Portuguese Grand Prix

Date
Sun 23rd August 1959 (UTC)
Sun 23rd August 1959 (Local)

Timestamp
1959-08-23T14:00:00

Time

14:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1959

Round
7

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The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monsanto on 23 August 1959. It was race 7 of 9 in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and race 6 of 8 in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was the eighth Portuguese Grand Prix and the second to be included in the World Championship of Drivers. It was the third time the race was held at Monsanto and the first for Formula One. The race was held over 62 laps of the five kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 337 kilometres.
The race was won by British driver Stirling Moss, his eleventh Grand Prix victory, driving a Cooper T51 for privateer race team Rob Walker Racing Team.

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Result List

Result Description
1 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 2:11:55.41
2 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax + 1 Lap
3 Dan Gurney Ferrari + 1 Lap
4 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax + 2 Laps
5 Harry Schell BRM + 3 Laps
6 Roy Salvadori Aston Martin + 3 Laps
7 Ron Flockhart BRM + 3 Laps
8 Carroll Shelby Aston Martin + 4 Laps
9 Tony Brooks Ferrari + 5 Laps
10 Mário de Araújo Cabral Cooper-Maserati + 6 Laps

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