- Winner
- Stirling Moss
- Team
- Cooper
- Top listed
- Stirling Moss, Masten Gregory, and Dan Gurney
- Race date
- August 23, 1959
- Pole
- Stirling Moss
- Fastest lap
- Stirling Moss
- Classified drivers
- 16
- Circuit
- Circuito de Monsanto
The decisive result
Stirling Moss finished first for Cooper. Masten Gregory is listed 2 for Cooper, with Dan Gurney 3 for Ferrari.
Grid to finish
Roy Salvadori from P12 to P6 (+6), Carroll Shelby from P13 to P8 (+5), and Harry Schell from P9 to P5 (+4) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Stirling Moss started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 3 +3 laps, 2 +1 lap, 2 Accident, 1 +2 laps, and 1 +4 laps. Stirling Moss holds the fastest-lap entry at 2:05.070 on lap 28. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.