The 1959 New Zealand Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Ardmore Circuit on 10 January 1959. The race was held over 75 laps of the 3.2 kilometre circuit for a race distance of 240 kilometres. It was the seventh iteration of the event and was won by Stirling Moss.
Classification
Pos No. Driver Car Laps Time Grid 1 7 Stirling Moss Cooper T45 / Climax 2015cc 4cyl 75 1hr 48min 24.4sec 21 2 Jack Brabham Cooper T45 / Climax 2202cc 4cyl 75 + 1:29.0 s 2 3 47 Bruce McLaren Cooper T45 / Climax 1964cc 4cyl 74 + 1 Lap 3 4 Carroll Shelby Harry Schell Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl 73 + 2 Laps 6 5 Ross Jensen Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl 72 + 3 Laps 7 6 Bib Stillwell Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 72 + 3 Laps 8 7 Syd Jensen Cooper T45 / Climax 1460cc 4cyl 72 + 3 Laps 10 8 Bob Gibbons Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl 72 + 3 Laps 9 9 Merv Neil Lycoming Special / Lycoming 4733cc 4cyl 71 + 4 Laps 14 10 Tom Clark Ferrari Super Squalo 555 / Ferrari 3431cc 4cyl 70 + 5 Laps 12 11 Pat Hoare Ferrari 625 / Ferrari 2996cc 4cyl 70 + 5 Laps 13 12 Arnold Glass Ferrari Super Squalo 555 / Ferrari 2497cc 4cyl 68 + 7 Laps 16 13 Len Gilbert Cooper-Bristol Mk II / Bristol 1971cc 6cyl 66 + 9 Laps 19 14 Ken Harris Ferrari 750 Monza / Ferrari 2999cc 4cyl 65 + 10 Laps 18 15 Gavin Quirk Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 63 + 12 Laps 17 Ret Johnny Mansel Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 59 Engine 11 16 Allan Freeman Talbot-Lago T26C / Talbot 4485cc 6cyl 58 + 17 Laps 20 Ret Ray Thackwell Cooper T43 / Climax 1460cc 4cyl 47 Engine 15 Ret 1 Jo Bonnier Maserati 250F / Maserati 2493cc 6cyl 41 Steering 4 Ret 3 Harry Schell Maserati 250F / Maserati 2497cc 6cyl 24 Oil Leak 5 Ret Ron Flockhart BRM P25 / BRM 2497cc 4cyl 24 Oil Leak 1 Ret Tony Shelly Cooper T41 / Climax 1496cc 4cyl 0 Retired 22 DNS Ron Duncan Connaught A / Lea-Francis 1964cc 4cyl s/c Did not start DNQ Frank Cantwell Tojeiro 3/56 / Jaguar 3442cc 6cyl Did not qualify DNQ Ron Roycroft Ferrari 375 / Ferrari 4493cc V12 Did not qualify DNQ Brian Tracey Alfa Romeo Tipo B / Alfa 2905cc 8cyl s/c Did not qualify DNQ Graham Pierce Austin Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 8cyl s/c Did not qualify DNQ Reg McCutcheon Normac Special III / Chevrolet 3930cc 6cyl Did not qualify DNQ Max Richards Austin Healey 100S / Austin 2660cc 4cyl Did not qualify DNA Jack Malcolm Cooper-Bristol Mk II / Holden 2258cc 6cyl Did Not Attend DNA Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 250F / Maserati 4477cc V8 Did Not Attend DNA Chan Lye Choon Aston Martin DB3S / Aston 2996cc 6cyl Did Not Attend DNA John Cullen Cullen 500 / Norton 498cc 1cyl Did Not Attend Source:
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