Country: | GBR |
Grand Prix: | Lavant Cup |
Date: | 30 March |
Year: | 1959 |
Official Name: | X Lavant Cup |
Location: | Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex |
Course: | Permanent racing facility |
Course Mi: | 2.408 |
Course Km: | 3.863 |
Distance Laps: | 15 |
Distance Mi: | 36.12 |
Distance Km: | 57.93 |
Weather: | Wet |
Attendance: | 40,000 |
Pole Driver: | Jack Brabham |
Pole Team: | Cooper |
Pole Country: | AUS |
Fast Driver: | Roy Salvadori |
Fast Team: | Cooper |
Fast Time: | 1:30.2 |
Fast Country: | GBR |
First Driver: | Jack Brabham |
First Country: | AUS |
First Team: | Cooper |
Second Driver: | Roy Salvadori |
Second Country: | GBR |
Second Team: | Cooper |
Third Driver: | Jim Russell |
Third Country: | GBR |
Third Team: | Cooper |
The 10th Lavant Cup was a motor race, run to Formula Two rules, held on 30 March 1959 at Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex. The race was run over 15 laps, and was won from pole position by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T45-Climax. Roy Salvadori was second in a Cooper T43-Climax and set fastest lap, and Jim Russell was third in a Cooper T45-Climax.[1] [2]