1960 French Grand Prix
1960 French Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 3 July 1960 | ||||
Official name | XLVI Grand Prix de l'ACF[1] | ||||
Location | Reims-Gueux, Reims, France | ||||
Course | Temporary road course | ||||
Course length | 8.348 km (5.187 miles) | ||||
Distance | 50 laps, 417.383 km (259.350 miles) | ||||
Weather | Dry | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Time | 2:16.8 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | |||
Time | 2:17.5 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Second | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Third | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1960 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1960. It was race 6 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 5 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The 50-lap race was won from pole position by Australian driver Jack Brabham, driving a works Cooper-Climax. Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien finished second in a Cooper-Climax entered by the British Racing Partnership, while New Zealander Bruce McLaren was third in the other works Cooper-Climax.
Classification
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Race
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 16 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 50 | 1:57:24.9 | 1 | 8 |
2 | 44 | Olivier Gendebien | Cooper-Climax | 50 | + 48.3 | 11 | 6 |
3 | 18 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 50 | + 51.9 | 9 | 4 |
4 | 46 | Henry Taylor | Cooper-Climax | 49 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 3 |
5 | 24 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 49 | + 1 Lap | 12 | 2 |
6 | 22 | Ron Flockhart | Lotus-Climax | 49 | + 1 Lap | 8 | 1 |
7 | 20 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 43 | + 7 Laps | 4 | |
8 | 48 | Bruce Halford | Cooper-Climax | 40 | Engine | 16 | |
9 | 40 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Maserati | 37 | + 13 Laps | 17 | |
10 | 42 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati | 36 | + 14 Laps | 22 | |
11 | 4 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 30 | Transmission | 6 | |
12 | 2 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 29 | Transmission | 2 | |
Ret | 8 | Jo Bonnier | BRM | 22 | Engine | 10 | |
Ret | 36 | Lucien Bianchi | Cooper-Climax | 18 | Transmission | 15 | |
Ret | 10 | Dan Gurney | BRM | 17 | Engine | 7 | |
Ret | 30 | Gino Munaron | Cooper-Castellotti | 16 | Transmission | 19 | |
Ret | 6 | Willy Mairesse | Ferrari | 14 | Transmission | 5 | |
Ret | 14 | Tony Brooks | Vanwall | 7 | Vibration | 14 | |
Ret | 12 | Graham Hill | BRM | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 38 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | Accident | 18 | |
DNS | 28 | Richie Ginther | Scarab | Engine | 20 | ||
DNS | 34 | David Piper | Lotus-Climax | Engine | 21 | ||
DNS | 26 | Chuck Daigh | Scarab | Engine | 23 | ||
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
[edit]- ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1960". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "France 1960 - Qualifications • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "France 1960 - Result • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ a b "France 1960 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.