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Home / Seasons / 1960 F1 World Championship Season / 1960 Argentine Grand Prix

1960 Argentine Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 February 1960
Winner
  • Bruce McLaren
  • Cooper-Climax
Pole position
  • Stirling Moss
  • Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap
  • Stirling Moss
  • Cooper-Climax
CircuitBuenos Aires, 80 laps
Round1 of 10
Race numbers

The 1960 Argentine Grand Prix was the:

  • 85th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship Argentine Grand Prix (last until 1972)
  • 7th World Championship race at Buenos Aires (last until 1972)
More 1960 season
More Argentine Grands Prix
Previous race1959 United States Grand Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+12(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax802hr 17m 49.500s8
2+5(GBR) Cliff AllisonFerrari80+26.300s6
3+5
  • (FRA) Maurice Trintignant
  • (GBR) Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax (privateer)80+36.900s 
4+8(ARG) Carlos MenditeguyCooper-Maserati (privateer)80+53.300s3
5 (DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari79+1 lap2
6-4(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax79+1 lap1
7-3(SWE) Jo BonnierBRM79+1 lap 
8-2(USA) Phil HillFerrari77+3 laps 
9+6(ARG) Alberto Rodriguez-LarretaLotus-Climax77+3 laps 
10+1(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari77+3 laps 
11+6(ARG) Roberto BonomiCooper-Maserati (privateer)76+4 laps 
12+4(USA) Masten GregoryBehra-Porsche (privateer)76+4 laps 
13+6(ITA) Gino MunaronMaserati (privateer)72+8 laps 
14+6(ARG) Nasif EstefanoMaserati (privateer)70+10 laps 
R (USA) Harry SchellCooper-Climax (privateer)63DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax42DNF 
R (GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)40DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillBRM37DNF 
R (GBR) Alan StaceyLotus-Climax24DNF 
R (VEN) Ettore ChimeriMaserati (privateer)23DNF 
R (ESP) Antonio CreusMaserati (privateer)16DNF 
R (ITA) Giorgio ScarlattiMaserati (privateer)10DNF 

Notes

  • Maurice Trintignant and Stirling Moss received no points for their shared-drive third place. Rules at the time did not allow for drivers with shared drives to score points.
  • Stirling Moss ended lap 40 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:36.900

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Stirling MossCooper-Climax (privateer)
2(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
3(GBR) Graham HillBRM
4(SWE) Jo BonnierBRM
5(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari
6(USA) Phil HillFerrari
7(GBR) Cliff AllisonFerrari
8(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Climax (privateer)
9(USA) Harry SchellCooper-Climax (privateer)
10(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
11(ARG) Jose Froilan GonzalezFerrari
12(ARG) Carlos MenditeguyCooper-Maserati (privateer)
13(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
14(GBR) Alan StaceyLotus-Climax
15(ARG) Alberto Rodriguez-LarretaLotus-Climax
16(USA) Masten GregoryBehra-Porsche (privateer)
17(ARG) Roberto BonomiCooper-Maserati (privateer)
18(ITA) Giorgio ScarlattiMaserati (privateer)
19(ITA) Gino MunaronMaserati (privateer)
20(ARG) Nasif EstefanoMaserati (privateer)
21(VEN) Ettore ChimeriMaserati (privateer)
22(ESP) Antonio CreusMaserati (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(NZL) Bruce McLaren8
2(GBR) Cliff Allison6
3(ARG) Carlos Menditeguy3
4(DEU) Wolfgang von Trips2
5(GBR) Innes Ireland1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Cooper-Climax8
2Ferrari6
3Cooper-Maserati3
4Lotus-Climax1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Roberto Bonomi (only start)
Ettore Chimeri (only start; first Venezuelan driver to start a race; last Venezuelan driver to start a race until 1983)
Antonio Creus (only start and last Spanish driver to start a race until 1971)
Nasif Estefano (only start)
Gino Munaron
Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta (only start)
Behra-Porsche
Last start
Jose Froilan Gonzalez & Carlos Menditeguy (last starts by Argentine drivers until 1972)
Harry Schell
Wins
2nd for Bruce McLaren
8th for Cooper
Podiums
20th for Stirling Moss (2nd driver to score 20 podiums, 1st British driver; last for Cooper)
10th and last for Maurice Trintignant (7th driver to score ten podiums, 1st French driver; last French driver to finish on the podium until 1968)
3rd for Bruce McLaren
1st and only for Cliff Allison (67th different podium finisher, 10th British driver)
106th for Ferrari
20th & 21st for Cooper (4th constructor to score 20 podiums)
Poles
12th for Stirling Moss (last for Cooper)
6th for Cooper
Fastest laps
17th for Stirling Moss (last for Cooper)
6th for Cooper
Front row starts
32nd for Stirling Moss (last for Cooper)
2nd for Jo Bonnier
1st for Innes Ireland & Graham Hill (50th & 51st different front row starters, 8th & 9th British drivers)
Points finishes
3rd & last for Cliff Allison & Carlos Menditeguy

See also

  • Argentine Grand Prix
  • Buenos Aires circuit
  • 1960 World Championship season

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