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.
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