French Grand Prix

Date
Sun 5th July 1959 (UTC)
Sun 5th July 1959 (Local)

Timestamp
1959-07-05T14:00:00

Time

14:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1959

Round
4

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Location
Reims-Gueux

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The 1959 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims on 5 July 1959. It was race 4 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 3 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the 37th French Grand Prix and the twelfth to be held at the Reims highway circuit and the fourth to be held on the longer and faster 8.348 km layout. The race was held over 50 laps of the eight kilometre circuit for a race distance of 417 kilometres.
The race was won by British driver Tony Brooks driving a Ferrari 246 F1. Brooks dominated the race, leading all 50 laps and winning by 27 seconds over his American Scuderia Ferrari teammate Phil Hill.

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Result List

Result Description

1 Tony Brooks Ferrari 2:01:26.5
2 Phil Hill Ferrari + 27.5
3 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax + 1:37.7
4 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari + 1:47.5
5 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax + 1:47.7
6 Ron Flockhart BRM + 2:05.7
7 Harry Schell BRM + 3 Laps
8 Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati + 9 Laps
9 Carel Godin de Beaufort Maserati + 10 Laps
10 Fritz d'Orey Maserati + 10 Laps

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