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The 1960 Belgian Grand Prix was held on June 19, 1960. It was the fifth race of the 10 race season. The race was won by Jack Brabham as a major step to his second successive World Championship, but the weekend would be known as one of the darkest in the sport's history. During practice, Stirling Moss and Mike Taylor both suffered serious injuries, causing Taylor to retire from the sport, and during the race both Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey were fatally injured.

Background[]


Entry List[]

No. Driver Entreat Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
2 Australia Jack Brabham United Kingdom Cooper Car Company Cooper T53 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren United Kingdom Cooper Car Company Cooper T53 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
6 Sweden Jo Bonnier United Kingdom Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 BRM P25 L4 2.5 D
8 United States Dan Gurney United Kingdom Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 BRM P25 L4 2.5 D
10 United Kingdom Graham Hill United Kingdom Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 BRM P25 L4 2.5 D
12 United Kingdom Stirling Moss United Kingdom R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Lotus 18 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
14 United Kingdom Innes Ireland United Kingdom Team Lotus Lotus 18 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
16 United Kingdom Alan Stacey United Kingdom Team Lotus Lotus 18 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
18 United Kingdom Jim Clark United Kingdom Team Lotus Lotus 18 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
20 United Kingdom Mike Taylor United Kingdom Taylor-Crawley Racing Team Lotus 18 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
22 Belgium Willy Mairesse Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari D246 Ferrari 155 V6 2.4 D
24 United States Phil Hill Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari D246 Ferrari 155 V6 2.4 D
26 West Germany Wolfgang von Trips Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari D246 Ferrari 155 V6 2.4 D
28 United States Lance Reventlow United States Reventlow Automobiles Scarab F1 Scarab Scarab L4 2.5 D
30 United States Chuck Daigh United States Reventlow Automobiles Scarab F1 Scarab Scarab L4 2.5 D
32 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Belgium Equipe Nationale Belge Cooper T45 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
34 Belgium Olivier Gendebien United Kingdom Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T51 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
36 United Kingdom Chris Bristow United Kingdom Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T51 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D
38 United Kingdom Tony Brooks United Kingdom Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T51 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D

Non-Arrivals[]

No. Driver Entreat Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
40 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Netherlands Ecurie Maarsbergen Cooper T51 Climax FPF L4 2.5 D

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Qualifying Results[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 2 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 3:50.0
2 38 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Cooper-Climax 3:52.5 +2.5
3 12 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 3:52.6 +2.6
4 24 United States Phil Hill Ferrari 3:53.3 +3.3
5 34 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 3:53.5 +3.5
6 10 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 3:54.2 +4.2
7 6 Sweden Jo Bonnier BRM 3:54.8 +4.8
8 14 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 3:55.4 +5.4
9 36 United Kingdom Chris Bristow Cooper-Climax 3:56.3 +6.3
10 18 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 3:57.5 +7.5
11 26 West Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 3:57.8 +7.8
12 8 United States Dan Gurney BRM 3:58.3 +8.3
13 22 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 3:58.9 +8.9
14 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 4:00.0 +10.0
15 32 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 4:00.6 +10.6
16 28 United States Lance Reventlow Scarab 4:09.7 +19.7
17 16 United Kingdom Alan Stacey Lotus-Climax 4:17.6 +27.6
18 30 United States Chuck Daigh Scarab 4:18.5 +28.5
DNS 20 United Kingdom Mike Taylor Lotus-Climax Accident
DNA 40 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Cooper-Climax Did not arrive

Grid[]

Pos Pos Pos
Driver Driver Driver
______________
1 ______________
Jack Brabham 2 ______________
Tony Brooks 3
Phil Hill
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4 ______________
Olivier Gendebien 5
Graham Hill
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6 ______________
Jo Bonnier 7 ______________
Innes Ireland 8
Chris Bristow
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9 ______________
Jim Clark 10
Wolfgang von Trips
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11 ______________
Dan Gurney 12 ______________
Willy Mairesse 13
Bruce McLaren
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14 ______________
Lucien Bianchi 15
Lance Reventlow
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16 ______________
Alan Stacey 17 ______________
Chuck Daigh 18




Race[]

Report[]

Despite completing his 35th lap well before Gendebien, Graham Hill was not listed as a finisher because he did not push his car over the line after Brabham had received the checkered flag.

Results[]

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 2 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 36 2:21:37.3 1 8
2 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 36 +1:03.3 13 6
Ret 10 United Kingdom Graham Hill BRM 35 Engine 5
3 34 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 35 +1 lap 4 4
4 24 United States Phil Hill Ferrari 35 +1 lap 3 3
5 18 United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 34 +2 laps 9 2
6 32 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 28 +8 laps 14 1
Ret 16 United Kingdom Alan Stacey Lotus-Climax 24 Fatal accident 16
Ret 22 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 23 Transmission 12
Ret 26 West Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 22 Transmission 10
Ret 36 United Kingdom Chris Bristow Cooper-Climax 19 Fatal accident 8
Ret 30 United States Chuck Daigh Scarab 16 Engine 17
Ret 6 Sweden Jo Bonnier BRM 14 Engine 6
Ret 14 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 13 Spin 7
Ret 8 United States Dan Gurney BRM 4 Engine 11
Ret 38 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Cooper-Climax 2 Gearbox 2
Ret 28 United States Lance Reventlow Scarab 1 Engine 15
DNS 12 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
DNS 20 United Kingdom Mike Taylor Lotus-Climax
DNA 40 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Cooper-Climax

Milestones[]

Standings[]

External Links[]

V T E Belgium Belgian Grand Prix
Circuits Spa-Francorchamps (1950 - 1970, 1983, 1985 - Present), Nivelles (1972, 1974), Zolder (1973, 1975 - 1982, 1984)
Track map of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium
Races 19501951195219531954195519561957195819591960196119621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Pre-1950 races 1925193019311933193419351937193919471949
V T E 1960 Formula One Season
Constructors Aston Martin • Behra-Porsche • BRM • Cooper • Ferrari • JBW • Lotus • Maserati • Scarab • Vanwall
Engines Aston Martin • BRM • Climax • Ferrari • Maserati • Porsche • Scarab • Vanwall
Drivers Allison • Barth • de Beaufort • Bianchi • Bonnier • Bonomi • Brabham • Bristow • Brooks • Burgess • Cabianca • Cabral • Chimeri • Clark • Creus • Daigh • Drake • Drogo • Estéfano • Fairman • Flockhart • Gamble • Gendebien • Ginther • González • Gould • Greene • Gregory • Gurney • Halford • Hall • Herrmann • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • Larreta • Lovely • Mairesse • McLaren • Menditeguy • Moss • Munaron • Naylor • Owen • Piper • Reventlow • Salvadori • Scarlatti • Schell • Seidel • Stacey • Surtees • H. Taylor • M. Taylor • Thiele • Trintignant • von Trips • Wilson
Cars Aston Martin DBR4 • Aston Martin DBR5 • Behra-Porsche RSK • BRM P25 • BRM P48 • Cooper T43 • Cooper T45 • Cooper T51 • Cooper T53 • Ferrari D246 • Ferrari D246P • JBW 59 • Lotus 16 • Lotus 18 • Maserati 250F • Porsche 718 • Scarab F1 • Vanwall VW 11
Tyres Dunlop
Races Argentina • Monaco • Indianapolis • Netherlands • Belgium • France • Britain • Portugal • Italy • United States
Non-Championship Races Glover • International Trophy • Silver City • Lombank • Gold Cup
See also 1959 Formula One Season • 1961 Formula One Season • Category
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