1960 F1 World Championship Season

1959 F1 World Championship

1961 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Jack Brabham (2nd title)
Constructors’ Champion:	Cooper (2nd title)
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

1960 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

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

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Argentina	Buenos Aires	7 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	6 June	1960 Dutch Grand Prix
5	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	19 June	1960 Belgian Grand Prix
6	France	Reims	3 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	4 September	1960 Italian Grand Prix
10	USA	Riverside	20 November	1960 United States Grand Prix

Race Winners

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

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 fastest lap setter

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

1960 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper	43
2	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	34 (37)	-9
3	Stirling Moss	Cooper Lotus	19	-24
4	Innes Ireland	Lotus	18	-25
5	Phil Hill	Ferrari Cooper	16	-27
6	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper	10	-33
=	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari Cooper	10	-33
8	Jim Rathmann	Watson	8	-35
=	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	8	-35
=	Jim Clark	Lotus	8	-35
11	Tony Brooks	Cooper Vanwall	7	-36
12	Cliff Allison	Ferrari	6	-37
=	Rodger Ward	Watson	6	-37
=	John Surtees	Lotus	6	-37
15	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly	4	-39
=	Graham Hill	BRM	4	-39
=	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	4	-39
=	Jo Bonnier	BRM	4	-39
19	Carlos Menditeguy	Cooper	3	-40
=	Don Branson	Phillips	3	-40
=	Henry Taylor	Cooper	3	-40
=	Giulio Cabianca	Cooper	3	-40
23	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky	2	-41
24	Eddie Johnson	Trevis	1	-42
=	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper	1	-42
=	Ron Flockhart	Lotus Cooper	1	-42
=	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	1	-42

Points scoring system used:

1st: 8 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

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.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Cooper-Climax	48 (58)
2	Lotus-Climax	34 (37)	-14
3	Ferrari	26 (27)	-22
4	BRM	8	-40
5	Cooper-Maserati	3	-45
6	Cooper-Castellotti	3	-45
7	Porsche	1	-47

Points scoring system used:

1st: 8 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best placed car from each constructor per race was eligible to score points.
Only the best six results counted towards the championship.
Indianapolis 500 constructors were not included in the Constructors’ championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	ARG	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	PRT	ITA	USA	Avg.	Best
1	Stirling Moss	1	1	1	3			4		1	1.83	1
2	Jack Brabham	10	2	2	1	1	1	3		2	2.75	1
3	Giulio Cabianca								4		4.00	4
4	Graham Hill	3	6	5	6	3	2	5		11	5.12	2
5	Innes Ireland	2	7	3	8	4	5	7		7	5.38	2
6	Jo Bonnier	4	5	4	7	10	4	13		4	6.38	4
7	Chris Bristow		4	7	9						6.67	4
8	Willy Mairesse				13	5			3		7.00	3
9	Dan Gurney		14	6	12	7	6	2		3	7.14	2
10	Phil Hill	6	10	13	4	2	10	10	1	13	7.67	1
11	John Surtees		15				11	1		6	8.25	1
12	Tony Brooks		3	10	2	14	9	12		9	8.43	2
13	Jim Clark			11	10	12	8	8		5	9.00	5
14	Harry Schell	9									9.00	9
15	Alfonso Thiele								9		9.00	9
16	Wolfgang von Trips	5	8	15	11	6	7	9	6	16	9.22	5
17	Bruce McLaren	13	11	9	14	9	3	6		10	9.38	3
18	Olivier Gendebien				5	11	12	14		8	10.00	5
19	Hans Herrmann								10		10.00	10
20	Richie Ginther		9	12		20			2		10.75	2
21	Jose Froilan Gonzalez	11									11.00	11
22	Arthur Owen								11		11.00	11
23	Carlos Menditeguy	12									12.00	12
24	Edgar Barth								12		12.00	12
25	Jim Hall									12	12.00	12
26	Cliff Allison	7	18								12.50	7
27	Alan Stacey	14	13	8	17						13.00	8
28	Wolfgang Seidel								13		13.00	13
29	Fred Gamble								14		14.00	14
30	Henry Taylor			14		13	16			14	14.25	13
31	Ron Flockhart					8				21	14.50	8
32	Roy Salvadori		12	18			13			15	14.50	12
33	Giorgio Scarlatti	18	22						5		15.00	5
34	Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta	15									15.00	15
35	Jack Fairman						15				15.00	15
36	Mario Araujo de Cabral							15			15.00	15
37	Piero Drogo								15		15.00	15
38	Brian Naylor		19				18		7	17	15.25	7
39	Lucien Bianchi				15	15	17				15.67	15
40	Masten Gregory	16	20	17		17	14	11			15.83	11
41	Vic Wilson								16		16.00	16
42	Bruce Halford		17			16					16.50	16
43	Maurice Trintignant	8	16	19		18	21			19	16.83	8
44	Roberto Bonomi	17									17.00	17
45	Horace Gould								17		17.00	17
46	Chuck Daigh		21	16	18	23	19			18	19.17	16
47	Gino Munaron	19	25			19	25		8		19.20	8
48	Nasif Estefano	20									20.00	20
49	Pete Lovely									20	20.00	20
50	Lance Reventlow		23	20	16		23				20.50	16
51	Ettore Chimeri	21									21.00	21
52	Carel Godin de Beaufort			21							21.00	21
53	Antonio Creus	22									22.00	22
54	Keith Greene						22				22.00	22
55	Bob Drake									22	22.00	22
56	Ian Burgess		24			22	20			23	22.25	20
57	David Piper					21	24				22.50	21

Race Results Overview

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
	Horace Gould									DNS

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1960 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1960 F1 World Championship Season Statistics