Team Lotus, a British constructor, competed in the 1959 Formula 1 season with Graham Hill and Innes Ireland. Alan Stacey, Bruce Halford and David Piper also raced for the team.
Team Lotus finished 4th in the 1959 constructors' championship with 5 points and no wins or podiums – 35 points behind champions Cooper-Climax. Team Lotus's best result was 4th, by Innes Ireland at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Final 1959 results after 9 rounds. Data: Jolpica F1 API.
Share of the team's points (race and sprint).
Race and sprint points per round, stacked by driver (Ireland, Hill, Stacey, Halford, Piper: darker to lighter).
Shared Grand Prix only. Qualifying uses the qualifying classification.
5 shared GPs
Both cars, every round. S = sprint result.
Short answers about Team Lotus in 1959.
Graham Hill and Innes Ireland drove for Team Lotus in the 1959 Formula 1 season. Alan Stacey, Bruce Halford and David Piper also raced for the team.
Team Lotus scored 5 points in 1959 and finished 4th in the constructors' championship, 35 points behind champions Cooper-Climax.
Team Lotus did not win a Grand Prix in 1959; its best result was 4th.
1 shared GPs
1 shared GPs
1 shared GPs
1 shared GPs
1 shared GPs
| Halford |
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| Piper |
|---|
| Pts |
|---|
| 1 | – | DNF | – | DNF | – | 0 | |
| 3 | P4 | P7 | – | ||||
| 4 | DNF | DNF | – | ||||
| 5 | – | P9 | P8 | ||||
| 6 | DNF | DNF | – | ||||
| 7 | DNF | DNF | – | ||||
| 8 | DNF | DNF | – | ||||
| 9 | P5 | – | DNF |
| – |
3 |
| – |
0 |
| DNF |
0 |
| – |
0 |
| – |
0 |
| – |
0 |
| – |
2 |