1959 BARC "200"
Non-championship race in the 1959 Formula One season
Race details
Date 18 April 1959
Official name XIV BARC "200"
Location Aintree Circuit, Merseyside
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.83 km (3.00 miles)
Distance 67 laps, 323.61 km (201.00 miles)
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Climax
Time 1:59.6
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-BRM
Time 1:58.8
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third Cooper-Climax

The 14th BARC "200" was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 18 April 1959 at the Aintree Circuit, England. The race was run over 67 laps of the circuit, and was won by French driver Jean Behra in a Ferrari Dino 246.

The field also included many Formula Two cars, highest finisher being Mike Taylor who took fifth place in a Cooper T45.

Results

Note: a blue background indicates a car running under Formula 2 regulations.

PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
1 2 France Jean Behra Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Dino 246 2h15m52.0s, 142.86 km/h 2
2 1 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Dino 246 2h16m2.4s, +10.4s 8
3 12 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper T45-Climax 2h17m45.8s, +1m53.8s 11
4 5 Brazil Hermano da Silva Ramos Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 63 laps 15
5 24 United Kingdom Mike Taylor Equipe Alan Brown Cooper T45-Climax 63 laps 12
6 28 United Kingdom Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Cooper T43-Climax 63 laps 13
7 30 United Kingdom Jackie Lewis H&L Motors Cooper T45-Climax 63 laps 20
8 22 United Kingdom George Wicken British Racing Partnership Cooper T51-Borgward 63 laps 25
9 31 United Kingdom Brian Naylor JB Naylor Cooper T45-Climax 62 laps 26
10 35 United Kingdom Henry Taylor Tim Parnell Cooper T45-Climax 62 laps 14
11 16 United Kingdom Graham Hill Team Lotus Lotus 16-Climax 61 laps 28
12 33 United Kingdom Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor Lotus 12-Climax 60 laps 18
13 32 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Ace Garage Rotherham Cooper T51-Climax 59 laps 22
14 27 United Kingdom Tony Marsh Tony Marsh Cooper T45-Climax 57 laps 17
15 4 United States Dale Duncan Scuderia Centro Sud Maserati 250F 57 laps 27
16 34 United Kingdom John Campbell-Jones Cornwall Garage Cooper T43-Climax 23
Ret 23 United Kingdom Ivor Bueb British Racing Partnership Cooper T51-Climax 50 laps - gearbox 10
Ret 29 United Kingdom Jack Fairman High Efficiency Motors Cooper T43-Climax 42 laps - gearbox 19
Ret 25 United Kingdom Peter Ashdown Equipe Alan Brown Cooper T45-Climax 38 laps - gearbox 16
Ret 21 United Kingdom Bruce Halford John Fisher Lotus 16-Climax 36 laps - 29
Ret 8 France Maurice Trintignant Rob Walker Racing Cooper T51-Borgward 34 laps – fuel pump 21
Ret 7 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Rob Walker Racing Cooper T45-BRM 30 laps - gearbox 6
Ret 20 United Kingdom David Piper Dorchester Service Station Lotus 16-Climax 29 laps - gearbox 24
Ret 14 United States Harry Schell Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 28 laps - engine 3
Ret 11 United States Masten Gregory Cooper Car Company Cooper T51-Climax 19 laps - clutch 1
Ret 10 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T51-Climax 18 laps – gasket 5
Ret 26 United Kingdom Jim Russell Jim Russell Cooper T45-Climax 12 laps - clutch 9
Ret 9 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori High Efficiency Motors Cooper T45-Maserati 10 laps - gearbox 7
Ret 15 Sweden Jo Bonnier Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25 2 laps – con-rod 4
DNA 3 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Scuderia Ugolini Maserati 250F entry withdrawn -
DNA 6 Australia Ken Kavanagh Ken Kavanagh Maserati 250F entry withdrawn -
DNA 17 United States Pete Lovely Team Lotus Lotus 16-Climax car not ready -
DNA 18 United Kingdom Alan Stacey Team Lotus Lotus 16-Climax no car available -
DNA 19 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus 16-Climax no car available -

References

    • "1959 BARC "200" Results". Motor Sport Magazine. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
    • "Non World Championship Grands Prix". silhouet.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
    • "XIV BARC "200" 1959". the-fastlane.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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