Autopedia
Advertisement
25px United Kingdom  1960 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 10 in the 1960 Formula One season
Silverstone 1952
Date 16 July 1960
Official name XIII RAC British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northants., England
Course Permanent road course
4.711 km (2.927 mi)
Distance 77 laps, 362.75 km (225.40 mi)
Weather Dry, overcast.
Pole position
Driver 25px Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Time 1:34.6
Fastest lap
Driver 25px UK Graham Hill BRM
Time 1:34.4 on lap 56
Podium
First 25px Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Second 25px UK John Surtees Lotus-Climax
Third 25px UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax

The 1960 British Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England, on 16 July 1960. The race was the seventh round of the 1960 Formula One season, the final Formula One season run to the 2.5 litre maximum engine displacement rules which had been in place since 1954. 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[]

Pos No Nat Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 25px Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 77 2:04:24.3 1 8
2 9 25px UK John Surtees Lotus-Climax 77 + 49.6 11 6
3 7 25px UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 77 + 1:29.6 5 4
4 2 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 76 + 1 Lap 3 3
5 12 25px UK Tony Brooks Cooper-Climax 76 + 1 Lap 9 2
6 11 25px Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 75 + 2 Laps 7 1
7 10 25px USA Phil Hill Ferrari 75 + 2 Laps 10  
8 15 25px UK Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 74 + 3 Laps 16  
9 14 25px Belgium Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 74 + 3 Laps 12  
10 5 25px USA Dan Gurney BRM 74 + 3 Laps 6  
11 19 25px France Maurice Trintignant Aston Martin 72 + 5 Laps 21  
12 26 25px UK David Piper Lotus-Climax 72 + 5 Laps 24  
13 25 25px UK Brian Naylor JBW-Maserati 72 + 5 Laps 18  
14 16 25px USA Masten Gregory Cooper-Maserati 71 + 6 laps 14  
15 21 25px Italy Gino Munaron Cooper-Castellotti 70 + 7 Laps 25  
16 8 25px UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 70 + 7 Laps 8  
Ret 4 25px UK Graham Hill BRM 71 Spun Off 2  
Ret 24 25px Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 62 electrical 17  
Ret 6 25px Sweden Jo Bonnier BRM 59 Suspension 4  
Ret 3 25px USA Chuck Daigh Cooper-Climax 58 Overheating 19  
Ret 17 25px UK Ian Burgess Cooper-Maserati 58 Engine 20  
Ret 18 25px UK Roy Salvadori Aston Martin 46 Steering 13  
Ret 23 25px UK Jack Fairman Cooper-Climax 46 Fuel Pump 15  
Ret 22 25px UK Keith Greene Cooper-Maserati 12 Overheating 22  
PO* 3 25px USA Lance Reventlow Cooper-Climax Withdrawn

* 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.

Notes[]

  • Pole position: Jack Brabham - 1:34.6
  • Fastest Lap: Graham Hill - 1:34.4
  • Cooper-Climax became the first team to win the Constructors' Championship with 3 races left
  • First podium finish for John Surtees

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Australia Jack Brabham 32
2 25px New Zealand Bruce McLaren 27
3= 25px UK Stirling Moss 11
3= 25px UK Innes Ireland 11
5 25px Belgium Olivier Gendebien 10
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px UK Cooper-Climax 46
2 25px UK Lotus-Climax 25
3 25px Italy Ferrari 16
4 25px UK BRM 6
5 25px UK Cooper-Maserati 3
  • Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]



(Race results and statistics.)


Previous race:
1960 French Grand Prix
FIA Formula One World Championship
1960 season
Next race:
1960 Portuguese Grand Prix
Previous race:
1959 British Grand Prix
British Grand Prix Next race:
1961 British Grand Prix


Smallwikipedialogo.png This page uses some content from Wikipedia. The original article was at 1960 British Grand Prix. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Autopedia, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.


Advertisement