1959 World Sportscar Championship season

1959 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1959 World Sportscar Championship season was the seventh season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for sportscars that ran in many worldwide endurance events. It ran from March 21, 1959 to September 5, 1959, and consisted of 5 races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	March 21
2	Targa Florio	Piccolo Madonie	May 24
3	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	June 7
4	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 20 June 21
5	RAC Tourist Trophy	Goodwood Circuit	September 5

Season results

Points were awarded for the top 6 finishers, in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.

Races

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Drivers
1	Sebring	#7 Scuderia Ferrari	Results
		Dan Gurney Chuck Daigh Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien
2	Palermo	#112 Porsche KG	Results
		Edgar Barth Wolfgang Seidel
3	Nürburgring	#1 David Brown	Results
		Stirling Moss Jack Fairman
4	La Sarthe	#5 David Brown	Results
		Carroll Shelby Roy Salvadori
5	Goodwood	#2 David Brown	Results
		Carroll Shelby Jack Fairman Stirling Moss

Manufacturers Championship

Only the best 3 results out of the 5 race season counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed within brackets.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Aston Martin			8	8	8	24
2†	Ferrari	8		6	4	(4)	18
3†	Porsche	4	8	(3)		6	18
4	Maserati		2				2
5=	Alfa Romeo		1				1
5=	Lola					1	1

† - Ferrari declared second due to having the same number of wins, one, and second places, one, as Porsche but having two 3rd place finishes to Porsche's one.

References

• The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, © 1995

External links

• 1959 World Sportscar Championship