1959 New Zealand Grand Prix
# 1959 New Zealand Grand Prix

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 | |
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