1960 British Grand Prix

BackgroundEdit

Entry ListEdit

The full entry list for the 1960 British Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
2	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
3	Chuck Daigh Lance Reventlow	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
4	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
5	Dan Gurney	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
6	Jo Bonnier	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
7	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
8	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
9	John Surtees	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
10	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
11	Wolfgang von Trips	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
12	Tony Brooks	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
14	Olivier Gendebien	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
15	Henry Taylor	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
16	Masten Gregory	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
17	Ian Burgess	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
18	Roy Salvadori	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin	DBR5	Aston Martin	RB6 L6 2.5	D
19	Maurice Trintignant	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin	DBR5	Aston Martin	RB6 L6 2.5	D
20	Giorgio Scarlatti	Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti	Cooper	T51	Castellotti	L4 2.5	D
21	Gino Munaron	Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti	Cooper	T51	Castellotti	L4 2.5	D
22	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Cooper	T45	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
23	Jack Fairman	C.T. Atkins	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
24	Lucien Bianchi	Fred Tuck Cars	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
25	Brian Naylor	J.B. Naylor	JBW	59	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
26	David Piper	Robert Bodle Ltd.	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D

Practice OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

ReportEdit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

The full qualifying results for the 1960 British Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:34.6	—
2	4	Graham Hill	BRM	1:35.8	+1.2s
3	2	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:36.0	+1.4s
4	6	Jo Bonnier	BRM	1:36.2	+1.6s
5	7	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:36.3	+1.7s
6	5	Dan Gurney	BRM	1:36.6	+2.0s
7	11	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	1:37.0	+2.4s
8	8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:37.1	+2.5s
9	12	Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax	1:37.6	+3.0s
10	10	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1:37.8	+3.2s
11	9	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	1:38.6	+4.0s
12	14	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax	1:39.2	+4.6s
13	18	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	1:39.4	+4.8s
14	16	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Maserati	1:39.8	+5.2s
15	23	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax	1:39.9	+5.3s
16	15	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	1:40.0	+5.4s
17	24	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-Climax	1:40.2	+5.6s
18	25	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	1:41.2	+6.6s
19	3	Chuck Daigh	Cooper-Climax	1:42.4	+7.8s
20	17	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	1:42.6	+8.0s
21	19	Maurice Trintignant	Aston Martin	1:43.8	+9.2s
22	22	Keith Greene	Cooper-Maserati	1:45.8	+11.2s
23*	3	Lance Reventlow	Cooper-Climax	1:46.4	+11.8s
24	26	David Piper	Lotus-Climax	2:05.6	+31.0s
DNQ†	21	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti	No time	—
WD	20	Giorgio Scarlatti	Cooper-Castellotti	Withdrawn

• * Reventlow would not be able to start the race as he had shared the #3 car with Daigh.
• ^† Munaron had failed to qualify, but he was allowed to join on the back of the grid.

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ReportEdit

ResultsEdit

The full results for the 1960 British Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	77	2:04:24.6	1	8
2	9	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	77	+49.6s	11	6
3	7	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	77	+1:29.6	5	4
4	2	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	76	+1 lap	3	3
5	12	Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax	76	+1 lap	9	2
6	11	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	75	+2 laps	7	1
7	10	Phil Hill	Ferrari	75	+2 laps	10
8	15	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	74	+3 laps	16
9	14	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax	74	+3 laps	12
10	5	Dan Gurney	BRM	74	+3 laps	6
11	19	Maurice Trintignant	Aston Martin	72	+5 laps	21
12	26	David Piper	Lotus-Climax	72	+5 laps	23
13	25	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	72	+5 laps	18
14	16	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Maserati	71	+6 laps	14
15	21	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti	70	+7 laps	24
16	8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	70	+7 laps	8
Ret	4	Graham Hill	BRM	71	Accident	2
Ret	24	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-Climax	62	Magneto	17
Ret	6	Jo Bonnier	BRM	59	Suspension	4
Ret	3	Chuck Daigh	Cooper-Climax	56	Overheating	19
Ret	17	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	56	Engine	20
Ret	23	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax	46	Fuel pump	15
Ret	18	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin	44	Steering	13
Ret	22	Keith Greene	Cooper-Maserati	12	Overheating	22
WD	3	Lance Reventlow	Cooper-Climax
WD	20	Giorgio Scarlatti	Cooper-Castellotti

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