Brabham BT59 two races and then replaced by the Brabham BT60Y. <nowiki>*</nowiki> All points scored with the BT58 Brabham BT59 The Brabham BT59 was a Formula One racing car designed by Sergio Rinland and Hans Fouche for the Brabham team which raced in the and Formula One World Championships. It made its debut at the 1990 San Marino Grand Prix and continued until the first two races of . The team's cars were driven by Australian David Brabham, the youngest son of team founder Sir Jack Brabham, and one of the team's drivers, Italian Stefano Modena. The car was powered by the
New Zealand Grand Prix most notably when it was a part of the Tasman Series. In this era, several contemporary Formula One drivers would compete in the race, often with great success. Six Formula One World Drivers' Champions have won the New Zealand Grand Prix, including three-time champions Sir Jack Brabham and Sir Jackie Stewart. In the years following the demise of the Tasman Series, Formula One drivers did not regularly compete in extra-curricular races, and as such the New Zealand Grand Prix lost many of its big-name entrants. It was run for smaller local or continental formulae in the 1990s and 2000s such