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.8–0Qualifyingof 8 compared
5–1Race 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
88
3419
20
52
P1P2
2.47.9
2.35.8
20