Maurice Trintignant vs Stirling Moss, 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, Maurice Trintignant and Stirling Moss competed as teammates at Cooper-Climax, with their performance compared over 8 races. Moss outqualified Trintignant 7 times and finished ahead of him in 3 races, while Trintignant did not finish ahead of Moss at all. Moss secured 25.5 championship points and won 2 Grands Prix, while Trintignant earned 19 points and had 2 podium finishes.

Written automatically from the figures below.
Qualifying17of 8 compared
Race finishes03of 3 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
19
Points
25.5
0
Wins
2
2
Podiums
3
P2
Best finish
P1
On track
7.9
Average grid
2.5
5.8
Average finishRaces they were classified in.
1.3
0
Did not finish
5