1960 French Grand Prix

  1960 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 10 in the 1960 Formula One season
Reims layout
Date	3 July 1960
Location	Reims circuit, Reims, France
Course	Temporary road course
Course length	8.348 km (5.187 mi)
Distance	50 laps, 417.383 km (259.350 mi)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Time	2:16.8
Fastest lap
Driver	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Time	2:17.5
Podium
First	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Second	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax
Third	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax

The 1960 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1960.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	50	1:57:24.9	1	8
2	44	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax	50	+ 48.3	9	6
3	18	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	50	+ 51.9	7	4
4	46	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	49	+ 1 Lap	12	3
5	24	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	49	+ 1 Lap	10	2
6	22	Ron Flockhart	Lotus-Climax	49	+ 1 Lap	14	1
7	20	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	43	+ 7 Laps	4
8	48	Bruce Halford	Cooper-Climax	40	Engine	15
9	40	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Maserati	37	+ 13 Laps	17
10	42	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati	36	+ 14 Laps	22
11	4	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	30	Transmission	5
12	2	Phil Hill	Ferrari	29	Transmission	2
Ret	8	Jo Bonnier	BRM	22	Engine	8
Ret	36	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-Climax	18	Transmission	15
Ret	10	Dan Gurney	BRM	17	Engine	6
Ret	30	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti	16	Transmission	19
Ret	6	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	14	Transmission	11
Ret	14	Tony Brooks	Vanwall	7	Vibration	13
Ret	12	Graham Hill	BRM	0	Accident	3
Ret	38	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	0	Accident	18
DNS	28	Richie Ginther	Scarab		Engine	20
DNS	34	David Piper	Lotus-Climax		Engine	21
DNS	26	Chuck Daigh	Scarab		Engine	23
Source:[1]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Jack Brabham 24 1 2 Bruce McLaren 24 3 Stirling Moss 11 7 4 Olivier Gendebien 10 1 5 Jim Rathmann 8

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Cooper-Climax 38 2 Lotus-Climax 19 3 Ferrari 15 4 BRM 6 5 Cooper-Maserati 3

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. "1960 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.