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1959 United States Grand Prix

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Formula One race number 9 of 9
Saturday, December 12, 1959 at Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL
42 laps on a 8.369 kilometer road course (351.498 kilometers)

Time of race: 2:12:35.7
Average speed: 159.061 kph
Pole time: 180 seconds

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: .6 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1959 Formula One results / 1959 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Team	Chass./Eng.	Laps	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51 / Climax 2.5 L4	42	2:12:35.7	1	8
2	5	6	Maurice Trintignant	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper T51 / Climax 2.5 L4	42	+0.6	0	7
3	4	2	Tony Brooks	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246 / Ferrari 155/59	42	+180.9	0	4
4	2	8	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper T51 / Climax 2.5 L4	42	+297.3	36	3
5	9	10	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus Mk16 / Climax 2.5 L4	39	+3 laps	0	2
6	6	4	Wolfgang von Trips	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246 / Ferrari 155/59	38	engine	0	0
7	16	17	Harry Blanchard	Blanchard Automobiles	Porsche RSK / Porsche 1.5 B4	38	+4 laps	0	0
ret	7	3	Cliff Allison	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246 / Ferrari 155/59	23	transmission	0	0
ret	11	12	Roy Salvadori	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper T45 / Maserati 2.5 L4	23	transmission	0	0
ret	19	1	Rodger Ward	Leader Cards Inc.	Kurtis Kraft Midget / Offenhauser 2.5 L4	20	clutch	0	0
ret	14	14	Alejandro de Tomaso	Automobili OSCA	Cooper T43 / Osca	13	brakes	0	0
ret	8	5	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari Dino 246 / Ferrari 155/59	8	clutch	0	0
ret	17	15	Fritz d'Orey	Camoradi International	Tec-Mec F415 / Maserati 2.5 L6	6	oil leak	0	0
ret	1	7	Stirling Moss	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper T51 / Climax 2.5 L4	5	transmission	5	0
ret	3	19	Harry Schell	Ecurie Bleue	Cooper T51 / Climax 2.2 L4	5	clutch	0	0
ret	15	16	George Constantine	Mike Taylor	Cooper T45 / Climax 2.5 L4	5	overheating	0	0
ret	12	11	Alan Stacey	Team Lotus	Lotus Mk16 / Climax 2.5 L4	2	clutch	0	0
ret	13	18	Bob Said	Connaught Cars / Paul Emery	Connaught C / Alta 1.5	0	crash	0	0
dns	18	22	Phil Cade	Phil Cade	Maserati 250F / Maserati 2.5 L6	0	did not start	0	0

Fastest Lap: 162.856 kph by Maurice Trintignant

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Stirling Moss	1	5	5
Jack Brabham	6	41	36
Bruce McLaren	42	42	1