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Cooper / Climax

Lotus / Climax

Ferrari / Ferrari

Cooper / Maserati

1960 Silver City Trophy
1960 Portuguese GP
1961 British GP

XIII RAC British Grand Prix

Event		Overview • Sessions • Entry List
Qualifying		Qualification
Race		Starting Grid • Classification • Fastest Laps • Laps Led

Details

Date

Saturday 16 July 1960

Start time

14:00

Event

British GP

Circuit

Silverstone

Event Format

Race of 77 laps

Championship

World Championship

Race number

#7 of 10 in 1960
#91 (of all time)

Circuit

Laps

Circuit Perimeter

4711 m

Race Distance

4711 × 77 = 362.747 km

Grid Format

4-3-4-3

Pole Position

Right

First Corner

Right

Track Direction

Clockwise

Weather

Overcast, Dry

Participants

Entries

Qualifiers

Finishers

Debutants

Aston Martin DBR5/250 (Car Model),

C.T. Atkins (Entrant)

Milestones

Climax – 200th Race Entry (Engine Manufacturer)
Owen Racing Organisation – 1st Fastest Lap (Entrant)
Team Lotus – 50th Race Entry (Entrant)
Great Britain

Graham Hill – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)

Records Broken

1. Most Consecutive Constructors' Championship Points Scores – Great Britain

Cooper (14)

Records Extended

1. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores – Italy

Ferrari (173),
2. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores – Great Britain

Cooper (46),
3. Most 6th Place Finishes – Italy

Ferrari (26),
4. Most Race Entries – France

Maurice Trintignant (64)

World Championship standings

1	Jack Brabham	32
2	Bruce McLaren	27
3	Stirling Moss	11
4	Innes Ireland	11
5	Olivier Gendebien	10
6	Jim Rathmann	8
7	Phil Hill	7
8	Rodger Ward	6
	John Surtees	6
	Cliff Allison	6
11	Tony Brooks	5
12	Wolfgang von Trips	5
13	Graham Hill	4
13	Paul Goldsmith	4
15	Jim Clark	4
16	Don Branson	3
	Carlos Menditéguy	3
	Henry Taylor	3
19	Johnny Thomson	2
19	Jo Bonnier	2
21	Richie Ginther	2
22	Eddie Johnson	1
	Lucien Bianchi	1
	Ron Flockhart	1

	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Results
Car Number	Car 1	Car 1	Car 4
Entrant	Cooper Car Co	Cooper Car Co	Owen Racing Organisation
Driver	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Graham Hill
Car	Cooper T53	Cooper T53	BRM P48
Engine	Climax 2.5 L4	Climax 2.5 L4	BRM 2.5 L4
Time	2:04'24.6	1'34.6	1'34.4
Speed	174.944 km/h	179.277 km/h	179.657 km/h