Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres 1959

Event: ADAC 1000 Kilometer Rennen		Date: 7.6.1959
Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife (Germany), 22.810 kms	Organiser: ADAC
Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 3)

Weather:	intermittent rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	Le Mans start
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	200000

Entered:	77
Practiced:	77
Qualified:	68
Started:	68
Finished:	42
Classified:	40

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000	11	10	5
Sports 2000	9	9	3
Sports 1500	8	7	3
Sports 1100	6	5	2
Sports 750	5	5	4
Grand Touring 3000	6	5	3
Grand Touring 1600	14	13	11
Grand Touring 1300	17	14	9

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 1710 minutes on 4-6/6

Winners:
Overall:	1	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Moss / Fairman
Sports 2000:	15	Porsche 718 RSK	Maglioli / Herrmann
Sports 1500:	34	Porsche 718 RSK	Walter / Heuberger
Sports 1100:	43	Lotus Eleven Climax	Campbell-Jones / Horridge
Sports 750:	48	DB HBR4 Panhard	Laureau / Armagnac
Grand Touring 3000:	55	Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta	"Beurlys" / "Blary"
Grand Touring 1600:	67	Porsche 356 A Carrera	Walter / Strähle
Grand Touring 1300:	85	Lotus Elite	Lumsden / Riley
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Aston Martin DBR1/300	Stirling Moss (GB)	9:32.000	143.559 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:	3	Ferrari 250 TR 59	Jean Behra (F)	9:37.400
Sports 2000:	14	Porsche 718 RSK	Barth / de Beaufort	9:40.500
Sports 1500:	26	Porsche 718 RSK	von Trips / Bonnier	9:58.100
Sports 1100:	46	Lola Mk.1 Climax	Ashdown / Broadley	10:11.600
Sports 750:	49	DB HBR4 Panhard	Bartholoni / Masson	12:01.800
Grand Touring 3000:	55	Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta	"Beurlys" / "Blary"	10:53.300
Grand Touring 1600:	74	Porsche 356 A Carrera	Hartzheim / Hartzheim	10:25.100
Grand Touring 1300:	80	Alfa Romeo Giulietta SV Zagato	Schultze / Mahle	11:10.900
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (20), Alfa Romeo (13), Ferrari (7), Lotus (6), Stanguellini (3), MG (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (20), Alfa Romeo (13), Ferrari (7), Climax (7), Fiat (3), Jaguar (3), BMC (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 356 (14), Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce (6), Porsche 718 (5), Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Veloce (5)
Driver nationalities:	D (34), GB (30), USA (19), B (18), F (12), CH (8), I (4), S (3), P (2), RA (2)
Engine positions:	front-engined (69%), rear-engined (21%), mid-engined (10%)
Average engine size:	1706 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Jack Fairman (46), Sepp Greger (45), Edgar Barth (42)
Youngest known drivers:	Pedro Rodriguez (19), Dave Rauch (21), Hans Herrmann (21)
Female drivers:	Nadège Ferrier, Isabelle Haskell, Denise McCluggage

Official Race Programme:

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