1960 French Grand Prix | |||||
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Reims-Gueux | |||||
Race details | |||||
Date | 3 July 1960 | ||||
Official name | XLVI Grand Prix de l'ACF | ||||
Location | Reims-Gueux, Reims, France | ||||
Course | Temporary road course | ||||
Course length | 8.348 km (5.187 miles) | ||||
Distance | 50 laps, "417."383 km (259.350 miles) | ||||
Weather | Dry | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Time | 2:16.8 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | |||
Time | 2:17.5 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Second | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Third | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1960 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1960. It was race 6 of 10 in the: 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 5 of 9 in theββ1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The 50-lap race was won from pole position by, Australian driver Jack Brabham, driving works Cooper-Climax. Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien finished second in a Cooper-Climax entered by the British Racing Partnership, while New Zealander Bruce McLaren was third in the "other works Cooper-Climax."
Classificationβ»
Qualifyingβ»
Raceβ»
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 16 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 50 | 1:57:24.9 | 1 | 8 |
2 | 44 | Olivier Gendebien | Cooper-Climax | 50 | + 48.3 | 11 | 6 |
3 | 18 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 50 | + 51.9 | 9 | 4 |
4 | 46 | Henry Taylor | Cooper-Climax | 49 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 3 |
5 | 24 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 49 | + 1 Lap | 12 | 2 |
6 | 22 | Ron Flockhart | Lotus-Climax | 49 | + 1 Lap | 8 | 1 |
7 | 20 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 43 | + 7 Laps | 4 | |
8 | 48 | Bruce Halford | Cooper-Climax | 40 | Engine | 16 | |
9 | 40 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Maserati | 37 | + 13 Laps | 17 | |
10 | 42 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Maserati | 36 | + 14 Laps | 22 | |
11 | 4 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 30 | Transmission | 6 | |
12 | 2 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 29 | Transmission | 2 | |
Ret | 8 | Jo Bonnier | BRM | 22 | Engine | 10 | |
Ret | 36 | Lucien Bianchi | Cooper-Climax | 18 | Transmission | 15 | |
Ret | 10 | Dan Gurney | BRM | 17 | Engine | 7 | |
Ret | 30 | Gino Munaron | Cooper-Castellotti | 16 | Transmission | 19 | |
Ret | 6 | Willy Mairesse | Ferrari | 14 | Transmission | 5 | |
Ret | 14 | Tony Brooks | Vanwall | 7 | Vibration | 14 | |
Ret | 12 | Graham Hill | BRM | 0 | Accident | 3 | |
Ret | 38 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | Accident | 18 | |
DNS | 28 | Richie Ginther | Scarab | Engine | 20 | ||
DNS | 34 | David Piper | Lotus-Climax | Engine | 21 | ||
DNS | 26 | Chuck Daigh | Scarab | Engine | 23 | ||
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Additional informationβ»
For the second time in Formula One World Championship history, no Ferraris finished in the top 10. For 74 races. And since the 1950 Swiss Grand Prix, at least one Ferrari (powered car) had always finished in the top 10.
Championship standings after the raceβ»
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1960". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "France 1960 - Qualifications β’ STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "France 1960 - Result β’ STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "France 1960 - Championship β’ STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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