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Chronicle's 1959 F1 championship, where Jack Brabham would prove that no matter bring the engine back or forward, was one of the largest of its time.

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In 1959 the first major change that would modernize the F-1. After 6 decades of sporting competition that had prevailed in the use of propellants in the front of the cars, maybe John Cooper following the bold steps of the Auto-Union in the late 30's, decided it was time to evolve their experiments of previous seasons and go to all their advanced small and T43 models, T45 and T51.

Jack Brabham, a quiet young Australian and New Zealand were named Bruce McLaren Cooper's official team but there were other pilots in private courses such as French and unfortunate Trintignat Maurice Stirling Moss also ran a test with BRM. Coventry-Climax engines seemed purpose-built to these bullies and nimble cars that left the driver in a more central position and laid back than it had been customary until now.

Ferrari, with its front engine model 246D led more traditional brands with Tony Brooks, the American Phil Hill and Wolfgang Von Trips German noble in their ranks. The first three events saw three different winners, Brabham in the tortuous Monte Carlo, Sweden Jo Bonnier with BRM in Holland and Brooks in France. Since then, Cooper was made with 4 of the 5 remaining GP of the year winning the championship with sovereign authority and to brand the drivers Jack Brabham in the memorable final at the U.S. GP.

Only got away victory in the German GP at the AVUS circuit which fell back into the hands of Brooks, using the gearbox failures in Cooper's Brabham and McLaren. The previous day, incidentally, was killed Frenchman Jean Behra in a career Further prototypes falling from one of the camber of the track slippery Berlin.

Behra was thrown from his porch and was killed instantly by giving his head against the mast of a flag. Without telling him, in the first decade of F-1, death had mown to 5 riders.

1959 World

1, J. Brabham (AUS / COOPER) 31 pts.

2 º T. BROOKS (GBR / Ferrari) 27 pts.

3 º S. MOSS (GBR / COOPER) 25.5 pts.

4 º P. HILL (USA / Ferrari) 20 pts.

5 º M. Trintignant (FRA / COOPER) 19 pts.

BRANDS

COOPER-CLIMAX 1, 40 pts.

Ferrari 32 pts 2 º.

3 º BRM 18 pts.