	+2.3
10	18	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	1:42.9	+3.2
11	6	Jo Bonnier	BRM	1:43.1	+3.4
12	10	Giorgio Scarlatti	Cooper-Climax	1:43.3	+3.6
13	16	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	1:43.4	+3.7
14	20	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:43.5	+3.8
15	4	Ron Flockhart	BRM	1:43.6	+3.9
16	42	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	1:44.6	+4.9
17	24	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	1:44.7	+5.0
18	40	Colin Davis	Cooper-Maserati	1:44.9	+5.2
19	26	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	1:46.4	+6.7
20	22	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Maserati	1:49.4	+9.7
21	28	Giulio Cabianca	Maserati	1:51.5	+11.8
Source:[1]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	72	2:04:05.4	1	8
2	32	Phil Hill	Ferrari	72	+ 46.7	5	71
3	12	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	72	+ 1:12.5	3	4
4	36	Dan Gurney	Ferrari	72	+ 1:19.6	4	3
5	34	Cliff Allison	Ferrari	71	+ 1 Lap	8	2
6	38	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari	71	+ 1 Lap	6
7	2	Harry Schell	BRM	70	+ 2 Laps	7
8	6	Jo Bonnier	BRM	70	+ 2 Laps	11
9	16	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Climax	70	+ 2 Laps	13
10	26	Carroll Shelby	Aston Martin	70	+ 2 Laps	19
11	40	Colin Davis	Cooper-Maserati	68	+ 4 Laps	18
12	10	Giorgio Scarlatti	Cooper-Climax	68	+ 4 Laps	12
13	4	Ron Flockhart	BRM	67	+ 5 Laps	15
14	42	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	67	+ 5 Laps	16
15	28	Giulio Cabianca	Maserati	64	+ 8 Laps	21
Ret	24	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	44	Engine	17
Ret	8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	22	Engine	9
Ret	22	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Maserati	18	Engine	20
Ret	20	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	14	Brakes	14
Ret	18	Graham Hill	Lotus-Climax	1	Clutch	10
Ret	30	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	0	Clutch	2
Source:[2]

Notes

• ^1 – Includes 1 point for fastest lap

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Jack Brabham 31 1 2 Stirling Moss 25.5 1 3 Tony Brooks 23 4 Phil Hill 20 3 5 Dan Gurney 13 Source:[3]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Cooper-Climax 38 (45) 2 Ferrari 32 (34) 3 BRM 18 4 Lotus-Climax 3 Source:[3]

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results counted towards each championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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