1959 Portuguese Grand Prix 1st-Place Trophy

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£10,800 GBP | Sold

From The Rob Walker Collection

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  • Offered from The Rob Walker Collection
  • The trophy awarded to Stirling Moss for a peerless performance that saw him lap the entire field
  • Held at the Circuito de Monsanto near Lisbon, this was the seventh round of the 1959 Formula 1 World Championship
  • Driving Rob Walker’s Cooper T51, Moss qualified on pole position by 2 seconds over 2nd place Jack Brabham in a Works Cooper T51
  • Moss proceeded to utterly dominate the race, proving himself to be completely uncatchable and setting the fastest lap for good measure