1960 United States Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 20 November 1960
Winner:	Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Pole position:	Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap:	Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Circuit:	Riverside, 75 laps
Round:	10 of 10

Race Result

• (P): privateer entry

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax (P)	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 (P)	74	+1 lap	1
7	+5	Jim Hall	Lotus-Climax (P)	73	+2 laps
8	+7	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax (P)	73	+2 laps
9	+7	Wolfgang von Trips	Cooper-Maserati (P)	72	+3 laps
10	+8	Chuck Daigh	Scarab	70	+5 laps
11	+9	Pete Lovely	Cooper-Ferrari (P)	69	+6 laps
12	-4	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax (P)	69	+6 laps
13	+9	Bob Drake	Maserati (P)	68	+7 laps
14		Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)	68	+7 laps
15	+4	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati (P)	66	+9 laps
16	-11	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	61	+14 laps
R		Graham Hill	BRM	34	DNF
R		Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (P)	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 (P)	6	DNF
R		John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	3	DNF

Starting Grid

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

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax (P)	1:54.400
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 (P)
9	Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax (P)
10	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
11	Graham Hill	BRM
12	Jim Hall	Lotus-Climax (P)
13	Phil Hill	Cooper-Climax (P)
14	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax (P)
15	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax (P)
16	Wolfgang von Trips	Cooper-Maserati (P)
17	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati
18	Chuck Daigh	Scarab
19	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati (P)
20	Pete Lovely	Cooper-Ferrari (P)
21	Ron Flockhart	Cooper-Climax
22	Bob Drake	Maserati (P)
23	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati (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	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

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

Last start

Driver: Chuck Daigh, Ron Flockhart

Constructor: Maserati, Scarab

Wins

Driver: 14th for Stirling Moss

Constructor: 2nd for Lotus

Race 1-2

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

Podiums

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

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

Poles

Driver: 15th for Stirling Moss

Constructor: 4th for Lotus

Fastest laps

Driver: 4th for Jack Brabham

Constructor: 10th for Cooper

Front row starts

Driver: 35th for Stirling Moss, 16th for Jack Brabham, 3rd for Dan Gurney

Pole & win

Driver: 7th for Stirling Moss

See also

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