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1960 British Grand Prix
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F1 1960 French Grand Prix 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix United Kingdom British 13th RAC British Grand Prix 16 July Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png 1960 Silverstone Circuit, Northants., England Permanent road course 2.927 4.711 77 225.40 362.75 Dry, overcast. AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 1:34.6 UK Graham Hill BRM 1:34.4 56 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax UK John Surtees Lotus-Climax UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax GBR
The 1960 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England, on 16 July 1960. It was race 7 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 6 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by reigning World Champion Jack Brabham and Innes Ireland finished in third place. Between the two, multiple motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion John Surtees (in only his second ever Formula One Grand Prix) took second place.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap1 1 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 1:34.6—2 4 UK Graham Hill BRM 1:35.6 +1.03 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:36.0 +1.44 6 Sweden Jo Bonnier BRM 1:36.2 +1.65 7 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 1:36.2 +1.66 5 USA Dan Gurney BRM 1:36.6 +2.07 11 Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 1:37.0 +2.48 8 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:37.0 +2.49 12 UK Tony Brooks Cooper-Climax 1:37.6 +3.010 10 USA Phil Hill Ferrari 1:37.8 +3.211 9 UK John Surtees Lotus-Climax 1:38.6 +4.012 14 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 1:39.2 +4.613 18 UK Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 1:39.4 +4.814 16 USA Masten Gregory Cooper-Maserati 1:39.8 +5.215 23 UK Jack Fairman Cooper-Climax 1:39.8 +5.216 15 UK Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 1:40.0 +5.417 24 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 1:40.2 +5.618 25 UK Brian Naylor JBW-Maserati 1:41.2 +6.619 3 USA Chuck Daigh Cooper-Climax 1:42.4 +7.820 17 UK Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 1:42.6 +8.021 19 France Maurice Trintignant Aston Martin 1:43.8 +9.222 22 UK Keith Greene Cooper-Maserati 1:45.8 +11.223 3 USA Lance Reventlow Cooper-Climax 1:46.4 +11.824 26 UK David Piper Lotus-Climax 2:05.6 +31.025 21 Italy Gino Munaron Cooper-Castellotti Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1960&gp=British%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1960 British GP Qualification chicanef1.com 30 July 2020
Race
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 77 2:04:24.3 1 8 2 9 UK John Surtees Lotus-Climax 77 + 49.6 11 6 3 7 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 77 + 1:29.6 5 4 4 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 76 + 1 Lap 3 3 5 12 UK Tony Brooks Cooper-Climax 76 + 1 Lap 9 2 6 11 Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 75 + 2 Laps 7 1 7 10 USA Phil Hill Ferrari 75 + 2 Laps 10 8 15 UK Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 74 + 3 Laps 16 9 14 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 74 + 3 Laps 12 10 5 USA Dan Gurney BRM 74 + 3 Laps 6 11 19 France Maurice Trintignant Aston Martin 72 + 5 Laps 21 12 26 UK David Piper Lotus-Climax 72 + 5 Laps 23 13 25 UK Brian Naylor JBW-Maserati 72 + 5 Laps 18 14 16 USA Masten Gregory Cooper-Maserati 71 + 6 laps 14 15 21 Italy Gino Munaron Cooper-Castellotti 70 + 7 Laps 24 16 8 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 70 + 7 Laps 8 Ret Retired 4 UK Graham Hill BRM 71 Brakes 2 Ret Retired 24 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 62 Electrical 17 Ret Retired 6 Sweden Jo Bonnier BRM 59 Suspension 4 Ret Retired 3 USA Chuck Daigh Cooper-Climax 58 Overheating 19 Ret Retired 17 UK Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 58 Engine 20 Ret Retired 18 UK Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 46 Steering 13 Ret Retired 23 UK Jack Fairman Cooper-Climax 46 Fuel Pump 15 Ret Retired 22 UK Keith Greene Cooper-Maserati 12 Overheating 22 PO* 3 USA Lance Reventlow Cooper-Climax WithdrawnSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1960/650/ 1960 British Grand Prix formula1.com 20 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222220032/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1960/650/ 22 December 2014
* Lance Reventlow and Chuck Daigh were entered with the same vehicle following extensive damage to their Scarab cars at the preceding French Grand Prix. Daigh proved the faster during practice and so Reventlow was withdrawn.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints 10px 1 Australia Jack Brabham 32 10px 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren 27 10px 3 UK Stirling Moss 11 10px 2 4 UK Innes Ireland 11 10px 1 5 Belgium Olivier Gendebien 10Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1960/grande-bretagne/championnat.aspx Britain 1960 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 13 March 2019
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 UK Cooper-Climax46 10px 2 UK Lotus-Climax25 10px 3 Italy Ferrari16 10px 4 UK BRM6 10px 5 UK Cooper-Maserati3Source:
Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links
Motorcycle champion Surtees takes second place http://www.gpracing.net192.com/races/reports/91.cfm Grand Prix Racing 2007-09-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20070814003820/http://www.gpracing.net192.com/races/reports/91.cfm 14 August 2007 dead
GRAND PRIX RESULTS: BRITISH GP, 1960 http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr091.html GrandPrix.com 2007-09-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929111708/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr091.html 29 September 2007 live
1960 British GP http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1960&gp=British%20GP ChicaneF1.com 2007-09-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929095507/http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1960&gp=British%20GP 29 September 2007 live (Race results and statistics.)
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