| Circuit | Sebring International Raceway |
|---|---|
| Date | 1959-12-12 |
| Round | 9 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time/Status | Fastest Lap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 10 | 42 | 2:12:35.700 | — | 8 |
| 2 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax | 5 | 42 | +0.600 | — | 7 |
| 3 | Tony Brooks | Ferrari | 4 | 42 | +3:00.900 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 42 | +4:57.300 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus | 9 | 39 | +3 Laps | — | 2 |
| 6 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 6 | 38 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 7 | Harry Blanchard | Porsche | 16 | 38 | +4 Laps | — | 0 |
| 8 | Cliff Allison | Ferrari | 11 | 23 | Transmission | — | 0 |
| 9 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Maserati | 11 | 23 | Transmission | — | 0 |
| 10 | Rodger Ward | Kurtis Kraft | 19 | 20 | Clutch | — | 0 |
| 11 | Alessandro de Tomaso | Cooper-OSCA | 14 | 13 | Brakes | — | 0 |
| 12 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 8 | 8 | Clutch | — | 0 |
| 13 | Fritz d'Orey | Tec-Mec | 17 | 6 | Oil leak | — | 0 |
| 14 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 5 | Transmission | — | 0 |
| 15 | Harry Schell | Cooper-Climax | 3 | 5 | Clutch | — | 0 |
| 16 | George Constantine | Cooper-Borgward | 15 | 5 | Overheating | — | 0 |
| 17 | Alan Stacey | Team Lotus | 12 | 2 | Clutch | — | 0 |
| 18 | Bob Said | Connaught | 13 | 0 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 19 | Phil Cade | Maserati | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | — | 0 |