1960 Formula One season

The 1960 Formula One season featured the eleventh FIA World Championship of Drivers ^[1], the third International Cup for F1 Manufacturers ^[2] and numerous non-championship Formula One races. The World Championship commenced on February 7, 1960 and ended on November 20 after ten races.

Season summary

The last year of the 2.5 litre formula produced another Brabham and Cooper victory, and saw Lotus, Ferrari and BRM campaigning rear-engined cars. Lance Reventlow's Scarabs, like the Astons, were front-engined and outclassed. Stirling Moss' Rob Walker Lotus gave Colin Chapman his first grand prix win at Monaco and followed it with victory in the USA. All other grand prix went to Cooper, except for the Italian which was boycotted by the British constructors since the Italians were using Monza's banked circuit.

The points-scoring system was changed with the point for fastest lap being dropped and a point given for sixth place. The best six scores counted towards the championship, increased from five from the previous season.

It was also the last Formula One season to feature a Indianapolis 500 Race, and the last season which saw a victory for a front-engined car in Formula One.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	February 7	Oscar Gálvez	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 29	Monaco	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Jim Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	Report
4	Dutch Grand Prix	June 6	Zandvoort	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	June 19	Spa-Francorchamps	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
6	French Grand Prix	July 3	Reims	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
7	British Grand Prix	July 16	Silverstone	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
8	Portuguese Grand Prix	August 14	Boavista	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
9	Italian Grand Prix	September 4	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari	Report
10	United States Grand Prix	November 20	Riverside	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report

1960 Constructors Championship final standings

Points were awarded on an 8-6-4-3-2-1 basis at each round (excluding the Indianapolis 500), with only the best six round results retained. Only the best placed car from each manufacturer at each round was eligible to score points.

Place	Constructor	Points[3]
1	Cooper-Climax	48 (58)
2	Lotus-Climax	34 (37)
3	Ferrari	26 (27)
4	BRM	8
5	Cooper-Maserati	3
6	Cooper-Castellotti	3
7	Porsche	1
8	Maserati	0
9	JBW-Maserati	0
10	Scarab	0
11	Behra-Porsche-Porsche	0
12	Aston Martin	0

1960 Drivers Championship final standings

Points were awarded on an 8-6-4-3-2-1 basis at each round, with only the best six round results retained.

Pos. Driver ARG MON 500 NED BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA Pts.[3] 1 Jack Brabham Ret DSQ 1 1 1 1 1 4 43 2 Bruce McLaren 1 2 Ret 2 3 4 2 3 34 (37) 3 Stirling Moss 3† / Ret 1 4 Ret DSQ 1 19 4 Innes Ireland 6 9 2 Ret 7 3 6 2 18 5 Phil Hill 8 3 Ret 4 12 7 Ret 1 6 16 6 Olivier Gendebien 3 2 9 7 12 10 7 Wolfgang von Trips 5 8 5 Ret 11 6 4 5 9 10 8 Jim Rathmann 1 8 9 Richie Ginther 6 6 Ret 2 8 10 Jim Clark Ret 5 5 16 3 16 8 11 Tony Brooks 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 7 12 John Surtees Ret 2 Ret Ret 6 13 Cliff Allison 2 DNQ 6 14 Rodger Ward 2 6 15 Graham Hill Ret 7 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 16 Willy Mairesse Ret Ret 3 4 17 Paul Goldsmith 3 4 18 Maurice Trintignant 3† Ret Ret Ret 11 15 4 19 Joakim Bonnier 7 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 4 20 Henry Taylor 7 4 8 14 3 21 Carlos Menditeguy 4 3 22 Don Branson 4 3 23 Giulio Cabianca 4 3 24 Johnny Thomson 5 2 25 Lucien Bianchi 6 Ret Ret 1 26 Ron Flockhart 6 Ret 1 27 Eddie Johnson 6 1 28 Hans Herrmann 6 1 29 Lloyd Ruby 7 0 30 Edgar Barth 7 0 31 Roy Salvadori Ret DNS Ret 8 0 32 Bruce Halford DNQ 8 0 33 Bob Veith 8 0 34 Carel Godin de Beaufort 8 0 35 Piero Drogo 8 0 36 Masten Gregory 12 DNQ DNS 9 14 Ret 0 37 Alberto Rodriguez Larreta 9 0 38 Bud Tingelstad 9 0 39 Wolfgang Seidel 9 0 40 Dan Gurney Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 0 41 Chuck Daigh DNQ DNS Ret Ret Ret 10 0 42 Ian Burgess DNQ 10 Ret Ret 0 43 José Froilán González 10 0 44 Bob Christie 10 0 45 Fred Gamble 10 0 46 Roberto Bonomi 11 0 47 Red Amick 11 0 48 David Piper Ret 12 0 49 Duane Carter 12 0 50 Gino Munaron 13 Ret 15 Ret 0 51 Brian Naylor DNQ 13 Ret Ret 0 52 Bill Homeier 13 0 53 Nasif Estéfano 14 0 54 Gene Hartley 14 0 55 Chuck Stevenson 15 0 56 Bobby Grim 16 0 — Alan Stacey Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 — Chris Bristow Ret Ret Ret 0 — Giorgio Scarlatti Ret DNQ Ret 0 — Lance Reventlow DNQ DNS Ret 0 — Harry Schell Ret 0 — Ettore Chimeri Ret 0 — Antonio Creus Ret 0 — Shorty Templeman Ret 0 — Jim Hurtubise Ret 0 — Jimmy Bryan Ret 0 — Troy Ruttman Ret 0 — Eddie Sachs Ret 0 — Don Freeland Ret 0 — Tony Bettenhausen Ret 0 — Wayne Weiler Ret 0 — A. J. Foyt Ret 0 — Eddie Russo Ret 0 — Johnny Boyd Ret 0 — Gene Force Ret 0 — Jim McWithey Ret 0 — Len Sutton Ret 0 — Al Herman Ret 0 — Dempsey Wilson Ret 0 — Dick Rathmann Ret 0 — Mike Taylor Ret 0 — Jack Fairman Ret 0 — Keith Greene Ret 0 — Mario de Araujo Cabral Ret 0 — Alfonso Thiele Ret 0 — Vic Wilson Ret 0 — Arthur Owen Ret 0 Pos. Driver ARG MON 500 NED BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (from 2003 onwards) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

• † Position shared between more drivers of the same car – no point awarded

Non-Championship race results

Other Formula One races also held in 1960, which did not count towards the World Championship.

Race Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
VIII Glover Trophy	Goodwood	April 18	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	Report
XII BRDC International Trophy	Silverstone	May 14	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	Report
V Silver City Trophy	Brands Hatch	August 1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
I Lombank Trophy	Snetterton	September 17	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	Report
VII International Gold Cup	Oulton Park	September 24	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report

Notes and references

External links

• 1960 World Championship race results and images Retrieved from f1-facts.com on 1 October 2008