1960 Silver City Trophy

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1960 Silver City Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1960 Formula One season
Race details
Date 1 August 1960
Official name V Silver City Trophy
Location Brands Hatch
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.264 km (2.65 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 213.2 km (132.5 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:39.4
Fastest lap
Drivers Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Fastest lap United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Time 1:40.6
Podium
First Cooper-Climax
Second
BRM
Third Cooper-Climax

The 5th Silver City Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 1 August 1960 at Brands Hatch Circuit. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham who led from start to finish in a Cooper T53.[1]

Results

Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 2 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax 1.25:36.6 2
2 44 United Kingdom Graham Hill
Owen Racing Organisation
BRM
+ 4.4 s 4
3 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 49.4 s 8
4 40 United States Phil Hill Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 1:13.6 s 18
5 12 United Kingdom Henry Taylor Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 49 laps 9
6 36 United Kingdom John Surtees Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 49 laps 6
7 8 United States Dan Gurney Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 49 laps 10
8 10 United Kingdom Bruce Halford Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 49 laps 12
9 42 United States Richie Ginther Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 48 laps 13
10 30 United Kingdom Ian Burgess Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati 48 laps 16
11 46 United Kingdom Brian Naylor J.B. Naylor JBW-Maserati 47 laps 23
12 26 United Kingdom Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Cooper-Maserati 47 laps 15
13 22 Italy Gino Munaron Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti Cooper-Ferrari 45 laps 19
14 24 United Kingdom Geoff Richardson Geoff Richardson Cooper-Connaught 45 laps 21
Ret 14 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori C.T. Atkins / High Efficiency Motors Cooper-Climax Collision 7
Ret 38 United Kingdom David Piper Robert Bodle Ltd Lotus-Climax Collision 17
Ret 28 United States Masten Gregory Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati Gearbox 22
Ret 34 United Kingdom Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Gearbox 1
Ret 6 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax Overheating 5
Ret 32 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Oil pressure 3
Ret 16 United Kingdom George Wicken C.T. Atkins / High Efficiency Motors Cooper-Climax Clutch 11
Ret 18 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Fred Tuck Cars Cooper-Climax Engine 14
Ret 20 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti Cooper-Ferrari Gearbox 20
DNA 40 Belgium Willy Mairesse Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari

References

  1. ^ "V Silver City Trophy". F2 Register. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.


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