1960 World Sportscar Championship

1960 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1960 World Sportscar Championship season was the eighth season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for sportscars that ran in many worldwide endurance events. It ran from 31 January 1960 to 26 June 1960, and was composed of five races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	1000km Buenos Aires	Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez	31 January
2	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	26 March
3	Targa Florio	Palermo	8 May
4	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	22 May
5	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	25 June 26 June

Season results

Races

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Results
		Winning Drivers
1	Buenos Aires	#4 Scuderia Ferrari	Results
		Phil Hill Cliff Allison
2	Sebring	#42 Joakim Bonnier	Results
		Hans Herrmann Olivier Gendebien
3	Palermo	#184 Porsche KG	Results
		Joakim Bonnier Hans Herrmann
4	Nürburgring	#5 Camoradi USA	Results
		Dan Gurney Stirling Moss
5	La Sarthe	#11 Scuderia Ferrari	Results
		Olivier Gendebien Paul Frère

Manufacturers Championship

Points were awarded to the top 6 finishers, in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count. Only the best 3 results out of the 5 race season counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are shown within brackets.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1^†	Ferrari	8	(4)	6	(4)	8	22
2	Porsche	(4)	8	8	6		22
3	Maserati	3			8		11
4	Aston Martin					4	4

† - Ferrari declared the champion from tie breaker of more points having two 3rd place finishes to Porsche's one.

External links

• 1960 World Sportscar Championship
• World Championship Points Tables Retrieved from classicscars.com on 21 October 2008
• Images from the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring Retrieved from Racing Sports Cars on 21 October 2008