1960 Belgian GP

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1960 Australian GP
1960 Dutch GP
1958 Belgian GP

Cooper / Climax

Lotus / Climax

Ferrari / Ferrari

Cooper / Maserati

1960 ACF GP
1961 Belgian GP

XX Grand Prix de Belgique

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

Details

Date

Sunday 19 June 1960

Start time

14:00

Event

Belgian GP

Circuit

Spa-Francorchamps

Event Format

Race of 36 laps

Championship

World Championship

Race number

#5 of 10 in 1960
#89 (of all time)

Circuit

Laps

Circuit Perimeter

14100 m

Race Distance

14100 × 36 = 507.600 km

Grid Format

3-2-3-2

Pole Position

Left

First Corner

Right

Track Direction

Clockwise

Weather

Sunny, Mild, Dry

Participants

Entries

Qualifiers

Finishers

Debutants

Willy Mairesse (Driver)

Milestones

Team Lotus – 1st Fastest Lap (Entrant)
Great Britain

Innes Ireland – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
Great Britain

Lotus – 50th Race Entry (Car Manufacturer)

Deaths

Chris Bristow,

Alan Stacey

Records Broken

1. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores – Great Britain

Cooper,

Ferrari (39)

Records Extended

1. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores – Italy

Ferrari (172),
2. Most 4th Place Finishes – Italy

Ferrari (28),
3. Most Fastest Laps – Italy

Ferrari (30),
4. Most 3rd Place Qualifications – Italy

Ferrari (32)

World Championship standings

1	Bruce McLaren	20
2	Jack Brabham	16
3	Stirling Moss	11
4	Jim Rathmann	8
5	Innes Ireland	7
6	Phil Hill	7
7	Cliff Allison	6
7	Rodger Ward	6
9	Olivier Gendebien	4
	Graham Hill	4
	Paul Goldsmith	4
12	Wolfgang von Trips	4
13	Don Branson	3
	Tony Brooks	3
	Carlos Menditéguy	3
16	Johnny Thomson	2
	Jim Clark	2
	Jo Bonnier	2
19	Richie Ginther	2
20	Eddie Johnson	1
20	Lucien Bianchi	1

	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
Results
Car Number	Car 2	Car 2	Car 24
Entrant	Cooper Car Co	Cooper Car Co	Scuderia Ferrari
Driver	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Phil Hill
Car	Cooper T53	Cooper T53	Ferrari 256
Engine	Climax 2.5 L4	Climax 2.5 L4	Ferrari 2.4 V6
Time	2:21'37.3	3'50.0	3'51.9
Speed	215.052 km/h	220.696 km/h	218.887 km/h