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Event: International Formula Libre Grand Prix at Watkins GlenDate: 18.10.1959
Track: Watkins Glen Grand Prix Circuit (United States), 3.701 kmsOrganiser: United States Auto Club

Formula Libre Watkins Glen
Weather:cold, windy, rain
Start time:unknown
Grid:unknown
Distance:100 laps
Attendance:10000
Entered:unknown
Practiced:unknown
Started:22
Finished:13
Classified:14
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Winners:
Overall:1Cooper T51 ClimaxStirling Moss
Leaders:
laps 1-2:Porsche 718 RSKBob Holbert
laps 3-100:1Cooper T51 ClimaxStirling Moss
Fastest Laps:
Overall:1Cooper T51 ClimaxStirling Moss1:24.0000158.6330 km/hlap 2
Pole Positions:
Overall:140Porsche 718 RSKBob Holbert (USA)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Midget (8), Lotus (3), Elva (2), Porsche (2), Ferrari (2)
Top engines by numbers:Offenhauser (9), Climax (2), Porsche (2)
Top car types by numbers:Lotus 15 (2)
Driver nationalities:USA (19), CDN (2)
Engine positions:front-engined (83%), mid-engined (17%)
Oldest known drivers:Gaston Andrey (33), Stirling Moss (30)
Youngest known drivers:Stirling Moss (30), Gaston Andrey (33)

Official Race Programme:

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