1959 Formula One World Championship (partially found footage of Formula One races; 1959)

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Programme for the 1959 British Grand Prix.

Status: Partially Found

The 1959 Formula One World Championship was the tenth FIA-sanctioned top-level Grand Prix racing season. It saw Cooper-Climax's Jack Brabham edge out Ferrari's Tony Brooks and Rob Walker Cooper Climax's Stirling Moss to claim his first of three World Championships. Four races, including the Monaco, British, Portuguese, and Italian Grand Prix, are known to have received television coverage, with the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix noted for having one of the oldest surviving television telerecordings of a live Formula One broadcast.

1959 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1959 Monaco Grand Prix was the opening race of the 1959 Formula One Season. Occurring on 10th May at the Circuit de Monaco, the race was ultimately won by Jack Brabham in a Cooper-Climax, taking his and the Cooper factory team's first ever World Championship win. The event was partially televised live, with an incomplete Dutch telerecording being the among the oldest known available remnants of a live Formula One broadcast.

It was the sixth running of the event as part of Formula One following its debut on the calendar in 1950.[1] It was also the 17th in Grand Prix history.[2][1] Lasting 100 laps,[3] the Monaco Grand Prix remains an integral event of the Formula One calendar, including being prestigious enough to be classified as part of the Triple Crown of Motorsport, alongside the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Indianapolis 500.[1][4]

With the Argentine Grand Prix being cancelled beforehand, the Monaco race was now the opening event for the 1959 World Championship.[5][6] Heading into the race, Stirling Moss, who narrowly missed out on winning the previous year's title, opted to compete in a new 2.5 litre rear engine Cooper-Climax rather than a front engine Cooper-BRM after experiencing technical issues and lowered performance in the latter.[7][5][6] A four-horse race over the pole position emerged between the Coopers of Moss and Jack Brabham, and the Ferraris of Jean Behra and Tony Brooks.[5][7] When the track became clear on Friday, Moss set the fastest time in qualifying with 1:39.6.[5][7][3][6] Behra emerged in second, and despite spinning into the haybales at one point, Brabham set a time good enough for third on the grid.[5][7][3]

The Coopers' performances indicated a high chance of victory at the event, with Brabham and the factory Cooper team seeking their first wins.[5][7] Brabham had won the International Trophy Meeting at Silverstone earlier that year in the Cooper, signifying his and the car's potential.[6] Meanwhile, the Rob Walker-owned Cooper driven by Moss was with a shout of achieving a second consecutive Monaco victory.[5][7] Only the top 16 fastest drivers were allowed to race; among those who failed to qualify included Maria Teresa de Filippis, in her final World Championship appearance; while Cooper-Climax's Ivor Bueb and Maserati's Giorgio Scarlatti narrowly missed out by a few tenths of a second.[5][3][7]

The Race

With the starting order decided, the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix commenced on 10th May.[3] Behra made the best start, overtaking Moss and preventing him from making a move on the inside.[5][6][7][3] Further back, the Formula 2 cars of Wolfgang von Trips, Cliff Allison, and Bruce Halford when von Trips spun on some oil and collided with the other cars.[5][3] All escaped without serious injury.[5] By lap 4, it was a three-horse race for the lead, with Behra narrowly leading Moss and Brabham, Moss continually putting the pressure on the Ferrari driver.[5][6] This paid off on lap 22, when Moss went by, with Brabham also making a move a lap later on a clearly stricken Ferrari.[5][7][3] By lap 25, Behra was forced to retire as the engine's bottom fell out, causing oil to leak over the Gasworks hairpin.[5][7][3]

Moss then began to build a gap over Brabham, the latter content with second and accepting he could not challenge the fellow Cooper driver.[5][7] By lap 30, Moss was 30 seconds in front of Brabham, with Ferrari's Phil Hill having climbed to a distant third.[5][7] However, he spun on lap 37, damaging his car's rear and dropping to fifth behind BRM's Harry Schell and Brooks.[5][7] Schell however lost third after 48 laps when he crashed into the straw bales at the Casino Square, which split both the oil and water radiators of his car.[5][3] By lap 50, Moss led by over 40 seconds from Brabham, with Brooks having moved up to third.[5] Brooks was within 11 seconds of Brabham by lap 80, but the Australian maintained second by setting a new lap record of 1:40.4.[5][6][3] Suddenly Moss pulled into the pits after encountering problems with his transmission.[5][7] No issues were detected in the pits, but not long afterwards, the transmission gave out.[5][6][7][3] According to Motor Sport, it was revealed that bolts connecting the crown-wheel to the differential cage were shearing off, establishing broken heads which would eventually trap the rear axle and integral gearbox.[5]

Moss' retirement enabled Brabham to coast for the remaining laps, as Brooks was suffering from exhaustion.[5][7][3] Brabham therefore took his and factory Cooper's first ever World Championship win, also becoming the first Australian Formula One winner.[5][6][7][3] He therefore earned eight points, and an additional one for posting the fastest lap.[5][3] Brooks finished second, while Moss' teammate Maurice Trintignant was two laps down in third.[5][6][7][3] Hill took fourth, despite spinning three times, while Cooper-Climax's Bruce McLaren took the final points position of fifth.[7][6][5][3]

1959 British Grand Prix

The 1959 British Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1959 Formula One Season. Occurring on 18th July at the Aintree Circuit, the race would ultimately be won by Jack Brabham in a Cooper-Climax, after having led every lap of the event. The race is one of a few World Championship events not to feature Ferrari, who were forced to withdraw due to strikes in Italy.

It was the tenth running of the event within Formula One, with the race lasting 75 laps.[8][9][10] The 12th British Grand Prix overall, the event has remained an annual race on the Formula One calendar, primarily taking place at Silverstone, although Aintree and Brands Hatch have also hosted the event.[8]

Heading into the race, Italy was experiencing major strike action, primarily from metal workers.[11][12][13] The resulting strikes prevented Ferrari from attending the British Grand Prix, forcing title contender Tony Brooks to drive an outdated Vanwall lent to him by Tony Vandervell.[12][11][13] Nevertheless, while this meant the grid consisted mostly of British teams, the small Scuderia Centro-Sud had managed to overcome the problems that the Prancing Horse could not, becoming the only Italian presence at the race.[12][11] This presence was not enough for The Times to criticise the lack of international involvement, stating that Ferrari's absence "left the race all but shorn of the dashing internationalism to be expected".[11]

In qualifying, the Cooper-Climaxes and the relatively new Aston Martins appeared to be the most competitive, with the Aintree lap-record of 1:58.8 being broken.[12][11][13][10] Jack Brabham achieved pole position with a time of 1:58.[12][13][10] Directly behind him was Aston Martin's Roy Salvadori, with BRM's Harry Schell lining up third.[12][13][10] BRM driver and title contender Stirling Moss in contrast struggled, qualifying only seventh, while Brooks was down in 17th out of 24 competitors.[12][13][10]

The Race

With the starting order decided, the 1959 British Grand Prix commenced on 18th July.[10] Brabham made a strong start, while Salvadori lost numerous places.[12] The Aston Martins were already out of contention when the cars' fuel tank overflow caused fuel to spray onto Carroll Shelby, forcing pitstops for him and Salvadori to ensure the filler cap was shut properly.[12] Elsewhere, Brabham extended his lead, with BRM's Harry Schell leading five other drivers in a tense battle for second.[12] Moss made it past Schell, and the two BRM drivers built a gap from the others as they lapped backmarkers who were blocking the action by engaging in their own duel.[12][11] Brooks retired after 13 laps due to a misfire, while Moss set about reducing Brabham's 17 second lead.[12][11][10] He attempted this by continually setting new lap records, but Brabham still managed to maintain a gap ranging from 14-16 seconds.[12] By lap 35, Brabham was now lapping at the same speed as Moss.[12]

By lap 45, Moss had reduced to gap to 10.5 seconds, but was struggling to make any further gains.[12] His hard work was squandered after 50 laps when he was forced to make an unplanned pitstop to replace a rear wheel, enabling Brabham to lead by 53 seconds after 54 laps.[12][11] Moss set another lap record and was on course to reduce the gap from Brabham by two seconds per lap.[12][10] However, even this would not be enough to challenge the Australian with so few laps remaining.[12] Instead, with nine laps remaining, Moss was forced to make another unscheduled stop for a fuel, and this time it meant that Cooper-Climax's Bruce McLaren, who was running firmly in third, was now in second.[12][11][13] Moss managed to overtake the New Zealander two laps later, but despite setting another lap record of 1:57.0, was still being pursued by McLaren.[12][11][13][10] McLaren himself set the exact same time as Moss, and by lap 71 was level with the BRM and remained level-pegging for the duration of the race.[12][11][13][10]

Meanwhile, Brabham comfortably claimed victory and eight points in the Drivers' Championship, having led every lap of the event.[12][11]<[13][10] Moss would beat McLaren by two tenths of a second to claim second and third respectively, with both sharing the fastest lap point.[11][12][13][10] The race is one of nine where two or more drivers jointly set the fastest lap.[14] At 21 years and 322 days, McLaren became the youngest driver to post the fastest lap in a Formula One race, a record that stood until Fernando Alonso broke it at the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix, being a day younger than when McLaren did it.[14] Shell and Cooper-Climax's Maurice Trintignant claimed the final points positions of fourth and fifth respectively.[10][12][13]

1959 Portuguese Grand Prix

The 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 1959 Formula One Season. Occurring on 23rd August at the Circuito de Monsanto, the race would ultimately be won by Stirling Moss in a Cooper-Climax, after having lapped the entire field.

It was the second running of the event as part of the Formula One World Championship, lasting 62 laps.[15][16][17] The eighth Portuguese Grand Prix overall, and the only World Championship edition held at Monsanto, the event would be dropped from the calendar after 1960.[18][17][16] It would return to Formula One from 1984 to 1996, where it was held exclusively at the Circuito do Estoril.[16][17] Finally, the race would be ran two more times from 2020-2021 at the Algarve International Circuit.[17][16]

Heading into the race, Cooper Climax's Jack Brabham was leading the Drivers' Championship on 27 points, four ahead of Ferrari's Tony Brooks.[19][18] Stirling Moss by contrast was only joint-sixth with works Cooper-Climax driver Bruce McLaren, on 8.5 points.[19] Nevertheless, his new association with the Rob Walker-owned Cooper, combined with being one of only three drivers (the others being Phil Hill and Masten Gregory) to have previously raced at the circuit, increased his chances at the event.[20][21] Thanks to adjustments to his Cooper, and with a five-speed gearbox compared to Brabham's four-speed, Moss achieved pole position with a time of 2:02.89.[20][21][15] In contrast, despite boasting Brooks, Hill, and Dan Gurney as drivers, Ferrari were struggling to set competitive lap times, being about eight seconds behind Moss' best time and languishing within the midfield.[20][21][15] Hence, it was a Cooper 1-3, with Brabham and Gregory qualifying second and third respectively, Brooks only starting tenth out of 16 competitors.[20][21][15]

The Race

With the starting order decided, the 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix commenced on 23rd August.[15] Brabham and Gregory made the best starts as Moss lagged behind.[20] However, he was able to regain the lead by halfway through the opening lap.[20][21][15] McLaren passed Gregory for third, as Moss already began to build a lead over Brabham, about eight seconds by lap 4.[20][18] With a Cooper 1-4 occurring, Moss extended his lead by about 2-2.5 seconds per lap.[20] On lap 6, Lotus-Climax's Graham Hill collided with Phil Hill, resulting in both future champions being eliminated.[20][18][21][15] Moss was already 17 seconds ahead, and began lapping the field, including a struggling Brooks.[20][18][21] On lap 24, Brabham attempted to lap Cooper-Maserati and Portuguese driver Mario de Araujo Cabral, but went too far left and crashed into the straw bales, which redirected the Cooper into a telegraph pole.[20][18][21][15] Not only was the Cooper wrecked, it somersaulted and threw Brabham free from the vehicle into the middle of the track, where he was nearly hit by Gregory.[20][18][21] Brabham ultimately escaped unhurt.[20][18]

By lap 31, Moss was leading Gregory by about a minute, while McLaren retired from third on lap 39 due to a transmission failure.[20][21][15] Gurney was now third, but would be lapped by Moss on lap 47.[20][21] Eleven laps later, Moss lapped Gregory, his only concern being a slight leak within his Cooper's fuel tank.[20][15] From there, Moss took an easy win after leading every lap, the Brit earning nine points after also having posted the fastest lap.[20][18][21][15] The Times summarised his performance with "So superior was he, [that] from the opening lap the race lost much of its interest."[18] Gregory took second, while Gurney made it two Americans on the podium with third.[15][20][21] Moss' teammate Maurice Trintignant finished fourth, despite being hit by Gurney in an collision that damaged the latter's radiator, while BRM's Harry Schell took the final points position of fifth.[20][18][15][21] With this win, Moss was now third in the Drivers' Championship with 17.5 points, 9.5 behind Brabham.[22][18] In the Constructors' Championship, Cooper led Ferrari 34 to 28.[22]

1959 Italian Grand Prix

The 1959 Italian Grand Prix was the eighth race of the 1959 Formula One Season. Occurring on 13th September at the Monza Circuit, the race would ultimately be won by Stirling Moss in a Cooper-Climax, primarily due to his superior tyre conservation compared to the Ferrari drivers. Cooper would also secure the Constructors' Championship at the event.

It was the ninth running of the event as part of the Formula One calendar, with the race lasting 72 laps.[23] The 29th edition in Grand Prix history,[24] the Italian Grand Prix has been held at Monza for all bar one instance in 1980 since Formula One's inception in 1950,[25] and has garnered a reputation for being the "home" Grand Prix of Ferrari.[26]

Heading into the race, Cooper-Climax's Jack Brabham was leading the Drivers' Championship on 27 points, four ahead of Ferrari's Tony Brooks, with Rob Walker Cooper driver Stirling Moss 9.5 points behind and seemingly out of title contention.[27][28] Cooper was also beating Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship with 34 points compared to 28.[27] In qualifying, after numerous drivers averaged around the 1:42-1:43 mark, Moss achieved the pole position by breaking Monza's lap record, with a time of 1:39.7.[29][30][28][23] Brooks lined up second, with Brabham lining up third out of 21 competitors.[29][28][30][23] While the Coopers were again proving competitive, there was concern over the extent of tyre wear the cars were producing during qualifying.[29] To counteract this, Moss' Walker-owned Cooper was equipped with splined hubs for the rear and knock-off wire wheels.[29][28]

The Race

With the starting order decided, the 1959 Italian Grand Prix commenced on 13th September.[23] Moss was in first from the opening lap, despite Brabham initially leading, while Brooks' campaign ended swiftly as his clutch and an engine piston immediately failed.[28][29][30][23] Hill made a strong start, climbing to second on lap 1, before overtaking Moss for the lead a lap later.[29][28][30][23] The battle for the lead became a four-horse race between Hill, Moss, Ferrari's Dan Gurney, and Brabham.[29][28][30][23] While Moss was focused on conversing his tyres early on, he still overtook Hill on lap 4, only to drop it back a lap later.[29][28][23] This process was also repeated between laps 15-16.[23] Brabham dropped back to maintain his tyres, and the race settled from laps 10-30 with Hill leading Moss and Gurney.[29][30][23] Ferrari were aiming to outpace Moss, but the Brit held strong.[29][28] Ferrari's gameplan backfired, with the team forced to call in Hill and Gurney on laps 33 and 34 respectively for tyre changes, as their cars were wearing out their tyres more so than the Cooper.[29][28][30] Moss pitted on lap 36, and was well-ahead of the Ferraris post-stop.[29][28][30][23]

According to Motor Sport, Moss was satisfied in letting Hill control the pace, so that he held the tyre advantage later in the event.[29] Ferrari was hoping Moss would pit again, but this was in vain, Moss had successfully looked after his tyres and was further boosted by the splined hubs equipped to his car's wheels.[29][28][30] As The Times noted "One by one the laps were reeled off and the Ferrari team looked desperately at the Walker and Cooper pits to see if any preparations were being made to call in their men to change wheels. Cooper obliged by putting out some wheels but Brabham carried on while the Walker team made no sign."[28] Brabham moved past Gurney for third, while Moss continually extended his gap to Hill, Ferrari ultimately ruing their decision not to leave a driver out with old tyres to pressurise the Cooper.[28][29][30][23]

Moss therefore claimed victory and eight points in the Drivers' Championship.[29][28][30][23] Hill was 46.7 seconds behind in second, but did gain another point for posting the fastest lap, with Brabham securing third.[29][28][30][23] In the Drivers' Championship, Brabham still led on 31 points, but Moss was now only 5.5 points behind with one race to go.[31][28] Thus, the title race was now a three-way duel, with Brooks still in contention despite his retirement.[28][31] Gurney and fellow Ferrari driver Cliff Allison claimed the final points positions of fourth and fifth respectively.[29][30][23] In the Constructors' Championship, Cooper now had 38 points compared to 32 points.[31] Considering that only the five best results counted towards either Championship, it meant Cooper had secured its first ever Constructors' title.[32]

Availability

The 1959 Monaco Grand Prix was reportedly partially televised live, including by Netherlands' NTS.[33] Part of the NTS broadcast was subject to a 16mm telerecording, becoming among the oldest known available remnants of a live Formula One broadcast. Additionally, Issue 1,852 of Radio Times that the BBC provided a combined 55 minutes of live coverage, with 30 minutes dedicated to the finish and podium ceremony.[34][35][33] This broadcast has yet to resurface however, although newsreel and documentary footage can be found online.

Meanwhile, according to Issue 1,861 of Radio Times, the race received partial live coverage from the BBC as part of Summer Grandstand, with coverage split into several sections for a combined 70 minutes.[36][37][33] Similarly, Issue of 1,867 of Radio Times stated the BBC provided highlights of the 1959 Portuguese as part of Sportsview, on 26th August 1959.[38][39][33] It is unclear how long the segment lasted, as the 30-minute broadcast also included a report on a Featherweight Championship boxing match between Davey Moore and Hogan Blassey, and tips concerning sailing.[38][39] Neither races' broadcasts have resurfaced, though footage from newsreels and documentaries is available.

Finally, the 1959 Italian Grand Prix reportedly received partial live coverage from several European television broadcasters, including Italy's RAI.[33] Additionally, Issue 1,870 of Radio Times notes that the BBC provided 35 minutes of highlights on 13th September 1959 via harnessing RAI's coverage, with Raymond Baxter being the commentator.[40][41][33] None of these television broadcasts have publicly resurfaced, though some colour footage of the race can be viewed from a British documentary.

Gallery

Videos

Surviving NTS coverage of the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix.

Footage of the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix from a documentary.

British Pathé newsreel of the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix.

Colour footage of the 1959 British Grand Prix from a British documentary.

British Pathé newsreel of the 1959 British Grand Prix

Footage of the 1959 British Grand Prix from a 16mm film.

Colour footage of the 1959 Portuguese Grand Prix from a British documentary.

Colour footage of the 1959 Italian Grand Prix from a British documentary.

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  2. Ultimate Car Page providing a list of Monaco Grand Prix. Retrieved 10th Sep '22
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Racing-Reference detailing the qualifying and race results of the 1959 Monaco Grand Prix Retrieved 10th Sep '22
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