1960 Belgian Grand Prix

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Race details
Date19 June 1960
Official name XXI Grote Prijs Van Belgie
Location Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Belgium
Course Grand Prix Circuit
Course length 14.12 km (8.774 miles)
Distance 36 laps, 508.32 km (315.864 miles)
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Climax
Time 3:50.0
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland
Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Phil Hill
Cooper-Climax
Lotus-Climax
Ferrari
Time 3:51.9
Podium
First Cooper-Climax
Second Cooper-Climax
Third Cooper-Climax
Lap leaders
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The remains of Alan Stacey's car after his fatal accident in the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix. In the inset, Stacey before the race. Bundesarchiv Bild 183-74166-0001, Grosser Preis von Belgien, Todesopfer.jpg
The remains of Alan Stacey's car after his fatal accident in the 1960 Belgian Grand Prix. In the inset, Stacey before the race.

The 1960 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Spa-Francorchamps on 19 June 1960. It was race 5 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 4 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. Stirling Moss and Mike Taylor were seriously injured in crashes during practice, and Chris Bristow and Alan Stacey were killed in accidents during the race. With the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, it is one of two occasions in which two driver fatalities have occurred at a Formula One race meeting, and the only one where both occurred during the race itself.

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Practice and race laps 1-19

Practice for the event saw Stirling Moss and Mike Taylor injured in separate accidents, with Taylor suffering injuries after a crash at Stavelot which ended his racing career, and Moss injured seriously enough (two broken legs) after crashing at Burnenville to keep him out of racing for a number of months including the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans. In the race itself, the Lotus drivers Innes Ireland and Jim Clark got off to good starts before Ireland eventually spun out with clutch trouble on lap 14.

Fatal accidents

On lap 20 Chris Bristow, driving a year-old Cooper for the British Racing Partnership, went off line at Malmedy while battling for sixth place with the Ferrari of Mairesse. Bristow lost control, crashing into a four-foot high embankment and was thrown from his car, and landed on a barbed wire which beheaded him.

Five laps later, Alan Stacey was hit in the face by a bird at Masta, causing his car to crash, then somersault off the track and land in a field. The car then caught fire, and Stacey, still trapped inside, was burned to death. It was the only Formula One race meeting in which two drivers were killed until the deaths of Roland Ratzenberger and Ayrton Senna at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

Race conclusion

The race distance had been lengthened to 36 laps from 24 laps. The results highlight an unusual quirk in the rules regarding classification of non-finishers. Under modern rules, Graham Hill would have been classified third, since he completed lap 35 before the lapped Olivier Gendebien. Hill then retired, in the pits, but was not classified since he did not push his car over the line after the winner took the finish (as required by the rules of the time). In fact the rule about crossing the finishing line was inconsistently applied – at the 1959 German Grand Prix, Harry Schell was classified seventh despite only completing 49 of the race's 60 laps. [1]

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 3:50.0
238 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks Cooper-Climax 3:52.5+2.5
312 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 3:52.6+2.6
424 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Phil Hill Ferrari 3:53.3+3.3
534 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 3:53.5+3.5
610 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill BRM 3:54.2+4.2
76 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier BRM 3:54.8+4.8
814 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 3:55.4+5.4
936 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Bristow Cooper-Climax 3:56.3+6.3
1018 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 3:57.5+7.5
1126 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 3:57.8+7.8
128 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Dan Gurney BRM 3:58.3+8.3
1322 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Mairesse Ferrari 3:58.9+8.9
144 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 4:00.0+10.0
1532 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 4:00.6+10.6
1628 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Lance Reventlow Scarab 4:09.7+19.7
1716 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Stacey Lotus-Climax 4:17.6+27.6
1830 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Chuck Daigh Scarab 4:18.5+28.5
Source: [2]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 362:21:37.318
24 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 36+ 1:03.3146
334 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 35+ 1 Lap54
424 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Phil Hill Ferrari 35+ 1 Lap43
518 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 34+ 2 Laps102
632 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 28+ 8 Laps151
Ret10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill BRM 35Engine6 
Ret16 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Stacey Lotus-Climax 24 Fatal accident 17 
Ret22 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Mairesse Ferrari 23Transmission13 
Ret26 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 22Transmission11 
Ret36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Bristow Cooper-Climax 19 Fatal accident 9 
Ret30 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Chuck Daigh Scarab 16Engine18 
Ret6 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier BRM 14Engine7 
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 13Spun Off/Clutch8 
Ret8 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Dan Gurney BRM 4Engine12 
Ret38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks Cooper-Climax 2Gearbox2 
Ret28 Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg Lance Reventlow Scarab 1Engine16 
DNS12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax Accident3
DNS20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Taylor Lotus-Climax Accident
Source: [3]

Additional information

This was the Formula One World Championship debut race for Belgian driver Willy Mairesse.

Championship standings after the race

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