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

1960 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 16 July 1960
Winner
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax
Pole position
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM
CircuitSilverstone, 77 laps
Round7 of 10
Race numbers

The 1960 British Grand Prix was the

  • 91st World Championship race
  • 11th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Silverstone (last until 1963)
  • 1960 Constructors’ title decider
More 1960 season
More British Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax772hr 04m 24.600s8
2+9United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesLotus-Climax77+49.600s6
3+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax77+1m 29.600s4
4-1New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax76+1 lap3
5+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksCooper-Climax (privateer)76+1 lap2
6+1Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsFerrari75+2 laps1
7+3USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari75+2 laps 
8+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)74+3 laps 
9+3Belgium flag lazyload Olivier GendebienCooper-Climax (privateer)74+3 laps 
10-4USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBRM74+3 laps 
11+10France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantAston Martin72+5 laps 
12+11United Kingdom flag lazyload David PiperLotus-Climax (privateer)72+5 laps 
13+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian NaylorJBW-Maserati72+5 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM71DNF 
14 USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Maserati (privateer)71+6 laps 
15+9Italy flag lazyload Gino MunaronCooper-Castellotti (privateer)68+9 laps 
16-8United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax68+9 laps 
R Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiCooper-Climax (privateer)60DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBRM59DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Chuck DaighCooper-Climax56DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (privateer)56DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanCooper-Climax (privateer)44DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriAston Martin44DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Keith GreeneCooper-Maserati (privateer)12DNF 
Did not start
  USA flag lazyload Lance ReventlowCooper-Climax (privateer)   

Notes

  • Graham Hill ended lap 71 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:34.600

PosDriverConstructor
1Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
3New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
4Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBRM
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
6USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBRM
7Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsFerrari
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksCooper-Climax (privateer)
10USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari
11United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesLotus-Climax
12Belgium flag lazyload Olivier GendebienCooper-Climax (privateer)
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriAston Martin
14USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Maserati (privateer)
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanCooper-Climax (privateer)
16United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)
17Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiCooper-Climax (privateer)
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian NaylorJBW-Maserati
19USA flag lazyload Chuck DaighCooper-Climax
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (privateer)
21France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantAston Martin
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Keith GreeneCooper-Maserati (privateer)
23United Kingdom flag lazyload David PiperLotus-Climax (privateer)
24Italy flag lazyload Gino MunaronCooper-Castellotti (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1960 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham32
2New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren27
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss11
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland11
5Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien10
6USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann8
7USA flag lazyload Phil Hill7
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Cliff Allison6
=USA flag lazyload Rodger Ward6
=United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees6
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks5
12Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von Trips5
13USA flag lazyload Paul Goldsmith4
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill4
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark4
16Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Menditeguy3
=USA flag lazyload Don Branson3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry Taylor3
19Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier2
=USA flag lazyload Johnny Thomson2
21USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther2
22USA flag lazyload Eddie Johnson1
=Belgium flag lazyload Lucien Bianchi1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron Flockhart1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax46
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax25
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari16
4United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM6
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Maserati3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Keith Greene
Last start
David Piper
World Champion
2nd and last title for Cooper (1st constructor to win two championships) NEW RECORD
Wins
6th for Jack Brabham
12th for Cooper
Podiums
9th for Jack Brabham, 2nd for Innes Ireland, 1st for John Surtees (72nd different podium finisher, 13th British driver; last podium until 1962; only podium for Lotus)
30th for Cooper (3rd constructor to score 30 podiums), 3rd & 4th for Lotus
Poles
4th for Jack Brabham
9th for Cooper
Fastest laps
1st for Graham Hill (29th different fastest lap setter, 5th British driver; last until 1962)
3rd for BRM
Front row starts
14th for Jack Brabham, 3rd for Graham Hill, 3rd for Jo Bonnier (last for BRM), 1st for Bruce McLaren (53rd different front row starter, 1st New Zealander driver; last until 1962)
Points finishes
1st for John Surtees (110th different point scorer, 21st British driver)
Pole & win
4th for Jack Brabham (last until 1966; last Australian driver to win from pole until 1966; last for Cooper)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1960 World Championship season

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