IX Gran Premio di Siracusa 1959
Circuito di Siracusa, Sicily, Italy

 

April 25 55 laps x 5597 m = 307.835 km Pole Position: Stirling Moss, 2'02.7" Fastest Lap: Jean Behra, 1'59.0"

 

Pos Cla. # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car - Engine Chassis Engine
Type
Cyl.
vol.
Grid
pos.
Time, Laps Reason Out
1 1 12 Stirling Moss, GBR R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T43 - Borgward 30 F2-7-57 L4 1498 1 1:53'06.0"  
2 2 16 Jean Behra, FRA Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Dino 156 - Ferrari 156/F2 Tipo 178 0011 V6 1477 2 1:53'28.4"  
3 3 10 Jack Brabham, AUS Cooper Car Co Cooper T45 - Coventry Climax FPF F2-22-58 L4 1475 4 54  
4 4 34 Masten Gregory, USA Alan Brown Equipe Cooper T45 - Coventry Climax FPF F2-17-58 L4 1475 3 54  
5 5 2 Ivor Bueb, GBR British Racing Partnership Cooper T51 - Borgward 30 F2-1-59 L4 1489 6 54  
6 6 24 Christian 'Bino' Heins, BRA Christian Heins Porsche RSK - Porsche 547 - F4 1498 7 53  
7 7 4 George Wicken, GBR British Racing Partnership Cooper T51 - Borgward 30 F2-2-59 L4 1498 11 50  
8 8 32 David Piper, GBR Dorchester Service Station Lotus 16 - Coventry Climax FPF 363 L4 1475 12 47  
9 9 30 Gino Munaron, ITA Gino Munaron OSCA F2 - OSCA - L4 1500 10    
                       
11 DNF 14 Graham Hill, GBR Team Lotus Lotus 16 - Coventry Climax FPF 368 L4 1475 9 37 Hub bearing
12 DNF 18 John Campbell-Jones, GBR Cornwall Garage Ltd Cooper T43 - Coventry Climax FPF F2-23-57 L4 1475 8 22 Gearbox
13 DNF 20 Stuart Dodd, GBR Stuart Dodd Cooper T43 - Coventry Climax FPF F2-24-57 L4 1475 14 15 Gearbox
14 DNF 8 Maria Theresa di Filippis, ITA John Fisher Equipe Lotus 12 - Coventry Climax FPF 353 L4 1475 13 10 Oil leak
15 DNF 6 Bruce Halford, GBR John Fisher Equipe Lotus 16 - Coventry Climax FPF 362/B L4 1475 5 3 Oil union
16 DNF 28 Wilhelm "Willi" Zimmermann, BRD Wilhelm Zimmermann Lotus 12 - Coventry Climax FPF 356 L4 1475 15 1 Engine
                       
17 DNS 22 Wolfgang Seidel, BRD Wolfgang Seidel Porsche RSK - Porsche 547 718-U26 F4 1489 -   Mechanical
                       
18 DNA 26 Jo Bonnier, SWE Jo Bonnier Cooper T45 - Coventry Climax FPF - F4 1475 -    

 

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