1959 Messina Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix race report

| Type = Formula Junior

| Description =

| Country = {{ITA}}

| Grand Prix = Messina

| Details ref =

| Fulldate = {{Start date|1959|8|23|df=y}}

| Year = 1959

| Image = Ganzirri lake circuit.jpg

| Official name = Gran Premio di Messina

| Location = Messina, Italy

| Course =

| Course_length = 120.4 km

| Distance_laps = 20

| Distance_length= 6.02 km

| Weather =

| Attendance =

| Pole_Driver =

| Pole_Country =

| Pole_Team =

| Pole_Time =

| Fast_Driver = Raffaele Cammarota

| Fast_Team = Stanguellini

| Fast_Time = 2m30.3

| Fast_Lap = 143.904 km/h

| Fast_Country = ITA

| First_Driver = Fritz d'Orey

| First_Country = GBR

| First_Team = Stanguellini

| Second_Driver = Christian Bino Heins

| Second_Country = GBR

| Second_Team = Stanguellini

| Third_Driver = Raffaele Cammarota

| Third_Country = ITA

| Third_Team = Stanguellini

| Lapchart =

| Previous_round =

| Next_round = 1960 Messina Grand Prix

}}

The 1st Messina Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula Junior rules, held on 23 August 1959 at Ganzirri Lake circuit in Messina, Italy.{{cite web|url=http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/www2/fjunior/59ifj.html|title=1959 Italian Formula Junior Championship|publisher=dlg.speedfreaks.org|accessdate=6 September 2019}} The race was part of the Italian Formula Junior Championship.

Final standings

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#DriverCountryCarTime/Laps
align=center|1Fritz d'Orey{{BRA}}Stanguellini-Fiatalign=center|51m32.0
align=center|2Christian Bino Heins{{BRA}}Stanguellini-Fiatalign=center|20
align=center|3Raffaele Cammarota{{ITA}}Stanguellini-Fiatalign=center|20
align=center|4Berardo Taraschi{{ITA}}Taraschi-Fiatalign=center|20
align=center|5Antonio Maglione{{ITA}}de Sanctis-Fiatalign=center|20
align=center|6Henri Grandsire{{FRA}}Stanguellini-Fiatalign=center|20
align=center|7Carmelo Genovese{{ITA}}Stanguellini-Fiatalign=center|19
align=center|8Giacomo Russo{{ITA}}Stanguellini-Fiatalign=center|19
align=center|9Domenico Lo Coco{{ITA}}Moretti-Fiat
align=center|10Jacques Jauson{{FRA}}Taraschi-Fiat

References

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