1960 Formula One season

14th season of the FIA's Formula One motor racing December 2023 1960 Drivers' Champion: Jack BrabhamInternational Cup Champion: Cooper-Climax 3 450 BrabhamJack1966B.jpg Australian Jack Brabham (pictured in 1966) won the second of his three Drivers' Championships, driving a Cooper-Climax. McLarenBruce.jpg Bruce McLaren finished as runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship. Stirling Moss.jpg Stirling Moss finished third in the World Drivers' Championship. Cooper T51 at Goodwood FOS 2008.jpg Cooper-Climax won the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with the Cooper T51 & T53. MossLotusClimax19610806.jpg Lotus-Climax finished runner-up in the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with the Lotus 16 & 18. 1960 Modena F2 GP 03.png Ferrari finished third in the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with the Ferrari 246 & 246 P. The 1960 Formula One season was the 14th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 11th World Championship of Drivers, the third International Cup for F1 Manufacturers and five non-championship Formula One races. The World Championship was contested over ten races between 7 February and 20 November 1960. Jack Brabham driving for Cooper won his second consecutive Drivers' Championship.https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1960/drivers.html 1960 Driver Standings Formula1.com 28 April 2024 Cooper secured their second consecutive Manufacturers' title.https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1960/team.html 1960 Constructor Standings Formula1.com 28 April 2024 It was the last year of the 2.5 litre formula, the FIA mandating 1.5 litre engines from 1961 on. Rear-engined cars (from Cooper, Lotus, Porsche and BRM) were distinctly more successful than the front-engined designs (from Ferrari, Scarab and Aston Martin). Ferrari did win their home race when the British teams boycotted the event, opposing the organisers' decision to use the banked circuit. It was the last victory for a front-engined car in a World Championship race. It was also the last season to include the Indianapolis 500. Three drivers died in racing accidents: American Harry Schell during practice for the 1960 BRDC International Trophy, and Britons Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey, both killed at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers competed in the 1960 FIA World Championship. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Dunlop. Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Driver Rounds USA Camoradi International Behra-Porsche-Porsche RSK Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 USA 1959 Masten Gregory 1 USA Fred Gamble 9 ITA Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati T51 Maserati 250S 2.5 L4 ARG Roberto Bonomi 1 ARG Carlos Menditeguy 1 USA Masten Gregory 2, 4, 6–8 GBR Ian Burgess 2, 6–7, 10 FRA Maurice Trintignant 2, 4, 6, 10 PRT Mário de Araújo Cabral 8 USA Alfonso Thiele 9 FRG Wolfgang von Trips 10 ITA Giorgio Scarlatti Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 ITA Giorgio Scarlatti 1 ARG Nasif Estéfano Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 ARG Nasif Estéfano 1 ESP 1945 Antonio Creus Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 ESP 1945 Antonio Creus 1 ITA Gino Munaron Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 ITA Gino Munaron 1 GBR Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax T51T53 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 NZL Bruce McLaren 1–2, 4–8, 10 AUS Jack Brabham 1–2, 4–8, 10 USA Chuck Daigh 7 GBR Ron Flockhart 10 GBR Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 1816 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 GBR Innes Ireland 1–2, 4–8, 10 GBR Alan Stacey 1–2, 4–5 ARG Alberto Rodríguez Larreta 1 GBR John Surtees 2, 7–8, 10 GBR Jim Clark 4–8, 10 GBR Ron Flockhart 6 ITA Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 246 Ferrari 155 2.4 V6 GBR Cliff Allison 1–2 USA Phil Hill 1–2, 4–9 FRG Wolfgang von Trips 1–2, 4–8 ARG José Froilán González 1 USA Richie Ginther 4, 9 BEL Willy Mairesse 5–6, 9 246 P Ferrari 171 2.4 V6 USA 1959 Richie Ginther 2 Ferrari 1.5 V6 FRG Wolfgang von Trips 9 FRA Ecurie Bleue Cooper-Climax T51 Climax FPF 2.2 L4 USA 1959 Harry Schell 1 GBR R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Lotus-Climax 18 Climax FPF 2.5 L4GBR Stirling Moss 2, 4–5, 8, 10 Cooper-Climax T51 1 FRA Maurice Trintignant 1 USA Lance Reventlow 7 GBR Owen Racing Organisation BRM P25P48 BRM P25 2.5 L4 SWE Jo Bonnier 1–2, 4–8, 10 GBR Graham Hill 1–2, 4–8, 10 USA Dan Gurney 2, 4–8, 10 VEN 1930 Ettore Chimeri Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 VEN 1930 Ettore Chimeri 1GBR Fred Tuck CarsCooper-ClimaxT51Climax FPF 2.5 L4 GBR Bruce Halford 2 BEL Lucien Bianchi 6–7GBR High Efficiency MotorsGBR C.T. AtkinsCooper-ClimaxT51Climax FPF 2.5 L4 GBR Roy Salvadori 2, 10 GBR Jack Fairman 7 GBR Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax T51 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 GBR Chris Bristow 2, 4–5 GBR Tony Brooks 2, 4–5, 7–8, 10 GBR Henry Taylor 4, 6–8, 10 BEL Olivier Gendebien 5–8, 10 GBR Bruce Halford 6 USA Phil Hill 10 GBR J.B. Naylor JBW-Maserati 59 Maserati 250S 2.5 L4 GBR Brian Naylor 2, 7, 9–10 ITA Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti Cooper-Castellotti T51 Castellotti 2.5 L4 ITA Gino Munaron 6–7, 9 ITA Giorgio Scarlatti 2, 9 ITA Giulio Cabianca 9 USA Reventlow Automobiles Inc. Scarab F1 Scarab 2.5 L4 USA Chuck Daigh 2, 4–6, 10 USA 1959 Lance Reventlow 2, 4–5 USA 1959 Richie Ginther 6 GBR David Brown Corporation Aston Martin DBR4DBR5 Aston Martin RB6 2.5 L6 GBR Roy Salvadori 4, 7 FRA Maurice Trintignant 7 NLD Ecurie Maarsbergen Cooper-Climax T51 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 NLD Carel Godin de Beaufort 4 GBR Taylor-Crawley Racing Team Lotus-Climax 18 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 GBR Mike Taylor 5 BEL Equipe Nationale Belge Cooper-Climax T45 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 BEL Lucien Bianchi 5 GBR Vandervell Products Vanwall VW 11 Vanwall 254 2.5 L4 GBR Tony Brooks 6 GBR Robert Bodle Ltd Lotus-Climax 16 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 GBR David Piper 6–7 GBR Gilby Engineering Cooper-Maserati T45 Maserati 250S 2.5 L4 GBR Keith Greene 7 GBR Arthur Owen Cooper-Climax T45 Climax FPF 2.2 L4 GBR Arthur Owen 9 FRG Wolfgang Seidel Cooper-Climax T45 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 FRG Wolfgang Seidel 9 FRG Scuderia Colonia Cooper-Climax T43 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 ITA Piero Drogo 9 GBR H.H. Gould Maserati 250F Maserati 250F1 2.5 L6 GBR Horace Gould 9 FRG Dr Ing F. Porsche KGFRG Porsche System Engineering Porsche 718/2 Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 FRG Edgar Barth 9 FRG Hans Herrmann 9 GBR Equipe Prideaux/Dick Gibson Cooper-Climax T43 Climax FPF 1.5 L4 GBR Vic Wilson 9 USA Joe Lubin Maserati 250F Maserati 250S 2.5 L4 USA Bob Drake 10 USA Jim Hall Lotus-Climax 18 Climax FPF 2.5 L4 USA Jim Hall 10 USA Fred Armbruster Cooper-Ferrari T51 Ferrari 107 2.5 L4 USA Pete Lovely 10 Note: The above table does not include drivers who only contested the World Championship race at Indianapolis and does not include teams that only contested that race. Team and driver changes thumb|right|Successful motorcycle racing driver and future F1 champion John Surtees made his debut with Lotus. Ferrari's Dan Gurney moved to BRM and Tony Brooks moved to BRP (racing under Yeoman Credit Racing). Wolfgang von Trips was hired as their full-time driver for 1960. At BRP, Brooks would be partnered by Harry Schell from the second round on, were it not for the American's fatal accident during the 1960 BRDC International Trophy. Graham Hill moved from Lotus to BRM, so Colin Chapman hired John Surtees. The Brit was a very successful motorcycle racing driver, just switching to racing cars for the first time, but he would become a Formula One champion within five years. Carroll Shelby had driven for Aston Martin in Formula One and had won the 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans with largely the same team, but retired from driving in 1960. He opened a high-performance driving school and, later, the Shelby American company to create the famous AC Cobra sports car. Lance Reventlow brought a new constructor to the grid: Scarab. Chuck Daigh and Reventlow himself were the drivers. The front-engined cars turned out to be unreliable and off the pace compared to their rear-engined rivals, and 1960 would be their only season. Mid-season changes right|thumb|Alan Stacey died during the Belgian Grand Prix. Ferrari driver Cliff Allison suffered a major crash while practising for the Monaco Grand Prix, and it took him almost the rest of the year to recover from his injuries. He had slammed into a straw barrier and sustained a broken left arm, rib fractures, facial cuts, and a concussion.British Driver Is Injured in Monte Carlo Crash, The New York Times, 28 May 1960, Page 16. Later in the year, Belgian Willy Mairesse made his debut with the team. Alongside Innes Ireland and Alan Stacey, John Surtees made his debut with Lotus, but because of his commitments in the Isle of Man TT, their Formula Junior driver Jim Clark was promoted to the third F1 seat. When Surtees returned, both Clark and he became permanent drivers, since Stacey had suffered a tragic fatal accident earlier, in the Belgian Grand Prix. Chris Bristow was also killed in the Belgian Grand Prix. His seat at BRP was taken up by Henry Taylor and Olivier Gendebien. Together, they had already shared the second and third cars in the team. Taylor would later injure his arm in a heavy crash during practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix. Mike Taylor crashed during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix. The steering column weld failed and the car went off track. He was thrown out of the car and actually cut down a tree with his body. He broke several bones and was paralysed but was able to regain the ability to walk through therapy.http://en.espnf1.com/onthisday/motorsport/story/2344.html On This Day / April 24 ESPN F1 ESPN 20 October 2014https://bleacherreport.com/articles/440600-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-original-black-weekend#articles/440600-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-original-black-weekend The 50th Anniversary Of The Original Black Weekend. Bleacher Report 21 August 2010 20 October 2014 He later successfully sued Lotus for supplying the faulty chassis.The Guinness Complete Grand Prix Who's Who Steve Small 379 0851127029 Finally, Stirling Moss was injured as well during practice for the Belgian Grand Prix. He missed three races during his recovery.Malsher-Lopez David Why Stirling Moss was 'Mr. Motor Racing' https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/stirling-moss-mr-motor-racing/4779795/ motorsport.com 12 April 2020 12 April 2020 Calendar Round Grand Prix Circuit Date 1 Argentine Grand Prix ARG Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Buenos Aires 7 February 2 Monaco Grand Prix MCO Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 29 May 3 Indianapolis 500 USA 1959 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway 30 MayThe Indianapolis 500 also counted towards the 1960 USAC Championship Car season, and was run for USAC Championship cars, but did not count towards the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers. 4 Dutch Grand Prix NLD Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort 6 June 5 Belgian Grand Prix BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 19 June 6 French Grand Prix FRA Reims-Gueux, Gueux 3 July 7 British Grand Prix GBR Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 16 July 8 Portuguese Grand Prix PRT Circuito da Boavista, Porto 14 August 9 Italian Grand Prix ITA Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 4 September 10 United States Grand Prix USA Riverside International Raceway, California 20 November Calendar changes The Argentine Grand Prix returned to the calendar. The 1959 race was cancelled after local heroes Juan Manuel Fangio and José Froilán González had retired and local interest faded. The Belgian Grand Prix returned to the calendar, after the 1959 race had been cancelled because of a dispute over start money. The British Grand Prix was moved from Aintree to Silverstone, in keeping with the event-sharing arrangement between the two circuits. Likewise, the Portuguese Grand Prix was moved from Circuito de Monsanto to Circuito da Boavista. The United States Grand Prix was moved from Sebring to Riverside due to the promoters at Sebring barely breaking even in profits. The German Grand Prix was supposed to be held on the AVUS circuit in Berlin but was run as a Formula Two race at the Nürburgring, instead, due to safety concerns at AVUS.David Hayhoe, Formula 1: The Knowledge – 2nd Edition, 2021, page 35.Posthumus Cyril The German Grand Prix 1966 104–107https://historseye.wordpress.com/2018/09/22/f1-races-that-never-were/ F1 races that never were 22 September 2018 22 August 2022 The Moroccan Grand Prix was originally scheduled for 1 October but it was cancelled due to monetary reasons.April 2026 Regulation changes The points-scoring system was changed, with the point for the fastest lap being dropped and a point given for sixth place. The best six scores counted towards the championship, increased from five from the previous season. Championship report Race 1: Argentina The teams came down to Argentina from Europe in February to start the 1960 season, having competed at the last round of the 1959 championship in Sebring, Florida, in the United States only two months previously. Stirling Moss was on pole position in Buenos Aires in his Rob Walker Cooper-Climax with Team Lotus driver Innes Ireland alongside, although he had been 1.6 seconds slower in qualifying. Completing the four-person front row were the BRMs of Hill and Jo Bonnier. The Lotus team had come out with an all-new mid-engined car, the 18, and were expected to be competitive. At the start, Ireland made a fantastic start and had a good lead at the end of the first lap over Bonnier, Graham Hill, and Phil Hill (no relation to Graham), who had started from the second row in his Ferrari Dino 246. Moss made a poor start and was eighth at the end of the first lap. On the second lap, Ireland spun, and as he was doing this, Moss was driving a blinding lap, passing the Cooper of Carlos Menditeguy, Froilan Gonzalez's Ferrari, Jack Brabham's Cooper, Phil Hill's Ferrari, and Ireland's Lotus to run third behind Graham Hill and Bonnier. Moss passed Hill on lap ten and took the lead from Bonnier five laps later. The recovering Ireland also made dramatic progress, passing Brabham and Graham Hill to run third on lap 18. Bonnier attacked Moss for the lead and retook it on lap 21, but 15 laps later, Stirling was back ahead. On lap 42. he went out with a broken suspension. Bonnier was left nearly a lap ahead of everyone. Ireland was promoted to second, but both Graham Hill and Brabham retired, so Bruce McLaren was third. With 12 laps to go, Bonnier suffered engine trouble, and Ireland went into the lead only to have his gear-linkage jam, so he too slipped back, leaving McLaren to win. Cliff Allison was second for Ferrari, while Moss took over Maurice Trintignant's car to take third. Race 2: Monaco There had been a non-championship round at the Goodwood circuit near the southern English coast, the Glover Trophy, won by Innes Ireland in a Lotus. During this time, most drivers were competing in sportscar races, such as the 12 Hours of Sebring in March; and the Targa Florio and the Nurburgring 1000km in May. Moss took pole by a second with Jack Brabham's Cooper and Chris Bristow's BRP Cooper alongside, while Jo Bonnier shared the second row with Tony Brooks's BRP Cooper. Bonnier took the lead at the start, with Brabham second and Moss third ahead of Brooks and Bristow in the BRP Coopers. Moss took Brabham on lap 5 and then shadowed Bonnier until lap 17, when he took the lead. Further back Bristow went out with gearbox trouble. Brabham passed Bonnier on lap 20, but the Swede fought back and, on lap 27, retook the position. The pattern of the race was turned upside-down when rain came. Brabham passed Bonnier and Moss to take the lead while Brooks spun back down the order, leaving McLaren in fourth place, battling with Phil Hill. After six laps in the lead, Brabham spun into the wall at Sainte Dévote, and Moss was back in the lead but had to pit to replace a plug-lead, so Bonnier was back ahead until Moss caught him. Bonnier went out with a broken suspension soon after, and G Hill crashed. This meant that McLaren finished second, with Phil Hill third and Brooks the only other survivor. Moss went on to win his 2nd Monaco Grand Prix from McLaren and Phil Hill. Race 3: Indianapolis 500 The Indy 500, on the World Championship calendar for the final time in 1960, was the only race not run to FIA regulations. Jim Rathmann won this race, which took place on a holiday-day Monday, in an Offenhauser-powered Watson chassis after a thrilling battle for the lead with Rodger Ward. Race 4: Netherlands Although there were disputes over prize money and several teams withdrew after qualifying, there was still a decent field for the race with Stirling Moss on pole position in his Walker Lotus-Climax. Jack Brabham was alongside in his Cooper-Climax, and Innes Ireland was on the outside of the front row in his factory Lotus 18. The BRMs of Jo Bonnier and Graham Hill shared the second row. Brabham made the best start and led Moss and Ireland with Team Lotus's Alan Stacey up from the third row on the grid and Phil Hill sixth in his Ferrari from the fourth row. Stacey passed Ireland on the second lap, but Innes soon took back the place while Bruce McLaren moved ahead of Phil Hill in his Cooper. He would retire early with a driveshaft problem. Dan Gurney moved into fifth in his BRM, but he crashed at the hairpin after a brake failure. A spectator in a prohibited area was killed. Jim Clark had made rapid progress in the early laps and took Gurney's fifth place behind his Lotus teammates Ireland and Stacey. On lap 17, Brabham's car threw up part of a curb, which hit Moss's car and caused a puncture and damage to the wheel hub. Moss had to pit for repairs. He drove a storming comeback. Up front, the order remained static until Graham Hill passed Clark, who retired soon afterwards with gearbox failure. Stacey would disappear with a similar problem, leaving Hill to finish third, just ahead of the charging Moss. The Ferraris of Phil Hill and Ritchie Ginther were fifth and sixth but were a lap behind the leaders. Race 5: Belgium The Belgian Grand Prix of 1960 was one of the most disastrous races in Formula 1 history, with the weekend claiming two drivers and two others suffering serious injuries in practice. This race, which took place at the second-fastest and perhaps the most dangerous circuit of the year, the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the southern part of Belgium, saw two significant accidents on Friday, with Moss suffering an axle failure at the super-fast Burnenville corner and being thrown from the car in the ensuing crash. He broke both his legs. Formula 1 debutante Mike Taylor suffered a steering failure in his Lotus at the Holowell corner and crashed into trees beside the track suffering multiple injuries, which ended his career. Jack Brabham took pole position for Cooper, two and a half seconds faster than the older BRP-run Cooper of Tony Brooks, with Phil Hill's Ferrari sharing the front row. Behind them were the BRP Cooper of local hero Olivier Gendebien and Graham Hill's BRM. On race day, Brabham took the lead at the start, and he would lead from start to finish. Gendebien made an excellent start to be second but then faded, while Team Lotus's Innes Ireland moved up into second place, although he would disappear soon afterwards with clutch trouble. On lap 20, British BRP Cooper driver Chris Bristow, fighting for sixth with the Ferrari of Willy Mairesse, lost control at Malmedy and crashed. He was thrown from the car, landed in some barbed-wire fencing, and was decapitated. Within five laps, Briton Alan Stacey of Team Lotus was also dead, having been hit in the face by a bird near the Masta kink. He crashed, his car was launched off an embankment, landed in a field some 25 feet lower than the track, and burst into flames, with Stacey still in the car, where he burned to death. Brabham won the race while Bruce McLaren in the second works Cooper emerged to finish second, giving the company a 1–2 finish with Graham Hill third, but celebrations were muted. It would remain the blackest weekend in World Championship history until the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix. Race 6: France Three weeks after the disastrous Belgian Grand Prix, the World Championship contenders gathered at the super-fast straights of Reims. Stirling Moss was out of action. Tony Brooks had switched from the BRP Cooper team to try the new Vanwall VW11, while Team Lotus had hired Ron Flockhart to replace Alan Stacey. BRP had two new drivers in, Henry Taylor and Bruce Halford. In practice, both Scarabs blew their engines, so neither Lance Reventlow nor Chuck Daigh was able to race. Jack Brabham was on pole position by 1.4 seconds, with Phil Hill's Ferrari and Graham Hill's BRM sharing the front row. Behind them were Innes Ireland's factory Lotus 18 and the Ferrari of Willy Mairesse. At the start, Graham Hill was caught unprepared, and as he tried to get the BRM off the line, he was hit from behind by the Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper of Maurice Trintignant. There was also a collision between Brooks and Lucien Bianchi's outdated Cooper. The battle for the lead involved Brabham and Phil Hill, and the pair switched places lap after lap until Hill began to fade with transmission trouble. A similar problem took out third-placed Ferrari driver Wolfgang Von Trips, so Brabham was left out in front alone. Mairesse retired with a similar problem, and Ireland had to stop with a broken front suspension. Also retiring were the two surviving BRMS of Dan Gurney and Jo Bonnier disappeared with engine trouble. This left Gendebien in the BRP Cooper to take second, with Bruce McLaren third in the second factory Cooper and Taylor finishing fourth in his BRP Cooper; the company could boast a 1–2–3–4 finish. The Lotuses of Jim Clark and Flockhart finished fifth and sixth. Race 7: Britain Although there was only a fortnight between the French and British GPs, several changes occurred when the F1 circus arrived at Silverstone. The Vanwall VW11 did not re-appear: Tony Brooks went back to his BRP Cooper, and with both Scarabs having blown up at Reims, they were not present, although Chuck Daigh and Lance Reventlow shared a third factory Cooper, Daigh being faster and thus getting to race. Aston Martin showed up with DBR5s for Roy Salvadori and Maurice Trintignant. At the same time, motorcycle ace John Surtees re-appeared in a works Lotus, and there was the usual crop of British privateers, including Keith Greene in the Gilby Engineering Cooper-Maserati and Brian Naylor in his JBW-Maserati. Qualifying resulted in pole position for Jack Brabham, a second faster than Graham Hill's BRM, with Bruce McLaren's Cooper and Jo Bonnier's BRM making it a balanced front row. The start saw three cars stall: Graham Hill (his second race running) and the two BRP Coopers of Brooks and Henry Taylor. McLaren was second on the first lap but soon dropped behind Bonnier and the factory Lotus of Innes Ireland. Ireland then passed Bonnier to take second place. Graham Hill drove a storming race from the back of the field and worked his way back, passing Ireland for second after 37 laps and setting off after Brabham. To the crowd's delight, he caught him and, on lap 55, took the lead. Further back, Surtees displaced Ireland in third place. Hill had been suffering brake problems for some time, and on lap 72, he spun at Copse Corner and was out. Brabham took the lead and, five laps later, took the chequered flag with Surtees and Ireland second and third for Team Lotus. Race 8: Portugal With the German Grand Prix being cancelled after safety concerns and complaints about the general quality of the AVUS track in Berlin, there was a month between the British and Portuguese GPs. At the challenging and dangerous Boavista street circuit in Porto, Stirling Moss made his F1 comeback after being out of action since the disastrous Belgian GP in June. The only other change of note was that local hero Mario Cabral was found a drive in the second Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati. In practice, Henry Taylor crashed his BRP Cooper heavily and injured his arm, while Jim Clark smashed up his Lotus in a rare crash. Despite the accident, pole position went to Team Lotus driver John Surtees, who edged out Dan Gurney's BRM by a few hundredths of a second. Jack Brabham was third quickest in his normally-dominant works Cooper. Moss put his Walker Lotus on the second row alongside Graham Hill's BRM. Brabham took the lead at the start, but Gurney quickly found a way ahead, and then Brabham went wide at one corner and dropped to sixth place. Moss emerged second, with Surtees and Phil Hill in his Ferrari fighting with him. After ten laps, Gurney dropped back with an oil leak, so Surtees took the lead with Moss in pursuit but had to stop because of spark plug problems and dropped to the back of the field. He was later disqualified for driving against the direction of the race while trying to get going after a spin. Brabham had a lively fight with Phil Hill until the American crashed, and this became the lead on lap 36 when Surtees went off because oil had leaked onto his pedals. Bruce McLaren came through to finish second to give Cooper another 1–2 result, with Clark finishing third in his cobbled-together Lotus. But this was to be the last Portuguese Grand Prix for 24 years – the race would not return until 1984. Race 9: Italy With the World Championship settled in favour of Jack Brabham and the Italian authorities deciding that the Italian Grand Prix would be held on the combined road and oval course at the Monza Autodrome near Milan (making it the fastest circuit of the year), all the big British teams boycotted the event, citing the fragility, extreme roughness and poor construction of the concrete banking and the field consisted of the works Ferraris, the Coopers of Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti and Scuderia Centro Sud and a few privateers. To increase the size of the field, Formula 2 cars were allowed, with Porsche turning up with a pair of 718s for Hans Herrmann and Edgar Barth. The powerful Ferraris dominated, with Phil Hill sharing the front row with fellow American Ritchie Ginther and Willy Mairesse with a couple of Coopers on the second row. In the race, Ginther and Hill led while Mairesse was slowed by team orders to help tow a fourth Ferrari – an F2 car driven by Wolfgang Von Trips – away from the two Porsches. This allowed Giulio Cabianca to run third in his Castellotti Cooper. Mairesse eventually returned to third place while Hill passed early leader Ginther to win the race. Ferrari finished 1–2–3, but it was an irrelevant result given the competition. Jack Brabham won his 2nd consecutive drivers' championship with one race to go as even if Bruce McLaren won at Riverside with Brabham out of the points, McLaren's 4th at Silverstone would be dropped and McLaren would be on 38 if that happened, 2 points behind Brabham. Race 10: USA The final World Championship event of the year took place in the United States 10 weeks after the penultimate event. Ferrari did not travel to the Riverside circuit just east of Los Angeles, California, but Phil Hill found a ride in a fourth BRP Cooper at his home circuit, and Wolfgang Von Trips found a ride in a Cooper-Maserati run by Scuderia Centro Sud. In the sunny and pleasant southern California weather, Ron Flockhart turned up in the third factory Cooper and Jim Hall made his F1 debut in a private Lotus 18 and Chuck Daigh re-appeared in one of Lance Reventlow's Scarabs. Moss, by then recovered from his early season injuries, took pole by 0.6 seconds from World Champion Jack Brabham and Dan Gurney in his BRM. Jo Bonnier's BRM shared the second row with Jim Clark's Lotus. Brabham made the best start and led Moss for the first four laps, but then he heard an explosion at the car's back end and pitted. He made two stops to try to solve the problem, which was traced to overflow petrol hitting the hot exhausts of the Climax engine. Moss moved into the lead when Brabham pitted, and he stayed ahead all the way to the chequered flag. Early on, he was chased by Gurney, but he went out with plug problems, and Bonnier followed, retiring from second with engine trouble. This left Innes Ireland to finish second for Team Lotus, with the second factory Cooper of Bruce McLaren third. Brabham finished fourth, a lap behind at the finish. Jim Hall drove an excellent race to run fourth, but he dropped to seventh at the end when his transmission failed, and he had to push the car to the finish line. This was the only Grand Prix ever held at the Riverside circuit; 12 Hours of Sebring promoter Alec Ulmann had again broken even on this event, just as he had at the previous year's American Grand Prix at Sebring. The US Grand Prix was moved to the Watkins Glen circuit in upstate New York on the other side of the country. Results and standings Grands Prix Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Tyre Report Race report 1 ARG Argentine Grand Prix GBR Stirling Moss GBR Stirling Moss NZL Bruce McLaren GBR Cooper-Climax Dunlop Report 2 MCO Monaco Grand Prix GBR Stirling Moss NZL Bruce McLaren GBR Stirling Moss GBR Lotus-Climax Dunlop Report 3 USA 1959 Indianapolis 500 USA 1959 Eddie Sachs USA 1959 Jim Rathmann USA 1959 Jim Rathmann USA 1959 Watson-Offenhauser Firestone Report 4 NLD Dutch Grand Prix GBR Stirling Moss GBR Stirling Moss AUS Jack Brabham GBR Cooper-Climax Dunlop Report 5 BEL Belgian Grand Prix AUS Jack Brabham AUS Jack BrabhamGBR Innes IrelandUSA 1959 Phil Hill AUS Jack Brabham GBR Cooper-Climax Dunlop Report 6 FRA French Grand Prix AUS Jack Brabham AUS Jack Brabham AUS Jack Brabham GBR Cooper-Climax Dunlop Report 7 GBR British Grand Prix AUS Jack Brabham GBR Graham Hill AUS Jack Brabham GBR Cooper-Climax Dunlop Report 8 PRT Portuguese Grand Prix GBR John Surtees GBR John Surtees AUS Jack Brabham GBR Cooper-Climax Dunlop Report 9 ITA Italian Grand Prix USA Phil Hill USA Phil Hill USA Phil Hill ITA Ferrari Dunlop Report 10 USA United States Grand Prix GBR Stirling Moss AUS Jack Brabham GBR Stirling Moss GBR Lotus-Climax Dunlop Report Scoring system List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems Points were awarded to the top six classified finishers. Only the best six results counted towards the championship. This was the first season in which points for fastest laps were not awarded. No points were awarded for shared drives. The International Cup for F1 Manufacturers only counted the points of the highest-finishing driver for each race. Indy 500 results did not count towards the cup. Additionally, like the Drivers' Championship, only the best six results counted towards the cup. Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Points were awarded in the following system: Position 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th Race864321Source:18 January 2019 World Championship points systems http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/points.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20190924032459/http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/points.html 24 September 2019 21 December 2020 8W Forix World Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver ARGARG MONMCO 500USA 1959 NEDNLD BELBEL FRAFRA GBRGBR PORPRT ITAITA USAUSA Pts.points Only the best 6 results counted towards the championship. Numbers without parentheses are championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. 1 AUS Jack Brabham Ret DSQ 1 1 f p 1 f p 1 p 1 4 f 43 2 NZL Bruce McLaren 1 2 f Ret 2 3 (4) 2 3 34 (37) 3 GBR Stirling Moss 3† / NC p f 1 p 4 p f DNS DSQ 1 p 19 4 GBR Innes Ireland 6 9 2 Ret f 7 3 6 2 18 5 USA Phil Hill 8 3 Ret 4 f 12 7 Ret 1 p f 6 16 6 BEL Olivier Gendebien 3 2 9 7 12 10 7 FRG Wolfgang von Trips 5 8 5 Ret 11 6 4 5 9 10 8 USA 1959 Jim Rathmann 1 f 8 9 USA Richie Ginther 6 6 DNS 2 8 10 GBR Jim Clark Ret 5 5 16 3 16 8 11 GBR Tony Brooks 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 7 12 GBR John Surtees Ret 2 Ret p f Ret 6 13 GBR Cliff Allison 2 DNQ 6 14 USA 1959 Rodger Ward 2 6 15 GBR Graham Hill Ret 7 3 Ret Ret Ret f Ret Ret 4 16 BEL Willy Mairesse Ret Ret 3 4 17 USA 1959 Paul Goldsmith 3 4 18 SWE Jo Bonnier 7 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 4 19 GBR Henry Taylor 7 4 8 DNS 14 3 20 ARG Carlos Menditeguy 4 3 21 USA 1959 Don Branson 4 3 22 ITA Giulio Cabianca 4 3 23 USA 1959 Johnny Thomson 5 2 24 BEL Lucien Bianchi 6 Ret Ret 1 25 GBR Ron Flockhart 6 Ret 1 26 USA 1959 Eddie Johnson 6 1 27 FRG Hans Herrmann 6 1 — FRA Maurice Trintignant 3† Ret Ret Ret 11 15 0 — USA 1959 Lloyd Ruby 7 0 — FRG Edgar Barth 7 0 — USA Jim Hall 7 0 — GBR Roy Salvadori Ret DNS Ret 8 0 — GBR Bruce Halford DNQ 8 0 — USA 1959 Bob Veith 8 0 — NLD Carel Godin de Beaufort 8 0 — ITA Piero Drogo 8 0 — USA Masten Gregory 12 DNQ DNS 9 14 Ret 0 — ARG Alberto Rodríguez Larreta 9 0 — USA 1959 Bud Tingelstad 9 0 — FRG Wolfgang Seidel 9 0 — USA Dan Gurney NC Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 0 — USA Chuck Daigh DNQ DNS Ret DNS Ret 10 0 — GBR Ian Burgess DNQ 10 Ret Ret 0 — ARG José Froilán González 10 0 — USA 1959 Bob Christie 10 0 — USA Fred Gamble 10 0 — ARG Roberto Bonomi 11 0 — USA 1959 Red Amick 11 0 — USA Pete Lovely 11 0 — GBR David Piper Ret 12 0 — USA 1959 Duane Carter 12 0 — ITA Gino Munaron 13 Ret 15 Ret 0 — GBR Brian Naylor DNQ 13 Ret Ret 0 — USA 1959 Bill Homeier 13 0 — USA Bob Drake 13 0 — ARG Nasif Estéfano 14 0 — USA 1959 Gene Hartley 14 0 — USA 1959 Chuck Stevenson 15 0 — USA 1959 Bobby Grim 16 0 — GBR Alan Stacey Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 — GBR Chris Bristow Ret Ret Ret 0 — ITA Giorgio Scarlatti Ret DNQ Ret 0 — USA Lance Reventlow DNQ DNS Ret DNS 0 — USA 1959 Harry Schell Ret 0 — Venezuela 1930 Ettore Chimeri Ret 0 — ESP 1945 Antonio Creus Ret 0 — USA 1959 Shorty Templeman Ret 0 — USA 1959 Jim Hurtubise Ret 0 — USA 1959 Jimmy Bryan Ret 0 — USA 1959 Troy Ruttman Ret 0 — USA 1959 Eddie Sachs Ret p 0 — USA 1959 Don Freeland Ret 0 — USA 1959 Tony Bettenhausen Ret 0 — USA 1959 Wayne Weiler Ret 0 — USA 1959 A. J. Foyt Ret 0 — USA 1959 Eddie Russo Ret 0 — USA 1959 Johnny Boyd Ret 0 — USA 1959 Gene Force Ret 0 — USA 1959 Jim McWithey Ret 0 — USA 1959 Len Sutton Ret 0 — USA 1959 Dick Rathmann Ret 0 — USA 1959 Al Herman Ret 0 — USA 1959 Dempsey Wilson Ret 0 — GBR Jack Fairman Ret 0 — GBR Keith Greene Ret 0 — PRT Mario de Araujo Cabral Ret 0 — USA Alfonso Thiele Ret 0 — GBR Vic Wilson Ret 0 — GBR Arthur Owen Ret 0 — GBR Mike Taylor DNS 0 — GBR Horace Gould DNS 0 Pos. Driver ARGARG MONMCO 500USA 1959 NEDNLD BELBEL FRAFRA GBRGBR PORPRT ITAITA USAUSA Pts. † Position shared between more drivers of the same car – no points awarded International Cup for F1 Manufacturers standings thumb|The International Cup for F1 Manufacturers was awarded to Cooper-Climax Pos. Manufacturer ARGARG MONMCO NEDNLD BELBEL FRAFRA GBRGBR PORPRT ITAITA USAUSA Pts.points 1 GBR Cooper-Climax 1 (2) 1 1 1 1 1 8 (3) 48 (58) 2 GBR Lotus-Climax (6) 1 2 5 (5) 2 3 1 34 (37) 3 ITA Ferrari 2 3 5 4 11 (6) 4 1 26 (27) 4 GBR BRM 7 5 3 Ret Ret 10 Ret 5 8 5 GBR Cooper-Maserati 4 Ret Ret 9 14 Ret Ret 9 3 6 GBR Cooper-Castellotti DNQ Ret 15 4 3 7 FRG Porsche 6 1 — FRA Behra-Porsche-Porsche 12 10 0 — USA Scarab WD DNQ DNS Ret DNS 10 0 — GBR Aston Martin DNS 11 0 — GBR Cooper-Ferrari 11 0 — ITA Maserati 13 DNS 13 0 — GBR JBW-Maserati DNQ 13 Ret Ret 0 — GBR Vanwall Ret 0 Pos. Manufacturer ARGARG MONMCO NEDNLD BELBEL FRAFRA GBRGBR PORPRT ITAITA USAUSA Pts. Bold results counted to championship totals. Non-championship races Other Formula One races were held in 1960, which did not count towards the World Championship. Race Name Circuit Date Winning driver Constructor Report GBR VIII Glover Trophy Goodwood 18 April GBR Innes Ireland GBR Lotus-Climax Report GBR XII BRDC International Trophy Silverstone 14 May GBR Innes Ireland GBR Lotus-Climax Report GBR V Silver City Trophy Brands Hatch 1 August AUS Jack Brabham GBR Cooper-Climax Report GBR I Lombank Trophy Snetterton 17 September GBR Innes Ireland GBR Lotus-Climax Report GBR VII International Gold Cup Oulton Park 24 September GBR Stirling Moss GBR Lotus-Climax Report Notes References External links 1960 World Championship race results and images at f1-facts.com Category:Formula One seasons