Overview - 1959 United States Grand Prix

Information on the race, grand prix, and circuit of the 1959 United States Grand Prix, as well as the grand prix weekly schedule and entry list.

Race

II Grand Prix of the United States

Season1959
Round
9
Race Number by F1 Championship
84
Grand PrixUnited States Grand Prix
Race Number by Grand Prix
1
CircuitSebring International Raceway
Race Number by Circuit
1
Laps
42
Race Length
351.000km

Grand Prix

United States Grand Prix

First Race-
Last Race-

Circuit

Sebring International Raceway

Circuit Type
Permanent Circuit
Length
8.356km
Turns
12
Elevation
?m
Direction
Clockwise
Track Record
Stirling Moss3:00.0001959 United States Grand Prix (Qualifying)
Lap Record
Maurice Trintignant3:05.0001959 United States Grand Prix (Race, Lap 39)

Schedule

?
- Qualifying?
December 12 (Sat)
- Race?

Entries

No.	Driver	Team	Entrant	Constructor	Car	Engine	Note
1	Rodger Ward	Leader Cards	Leader Cards Inc.	KK500C-Offenhauser	Kurtis Kraft Unknown Model	Offenhauser 1.7L L4
2	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 246	Ferrari 155 2.4L V6
3	Cliff Allison	Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 246	Ferrari 155 2.4L V6
4	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 246	Ferrari 155 2.4L V6
5	Phil Hill	Ferrari	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari 246	Ferrari 155 2.4L V6
6	Maurice Trintignant	Rob Walker Racing Team	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T51	Climax FPF 2.5L L4
7	Stirling Moss	Rob Walker Racing Team	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T51	Climax FPF 2.5L L4
8	Jack Brabham	Cooper	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T51	Climax FPF 2.5L L4
9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T51	Climax FPF 2.5L L4
10	Innes Ireland	Lotus	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Lotus 16	Climax FPF 2.5L L4
11	Alan Stacey	Lotus	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Lotus 16	Climax FPF 2.5L L4
12	Roy Salvadori	High Efficiency Motors	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper-Maserati	Cooper T45	Maserati 250S 2.5L L4
14	Alejandro de Tomaso	O.S.C.A	OSCA Automobili	Cooper-OSCA	Cooper T43	OSCA 2.0L L4
15	Fritz d'Orey	Camoradi USA	Camoradi USA	Tec-Mec-Maserati	Tec-Mec F415	Maserati 250F1 2.5L L6
16	George Constantine	Taylor-Crawley Racing Team	Taylor-Crawley Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T45	Climax FPF 2.5L L4
17	Harry Blanchard	Harry Blanchard	Blanchard Automobile Co.	Porsche	Porsche RSK	Porsche 547/3 1.5L F4
18	Bob Said	Connaught	Connaught Cars-Paul Emery	Connaught-Alta	Connaught Type C	Alta GP 2.5L L4
19	Harry Schell	Harry Schell	Ecurie Bleue	Cooper-Climax	Cooper T51	Climax FPF 2.5L L4
21	Ettore Chimeri	Ettore Chimeri	Ettore Chimeri	Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5L L6	Non-Entry (Not present)
22	Phil Cade	Phil Cade	Phil Cade	Maserati	Maserati 250F	Maserati 250F1 2.5L L6