1959
Season

1959

Championship Standings

Drivers

P1 J.Brabham 31 pts · 2 wins Cooper-Climax
P2 T.Brooks 27 pts · 2 wins Vanwall
P3 S.Moss 26 pts · 2 wins BRM

Constructors

P1 Cooper-Climax 82 pts · 3 wins Cooper-Climax
P2 Ferrari 40 pts · 0 wins Ferrari
P3 BRM 36 pts · 3 wins BRM
# Driver Pts W 2nd 3rd Pod Elo +/-
1 Cooper-Climax J.Brabham 31 2 0 0 0 2291 +266
2 Ferrari Vanwall T.Brooks 27 2 0 0 0 2145 +27
3 Cooper-Climax BRM S.Moss 26 2 0 0 0 2191 -33
4 Ferrari P.Hill 20 0 0 0 0 2198 -64
5 Cooper-Climax M.Trintignant 19 0 0 0 0 2319 +328
6 Cooper-Climax B.McLaren 17 1 0 0 0 2210 +114
7 Ferrari D.Gurney 13 0 0 0 0 2284 +284
8 BRM J.Bonnier 10 1 0 0 0 2112 +41
9 Cooper-Climax M.Gregory 10 0 0 0 0 2235 +58
10 Watson Kurtis Kraft R.Ward 8 1 0 0 0 2114 +232
11 Watson J.Rathmann 6 0 0 0 0 2288 +79
12 Lesovsky J.Thomson 5 0 0 0 0 2135 +190
13 BRM Cooper-Climax H.Schell 5 0 0 0 0 2124 -15
14 Team Lotus I.Ireland 5 0 0 0 0 2022 +22
15 Ferrari O.Gendebien 3 0 0 0 0 2188 +224
16 Epperly T.Bettenhausen 3 0 0 0 0 2221 +87
17 Ferrari C.Allison 2 0 0 0 0 2140 +28
18 Ferrari J.Behra 2 0 0 0 0 2089 +99
19 Epperly P.Goldsmith 2 0 0 0 0 2080 +195
20 Cooper-Maserati Aston Martin R.Salvadori 0 0 0 0 0 2109 -146
21 BRM R.Flockhart 0 0 0 0 0 2092 +203
22 Cooper-Maserati I.Burgess 0 0 0 0 0 2042 -50
23 Porsche Ferrari W.von Trips 0 0 0 0 0 2147 +20
24 Epperly J.Boyd 0 0 0 0 0 2199 +65
25 Team Lotus G.Hill 0 0 0 0 0 1891 -127
26 Porsche H.Blanchard 0 0 0 0 0 2080 +80
27 Kurtis Kraft D.Carter 0 0 0 0 0 2162 +75
28 Aston Martin C.Shelby 0 0 0 0 0 2085 +133
29 Maserati Cooper-Climax G.Scarlatti 0 0 0 0 0 2087 -17
30 Team Lotus A.Stacey 0 0 0 0 0 1982 +36
31 Kurtis Kraft E.Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 2118 +93
32 Porsche Maserati C.de Beaufort 0 0 0 0 0 2070 +89
33 Kurtis Kraft P.Russo 0 0 0 0 0 2128 +62
34 Maserati Tec-Mec F.d'Orey 0 0 0 0 0 2028 +28
35 Cooper-Borgward C.Bristow 0 0 0 0 0 2088 +88
36 Cooper-Maserati M.Cabral 0 0 0 0 0 2023 +23
37 Kuzma A.Foyt 0 0 0 0 0 2089 +78
38 Cooper-Maserati C.Davis 0 0 0 0 0 1989 -11
39 Kuzma G.Hartley 0 0 0 0 0 2111 +34
40 Cooper-Climax H.Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 2076 +76
41 Cooper-Climax P.Ashdown 0 0 0 0 0 2064 +64
42 Moore B.Veith 0 0 0 0 0 2064 +57
43 Cooper-Climax Cooper-Borgward I.Bueb 0 0 0 0 0 2050 +1
44 Dunn A.Herman 0 0 0 0 0 2004 +92
45 Kurtis Kraft J.Daywalt 0 0 0 0 0 1952 +113
46 Kurtis Kraft C.Arnold 0 0 0 0 0 2027 +27
47 Maserati G.Cabianca 0 0 0 0 0 1985 -17
48 Kurtis Kraft J.McWithey 0 0 0 0 0 2016 +16
49 Cooper-Maserati BRM H.Herrmann 0 0 0 0 0 2018 -18
50 Cooper-OSCA A.de Tomaso 0 0 0 0 0 2006 +28
51 Cooper-Borgward G.Constantine 0 0 0 0 0 1944 -56
52 Team Lotus B.Halford 0 0 0 0 0 1962 -6
53 Cooper-Climax Cooper-Maserati J.Fairman 0 0 0 0 0 1962 -92
54 Kuzma E.Sachs 0 0 0 0 0 1958 +48
55 Kuzma A.Keller 0 0 0 0 0 1979 +6
56 Connaught B.Said 0 0 0 0 0 1914 -86
57 Maserati P.Cade 0 0 0 0 0 1899 -101
58 Cooper-Climax A.de Changy 0 0 0 0 0 1941 -59
59 Watson P.Flaherty 0 0 0 0 0 2090 -110
60 Cooper-Climax L.Bianchi 0 0 0 0 0 1927 -73
61 Watson D.Rathmann 0 0 0 0 0 1943 -3
62 Kuzma B.Cheesbourg 0 0 0 0 0 1957 -39
63 Porsche M.de Filippis 0 0 0 0 0 1922 -91
64 Team Lotus D.Piper 0 0 0 0 0 1957 -43
65 Maserati A.Fontes 0 0 0 0 0 1893 -107
66 Kurtis Kraft D.Freeland 0 0 0 0 0 2021 -120
67 Team Lotus P.Lovely 0 0 0 0 0 1901 -99
68 JBW B.Naylor 0 0 0 0 0 1914 -28
69 Elder R.Crawford 0 0 0 0 0 1837 +20
70 Cooper-Climax J.Lucienbonnet 0 0 0 0 0 1887 -113
71 Cooper-Climax M.Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 1933 -67
72 Phillips D.Branson 0 0 0 0 0 1925 -75
73 Maserati A.Testut 0 0 0 0 0 1839 -102
74 Kurtis Kraft B.Christie 0 0 0 0 0 1947 -119
75 Cooper-Climax K.Greene 0 0 0 0 0 1909 -91
76 Kurtis Kraft B.Grim 0 0 0 0 0 1902 -98
77 Cooper-Climax B.Moss 0 0 0 0 0 1897 -103
78 Fry M.Parkes 0 0 0 0 0 1885 -115
79 Christensen J.Turner 0 0 0 0 0 1862 -80
80 Team Lotus D.Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 1874 -126
81 Kurtis Kraft C.Weyant 0 0 0 0 0 1865 -106
82 Kurtis Kraft J.Larson 0 0 0 0 0 1910 -172
83 Cooper-Climax T.Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 1862 -138
84 Sutton M.Magill 0 0 0 0 0 1831 -117
85 Cooper-Climax T.Parnell 0 0 0 0 0 1850 -150
86 Kurtis Kraft R.Amick 0 0 0 0 0 1846 -154
87 Lesovsky L.Sutton 0 0 0 0 0 1765 -102
88 Epperly J.Bryan 0 0 0 0 0 1955 -283
Elo Ratings

Elo Progression

Season MVP (Elo) M.Trintignant +328
Biggest Race Gain R.Ward Indianapolis Motor Speedway (+242)
Biggest Race Drop J.Bryan Indianapolis Motor Speedway (-283)
Avg Field Elo 2,021

Season Elo Gainers

1 M.Trintignant +328
2 D.Gurney +284
3 J.Brabham +266
4 R.Ward +231
5 O.Gendebien +224

Season Elo Losers

1 J.Bryan -283
2 J.Larson -172
3 R.Amick -154
4 T.Parnell -150
5 R.Salvadori -146