Dutch Grand Prix

Date
Sun 31st May 1959 (UTC)
Sun 31st May 1959 (Local)

Timestamp
1959-05-31T14:00:00

Time

14:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1959

Round
3

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The 1959 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Zandvoort on 31 May 1959. It was the ninth Dutch Grand Prix. The race was held over 75 laps of the four kilometre circuit for a race distance of 314 kilometres. It was race 3 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 2 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The race was won by Swedish driver Joakim Bonnier driving a BRM P25. It would be the only World Championship victory of Bonnier's fifteen-year Grand Prix career. It was the first pole position and also the first win for the Owen Racing Organisation, the race team of the constructor BRM, and also the first pole position and win for a BRM-engine, after almost a decade of effort.

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Result Description

1 Jo Bonnier BRM 2:05:26.8
2 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax + 14.2
3 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax + 1:23.0
4 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax + 1 Lap
5 Jean Behra Ferrari + 1 Lap
6 Phil Hill Ferrari + 2 Laps
7 Graham Hill Lotus-Climax + 2 Laps
8 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax + 2 Laps
9 Cliff Allison Ferrari + 4 Laps
10 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche + 7 Laps

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