1960 International Gold Cup

NC UK International Gold Cup VII International Gold Cup Oulton Park, Cheshire 24 September 1960 Permanent racing facility 2.76 4.443 60 165.6 266.58 Dry, sunny Stirling Moss UK Lotus-Climax 1:40.4 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 1:42.4 UK Stirling Moss UK Lotus-Climax Jack Brabham AUS Cooper-Climax Graham Hill UK BRM The VII International Gold Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 24 September 1960 at Oulton Park, Cheshire. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Lotus 18. The Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti team did not arrive after their transporter was involved in an accident and the cars were damaged. During the race, Ian Burgess was black-flagged due to his car grounding excessively.http://www.formula2.net/F160_23.htm VII International Gold Cup 1960 14 July 2012 F2 register This was the last European Formula One race run to the 2.5 litre Formula, with the new 1.5 litre Formula being introduced for 1961. Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 7 UK Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Lotus-Climax 1.45:54.0 1 2 1 AUS Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 22.8 s 3 3 16 UK Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM + 47.4 s 4 4 2 NZ Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 55.8 s 5 5 14 SWE Jo Bonnier Owen Racing Organisation BRM 59 laps 10 6 15 USA Dan Gurney Owen Racing Organisation BRM 58 laps 8 7 8 UK Henry Taylor Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 58 laps 11 8 9 UK Bruce Halford Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 57 laps 12 Ret 3 UK Ron Flockhart Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax Gearbox 14 Ret 4 UK Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Engine 6 Ret 12 UK Roy Salvadori C.T. Atkins Cooper-Climax Steering 9 DSQ 22 UK Ian Burgess Scuderia Centro Sud Lotus-Maserati Black-flagged 18 Ret 5 UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Collision 2 Ret 18 UK Brian Naylor JB Engineering JBW-Maserati Collision 13 Ret 19 UK Geoff Richardson Geoff Richardson Cooper-Connaught Oil leak 15 Ret 6 UK John Surtees Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Fuel pump 7 Ret 20 USA Masten Gregory Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati Gearbox 17 Ret 21 FRA Maurice Trintignant Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati Gearbox 16 DNA 10 ITA Giorgio Scarlatti Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti Cooper-Ferrari Transporter crash – DNA 11 ITA Gino Munaron Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti Cooper-Ferrari Transporter crash – DNA 17 UK David Piper Robert Bodle Ltd Lotus-Climax Car not ready – References Results at Silhouet.com Oulton Park International Gold Cup 1960 1960 Lombank Trophy 1961 Lombank Trophy 1959 International Gold Cup 1961 International Gold Cup International Gold Cup Category:Oulton Park International Gold Cup Gold