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1959 Lavant Cup

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1959 Lavant Cup
Race details
Date 30 March 1959
Official name X Lavant Cup
Location Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.863 km (2.408 miles)
Distance 15 laps, 57.93 km (36.12 miles)
Weather Wet
Attendance 40,000
Pole position
Driver Cooper
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Cooper
Time 1:30.2
Podium
First Cooper
Second Cooper
Third Cooper

The 10th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run to Formula Two rules, held on 30 March 1959 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 15 laps, and was won from pole position by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T45-Climax. Roy Salvadori was second in a Cooper T43-Climax and set fastest lap, and Jim Russell was third in a Cooper T45-Climax.[1][2]

Results

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Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car Time/Retired Grid
1 21 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper T45-Climax 23:08.4 1
2 20 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori High Efficiency Motors Cooper T45-Climax +0.4s 2
3 26 United Kingdom Jim Russell J. Russell Cooper T45-Climax +12.8s 3
4 37 United Kingdom Graham Hill Team Lotus Lotus 12-Climax 15 laps 7
5 23 United States Masten Gregory Alan Brown Equipe Cooper T45-Climax 15 laps 4
6 24 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Alan Brown Equipe Cooper T45-Climax 15 laps 5
7 27 United Kingdom Tony Marsh T. Marsh Cooper T45-Climax 15 laps 6
8 25 United Kingdom Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Cooper T43-Climax +1 lap 8
9 38 United Kingdom Bruce Halford John Fisher Equipe Lotus 16-Climax +1 laps 10
10 19 United Kingdom Ivor Bueb British Racing Partnership Cooper T51-Borgward +1 lap 9
11 31 United Kingdom Jackie Lewis H&L Motors Cooper T45-Climax +1 lap 11
12 18 United Kingdom George Wicken British Racing Partnership Cooper T51-Borgward +2 laps 12
13 39 United Kingdom Dennis Taylor D. Taylor Lotus 12-Climax +2 laps 14
22 France Jean Lucienbonnet Cooper Car Company Cooper T45-Climax 21
28 United Kingdom Tim Parnell R.H.H. Parnell Cooper T45-Climax 15
29 United Kingdom Bill Moss United Racing Stable Cooper T51-Climax 18
30 United Kingdom John Campbell-Jones J. Campbell-Jones Cooper T43-Climax 20
32 United Kingdom Dickie Stoop R. Stoop Cooper T43-Climax 13
33 United Kingdom Norman Barclay N. Barclay Cooper T43-Climax 17
34 United Kingdom Jimmy Stuart J.T. Stuart Cooper T43-Climax 16
36 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Ace Garage Rotherham Cooper T51-Climax 19
DNS 35 United Kingdom Chris Bristow Bradstock Motors Ltd. Cooper T43-Climax -
DNA 17 United Kingdom Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T43-Borgward -
DNA 24 United Kingdom Mike Taylor Alan Brown Equipe Cooper T45-Climax car driven by Bruce McLaren -
DNA 29 United Kingdom Cliff Allison United Racing Stable Cooper T51-Climax car driven by Bill Moss -

References

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  1. ^ "X Lavant Cup 1959". F2 Register. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. ^ "Easter at Goodwood". Motor Sport. Retrieved 2023-04-10.