1960 British Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Saturday, 16 July 1960
Winner:	Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Pole position:	Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap:	Graham Hill BRM
Circuit:	Silverstone, 77 laps
Round:	7 of 10

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	77	2hr 04m 24.600s	8
2	+9	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	77	+49.600s	6
3	+2	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	77	+1m 29.600s	4
4	-1	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	76	+1 lap	3
5	+4	Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax (P)	76	+1 lap	2
6	+1	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	75	+2 laps	1
7	+3	Phil Hill	Ferrari	75	+2 laps
8	+8	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)	74	+3 laps
9	+3	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax (P)	74	+3 laps
10	-4	Dan Gurney	BRM	74	+3 laps
11	+10	Maurice Trintignant	Aston Martin (P)	72	+5 laps
12	+11	David Piper	Lotus-Climax (P)	72	+5 laps
13	+5	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	72	+5 laps
R		Graham Hill	BRM	71	DNF
14		Masten Gregory	Cooper-Maserati (P)	71	+6 laps
15	+9	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti (P)	68	+9 laps
16	-8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	68	+9 laps
R		Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-Climax (P)	60	DNF
R		Jo Bonnier	BRM	59	DNF
R		Chuck Daigh	Cooper-Climax	56	DNF
R		Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (P)	56	DNF
R		Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax (P)	44	DNF
R		Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin (P)	44	DNF
R		Keith Greene	Cooper-Maserati (P)	12	DNF
Did not start
		Lance Reventlow	Cooper-Climax (P)

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place
• (P): privateer entry

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:34.600
2	Graham Hill	BRM
3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
4	Jo Bonnier	BRM
5	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
6	Dan Gurney	BRM
7	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari
8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
9	Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax (P)
10	Phil Hill	Ferrari
11	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax
12	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax (P)
13	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin (P)
14	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Maserati (P)
15	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax (P)
16	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)
17	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-Climax (P)
18	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati
19	Chuck Daigh	Cooper-Climax
20	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (P)
21	Maurice Trintignant	Aston Martin (P)
22	Keith Greene	Cooper-Maserati (P)
23	David Piper	Lotus-Climax (P)
24	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti (P)

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

• Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 1960

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jack Brabham	32
2	Bruce McLaren	27
3	Stirling Moss	11
4	Innes Ireland	11
5	Olivier Gendebien	10
6	Jim Rathmann	8
7	Phil Hill	7
8	Cliff Allison	6
=	Rodger Ward	6
=	John Surtees	6
11	Tony Brooks	5
12	Wolfgang von Trips	5
13	Paul Goldsmith	4
=	Graham Hill	4
15	Jim Clark	4
16	Carlos Menditeguy	3
=	Don Branson	3
=	Henry Taylor	3
19	Jo Bonnier	2
=	Johnny Thomson	2
21	Richie Ginther	2
22	Eddie Johnson	1
=	Lucien Bianchi	1
=	Ron Flockhart	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Cooper-Climax	46
2	Lotus-Climax	25
3	Ferrari	16
4	BRM	6
5	Cooper-Maserati	3

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Keith Greene

Last start

Driver: David Piper

Constructor: Aston Martin

World Champion

Constructor: 2nd and last World Championship for Cooper NEW RECORD

Wins

Driver: 6th for Jack Brabham

Constructor: 12th for Cooper

Podiums

Driver: 9th for Jack Brabham, 2nd for Innes Ireland, 1st for John Surtees (72nd different podium finisher, 13th British driver)

Constructor: 30th for Cooper, 3rd & 4th for Lotus

Poles

Driver: 4th for Jack Brabham

Constructor: 9th for Cooper

Fastest laps

Driver: 1st for Graham Hill (29th different fastest lap setter, 5th British driver)

Constructor: 3rd for BRM

Front row starts

Driver: 14th for Jack Brabham, 3rd for Graham Hill & Jo Bonnier, 1st for Bruce McLaren (53rd different front row starter, 1st New Zealander driver)

Points finishes

Driver: 1st for John Surtees (110th different point scorer, 21st British driver)

Pole & win

Driver: 4th for Jack Brabham

See also

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