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- United States Grand Prix 1959
- Brabham pushes his way to the title
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December 12, 1959: Jack Brabham won his first world title in a dramatic finale, pushing his Cooper the final few hundred yards of the race after it had run out of fuel
- Italian Grand Prix 1959
- Moss and Cooper outfox Ferrari
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September 13, 1959: Stirling Moss in a Cooper won the Italian Grand Prix, his second successive win, to make the drivers' championship a three-horse race going into the final round
- Portuguese Grand Prix 1959
- 'Superior' Moss dominates in the heat
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August 23, 1959: Stirling Moss confirmed that when not suffering from mechanical problems he was still the man to beat with a comprehensive win at the Portuguese Grand Prix
- German Grand Prix 1959
- Brooks and Ferrari shine amid the tedium
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August 2, 1959: Tony Brooks won the German Grand Prix, a rather bizarre affair which was split into two 30-lap heats run on the same afternoon at the unfamiliar surroundings at Avus
- British Grand Prix 1959
- Brabham and Cooper take the plaudits
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July 18, 1959: Jack Brabham moved clear in the drivers' championship with victory at the British Grand Prix, his second of the season
- Dutch Grand Prix 1959
- First success for Bonnier and BRM
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May 31, 1959: Swede Jo Bonnier became the third different driver to win in as many races when he drove his BRM to victory at the Dutch Grand Prix - it was his and also the British manufacturer's first grand prix success
- Indianapolis 500 1959
- More deaths at Indianapolis
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May 30, 1959: Rodger Ward won the Indianapolis 500 - it was the start of a six year run in which he won again in 1962 and never finished outside the top four - but two more driver deaths marred the event
