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1960 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitReims, 50 laps
Round6 of 10
Race numbers

The 1960 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 90th World Championship race
  • 10th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Reims
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax501hr 57m 24.900s8
2+9(BEL) Olivier GendebienCooper-Climax (privateer)50+48.300s6
3+6(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax50+51.900s4
4+9(GBR) Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)49+1 lap3
5+7(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax49+1 lap2
6+2(GBR) Ron FlockhartLotus-Climax49+1 lap1
7-3(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax43+7 laps 
8+8(GBR) Bruce HalfordCooper-Climax (privateer)40DNF 
9+8(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Maserati (privateer)37+13 laps 
10+10(GBR) Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (privateer)36+14 laps 
11-5(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari31DNF 
12-10(USA) Phil HillFerrari29DNF 
R (SWE) Jo BonnierBRM22DNF 
R (BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-Climax (privateer)18DNF 
R (USA) Dan GurneyBRM17DNF 
R (ITA) Gino MunaronCooper-Castellotti (privateer)15DNF 
R (BEL) Willy MairesseFerrari14DNF 
R (GBR) Tony BrooksVanwall7DNF 
R (FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)0DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillBRM0DNF 
Did not start
  (USA) Richie GintherScarab   
  (GBR) David PiperLotus-Climax (privateer)   
  (USA) Chuck DaighScarab   

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:16.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
2(USA) Phil HillFerrari
3(GBR) Graham HillBRM
4(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
5(BEL) Willy MairesseFerrari
6(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari
7(USA) Dan GurneyBRM
8(GBR) Ron FlockhartLotus-Climax
9(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
10(SWE) Jo BonnierBRM
11(BEL) Olivier GendebienCooper-Climax (privateer)
12(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
13(GBR) Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)
14(GBR) Tony BrooksVanwall
15(BEL) Lucien BianchiCooper-Climax (privateer)
16(GBR) Bruce HalfordCooper-Climax (privateer)
17(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Maserati (privateer)
18(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)
19(ITA) Gino MunaronCooper-Castellotti (privateer)
20(GBR) Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Jack Brabham24
2(NZL) Bruce McLaren24
3(GBR) Stirling Moss11
4(BEL) Olivier Gendebien10
5(USA) Jim Rathmann8
6(GBR) Innes Ireland7
7(USA) Phil Hill7
8(GBR) Cliff Allison6
=(USA) Rodger Ward6
10(USA) Paul Goldsmith4
=(GBR) Graham Hill4
12(DEU) Wolfgang von Trips4
=(GBR) Jim Clark4
14(ARG) Carlos Menditeguy3
=(GBR) Tony Brooks3
=(USA) Don Branson3
=(GBR) Henry Taylor3
18(SWE) Jo Bonnier2
=(USA) Johnny Thompson2
20(USA) Richie Ginther2
21(USA) Eddie Johnson1
=(BEL) Lucien Bianchi1
=(GBR) Ron Flockhart1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Cooper-Climax38
2Lotus-Climax19
3Ferrari15
4BRM6
5Cooper-Maserati3

Stats & milestones

Last start
Bruce Halford
Vanwall
Wins
5th for Jack Brabham
11th for Cooper
Race 1-2
4th for Cooper
Podiums
8th for Jack Brabham
6th for Bruce McLaren
2nd and last for Olivier Gendebien
27th, 28th & 29th for Cooper
Poles
3rd for Jack Brabham
8th for Cooper
Fastest laps
3rd for Jack Brabham
9th for Cooper
Front row starts
13th for Jack Brabham
3rd for Phil Hill
2nd for Graham Hill
Points finishes
2nd and last for Ron Flockhart
1st and only for Henry Taylor (109th different point scorer, 20th British driver)
Pole & win
3rd for Jack Brabham
Win & fastest lap
3rd for Jack Brabham (last until 1966; last Australian driver to win and set the fastest lap until 1966; last for Cooper)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Jack Brabham (last until 1966; last for Cooper)