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Season summary

Brabhham took his first world championship; Cooper won five races and BRM finally won one, maintaining British dominance despite the withdrawal of Vanwall. Aston Martin also appeared with a car which, in the face of Cooper's rear-engined revolution, was outdated and overweight. The German Grand Prix was held for the second time on the very high speed Avus circuit, where Jean Behra was killed during a sports car race. Jean Marie Behra (born in Nice, France, February 16, 1921 - dead in Berlin, Germany, August 1, 1959) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Gordini, Maserati, BRM, Ferrari and Porsche teams. ...

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	May 10	Monaco	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
2	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Rodger Ward	Watson-Offenhauser	Report
3	Dutch Grand Prix	May 31	Zandvoort	Joakim Bonnier	BRM	Report
4	French Grand Prix	July 5	Reims	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 18	Aintree	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 2	AVUS	Tony Brooks	Ferrari	Report
7	Portuguese Grand Prix	August 23	Monsanto Park	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	Report
8	Italian Grand Prix	September 13	Monza	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	Report
9	United States Grand Prix	December 12	Sebring	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	Report

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1959 Constructors Championship final standings

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1959 Drivers Championship final standings

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Joakim Jo Bonnier (January 31, 1930 - June 11, 1972) was a Swedish sportscar racing and Formula One driver who raced for various teams. ... Rodger Ward (January 10, 1921, in Beloit, Kansas - July 5, 2004 in Anaheim, California) won the 1959 and 1962 Indianapolis 500. ... Jim Rathmann (born July 16, 1928) is a former American race car driver who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1960. ... Innes Ireland (1930–1993) was a Scottish military officer, engineer, and race car driver. ... Harry Schell was a Formula One driver from the United States. ... Johnny Thomson was a Formula One driver (Indy 500 only) from the United States. ... Olivier Gendebien, born January 12, 1924 in Brussels, Belgium and died on October 2, 1998 in Les Baux de Provence, in the Bouches-du-Rhône departement of France, was a war hero and race car driver. ... Tony Bettenhausen was an American racing driver, who won the National Championship in 1951 and 1958. ... 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