1960 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	11th World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Jack Brabham (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Cooper-Climax (2nd and last title for Cooper)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Jack Brabham
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Cooper
Races:	10
Winning drivers:	Jack Brabham (5) Stirling Moss (2) Bruce McLaren (1) Jim Rathmann (1) Phil Hill (1)
Winning constructors:	Cooper (6) Lotus (2) Watson (1) Ferrari (1)
First-time winners (driver):	Jim Rathmann Phil Hill
First-time winners (constructor):	Lotus
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	07 February	1960 Argentine Grand Prix
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	29 May	1960 Monaco Grand Prix
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	30 May	1960 Indianapolis 500
4	Netherlands	Zandvoort	06 June	1960 Dutch Grand Prix
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	19 June	1960 Belgian Grand Prix
6	France	Reims	03 July	1960 French Grand Prix
7	Britain CT	Silverstone	16 July	1960 British Grand Prix
8	Portugal DT	Porto	14 August	1960 Portuguese Grand Prix
9	Italy	Monza	04 September	1960 Italian Grand Prix
10	USA	Riverside	20 November	1960 United States Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Aston Martin (works team)	Roy Salvadori	4, 7
Aston Martin (works team)	Maurice Trintignant	7
Behra-Porsche (privateers)	Fred Gamble	9
Behra-Porsche (privateers)	Masten Gregory	1
BRM (works team)	Jo Bonnier	1-2, 4-8, 10
	Dan Gurney	2, 4-8, 10
	Graham Hill	1-2, 4-8, 10
Cooper (works team)	Jack Brabham	1-2, 4-8, 10
	Chuck Daigh	7
	Ron Flockhart	10
	Bruce McLaren	1-2, 4-8, 10
Cooper (privateers)	Lucien Bianchi	5-7
	Roberto Bonomi	1
	Chris Bristow	2, 4-5
	Tony Brooks	2, 4-5, 7-8, 10
	Ian Burgess	2, 6-7, 10
	Giulio Cabianca	9
	Mario de Araujo Cabral	8
	Piero Drogo	9
	Jack Fairman	7
	Olivier Gendebien	5-8, 10
	Carel Godin de Beaufort	4
	Keith Greene	7
	Masten Gregory	2, 4, 6-8
	Bruce Halford	2, 6
	Phil Hill	10
	Pete Lovely	10
	Carlos Menditeguy	1
	Stirling Moss	1
	Gino Munaron	2, 6-7, 9
	Arthur Owen	9
	Lance Reventlow	7
	Roy Salvadori	2, 10
	Giorgio Scarlatti	2, 9
	Harry Schell	1
	Wolfgang Seidel	9
	Henry Taylor	4, 6-8, 10
	Alfonso Thiele	9
	Maurice Trintignant	1-2, 4, 6, 10
	Wolfgang von Trips	10
	Vic Wilson	9
Ferrari (works team)	Cliff Allison	1-2
	Richie Ginther	2, 4, 9
	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	1
	Phil Hill	1-2, 4-9
	Willy Mairesse	5-6, 9
	Wolfgang von Trips	1-2, 4-9
JBW (works team)	Brian Naylor	2, 7, 9-10
Lotus (works team)	Jim Clark	4-8, 10
	Ron Flockhart	6
	Innes Ireland	1-2, 4-8, 10
	Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta	1
	Alan Stacey	1-2, 4-5
	John Surtees	2, 7-8, 10
Lotus (privateers)	Jim Hall	10
	Stirling Moss	2, 4-5, 8, 10
	David Piper	6-7
	Mike Taylor	5
Maserati (privateers)	Ettore Chimeri	1
	Antonio Creus	1
	Bob Drake	10
	Nasif Estefano	1
	Horace Gould	9
	Gino Munaron	1
	Giorgio Scarlatti	1
Porsche (works team)	Edgar Barth	9
Porsche (works team)	Hans Herrmann	9
Scarab (works team)	Chuck Daigh	2, 4-6, 10
	Richie Ginther	6
	Lance Reventlow	2, 4-5
Vanwall (works team)	Tony Brooks	6

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	13	26.300s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1	52.100s
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Jim Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	2	12.749s
4	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2	24.000s
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	1m 03.300s
6	France	Reims	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	48.300s
7	Britain	Silverstone	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	49.600s
8	Portugal	Porto	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	3	57.970s
9	Italy	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1	2m 27.600s
10	USA	Riverside	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1	38.000s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax	3	1.600s
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1	1.000s
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Eddie Sachs	Ewing-Offenhauser	21	0.092s
4	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	4	0.200s
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	2.500s
6	France	Reims	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	1.400s
7	Britain	Silverstone	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1	1.200s
8	Portugal	Porto	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	DNF	0.070s
9	Italy	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1	1.900s
10	USA	Riverside	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1	0.600s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
2	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
3	Indianapolis 500	Indianapolis	Jim Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser
4	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Innes Ireland Phil Hill Jack Brabham	Lotus-Climax Ferrari Cooper-Climax
6	France	Reims	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
7	Britain	Silverstone	Graham Hill	BRM
8	Portugal	Porto	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax
9	Italy	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari
10	USA	Riverside	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax

Qualifying results

See: 1960 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (8), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Only the best six results counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	PRT	ITA	USA	Points
1	Jack Brabham	R	DSQ		1	1	1	1	1		4	43
2	Bruce McLaren	1	2		R	2	3	4	2		3	34 (37)
3	Stirling Moss	3/R	1		4	DNS			DSQ		1	19
4	Innes Ireland	6	9		2	R	7	3	6		2	18
5	Phil Hill	8	3		R	4	12^R	7	R	1	6	16
6	Olivier Gendebien					3	2	9	7		12	10
=	Wolfgang von Trips	5	8^R		5	R	11^R	6	4	5	9	10
8	Jim Rathmann			1								8
=	Richie Ginther		6		6		DNS			2		8
=	Jim Clark				R	5	5	16	3		16	8
11	Tony Brooks		4		R	R	R	5	5		R	7
12	Cliff Allison	2	DNQ									6
=	Rodger Ward			2								6
=	John Surtees		R					2	R		R	6
15	Paul Goldsmith			3								4
=	Graham Hill	R	7^R		3	R	R	R	R		R	4
=	Willy Mairesse					R	R			3		4
=	Jo Bonnier	7	5		R	R	R	R	R		5	4
19	Carlos Menditeguy	4										3
=	Don Branson			4								3
=	Henry Taylor				7		4	8			14	3
=	Giulio Cabianca									4		3
23	Johnny Thomson			5								2
24	Eddie Johnson			6								1
=	Lucien Bianchi					6	R	R				1
=	Ron Flockhart						6				R	1
=	Hans Herrmann									6		1
	Maurice Trintignant	3	R		R		R	11			15
	Lloyd Ruby			7
	Edgar Barth									7
	Jim Hall										7
	Roy Salvadori		R		DNS			R			8
	Bruce Halford		DNQ				8^R
	Bob Veith			8
	Carel Godin de Beaufort				8
	Piero Drogo									8
	Masten Gregory	12	DNQ		DNS		9	14	R
	Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta	9
	Bud Tingelstad			9
	Wolfgang Seidel									9
	Dan Gurney		R		R	R	R	10	R		R
	Chuck Daigh		DNQ		DNS	R	DNS	R			10
	Ian Burgess		DNQ				10	R			R
	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	10
	Bob Christie			10
	Fred Gamble									10
	Roberto Bonomi	11
	Red Amick			11
	Pete Lovely										11
	David Piper						DNS	12
	Duane Carter			12
	Gino Munaron	13	DNQ				R	15		R
	Brian Naylor		DNQ					13		R	R
	Bill Homeier			13
	Bob Drake										13
	Nasif Estefano	14
	Gene Hartley			14
	Chuck Stevenson			15
	Bobby Grim			16
	Shorty Templeman			17
	Jim Hurtubise			18^R
	Jimmy Bryan			19^R
	Troy Ruttman			20^R
	Eddie Sachs			21^R
	Don Freeland			22^R
	Tony Bettenhausen			23^R
	Wayne Weiler			24^R
	AJ Foyt			25^R
	Eddie Russo			26^R
	Johnny Boyd			27^R
	Gene Force			28^R
	Jim McWithey			29^R
	Len Sutton			30^R
	Dick Rathmann			31^R
	Al Herman			32^R
	Dempsey Wilson			33^R
	Alan Stacey	R	R		R	R
	Chris Bristow		R		R	R
	Giorgio Scarlatti	R	DNQ							R
	Lance Reventlow		DNQ		DNS	R		DNS
	Harry Schell	R
	Ettore Chimeri	R
	Antonio Creus	R
	Jack Fairman							R
	Keith Greene							R
	Mario Araujo de Cabral								R
	Alfonso Thiele									R
	Vic Wilson									R
	Arthur Owen									R
	Mike Taylor					DNS
	Horace Gould									DNS
No.	Driver	ARG	MCO	500	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	PRT	ITA	USA	Points

Notes

Stirling Moss and Maurice Trintignant did not receive any points for their third place finish at the Argentine Grand Prix as points were no longer awarded for shared drives as of the start of the 1958 season.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1960.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (8), 2nd (6), 3rd (4), 4th (3), 5th (2), 6th (1)

Constructors only received points for its highest placed car. Only the best six results counted towards the championship. Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	ARG	MCO	500	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	PRT	ITA	USA	Points
1	Cooper-Climax	1	2		1	1	1	1	1	8	3	48 (58)
2	Lotus-Climax	6	1		2	5	5	2	3		1	34 (37)
3	Ferrari	2	3		5	4	11^R	6	4	1		26 (27)
4	BRM	7	5		3	R	R	10	R		5	8
5	Cooper-Maserati	4	R		R		9	14	R	R	9	3
6	Cooper-Castellotti		DNQ				R	15		4		3
7	Porsche									6		1
8	Behra-Porsche-Porsche	12								10
9	Scarab		DNQ		DNS	R	DNS				10
10	Aston Martin				DNS			11
11	Cooper-Ferrari										11
12	Maserati	13								DNS	13
13	JBW-Maserati		DNQ					13		R	R
14	Vanwall						R
No.	Constructor	ARG	MCO	500	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	PRT	ITA	USA	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 1960.

Season statistics

See: 1960 F1 World Championship Season Statistics