1959 Glover Trophy

The 1959 Glover Trophy was a motor race, held on 30 March 1959 at Goodwood Circuit, England. To avoid competing with the Lavant Cup race the Glover Trophy was decreed to be strictly for Formula One cars only and as such, ran to Formula One rules. The race was watched by The 40,000 people, ran for 42 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Cooper T51.

1959 Glover Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1959 Formula One season
Race details
Date	30 March 1959
Official name	VII Glover Trophy
Location	Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.862 km (2.4 miles)
Distance	42 laps, 100.8 km (162.2 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Harry Schell	BRM
Time	1:39.0
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
Time	1:31.8
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
Second	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Third	Harry Schell	BRM

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	Stirling Moss	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	1.06:58.0	5
2	10	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	+ 16.6 s	3
3	1	Harry Schell	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	+ 17.6 s	1
4	2	Jo Bonnier	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	+ 18.2 s	4
5	8	Masten Gregory	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	41 laps	7
6	9	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	40 laps	6
7	4	Jack Fairman	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	39 laps	12
8	11	Roy Salvadori	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper-Climax	39 laps	2
NC	15	David Piper	Dorchester Service Station	Lotus-Climax	36 laps	8
Ret	3	Hermano da Silva Ramos	Scuderia Centro Sud	Maserati	Accident	11
Ret	5	Giorgio Scarlatti	Scuderia Ugolini	Maserati	Gearbox	9
Ret	12	Graham Hill	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Brakes	13
Ret	6	Ken Kavanagh	Ken Kavanagh	Maserati	Accident	10
DNA	14	Pete Lovely	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	No car	–

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• Results at www.silhouet.com [1]