1960 United States Grand Prix

Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax (privateer)	75	2hr 28m 52.200s	8
2	+5	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	75	+38.000s	6
3	+7	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	75	+1m 22.000s	4
4	-2	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	74	+1 lap	3
5	-1	Jo Bonnier	BRM	74	+1 lap	2
6	+7	Phil Hill	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	74	+1 lap	1
7	+5	Jim Hall	Lotus-Climax (privateer)	73	+2 laps
8	+7	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	73	+2 laps
9	+7	Wolfgang von Trips	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	72	+3 laps
10	+8	Chuck Daigh	Scarab	70	+5 laps
11	+9	Pete Lovely	Cooper-Ferrari (privateer)	69	+6 laps
12	-4	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	69	+6 laps
13	+9	Bob Drake	Maserati (privateer)	68	+7 laps
14		Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	68	+7 laps
15	+4	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	66	+9 laps
16	-11	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	61	+14 laps
R		Graham Hill	BRM	34	DNF
R		Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)	29	DNF
R		Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	20	DNF
R		Dan Gurney	BRM	18	DNF
R		Ron Flockhart	Cooper-Climax	11	DNF
R		Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax (privateer)	6	DNF
R		John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	3	DNF

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:54.400

Pos	Driver	Constructor
1	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax (privateer)
2	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
3	Dan Gurney	BRM
4	Jo Bonnier	BRM
5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
6	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax
7	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
8	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
9	Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
10	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
11	Graham Hill	BRM
12	Jim Hall	Lotus-Climax (privateer)
13	Phil Hill	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
14	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
15	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax (privateer)
16	Wolfgang von Trips	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
17	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati
18	Chuck Daigh	Scarab
19	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)
20	Pete Lovely	Cooper-Ferrari (privateer)
21	Ron Flockhart	Cooper-Climax
22	Bob Drake	Maserati (privateer)
23	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1960 United States Grand Prix.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Jack Brabham	43
2	Bruce McLaren	34
3	Stirling Moss	19
4	Innes Ireland	18
5	Phil Hill	16
6	Olivier Gendebien	10
7	Wolfgang von Trips	10
8	Jim Rathmann	8
9	Richie Ginther	8
10	Jim Clark	8
11	Tony Brooks	7
12	Cliff Allison	6
=	Rodger Ward	6
=	John Surtees	6
15	Paul Goldsmith	4
=	Graham Hill	4
=	Willy Mairesse	4
18	Jo Bonnier	4
19	Carlos Menditeguy	3
=	Don Branson	3
=	Henry Taylor	3
=	Giulio Cabianca	3
23	Johnny Thomson	2
24	Eddie Johnson	1
=	Lucien Bianchi	1
=	Ron Flockhart	1
=	Hans Herrmann	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Cooper-Climax	48
2	Lotus-Climax	34
3	Ferrari	26
4	BRM	8
5	Cooper-Maserati	3
6	Cooper-Castellotti	3
7	Porsche	1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut

Bob Drake (only start), Jim Hall, Pete Lovely

Last start

Chuck Daigh, Ron Flockhart

Maserati, Scarab

Wins

14th for Stirling Moss

2nd for Lotus

Race 1-2

1st for Lotus (9th different constructor to finish 1-2)

Podiums

22nd for Stirling Moss, 8th for Bruce McLaren, 3rd for Innes Ireland

33rd for Cooper, 6th & 7th for Lotus

Poles

15th for Stirling Moss

4th for Lotus

Fastest laps

4th for Jack Brabham

10th for Cooper (4th constructor to set ten fastest laps)

Front row starts

35th for Stirling Moss, 16th for Jack Brabham, 3rd for Dan Gurney (last until 1962)

Pole & win

7th for Stirling Moss

See also

• United States Grand Prix
• Riverside circuit
• 1960 World Championship season