411 REFERENCE · Wikipedia
1960 French Grand Prix
Reference material by Wikipedia contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
F1 1960 Belgian Grand Prix 1960 British Grand Prix France French Circuit-Reims-1954.png Reims-Gueux 3 July 1960 XLVI Grand Prix de l'ACFMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1960 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/reims60.jpg The Programme Covers Project 20 October 2017 Reims-Gueux, Reims, France Temporary road course 5.187 8.348 50 259.350 417.383 Dry Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:16.8 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:17.5 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax AUS Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax BEL Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax NZL FRA
The 1960 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1960. It was race 6 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 5 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The 50-lap race was won from pole position by Australian driver Jack Brabham, driving a works Cooper-Climax. Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien finished second in a Cooper-Climax entered by the British Racing Partnership, while New Zealander Bruce McLaren was third in the other works Cooper-Climax. This was the final race for inaugural Constructors' Champions Vanwall.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 16 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:16.8— 2 2 USA 1959 Phil Hill Ferrari 2:18.2 +1.4 3 12 GBR Graham Hill BRM 2:18.4 +1.6 4 20 GBR Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 2:18.5 +1.7 5 6 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 2:19.3 +2.5 6 4 DEU Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 2:19.4 +2.6 7 10 USA 1959 Dan Gurney BRM 2:19.4 +2.6 8 22 GBR Ron Flockhart Lotus-Climax 2:19.5 +2.7 9 18 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2:19.6 +2.8 10 8 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 2:19.8 +3.0 11 44 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 2:20.1 +3.3 12 24 GBR Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2:20.3 +3.5 13 46 GBR Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 2:22.8 +6.0 14 14 GBR Tony Brooks Vanwall 2:23.3 +6.5 15 36 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 2:23.6 +6.8 16 48 GBR Bruce Halford Cooper-Climax 2:23.6 +6.8 17 40 USA 1959 Masten Gregory Cooper-Maserati 2:24.3 +7.5 18 38 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 2:24.7 +7.9 19 30 ITA Gino Munaron Cooper-Castellotti 2:31.3 +14.5 20 28 USA 1959 Richie Ginther Scarab 2:31.4 +14.6 21 34 GBR David Piper Lotus-Climax 2:32.0 +15.2 22 42 GBR Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 2:36.7 +19.9 23 26 USA 1959 Chuck Daigh Scarab 2:46.1 +29.3Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1960/france/qualification.aspx France 1960 - Qualifications • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 27 July 2020
Race
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 16 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 50 1:57:24.9 1 8 2 44 BEL Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 50 + 48.3 11 6 3 18 NZL Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 50 + 51.9 9 4 4 46 GBR Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 49 + 1 Lap 13 3 5 24 GBR Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 49 + 1 Lap 12 2 6 22 GBR Ron Flockhart Lotus-Climax 49 + 1 Lap 8 1 7 20 GBR Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 43 + 7 Laps 4 8 48 GBR Bruce Halford Cooper-Climax 40 Engine 16 9 40 USA 1959 Masten Gregory Cooper-Maserati 37 + 13 Laps 17 10 42 GBR Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 36 + 14 Laps 22 11 4 DEU Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 30 Transmission 6 12 2 USA 1959 Phil Hill Ferrari 29 Transmission 2 Ret Retired 8 SWE Jo Bonnier BRM 22 Engine 10 Ret Retired 36 BEL Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 18 Transmission 15 Ret Retired 10 USA 1959 Dan Gurney BRM 17 Engine 7 Ret Retired 30 ITA Gino Munaron Cooper-Castellotti 16 Transmission 19 Ret Retired 6 BEL Willy Mairesse Ferrari 14 Transmission 5 Ret Retired 14 GBR Tony Brooks Vanwall 7 Vibration 14 Ret Retired 12 GBR Graham Hill BRM 0 Accident 3 Ret Retired 38 FRA Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 0 Accident 18 DNS Did not start 28 USA 1959 Richie Ginther Scarab Engine 20 DNS Did not start 34 GBR David Piper Lotus-Climax Engine 21 DNS Did not start 26 USA 1959 Chuck Daigh Scarab Engine 23 Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1960/france/classement.aspx France 1960 - Result • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 27 July 2020
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints 10px 1 1 AUS Jack Brabham 24 10px 1 2 NZL Bruce McLaren 24 10px 3 GBR Stirling Moss 11 10px 7 4 BEL Olivier Gendebien 10 10px 1 5 USA 1959 Jim Rathmann 8Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1960/france/championnat.aspx France 1960 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR Cooper-Climax38 10px 2 GBR Lotus-Climax19 10px 3 ITA Ferrari15 10px 4 GBR BRM6 10px 5 GBR Cooper-Maserati3Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
30em
French Grand Prix 1960 1960 Belgian Grand Prix 1960 British Grand Prix 1959 French Grand Prix 1961 French Grand Prix
French Grand Prix
Category:French Grand Prix
Category:1960 in French motorsport