The 1960 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 19 June 1960. It is remembered as one of Formula One's darkest days due to the deaths of Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey and the serious accidents of Stirling Moss and Mike Taylor.
The results highlight an unusual quirk in the rules regarding classification of non-finishers. Under modern rules, Graham Hill would have been classified 3rd, since he completed lap 35 before Gendebien. Hill then retired, in the pits, but was not classified since he did not push his car over the line after the winner took the finish (as required by the rules of the time). In fact the rule about crossing the finishing line was inconsistently applied - at the 1959 German Grand Prix, Harry Schell was classified 7th despite only completing 49 of the race's 60 laps. [1]
Classification[]
| Pos | No | Nat | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 
|
Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 36 | 2:21:37.3 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 4 | 
|
Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 36 | + 1:03.3 | 14 | 6 |
| 3 | 34 | 
|
Olivier Gendebien | Cooper-Climax | 35 | + 1 Lap | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 24 | 
|
Phil Hill | Ferrari | 35 | + 1 Lap | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | 
|
Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 34 | + 2 Laps | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 32 |
|
Lucien Bianchi | Cooper-Climax | 28 | + 8 Laps | 15 | 1 |
| Ret | 10 |
|
Graham Hill | BRM | 35 | Engine | 6 | |
| Ret | 16 |
|
Alan Stacey | Lotus-Climax | 24 | Fatal accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 22 |
|
Willy Mairesse | Ferrari | 23 | Transmission | 13 | |
| Ret | 26 | 
|
Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 22 | Transmission | 11 | |
| Ret | 36 |
|
Chris Bristow | Cooper-Climax | 19 | Fatal accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 30 |
|
Chuck Daigh | Scarab | 16 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | 6 | 
|
Jo Bonnier | BRM | 14 | Engine | 7 | |
| Ret | 14 |
|
Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 13 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 8 |
|
Dan Gurney | BRM | 4 | Engine | 12 | |
| Ret | 38 |
|
Tony Brooks | Cooper-Climax | 2 | Gearbox | 2 | |
| Ret | 28 |
|
Lance Reventlow | Scarab | 1 | Engine | 16 | |
| DNS | 12 |
|
Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
| DNS | 20 |
|
Mike Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 0 | Accident | 19 |
Notes[]
- Pole position: Jack Brabham - 3:50.0
- Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham, Innes Ireland and Phil Hill - 3:51.9
- Practice for the event saw Stirling Moss and Mike Taylor injured in separate accidents, Taylor suffering injuries which would end his racing career. In the race, Chris Bristow, driving a year old Cooper for the British Racing Partnership, got off line at Malmedy, crashed into an embankment there four feet high and he was hurled into some barbed wire, beheading him and killing him instantly. Five laps later, Alan Stacey was hit in the face by a bird at Masta and crashed fatally. It would be the darkest weekend for the sport until the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.
Standings after the race[]
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
- ↑ Hayhoe, David & Holland, David (2006). Grand Prix Data Book (4th edition). Haynes, Sparkford, UK. ISBN 1-84425-223-X
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