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1959 German GP
1958 Portuguese GP
1959 Portuguese GP
1959 Italian GP
1960 Portuguese GP
VIII
Grande Premio de Portugal
Event
Overview •
Sessions
•
Entry List
Qualifying
Qualification
Race
Starting Grid
•
Classification
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Fastest Laps
•
Laps Led
Details
Date
Sunday 23 August 1959
Start time
14:00
Event
Portuguese GP
Circuit
Monsanto
Event Format
Race of 62 laps
Championship
World Championship
Race number
#7 of
9
in 1959
#82 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps
62
Circuit Perimeter
5440 m
Race Distance
5440 × 62 = 337.280 km
Grid Format
3-2-3-2
Pole Position
Left
First Corner
Left
Track Direction
Clockwise
Weather
Weather
Hot, Dry
Participants
Entries
16
Qualifiers
16
Finishers
10
Debutants
Mário Araújo Cabral
(
Driver
),
Monsanto
(
Circuit
)
Records Broken
1.
Highest 8th Place Finish Ratio
–
Aston Martin
(
16.67%
),
2.
Most 6th Place Finishes in a Season
–
Roy Salvadori
(
3
),
3.
Most 9th Place Qualifications
–
Harry Schell
(
6
)
Records Extended
1.
Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
28
),
2.
Most Podium Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
115
),
3.
Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores
–
Ferrari
(
161
),
4.
Most 3rd Place Finishes
–
Ferrari
(
34
),
5.
Most Race Entries
–
Maurice Trintignant
(
57
),
6.
Most 6th Place Qualifications
–
Ferrari
(
28
)
World Championship standings
1
Jack Brabham
27
2
Tony Brooks
23
3
Stirling Moss
17.5
4
Phil Hill
13
5
Maurice Trintignant
12
6
Jo Bonnier
10
7
Masten Gregory
10
Dan Gurney
10
9
Bruce McLaren
8.5
10
Rodger Ward
8
11
Jim Rathmann
6
12
Johnny Thomson
5
13
Harry Schell
5
14
Tony Bettenhausen
3
Innes Ireland
3
Olivier Gendebien
3
17
Paul Goldsmith
2
Jean Behra
2
1
Cooper
/
Climax
34
2
Ferrari
/
Ferrari
28
3
BRM
/
BRM
18
4
Lotus
/
Climax
3
Results
Winner
Pole Position
Fastest Lap
Car Number
Car 4
Car 4
Car 4
Entrant
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team
R.R.C. Walker Racing Team
Driver
Stirling Moss
Stirling Moss
Stirling Moss
Car
Cooper
T51
Cooper
T51
Cooper
T51
Engine
Climax
2.5 L4
Climax
2.5 L4
Climax
2.5 L4
Time
2:11'55.41
2'02.9
2'05.07
Speed
153.398 km/h
159.349 km/h
156.584 km/h
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