United States Grand Prix

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Date & Time
Sat 12th December 1959 Local
Sat 12th December 1959 5:00pm UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1959

Round
Round 9

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Location

Sebring International Raceway

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The 1959 United States Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on December 12, 1959, at Sebring International Raceway in Sebring, Florida. It was the last of 9 races in the 1959 World Championship of Drivers and the 8th and final in the 1959 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.It was the second United States Grand Prix (ninth including the American Grand Prize races from 1908 to 1916), and the only occasion the race was held at the home of the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance sports car race, the Sebring International Raceway in Florida. The race was held over 42 laps of the 8.36-kilometre circuit for a total race distance of 351 kilometres.
The race was won by New Zealander Bruce McLaren driving a Cooper T51 for the works Cooper team, the first win for a New Zealand-born driver. McLaren won by six-tenths of a second over French driver Maurice Trintignant driving a Rob Walker Racing Team-entered Cooper T51. British driver Tony Brooks finished third in his Ferrari Dino 246. Championship points leader Australian Jack Brabham ran out of fuel on the last lap and pushed his Cooper T51 across the line to finish fourth. Brooks's third-place finish clinched the title for Brabham.

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Result Description

1 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2:12:35.7
2 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Climax +0.6
3 Tony Brooks Ferrari +3:00.9
4 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax +4:57.3
5 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax +3 laps
6 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari Engine
7 Harry Blanchard Porsche +4 laps