F1 CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE Standings 1959 From the first championship in 1950 to today’s grid. History, with the points system of its era.
POS DRIVER / TEAM WINS POINTS
1 JB Jack Brabham BRA 🇦🇺 Australia Cooper Climax WORLD CHAMPION
2 WINS 31 PTS LEADER 2 TB Tony Brooks BRO 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Ferrari / Vanwall
2 WINS 27 PTS −4 TO LEADER 3 SM Stirling Moss MOS 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Climax / BRM
2 WINS 25.5 PTS −5.5 TO LEADER 4 PH Phil Hill HIL 🇺🇸 United States Ferrari
0 WINS 20 PTS −11 TO LEADER 5 MT Maurice Trintignant TRI 🇫🇷 France Cooper Climax
0 WINS 19 PTS −12 TO LEADER 6 BM Bruce McLaren MCL 🇳🇿 New Zealand Cooper Climax
1 WINS 16.5 PTS −14.5 TO LEADER 7 DG Dan Gurney GUR 🇺🇸 United States Ferrari
0 WINS 13 PTS −18 TO LEADER 8ⓘ JB Jo Bonnier BON 🇸🇪 Sweden BRM
1 WINS 10 PTS −21 TO LEADER 9ⓘ MG Masten Gregory GRE 🇺🇸 United States Cooper Climax
0 WINS 10 PTS −21 TO LEADER 10 RW Rodger Ward WAR 🇺🇸 United States Watson Offenhauser / Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
1 WINS 8 PTS −23 TO LEADER 11 JR Jim Rathmann RAT #16 🇺🇸 United States Watson Offenhauser
0 WINS 6 PTS −25 TO LEADER 12ⓘ JT Johnny Thomson THO #3 🇺🇸 United States Lesovsky Offenhauser
0 WINS 5 PTS −26 TO LEADER 13ⓘ HS Harry Schell SCH 🇺🇸 United States BRM / Cooper Climax
0 WINS 5 PTS −26 TO LEADER 13ⓘ II Innes Ireland IRE 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 5 PTS −26 TO LEADER 15ⓘ TB Tony Bettenhausen BET #1 🇺🇸 United States Epperly Offenhauser
0 WINS 3 PTS −28 TO LEADER 15ⓘ OG Olivier Gendebien GEN 🇧🇪 Belgium Ferrari
0 WINS 3 PTS −28 TO LEADER 17ⓘ PG Paul Goldsmith GOL #99 🇺🇸 United States Epperly Offenhauser
0 WINS 2 PTS −29 TO LEADER 17ⓘ JB Jean Behra BEH 🇫🇷 France Ferrari / Behra-Porsche Porsche
0 WINS 2 PTS −29 TO LEADER 17ⓘ CA Cliff Allison ALL 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Ferrari
0 WINS 2 PTS −29 TO LEADER NC AH Al Herman HER #89 🇺🇸 United States Dunn Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC AK Al Keller KEL #57 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC AS Alan Stacey STA 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC Ad Alejandro de Tomaso DET #14 🇦🇷 Argentina Cooper OSCA
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC AJ Anthony Joseph Foyt FOY #10 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC BC Bill Cheesbourg CHE #53 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC BC Bob Christie CHR #65 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC BS Bob Said SAI #18 🇺🇸 United States Connaught Alta
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC BV Bob Veith VEI #74 🇺🇸 United States Moore Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC BG Bobby Grim GRI #48 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC BN Brian Naylor NAY #36 🇬🇧 United Kingdom JBW Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC BH Bruce Halford HAL #44 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC CG Carel Godin de Beaufort DEB 🇳🇱 Netherlands Porsche / Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC CS Carroll Shelby SHE 🇺🇸 United States Aston Martin
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC CB Chris Bristow BRI #48 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Borgward
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC CA Chuck Arnold ARN #71 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC CW Chuck Weyant WEY #47 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC CD Colin Davis DAV 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC DP David Piper PIP #64 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC DR Dick Rathmann RAT #73 🇺🇸 United States Watson Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC DB Don Branson BRA #9 🇺🇸 United States Phillips Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC DF Don Freeland FRE #15 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC DC Duane Carter CAR #37 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC EJ Eddie Johnson JOH #19 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC ES Eddie Sachs SAC #44 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC Fd Fritz d'Orey D'O 🇧🇷 Brazil Maserati / Tec-Mec Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC GH Gene Hartley HAR #88 🇺🇸 United States Kuzma Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC GC George Constantine CON #16 🇺🇸 United States Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC GS Giorgio Scarlatti SCA 🇮🇹 Italy Maserati / Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC GC Giulio Cabianca CAB #28 🇮🇹 Italy Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC GH Graham Hill HIL 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC HH Hans Herrmann HER 🇩🇪 Germany Cooper Maserati / BRM
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC HB Harry Blanchard BLA #17 🇺🇸 United States Porsche
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC HT Henry Taylor TAY #58 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC IB Ian Burgess BUR 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC IB Ivor Bueb BUE 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Climax / Cooper Borgward
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC JF Jack Fairman FAI 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Climax / Cooper Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC JT Jack Turner TUR #24 🇺🇸 United States Christensen Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC JM Jim McWithey MCW #58 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC JB Jimmy Bryan BRY #6 🇺🇸 United States Epperly Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC JD Jimmy Daywalt DAY #66 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC JB Johnny Boyd BOY #33 🇺🇸 United States Epperly Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC JL Jud Larson LAR #7 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC LS Len Sutton SUT #8 🇺🇸 United States Lesovsky Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC MM Mike Magill MAG #77 🇺🇸 United States Sutton Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC MT Mike Taylor TAY #50 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC Md Mário de Araújo Cabral DEA #18 🇵🇹 Portugal Cooper Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC PF Pat Flaherty FLA #64 🇺🇸 United States Watson Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC PR Paul Russo RUS #45 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC PA Peter Ashdown ASH #52 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC RC Ray Crawford CRA #49 🇺🇸 United States Elder Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC RA Red Amick AMI #87 🇺🇸 United States Kurtis Kraft Offenhauser
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC RF Ron Flockhart FLO 🇬🇧 United Kingdom BRM
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC RS Roy Salvadori SAL 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Maserati / Aston Martin
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER NC Wv Wolfgang von Trips VON 🇩🇪 Germany Porsche / Ferrari
0 WINS 0 PTS −31 TO LEADER About these data Data: F1DB · Marcel Overdijk and contributors , CC BY 4.0 . Adapted for season-based display; source points are preserved.
Points are retained from the source standings. We do not recalculate historical seasons using the modern scoring system. Drivers who changed teams may have multiple constructors.
Points are taken from the final F1DB standings; historical dropped-score rules are preserved. We do not sum race points.
NC rows document participants with at least one start, no points and no position in the final F1DB standings. NC is the display label for a missing position, not a placing assigned by us. Entries without any starts are excluded.
Team names use the constructor and engine from this season. A driver’s number is shown only when the same number is verified across all of their results that season.
Data source ↗ · Verified 7 Oct 2026
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PHOTO CREDITS & LICENSING · 1959 