1960 French Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 3 July 1960 | ||||
Official name | XLVI Grand Prix de l'ACF [1] | ||||
Location | Reims-Gueux, Reims, France | ||||
Course | Temporary road course | ||||
Course length | 8.348 km (5.187 miles) | ||||
Distance | 50 laps, 417.383 km (259.350 miles) | ||||
Weather | Dry | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Time | 2:16.8 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | |||
Time | 2:17.5 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Second | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Third | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1960 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1960. It was race 6 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 5 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The 50-lap race was won from pole position by Australian driver Jack Brabham, driving a works Cooper-Climax. Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien finished second in a Cooper-Climax entered by the British Racing Partnership, while New Zealander Bruce McLaren was third in the other works Cooper-Climax.
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap |
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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 | 2:19.4 | +2.6 |
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 |
Source: [2] |
For the second time in Formula One World Championship history, no Ferraris finished in the top 10. For 74 races and since the 1950 Swiss Grand Prix, at least one Ferrari (powered car) had always finished in the top 10.
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