Jack Brabham vs Maurice Trintignant, 1959

Teammates at Cooper-Climax — the same car, so these numbers compare the drivers rather than the machinery. Compare full careers →

In the 1959 season, Jack Brabham and Maurice Trintignant competed as teammates at Cooper-Climax across 8 races. Brabham outqualified Trintignant in all 8 instances and finished ahead in 5 of the 6 races they both completed. Brabham secured 34 championship points and won 2 Grands Prix, while Trintignant earned 19 points and did not win any races.

Summarised by gpt-4o-mini from the figures below.
80Qualifyingof 8 compared
51Race finishesof 6 compared

Qualifying is compared on the grid they actually started from. A race counts only where both were classified — one of them retiring leaves nothing to compare, so it is not scored to the other.

1959 season
8
Races together
8
34
Points
19
2
Wins
0
5
Podiums
2
P1
Best finish
P2
2.4
Average grid
7.9
2.3
Average finish
5.8
2
Did not finish
0