- Winner
- Bruce McLaren
- Team
- Cooper
- Top listed
- Bruce McLaren, Maurice Trintignant, and Tony Brooks
- Race date
- December 12, 1959
- Pole
- Stirling Moss
- Fastest lap
- Maurice Trintignant
- Classified drivers
- 19
- Circuit
- Sebring International Raceway
The decisive result
Bruce McLaren finished first for Cooper. Maurice Trintignant is listed 2 for Cooper, with Tony Brooks 3 for Ferrari.
Grid to finish
Bruce McLaren from P10 to P1 (+9), Harry Blanchard from P16 to P7 (+9), and Innes Ireland 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 5 Clutch, 4 Finished, 2 +4 laps, 2 Transmission, and 1 +3 laps. Maurice Trintignant holds the fastest-lap entry at 3:05.000 on lap 39. 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.