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| |title=<center>1959 British Grand Prix</center>
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| |image=1959britishgrandprix1.jpg
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| |imagecaption=Jack Brabham leads the field away.
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| |status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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| 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.
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| ==Background==
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| The ''1959 British Grand Prix'' was the tenth running of the event within Formula One, with the race lasting 75 laps.<ref name="history">[https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/seventy-years-of-the-british-grand-prix/ ''The History Press'' detailing the history of the British Grand Prix.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref><ref name="ultimate">[https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/winners/&race=british_grand_prix ''Ultimate Car Page'' listing all instances of the British Grand Prix.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref><ref name="results">[https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1959_R.A.C._British_Grand_Prix/F/ ''Racing-Reference'' detailing the qualifying and race results of the event.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref> 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.<ref name="history"/>
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| Heading into the race, Italy was experiencing major strike action, primarily from metal workers.<ref name="espn">[http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/story/16171.html ''ESPN'' summarising the race.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref><ref name="magazine">[https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1959/9/12th-british-grand-prix ''Motor Sport'' providing a detailed race report.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref><ref name="grand">[https://www.grandprix.com/races/british-gp-1959.html ''Grand Prix'' summarising the race.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref> 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.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/><ref name="grand"/> 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.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/> 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".<ref name="espn"/>
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| 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.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/><ref name="grand"/><ref name="results"/> Jack Brabham achieved pole position with a time of 1:58.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="grand"/><ref name="results"/> Directly behind him was Aston Martin's Roy Salvadori, with BRM's Harry Schell lining up third.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="grand"/><ref name="results"/> BRM driver and title contender Stirling Moss in contrast struggled, qualifying only seventh, while Brooks was down in 17th out of 24 competitors.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="grand"/><ref name="results"/>
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| ==The Race==
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| With the starting order decided, the 1959 British Grand Prix commenced on 18th July.<ref name="results"/> Brabham made a strong start, while Salvadori lost numerous places.<ref name="magazine"/> 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.<ref name="magazine"/> Elsewhere, Brabham extended his lead, with BRM's Harry Schell leading five other drivers in a tense battle for second.<ref name="magazine"/> 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.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/> Brooks retired after 13 laps due to a misfire, while Moss set about reducing Brabham's 17 second lead.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/><ref name="results"/> He attempted this by continually setting new lap records, but Brabham still managed to maintain a gap ranging from 14-16 seconds.<ref name="magazine"/> By lap 35, Brabham was now lapping at the same speed as Moss.<ref name="magazine"/>
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| By lap 45, Moss had reduced to gap to 10.5 seconds, but was struggling to make any further gains.<ref name="magazine"/> 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.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/> Moss set another lap record and was on course to reduce the gap from Brabham by two seconds per lap.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="results"/> However, even this would not be enough to challenge the Australian with so few laps remaining.<ref name="magazine"/> 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.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/><ref name="grand"/> 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.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/><ref name="grand"/><ref name="results"/> 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.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/><ref name="grand"/><ref name="results"/>
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| Meanwhile, Brabham comfortably claimed victory and eight points in the Drivers' Championship, having led every lap of the event.<ref name="magazine"/><ref name="espn"/><ref name="grand"/><ref name="results"/> Moss would beat McLaren by two tenths of a second to claim second and third respectively, with both sharing the fastest lap point.<ref name="espn"/><ref name="magazine"/><ref name="grand"/><ref name="results"/> The race is one of nine where two or more drivers jointly set the fastest lap.<ref name="fastestlap">[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=NTBREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA247#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Formula 1 - The Knowledge'' detailing statistics surrounding joint fastest laps and youngest drivers to set one.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref> 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.<ref name="fastestlap"/> Shell and Cooper-Climax's Maurice Trintignant claimed the final points positions of fourth and fifth respectively.<ref name="results"/><ref name="magazine"/><ref name="grand"/>
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| ==Availability==
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| 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.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_television_service/1959-07-18#at-13.35 BBC Genome archive of ''Radio Times'' issues detailing the BBC coverage of the race.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref><ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/dc08d8fd3da94deab95f77c3383c88c5 Issue 1,861 of ''Radio Times'' listing the live BBC coverage of the event as part of ''Summer Grandstand''.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref><ref>[https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?cid=8D94CC199E340254&resid=8D94CC199E340254!149 List of Formula One television broadcasts noting BBC provided some live coverage.] Retrieved 11th Sep '22</ref> The broadcast has yet to publicly resurface, but footage of the race can be found in newsreels and documentaries.
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| ==Gallery==
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| ===Videos===
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| {{Video|perrow =3
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| |service1 =youtube
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| |id1 =PQTnAtgL57U
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| |description1 =Colour footage of the race from a British documentary.
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| |service2 =youtube
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| |id2 =3vWtqP6ln1w
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| |description2 =''British Pathé'' newsreel of the race.
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| |service3 =youtube
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| |id3 =Mmwy6-uxm9o
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| |description3 =Footage from a 16mm film.
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| }}
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| ===Images===
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| <gallery mode=packed heights=200px>
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| 1959britishgrandprix2.jpg|Programme for the race.
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| 1959britishgrandprix3.jpg|The start of the event.
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| 1959britishgrandprix4.jpg|Trintignant ahead of Moss and McLaren.
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| 1959britishgrandprix5.jpg|Moss (6) overtakes McLaren (16).
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| 1959britishgrandprix6.jpg|Brabham during the race.
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| 1959britishgrandprix7.jpg|Brabham takes the chequered flag.
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| 1959britishgrandprix8.jpg|Issue 1,861 of ''Radio Times'' detailing the BBC coverage.
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| </gallery>
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[1953 British Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1953)]]
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| *[[1953 Italian Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1953)]]
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| *[[1954 British Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1954)]]
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| *[[1954 Italian Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1954)]]
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| *[[1955 Dutch Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1955)]]
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| *[[1955 Italian Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1955)]]
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| *[[1955 Monaco Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1955)]]
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| *[[1956 Belgian Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1956)]]
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| *[[1956 British Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1956)]]
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| *[[1956 French Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1956)]]
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| *[[1956 Italian Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1956)]]
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| *[[1956 Monaco Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1956)]]
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| *[[1957 British Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1957)]]
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| *[[1957 Monaco Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1957)]]
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| *[[1958 British Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1958)]]
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| *[[1958 Italian Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1958)]]
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| *[[1958 Monaco Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1958)]]
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| *[[1959 Monaco Grand Prix (partially found footage of Formula One World Championship race; 1959)]]
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| *[[2005 San Marino Grand Prix (partially found ITV advert break during final laps of Formula One race; 2005)]]
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| *[[Advanced Driving with Graham Hill (lost ITV motoring series; 1974)]]
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| *[[Donkey Does F1 (partially found photos of Shrek character inflatable at Formula One races; 2004)]]
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| *[[F-1 World Grand Prix III (lost build of cancelled Nintendo 64 Formula One racing game; 2000-2001)]]
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| *[[F1 2000 (lost pre-release builds of Formula One game; 2000)]]
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| *[[F1 2010 (lost pre-alpha build of Formula One game; 2010)]]
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| *[[F1 Racing Championship 2 (lost build of cancelled PC/PlayStation 2 Formula One game; 2001)]]
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| *[[Fernando Alonso's 2015 testing accident (lost footage of Formula One test session crash; 2015)]]
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| *[[Grand Prix 3 (lost build of cancelled Dreamcast port of PC Formula One racing game; 2001)]]
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| *[[Grand Prix 4 (lost build of cancelled Xbox port of PC Formula One racing game sequel; 2002)]]
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| *[[McLaren MP4-18 (lost footage of unraced Formula One car; 2003)]]
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| *[[Racing Arrows (partially found Formula One TV series; 2001)]]
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| *[[Robert Kubica's 2010 Japanese Grand Prix Q3 lap (lost audio of Formula One qualifying lap; 2010)]]
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| *[[Williams FW15C (partially found footage and lap time information of unraced CVT Formula One car; 1993)]]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| [[Category:Lost recordings of real incidents]]
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| [[Category:Lost TV]]
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| [[Category:Partially found media]]
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| [[Category:Historic]]
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