1960 Messina Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 31 July 1960 | ||||
Official name | Gran Premio di Messina | ||||
Location | Messina, Italy | ||||
Course length | 108.36 km | ||||
Distance | 20 laps, 6.02 km | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | OSCA | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Colin Davis | OSCA | |||
Time | 2m26.0 on lap (148.438 km/h) | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | OSCA | ||||
Second | Cooper | ||||
Third | Stanguellini |
The 2nd Messina Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula Junior rules, held on 31 July 1960 at Ganzirri Lake circuit in Messina, Italy. [1] The race was part of the Italian Formula Junior Championship.
# | Driver | Country | Car | Time/Laps |
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1 | Colin Davis | United Kingdom | OSCA-Fiat | 44m20.0 |
2 | Denis Hulme | New Zealand | Cooper-BMC | 18 |
3 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | Stanguellini-Fiat | 18 |
4 | Joseph Siffert | Switzerland | Stanguellini-Fiat | 18 |
5 | Berardo Taraschi | Italy | Taraschi-Fiat | 18 |
6 | Jacques Cales | France | Stanguellini-Fiat | 18 |
7 | Roberto Lippi | Italy | Stanguellini-Fiat | 17 |
8 | Geki | Italy | Stanguellini-Fiat | 17 |
9 | Giuseppe Faranda | Italy | de Sanctis-Fiat | 17 |
10 | Rolf Markl | Austria | Poggi-Fiat | 17 |
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