1959 Pau Grand Prix

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1959 Pau Grand Prix
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Race details
Date 18 May 1959
Official name XIX Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 mi)
Distance 80 laps, 112.691 km (85.749 mi)
Pole position
Driver Cooper T51
Time 1:35.6
Fastest lap
Driver France Jean Behra Behra-Porsche
Time 1:36.8
Podium
First Cooper T51
Second Cooper T45
Third Cooper T51

The 1959 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 18 May 1959 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Maurice Trintignant for the second year in a row, driving the Cooper T51. Bruce McLaren finished second and Lucien Bianchi third.

Classification[]

Race[]

Pos No Driver Vehicle Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2 France Maurice Trintignant Cooper T43 80 2hr 23min 34.5sec 1
2 8 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper T45 80 + 1:14.8 s 3
3 18 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper T51 80 + 1:31.6 s 8
4 26 United Kingdom Tony Marsh Cooper T45 79 + 1 lap 9
5 28 France Jean Behra Behra-Porsche 79 + 1 lap 2
6 24 United Kingdom Henry Taylor Cooper T51 79 + 1 lap 9
7 22 United Kingdom Jackie Lewis Cooper T45 78 + 2 laps 4
8 10 United States Harry Schell Porsche RSK 78 + 2 laps 11
9 40 United Kingdom Keith Greene Cooper T43 78 + 2 laps 12
10 34 United Kingdom John Campbell-Jones Cooper T43 77 + 3 laps 17
11 20 Belgium Alain de Changy Cooper T51 76 + 4 laps 10
12 32 United Kingdom Bob Hicks Lotus 12 73 + 7 laps 18
Ret 38 United Kingdom Norman Barclay Cooper T45 39 Accident 16
Ret 16 Italy Giulio Cabianca O.S.C.A. F2 27 Retired 14
Ret 6 United States Masten Gregory Cooper T45 25 Crown wheel + pinion 6
Ret 36 Belgium Christian Goethals Porsche RSK 21 Retired 13
Ret 4 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper T45 14 Magneto 5
Ret 14 Italy Gino Munaron O.S.C.A. F2 9 Retired 20
Ret 30 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche RSK 3 Retired 15
Ret 12 Germany Wolfgang Seidel Porsche RSK 0 Retired 19
Sources: [1]
Preceded by Pau Grand Prix
1959
Succeeded by

References[]

  1. ^ "F2 Register - Index".
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