1960 Formula One season facts for kids

The 1960 Formula One season was the 10th of the championship. The champion was Jack Brabham in a close battle.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Argentine Grand Prix	February 7	Oscar Gálvez	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	Report
2	Monaco Grand Prix	May 29	Monaco	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report
3	Indianapolis 500	May 30	Indianapolis	Jim Rathmann	Watson-Offenhauser	Report
4	Dutch Grand Prix	June 6	Zandvoort	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
5	Belgian Grand Prix	June 19	Spa-Francorchamps	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
6	French Grand Prix	July 3	Reims	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
7	British Grand Prix	July 16	Silverstone	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
8	Portuguese Grand Prix	August 14	Boavista	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Report
9	Italian Grand Prix	September 4	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari	Report
10	United States Grand Prix	November 20	Riverside	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report

1960 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos. Driver ARG MON 500 NED BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA Pts. 1 Jack Brabham Ret DSQ 1 1 1 1 1 4 43 2 Bruce McLaren 1 2 Ret 2 3 4 2 3 34 (37) 3 Stirling Moss 3† / Ret 1 4 Ret DSQ 1 19 4 Innes Ireland 6 9 2 Ret 7 3 6 2 18 5 Phil Hill 8 3 Ret 4 12 7 Ret 1 6 16 6 Olivier Gendebien 3 2 9 7 12 10 7 Wolfgang von Trips 5 8 5 Ret 11 6 4 5 9 10 8 Jim Rathmann 1 8 9 Richie Ginther 6 6 Ret 2 8 10 Jim Clark Ret 5 5 16 3 16 8 11 Tony Brooks 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 5 Ret 7 12 John Surtees Ret 2 Ret Ret 6 13 Cliff Allison 2 DNQ 6 14 Rodger Ward 2 6 15 Graham Hill Ret 7 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 16 Willy Mairesse Ret Ret 3 4 17 Paul Goldsmith 3 4 18 Maurice Trintignant 3† Ret Ret Ret 11 15 4 19 Joakim Bonnier 7 5 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 4 20 Henry Taylor 7 4 8 14 3 21 Carlos Menditéguy 4 3 22 Don Branson 4 3 23 Giulio Cabianca 4 3 24 Johnny Thomson 5 2 25 Lucien Bianchi 6 Ret Ret 1 26 Ron Flockhart 6 Ret 1 27 Eddie Johnson 6 1 28 Hans Herrmann 6 1 29 Lloyd Ruby 7 0 30 Edgar Barth 7 0 31 Roy Salvadori Ret DNS Ret 8 0 32 Bruce Halford DNQ 8 0 33 Bob Veith 8 0 34 Carel Godin de Beaufort 8 0 35 Piero Drogo 8 0 36 Masten Gregory 12 DNQ DNS 9 14 Ret 0 37 Alberto Rodriguez Larreta 9 0 38 Bud Tingelstad 9 0 39 Wolfgang Seidel 9 0 40 Dan Gurney Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 0 41 Chuck Daigh DNQ DNS Ret Ret Ret 10 0 42 Ian Burgess DNQ 10 Ret Ret 0 43 José Froilán González 10 0 44 Bob Christie 10 0 45 Fred Gamble 10 0 46 Roberto Bonomi 11 0 47 Red Amick 11 0 48 David Piper Ret 12 0 49 Duane Carter 12 0 50 Gino Munaron 13 Ret 15 Ret 0 51 Brian Naylor DNQ 13 Ret Ret 0 52 Bill Homeier 13 0 53 Nasif Estéfano 14 0 54 Gene Hartley 14 0 55 Chuck Stevenson 15 0 56 Bobby Grim 16 0 — Alan Stacey Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 — Chris Bristow Ret Ret Ret 0 — Giorgio Scarlatti Ret DNQ Ret 0 — Lance Reventlow DNQ DNS Ret 0 — Harry Schell Ret 0 — Ettore Chimeri Ret 0 — Antonio Creus Ret 0 — Shorty Templeman Ret 0 — Jim Hurtubise Ret 0 — Jimmy Bryan Ret 0 — Troy Ruttman Ret 0 — Eddie Sachs Ret 0 — Don Freeland Ret 0 — Tony Bettenhausen Ret 0 — Wayne Weiler Ret 0 — A. J. Foyt Ret 0 — Eddie Russo Ret 0 — Johnny Boyd Ret 0 — Gene Force Ret 0 — Jim McWithey Ret 0 — Len Sutton Ret 0 — Al Herman Ret 0 — Dempsey Wilson Ret 0 — Dick Rathmann Ret 0 — Mike Taylor Ret 0 — Jack Fairman Ret 0 — Keith Greene Ret 0 — Mario de Araujo Cabral Ret 0 — Alfonso Thiele Ret 0 — Vic Wilson Ret 0 — Arthur Owen Ret 0 Pos. Driver ARG MON 500 NED BEL FRA GBR POR ITA USA Pts.

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Images for kids

• 

  Australian Jack Brabham (pictured in 1966) won the second of his three Drivers' Championships, driving a Cooper-Climax

See also

In Spanish: Temporada 1960 de Fórmula 1 para niños