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1959 / BRABHAM

A scrolling recap of 1959 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Jack Brabham closed the year on 31 points, a 4-point gap over P2.

Top 10 drivers cumulative points by round in the 1959 season.
08162331R01R02R04R06R08R0901 BRA 3102 BRO 2703 MOS 2604 HIL 2005 TRI 1906 MCL 1707 GUR 1308 BON 1009 GRE 1010 WAR 8
ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Cooper ended on 40 points.

DATA
POSCONSTRUCTORPTS
P1COOPER40
P2FERRARI32
P3BRM18
P4LOTUS5
ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

Driver standings bump chart — top 15 drivers' rank by round in 1959.
P1P2P3P4P5P6P7P8P9P10P11P12P13P14P15R01R02R04R06R08R09P01 BRA 31P02 BRO 27P03 MOS 26P04 HIL 20P05 TRI 19P06 MCL 17P07 GUR 13P08 BON 10P08 GRE 10P10 WAR 8P11 RAT 6P12 SCH 5P12 IRE 5P12 THO 5P15 GEN 3
ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

12 drivers stood on a podium.

6 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS
R01 MONACO
1 BRABHAM
2 BROOKS
3 TRINTIGNANT
R02 INDIANAP
1 WARD
2 RATHMANN
3 THOMSON
R03 NETHERLA
1 BONNIER
2 BRABHAM
3 GREGORY
R04 FRANCE
1 BROOKS
2 HILL
3 BRABHAM
R05 GREAT BR
1 BRABHAM
2 MOSS
3 MCLAREN
R06 GERMANY
1 BROOKS
2 GURNEY
3 HILL
R07 PORTUGAL
1 MOSS
2 GREGORY
3 GURNEY
R08 ITALY
1 MOSS
2 HILL
3 BRABHAM
R09 UNITED S
1 MCLAREN
2 TRINTIGNANT
3 BROOKS
EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS
9
DRIVERS
19
WINNERS
6
PODIUM·DRIVERS
12
POINTS·SHARED
213
CHAMPION
Jack Brabham
31 PTS · 2 WINS
DATA

F1DB. Refreshed nightly from the upstream submodule.

STACK

SvelteKit 5 · Tailwind v4 · Static.

SCOPE

1950 to present. Driver, constructor, season views.

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