1960 Formula 1 world championship

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Jack Brabham

Cooper-Climax

43 pts

Bruce McLaren

Cooper-Climax

34 pts

Stirling Moss

Team Lotus

19 pts

Cooper-Climax

48 pts

Jack Brabham is the 1960 Formula 1 World Champion. Brabham won 5 out of 10 races and scored a total of 43 points. With 9 points behind Bruce McLaren finished the season in second place and Stirling Moss as third. Cooper-Climax won the 1960 Formula 1 constructor championship, with a total of 48 points.
The season started with the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix on February 7th. The last race of the season was the 1960 United States Grand Prix on November 20th.

Number of races

10 races

First race

Argentine Grand Prix (February 7th)

Last race

United States Grand Prix (November 20th)

Most wins

Jack Brabham (5)

Most pole positions

Stirling Moss (4)

Most podiums

Bruce McLaren (6)

Most top 5 finishes

Bruce McLaren (7)

Most points finishes

Bruce McLaren (7)

Most DNF's

Dan Gurney (6)
Graham Hill (6)

Pos	Driver	Car	Wins	Podiums	Pts	Gap
1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	5	5	43
2	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1	6	34	-9
3	Stirling Moss	Team Lotus	2	3	19	-24
4	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus		3	18	-25
5	Phil Hill	Cooper-Climax	1	2	16	-27
6	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax		2	10	-33
7	Wolfgang von Trips	Cooper-Maserati			10	-33
8	Jim Rathmann	Watson	1	1	8	-35
9	Richie Ginther	Scarab		1	8	-35
10	Jim Clark	Team Lotus		1	8	-35
11	Tony Brooks	Vanwall			7	-36
12	John Surtees	Team Lotus		1	6	-37
13	Cliff Allison	Ferrari		1	6	-37
14	Rodger Ward	Watson		1	6	-37
15	Graham Hill	BRM		1	4	-39
16	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari		1	4	-39
17	Paul Goldsmith	Epperly		1	4	-39
18	Jo Bonnier	BRM			4	-39
19	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax			3	-40
20	Don Branson	Phillips			3	-40
21	Giulio Cabianca	Cooper-Castellotti			3	-40
22	Carlos Menditeguy	Cooper-Maserati			3	-40
23	Johnny Thomson	Lesovsky			2	-41
24	Lucien Bianchi	Cooper-Climax			1	-42
25	Ron Flockhart	Cooper-Climax			1	-42
26	Hans Herrmann	Porsche			1	-42
27	Eddie Johnson	Trevis			1	-42
28	Maurice Trintignant	Aston Martin		1	0	-43
29	Edgar Barth	Porsche			0	-43
30	Jim Hall	Team Lotus			0	-43
31	Lloyd Ruby	Watson			0	-43
32	Roy Salvadori	Aston Martin			0	-43
33	Bruce Halford	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
34	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
35	Piero Drogo	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
36	Bob Veith	Meskowski			0	-43
37	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Maserati			0	-43
38	Alberto Rodriguez Larreta	Team Lotus			0	-43
39	Wolfgang Seidel	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
40	Bud Tingelstad	Trevis			0	-43
41	Dan Gurney	BRM			0	-43
42	Chuck Daigh	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
43	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Maserati			0	-43
44	Bob Christie	Kurtis Kraft			0	-43
45	Fred Gamble	Behra-Porsche			0	-43
46	José Froilán González	Ferrari			0	-43
47	Red Amick	Epperly			0	-43
48	Roberto Bonomi	Cooper-Maserati			0	-43
49	Pete Lovely	Cooper-Castellotti			0	-43
50	David Piper	Team Lotus			0	-43
51	Duane Carter	Kuzma			0	-43
52	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Castellotti			0	-43
53	Brian Naylor	Cooper-Maserati			0	-43
54	Bob Drake	Maserati			0	-43
55	Bill Homeier	Kuzma			0	-43
56	Nasif Estéfano	Maserati			0	-43
57	Gene Hartley	Kurtis Kraft			0	-43
58	Chuck Stevenson	Watson			0	-43
59	Bobby Grim	Meskowski			0	-43
60	Shorty Templeman	Kurtis Kraft			0	-43
61	Jim Hurtubise	Christensen			0	-43
62	Jimmy Bryan	Epperly			0	-43
63	Troy Ruttman	Watson			0	-43
64	Eddie Sachs	Ewing			0	-43
65	Don Freeland	Kurtis Kraft			0	-43
66	Tony Bettenhausen	Watson			0	-43
67	Wayne Weiler	Epperly			0	-43
68	Anthony Foyt	Kurtis Kraft			0	-43
69	Eddie Russo	Kurtis Kraft			0	-43
70	Johnny Boyd	Epperly			0	-43
71	Gene Force	Kurtis Kraft			0	-43
72	Jim McWithey	Epperly			0	-43
73	Len Sutton	Watson			0	-43
74	Dick Rathmann	Watson			0	-43
75	Al Herman	Ewing			0	-43
76	Dempsey Wilson	Kurtis Kraft			0	-43
77	Alan Stacey	Team Lotus			0	-43
78	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper-Maserati			0	-43
79	Chris Bristow	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
80	Alfonso Thiele	Cooper-Maserati			0	-43
81	Giorgio Scarlatti	Cooper-Maserati			0	-43
82	Harry Schell	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
83	Vic Wilson	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
84	Arthur Owen	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
85	Lance Reventlow	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
86	Horace Gould	Maserati			0	-43
87	Mike Taylor	Team Lotus			0	-43
88	Ettore Chimeri	Maserati			0	-43
89	Antonio Creus	Maserati			0	-43
90	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax			0	-43
91	Keith Greene	Cooper-Maserati			0	-43

Pos	Team	Wins	Podiums	Pts	Gap
1	Cooper-Climax	6	15	48
2	Team Lotus	2	7	34	-14
3	Ferrari	1	5	26	-22
4	BRM		1	8	-40
5	Cooper-Maserati			3	-45
6	Cooper-Castellotti			3	-45
7	Porsche			1	-47
8	Behra-Porsche			0	-48
9	Scarab			0	-48
10	Aston Martin			0	-48
11	Maserati			0	-48
12	JBW			0	-48
13	Vanwall			0	-48

1960 schedule

Date	Race	Winner	2nd	3rd	Pole position
Feb 7th	Argentine Grand Prix	#16 Bruce McLaren	Cliff Allison	Maurice Trintignant	Stirling Moss
May 29th	Monaco Grand Prix	#28 Stirling Moss	Bruce McLaren	Phil Hill	Stirling Moss
May 30th	Indianapolis 500	#4 Jim Rathmann	Rodger Ward	Paul Goldsmith	Eddie Sachs
Jun 6th	Dutch Grand Prix	#11 Jack Brabham	Innes Ireland	Graham Hill	Stirling Moss
Jun 19th	Belgian Grand Prix	#2 Jack Brabham	Bruce McLaren	Olivier Gendebien	Jack Brabham
Jul 3rd	French Grand Prix	#16 Jack Brabham	Olivier Gendebien	Bruce McLaren	Jack Brabham
Jul 16th	British Grand Prix	#1 Jack Brabham	John Surtees	Innes Ireland	Jack Brabham
Aug 14th	Portuguese Grand Prix	#2 Jack Brabham	Bruce McLaren	Jim Clark	John Surtees
Sep 4th	Italian Grand Prix	#20 Phil Hill	Richie Ginther	Willy Mairesse	Phil Hill
Nov 20th	United States Grand Prix	#5 Stirling Moss	Innes Ireland	Bruce McLaren	Stirling Moss