1960 Lombank Trophy

I International Lombank Trophy
Snetterton layout for the 1960 season.
Race details
Date	17 September, 1960
Official Name	I International Lombank Trophy
Location	Snetterton Circuit Snetterton, Norfolk, England
Course	Permanent road course 4.360km (2.71mi)
Distance	37 laps, 161.320km (100.261 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Graham Hill BRM
Time	1:34.6
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time	1:32.6
Podium
First	Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax
Second	Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Third	Jo Bonnier BRM
Lap Leaders
No race-code specified

The 1960 Lombank Trophy, otherwise known as the I International Lombank Trophy, was the non-championship round of the 1960 FIA Formula One World Championship and it was held on the 17^th of September at the Snetterton Circuit. The race was joined with 1.5-liter Formula Two cars.

Background

Entry List

The full entry list for the 1960 Lombank Trophy is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
2	Jo Bonnier	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
3	Dan Gurney	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48	BRM	P25 2.5 L4	D
4	Denny Hulme	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF 2.5 L4	D
5	Henry Taylor	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF 2.5 L4	D
6	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF 2.5 L4	D
7	John Surtees	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF 2.5 L4	D
8	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF 2.5 L4	D
9	Roy Salvadori	High Efficiency Motors	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF 2.5 L4	D
10	David Piper	Robert Bodle Ltd.	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF 2.5 L4	D
11	Geoff Richardson	Privateer	Cooper	T43	Alta	GP 2.5 L4	D
12	Brian Naylor	J.B. Naylor	JBW	59	Maserati	250S 2.5 L4	D
14	Tom Dickson	Ecurie Ecosse	Cooper	T49	Climax	FPF 2.5 L4	D
15	Tony Brooks	Vandervell Products	Lotus	18	Vanwall	254 2.5 L4	D
16	Ian Raby	Empire Cars	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
17	Mike McKee	Jim Russell Racing Drivers School	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
18	Tony Maggs	Essex Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
19	John Whitmore	Essex Racing Team	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
20	Gordon Jones	Privateer	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
21	Keith Ballisat	Equipe Prideaux	Cooper	T43	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
22	Jackie Lewis	H&L Motors	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
23	Peter Ashdown	G.G. Smith	Lola	Mk2	Climax	FWA 1.5 L4	D
24	Marcus Niven	Privateer	Lotus	12	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
25	Keith Finney	Privateer	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
26	Bob Hicks	Team Thercel	Lotus	16	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D
27	Bruce Halford	John Fisher	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF 1.5 L4	D

• A pink background indicates drivers classified as Formula Two entries.

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 1960 Lombank Trophy are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Graham Hill	BRM	1:34.6	—
2	8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:34.6	—
3	2	Jo Bonnier	BRM	1:34.8	+0.2s
4	7	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	NTG
5	6	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	NTG
6	5	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	NTG
7	9	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	NTG
8	4	Denny Hulme	Cooper-Climax	NTG
9*	3	Dan Gurney	BRM	NTG
10	12	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	NTG
11	18	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	NTG
12	27	Bruce Halford	Cooper-Climax	NTG
13	11	Geoff Richardson	Cooper-Alta	NTG
14	22	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	NTG
15	17	Mike McKee	Cooper-Climax	NTG
16	14	Tom Dickson	Cooper-Climax	NTG
17	19	John Whitmore	Cooper-Climax	NTG
18	21	Keith Ballisat	Cooper-Climax	NTG
19	16	Ian Raby	Cooper-Climax	NTG
20	26	Bob Hicks	Lotus-Climax	NTG
21	25	Keith Finney	Lotus-Climax	NTG
22	24	Marcus Niven	Lotus-Climax	NTG
DNS	15	Tony Brooks	Lotus-Vanwall	Engine
WD	10	David Piper	Lotus-Climax	Car Unready
WD	20	Gordon Jones	Cooper-Climax	Withdrawn
WD	23	Peter Ashdown	Lola-Climax	Withdrawn

• NTG - No Time Given
• * Gurney could not take the start of the race due to transmission failure.

Grid

Pos		Pos		Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver		Driver		Driver
								______________
						______________		1
				______________		2		Graham Hill
		______________		3		Jim Clark
______________		4		Jo Bonnier
5		John Surtees
Innes Ireland
							______________
					______________		6
			______________		7		Henry Taylor
	______________		8		Roy Salvadori
	9		Denny Hulme
	Dan Gurney*
								______________
						______________		10
				______________		11		Brian Naylor
		______________		12		Tony Maggs
______________		13		Bruce Halford
14		Geoff Richardson
Jackie Lewis
							______________
					______________		15
			______________		16		Mike McKee
	______________		17		Tom Dickson
	18		John Whitmore
	Keith Ballisat
								______________
						______________		19
				______________		20		Ian Raby
		______________		21		Bob Hicks
______________		22		Keith Finney
23		Marcus Niven

• * Gurney could not take the start of the race due to transmission failure.

Race

Results

The full results for the 1960 Lombank Trophy are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	6	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	37	58:33.8	5
2	8	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	37	+13.0s	2
3	2	Jo Bonnier	BRM	37	+1:02.8	3
4	9	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	37	+1:29.4	7
5	4	Denny Hulme	Cooper-Climax	36	+1 Lap	8
6	22	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	35	+2 Laps	14
7	27	Bruce Halford	Cooper-Climax	35	+2 Laps	12
8	19	John Whitmore	Cooper-Climax	35	+2 Laps	17
9*	1	Graham Hill	BRM	34	Engine	1
10*	5	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	34	Engine	6
11	14	Tom Dickson	Cooper-Climax	34	+3 Laps	16
12	16	Ian Raby	Cooper-Climax			19
13	25	Keith Finney	Lotus-Climax			21
14	24	Marcus Niven	Lotus-Climax			22
15	21	Keith Ballisat	Cooper-Climax			18
16	26	Bob Hicks	Lotus-Climax			20
Ret	18	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	30		11
Ret	7	John Surtees	Lotus-Climax	11	Mechanical	4
Ret	17	Mike McKee	Cooper-Climax	5	Accident	15
Ret	11	Geoff Richardson	Cooper-Alta			13
Ret	12	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati			10
DNS	3	Dan Gurney	BRM
DNS	15	Tony Brooks	Lotus-Vanwall
WD	10	David Piper	Lotus-Climax
WD	20	Gordon Jones	Cooper-Climax
WD	23	Peter Ashdown	Lola-Climax

• * Hill and Taylor were still classified despite retiring as they hand completed enough of the race distance.

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