1960 Italian Grand Prix

1960 Italian Grand Prix
1960 Italian Grand Prix
	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza layout
Race details
Date	4 September 1960
Official name	XXXI Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent road course
Course length	10.000 km (6.214 miles)
Distance	50 laps, 500.000 km (310.686 miles)
Weather	Warm, dry
Pole position
Driver	Phil Hill ;
Time	2:41:4
Fastest lap
Driver	Phil Hill
Time	2:43.6
Podium
First	Phil Hill ;
Second	Richie Ginther ;
Third	Willy Mairesse ;
	Lap leaders ;

Last updated January 08, 2024

The 1960 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 4 September 1960. It was race 9 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 8 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by American driver Phil Hill driving a Ferrari 246 F1.

Race summary

The 1960 season had been a frustrating one for Ferrari's Formula 1 program as they campaigned their obsolete Dino 246, a front engined car as the rear engined design established supremacy. Due to the boycott by British teams, the championship had already been decided for Jack Brabham and Ferrari had gone without a victory. Seeing an opportunity, the Italian organizers decided to maximize Ferrari's one advantage —straightline speed— by using the combined Monza road and banked oval circuit, making the fast Monza even faster.^{[ citation needed ]}

Citing the fragility of their cars and the dangers of the banking, the major British factory teams of the day—Lotus, BRM, and Cooper, all boycotted the event, leading to a cobbled together field of private entrants and Formula 2 cars. Because of this boycott by the British teams, none of the drivers who started the race had previously won a Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix.

The race was a processional affair, with Ginther leading at the start and eventually being overtaken by Hill. The pair with teammate Willy Mairesse raced on to a rare 1–2–3 team result for Scuderia Ferrari. The boycott also allowed Scuderia Castellotti to score its only world championship points with Giulio Cabianca finishing fourth in his Cooper T51, two laps behind Hill and ahead of Scuderia Ferrari's fourth entry, Wolfgang von Trips in a 1.5 L-engined (conforming to F2 regulations) Ferrari 156 F2 car.

It was the first victory by an American driver in a Grand Prix since Jimmy Murphy in 1921, and, excluding the Indy 500, the first by an American in the Formula One World Championship.

It was the last Formula One World Championship victory by a front-engined car, although the Ferguson P99 won the non-championship Gold Cup at Oulton Park in 1961.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	20	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2:41.4	—
2	18	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	2:43.3	+1.9
3	16	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	2:43.9	+2.5
4	2	Giulio Cabianca	Cooper-Castellotti	2:49.3	+7.9
5	36	Giorgio Scarlatti	Cooper-Maserati	2:49.7	+8.3
6	22	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	2:51.9	+10.5
7	6	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	2:52.4	+11.0
8	4	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti	2:53.1	+11.7
9	34	Alfonso Thiele	Cooper-Maserati	2:55.6	+14.2
10	26	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	2:58.3	+16.9
11	8	Arthur Owen	Cooper-Climax	3:01.5	+20.1
12	24	Edgar Barth	Porsche	3:02.1	+20.7
13	10	Wolfgang Seidel	Cooper-Climax	3:07.0	+25.6
14	28	Fred Gamble	Behra-Porsche-Porsche	3:10.6	+29.2
15	12	Piero Drogo	Cooper-Climax	3:11.9	+30.5
16	30	Vic Wilson	Cooper-Climax	3:16.5	+35.1
Source:^[1]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Phil Hill	Ferrari	50	2:21:09.2	1	8
2	18	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	50	+ 2:27.6	2	6
3	16	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	49	+ 1 Lap	3	4
4	2	Giulio Cabianca	Cooper-Castellotti	48	+ 2 Laps	4	3
5	22	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	48	+ 2 Laps	6	2
6	26	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	47	+ 3 Laps	10	1
7	24	Edgar Barth	Porsche	47	+ 3 Laps	12
8	12	Piero Drogo	Cooper-Climax	45	+ 5 Laps	15
9	10	Wolfgang Seidel	Cooper-Climax	44	+ 6 Laps	13
10	28	Fred Gamble	Behra-Porsche-Porsche	41	+ 9 laps	14
Ret	6	Brian Naylor	JBW-Maserati	41	Gearbox	7
Ret	34	Alfonso Thiele	Cooper-Maserati	32	Gearbox	9
Ret	4	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti	27	Engine	8
Ret	36	Giorgio Scarlatti	Cooper-Maserati	26	Engine	5
Ret	30	Vic Wilson	Cooper-Climax	23	Engine	16
Ret	8	Arthur Owen	Cooper-Climax	0	Accident	11
DNS	14	Horace Gould	Maserati		Fuel system
Source:^[2]

Additional information

This was Phil Hill's first win and his first pole position in his Formula One World Championship career, and also the first pole position for an American driver (excluding the Indianapolis 500 races).

It was the Formula One World Championship debut race for Italian drivers Alfonso Thiele and Piero Drogo, British drivers Arthur Owen and Vic Wilson, and for American driver Fred Gamble.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Jack Brabham	40
	2	Bruce McLaren	33
6	3	Phil Hill	15
1	4	Innes Ireland	12
1	5	Stirling Moss	11
Source: ^[3]

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Cooper-Climax	48 (54)
	2	Lotus-Climax	28 (29)
	3	Ferrari	26 (27)
	4	BRM	6
	5	Cooper-Maserati	3
Source: ^[3]

Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 6 results counted towards each Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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References

↑ "1960 Italian GP Qualification". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
↑ "1960 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
1 2 "Italy 1960 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

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[1] "1960 Italian GP Qualification". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[2] "1960 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.

[Championship-3] 1 2 "Italy 1960 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

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