1960 Argentine Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 7 February 1960 |
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| Circuit | Buenos Aires, 80 laps |
| Round | 1 of 10 |
| Race numbers | The 1960 Argentine Grand Prix was the
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| Previous race | 1959 United States Grand Prix |
Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +12 |  Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 80 | 2hr 17m 49.500s | 8 |
| 2 | +5 |  Cliff Allison | Ferrari | 80 | +26.300s | 6 |
| 3 | +5 | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 80 | +36.900s | ||
| 4 | +8 |  Carlos Menditeguy | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 80 | +53.300s | 3 |
| 5 |  Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 79 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| 6 | -4 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 79 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 7 | -3 |  Jo Bonnier | BRM | 79 | +1 lap | |
| 8 | -2 |  Phil Hill | Ferrari | 77 | +3 laps | |
| 9 | +6 | Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta | Lotus-Climax | 77 | +3 laps | |
| 10 | +1 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Ferrari | 77 | +3 laps | |
| 11 | +6 | Roberto Bonomi | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 76 | +4 laps | |
| 12 | +4 | Masten Gregory | Behra-Porsche (privateer) | 76 | +4 laps | |
| 13 | +6 |  Gino Munaron | Maserati (privateer) | 72 | +8 laps | |
| 14 | +6 | Nasif Estefano | Maserati (privateer) | 70 | +10 laps | |
| R | Harry Schell | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 63 | DNF | ||
| R |  Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 42 | DNF | ||
| R | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 40 | DNF | ||
| R | Graham Hill | BRM | 37 | DNF | ||
| R | Alan Stacey | Lotus-Climax | 24 | DNF | ||
| R |  Ettore Chimeri | Maserati (privateer) | 23 | DNF | ||
| R |  Antonio Creus | Maserati (privateer) | 16 | DNF | ||
| R | Giorgio Scarlatti | Maserati (privateer) | 10 | DNF | ||
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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Stirling Moss | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
| 2 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax |
| 3 | Graham Hill | BRM |
| 4 | Jo Bonnier | BRM |
| 5 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari |
| 6 | Phil Hill | Ferrari |
| 7 | Cliff Allison | Ferrari |
| 8 |  Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
| 9 | Harry Schell | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
| 10 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 11 | Jose Froilan Gonzalez | Ferrari |
| 12 | Carlos Menditeguy | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
| 13 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
| 14 | Alan Stacey | Lotus-Climax |
| 15 | Alberto Rodriguez-Larreta | Lotus-Climax |
| 16 | Masten Gregory | Behra-Porsche (privateer) |
| 17 | Roberto Bonomi | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
| 18 | Giorgio Scarlatti | Maserati (privateer) |
| 19 | Gino Munaron | Maserati (privateer) |
| 20 | Nasif Estefano | Maserati (privateer) |
| 21 | Ettore Chimeri | Maserati (privateer) |
| 22 | Antonio Creus | Maserati (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1960 Argentine Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Bruce McLaren | 8 |
| 2 | Cliff Allison | 6 |
| 3 | Carlos Menditeguy | 3 |
| 4 | Wolfgang von Trips | 2 |
| 5 | Innes Ireland | 1 |
Constructor
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
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| 1 | Cooper-Climax | 8 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 6 |
| 3 | Cooper-Maserati | 3 |
| 4 | Lotus-Climax | 1 |
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