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Home / Seasons / 1960 F1 World Championship Season / 1960 United States Grand Prix

1960 United States Grand Prix

DateSunday, 20 November 1960
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
Pole position
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax
CircuitRiverside, 75 laps
Round10 of 10
Race numbers

The 1960 United States Grand Prix was the

  • 94th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship United States Grand Prix
  • 1st and only World Championship race at Riverside
More 1960 season
More United States Grands Prix
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)752hr 28m 52.200s8
2+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax75+38.000s6
3+7New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax75+1m 22.000s4
4-2Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax74+1 lap3
5-1Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBRM74+1 lap2
6+7USA flag lazyload Phil HillCooper-Climax (privateer)74+1 lap1
7+5USA flag lazyload Jim HallLotus-Climax (privateer)73+2 laps 
8+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)73+2 laps 
9+7Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsCooper-Maserati (privateer)72+3 laps 
10+8USA flag lazyload Chuck DaighScarab70+5 laps 
11+9USA flag lazyload Pete LovelyCooper-Ferrari (privateer)69+6 laps 
12-4Belgium flag lazyload Olivier GendebienCooper-Climax (privateer)69+6 laps 
13+9USA flag lazyload Bob DrakeMaserati (privateer)68+7 laps 
14 United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)68+7 laps 
15+4France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)66+9 laps 
16-11United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax61+14 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM34DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (privateer)29DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian NaylorJBW-Maserati20DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBRM18DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartCooper-Climax11DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksCooper-Climax (privateer)6DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesLotus-Climax3DNF 

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:54.400

PosDriverConstructor
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)
2Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
3USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyBRM
4Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierBRM
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
6United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesLotus-Climax
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
8Belgium flag lazyload Olivier GendebienCooper-Climax (privateer)
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksCooper-Climax (privateer)
10New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM
12USA flag lazyload Jim HallLotus-Climax (privateer)
13USA flag lazyload Phil HillCooper-Climax (privateer)
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry TaylorCooper-Climax (privateer)
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)
16Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsCooper-Maserati (privateer)
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Brian NaylorJBW-Maserati
18USA flag lazyload Chuck DaighScarab
19France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)
20USA flag lazyload Pete LovelyCooper-Ferrari (privateer)
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron FlockhartCooper-Climax
22USA flag lazyload Bob DrakeMaserati (privateer)
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessCooper-Maserati (privateer)

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham43
2New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren34
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss19
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland18
5USA flag lazyload Phil Hill16
6Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien10
7Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von Trips10
8USA flag lazyload Jim Rathmann8
9USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther8
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark8
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks7
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Cliff Allison6
=USA flag lazyload Rodger Ward6
=United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees6
15USA flag lazyload Paul Goldsmith4
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill4
=Belgium flag lazyload Willy Mairesse4
18Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier4
19Argentina flag lazyload Carlos Menditeguy3
=USA flag lazyload Don Branson3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry Taylor3
=Italy flag lazyload Giulio Cabianca3
23USA flag lazyload Johnny Thomson2
24USA flag lazyload Eddie Johnson1
=Belgium flag lazyload Lucien Bianchi1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Ron Flockhart1
=Germany flag lazyload Hans Herrmann1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax48
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax34
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari26
4United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM8
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Maserati3
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Castellotti3
7Germany flag lazyload Porsche1

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

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