1959 World Sportscar Championship

[1] At the Sebring 12 Hours in Florida, the Scuderia Ferrari scored a 1–2 with Porsche filling the next three places.

Aston Martin sent a single DBR1, as a favour to the organisers, in the hands of Salvadori and Shelby but it retired early in the race.

But, Stirling Moss wangled one DBR1/300 works car to win the Nürburgring 1000 km,[3] with Jack Fairman beating the Hill/Gendebien Ferrari by over 40 seconds with the best placed Porsche in fourth.

At Le Mans, the Astons of Roy Salvadori/Carroll Shelby and Maurice Trintignant/Paul Frère finished one-two!.

So David Brown's company simply had to field a full three-car team in what had become the title-deciding race, the RAC Tourist Trophy.

Aston Martin won the championship with its DBR1/300 model (similar to the 1957 DBR1 pictured above)
Ferrari placed second with the 250 TR (pictured) and 250 GT models
Porsche placed third with its 718 RSK
Maserati placed fourth with its Maserati A6GCS