1960 French Grand Prix

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1960 French Grand Prix

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1960 Belgian Grand Prix	6 of 1960	1960 British Grand Prix

Reims circuit layout for 1960

Race Details

Date

July 3, 1960

Official Name

XLVI Grand Prix de l'ACF

Location

Reims
Reims-Gueux, Reims, France

Course

Temporary road course
8.348 km (5.187 mi)

Distance

50 laps, 417.4 km (259.360 mi)

Pole Position

Driver

Jack Brabham

Cooper-Climax

Time

2:16.8

Fastest Lap

Driver

Jack Brabham

Cooper-Climax

Time

2:17.5 on lap 25

Podium

First	Second	Third
Jack Brabham	Olivier Gendebien	Bruce McLaren

Lap Leaders

The 1960 French Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 1960 Formula One Season, held on July 3. The race was won by Jack Brabham in a Cooper-Climax, after a battle with Ferrari driver Phil Hill ended when Hill suffered a transmission failure. Second and third places went to Olivier Gendebien and Bruce McLaren, also in Coopers.

Background[]

Entry list[]

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

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
4	Wolfgang von Trips	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
6	Willy Mairesse	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	D246	Ferrari	155 V6 2.4	D
8	Jo Bonnier	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
10	Dan Gurney	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
12	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48	BRM	P25 L4 2.5	D
14	Tony Brooks	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	VW11	Vanwall	254 L4 2.5	D
16	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
18	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
20	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
22	Ron Flockhart	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
24	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
26	Chuck Daigh	Reventlow Automobiles Inc.	Scarab	F1	Scarab	L4 2.5	D
28	Richie Ginther	Reventlow Automobiles Inc.	Scarab	F1	Scarab	L4 2.5	D
30	Gino Munaron	Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti	Cooper	T51	Castellotti	L4 2.5	D
34	David Piper	Team Lotus	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
36	Lucien Bianchi	Fred Tuck Cars	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
38	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
40	Masten Gregory	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
42	Ian Burgess	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper	T51	Maserati	250S L4 2.5	D
44	Olivier Gendebien	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D
46	Henry Taylor	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 2.5	D

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

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

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	16	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2:16.8	—
2	2	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2:18.2	+ 1.4
3	12	Graham Hill	BRM	2:18.4	+ 1.6
4	20	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	2:18.5	+ 1.7
5	6	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	2:19.3	+ 2.5
6	4	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	2:19.3	+ 2.5
7	10	Dan Gurney	BRM	2:19.4	+ 2.6
8	22	Ron Flockhart	Lotus-Climax	2:19.5	+ 2.7
9	18	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	2:19.6	+ 2.8
10	8	Jo Bonnier	BRM	2:19.8	+ 3.0
11	44	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax	2:20.1	+ 3.3
12	24	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	2:20.3	+ 3.5
13	46	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	2:22.8	+ 6.0
14	14	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	2:23.3	+ 6.5
15	36	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-Climax	2:23.6	+ 6.8
16	48	Bruce Halford	Cooper-Climax	2:23.6	+ 6.8
17	40	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Maserati	2:24.3	+ 7.5
18	38	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	2:24.7	+ 7.9
19	30	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti	2:31.3	+ 14.5
20	28	Richie Ginther	Scarab	2:31.4	+ 14.6
21	34	David Piper	Lotus-Climax	2:32.0	+ 15.2
22	42	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	2:36.7	+ 19.9
23	26	Chuck Daigh	Scarab	2:46.1	+ 29.3

Grid[]

Race[]

Results[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	50	1:57:24.9	1	8
2	44	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax	50	+ 48.3	9	6
3	18	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	50	+ 51.9	7	4
4	46	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	49	+ 1 Lap	12	3
5	24	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	49	+ 1 Lap	10	2
6	22	Ron Flockhart	Lotus-Climax	49	+ 1 Lap	14	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	5
12	2	Phil Hill	Ferrari	29	Transmission	2
Ret	8	Jo Bonnier	BRM	22	Engine	8
Ret	36	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-Climax	18	Transmission	15
Ret	10	Dan Gurney	BRM	17	Engine	6
Ret	30	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti	16	Transmission	19
Ret	6	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	14	Transmission	11
Ret	14	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	7	Vibration	13
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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Milestones[]

Standings after race[]

References[]

↑ "1960 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141222215050/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1960/649/. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

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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
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1960 French Grand Prix

Contents

Background[]

Entry list[]

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

Grid[]

Race[]

Results[]

Milestones[]

Standings after race[]

References[]

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