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  Grand Prix British
  Official Name XII RAC British Grand Prix
  Date July 18
  Image Circuit Aintreepng
  Year 1959
  Race No 5
  Season No 9
  Location Aintree Circuit , Liverpool , England
  Course Permanent road course
  Course Mi 3000
  Course Km 4828
  Distance Laps 75
  Distance Mi 22500
  Distance Km 36210
  Weather Dry and sunny
  Pole Driver Jack Brabham
  Pole Team Cooper - Climax
  Pole Time 1:580
  Fast Driver Stirling Moss
  Fast Team BRM
  Fast Time 1:570
  Fast Lap 69
  First Driver Jack Brabham
  First Team Cooper - Climax
  Second Driver Stirling Moss
  Second Team BRM
  Third Driver Bruce McLaren
  Third Team Cooper - Climax


The 1959 British Grand Prix was a Formula One Motor Race held at the Aintree Circuit on 18 July 1959. It was the fifth race of the 1959 Formula One Season . The race was won by Australian Jack Brabham in a works Cooper . His team mate Bruce McLaren finished in third place. Splitting the Coopers was a British Racing Partnership -entered BRM in second place, driven by Stirling Moss , the best ever result for a BRP car.


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