1960 Portuguese Grand Prix

 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 10 races of the 1960 Automobile World Championship
Surname:	IX Portuguese Grand Prix
Date:	August 14, 1960
Place:	Porto , Portugal
Course:	Circuito da Boavista
Length:	407 km in 55 laps of 7.4 km
Weather:	dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver:	John Surtees	Lotus Climax
Time:	2: 25.56 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	John Surtees	Lotus Climax
Time:	2: 27.53 (lap 33) min
Podium
First:	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Second:	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Third:	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax

The 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix took place on August 14, 1960 at the Circuito da Boavista near Porto and was the eighth race of the 1960 World Automobile Championship .

Reports

background

After a year break, the Portuguese Grand Prix took place for the second time on the Circuito da Boavista street circuit. The route led through canyons and sometimes the drivers drove over cobblestones or tram rails. It was the last Portuguese Grand Prix for several years. It was not until the Formula 1 World Championship in 1984 that the race took place again, at the Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silvaist .

In the drivers' championship, Jack Brabham led five points over Bruce McLaren , his team-mate at Cooper . Lotus entered three cars for the race with Jim Clark , Innes Ireland and John Surtees . BRM also drove three cars for Jo Bonnier , Graham Hill and Dan Gurney . Ferrari was represented with two cars, driven by Phil Hill and Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips . The rest of the field consisted of teams with private cars. Tony Brooks , Olivier Gendebien and Henry Taylor started for the Yeoman Credit Racing Team . The Scuderia Centro Sud provided two Cooper T51s for masts Gregory and Mário de Araújo Cabral . For Gregory it was the last race of the season, for Cabral the only one. In addition, Stirling Moss , who came fourth in the drivers' championship, returned to the automobile world championship after an injury break of several months. The Rob Walker Racing Team reported both a Cooper T51 and a Lotus 18 for Moss, who only used the Lotus in training and racing. Overall, the starting field with 16 registered cars was significantly smaller than in the previous races. In addition, there was a high failure rate, so that only a few cars reached the destination.

The driver standings were still open. All drivers who had at least seven points before the race could theoretically win the drivers' title. These drivers were Brabham, McLaren, Moss, Ireland, Gendebien, Jim Rathmann and Phil Hill. Cooper won the constructors' championship at the 1960 British Grand Prix , the race before. Both Ferrari and Lotus still had the chance to finish second in this class.

With Moss, a former winner of the race took part, Cooper was previously successful once.

training

After Brabham had won the last three pole positions , the competition caught up with Cooper at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Both Lotus and BRM were competitive enough to take pole position. The duel for first place on the grid took place between Surtees on Lotus and Gurney on BRM. Surtees was only seven hundredths of a second faster and thus secured the first pole position of his career. For Lotus it was the third pole position of the season. Gurney's second place on the grid was his best training result to date. Brabham qualified third. Moss finished fourth ahead of Graham Hill and McLaren. Two other drivers from the Lotus works team followed in seventh and eighth; Ferrari started from the midfield from positions nine and ten.

Taylor had an accident in training, injured his arm and was unable to take part in the race. Clark also had an accident in which the front end of his Lotus 18 was damaged. The team repaired the car until the race and Clark drove in a vehicle that had part of the front end of it taped in place.

run

Jack Brabham - title defense after the Grand Prix of Portugal 1960 (picture from 1966)

Brabham won the starting duel, but Gurney took the lead on the first lap of the race. On the second lap of the race, Brabham came too far in a corner and lost several positions. Moss improved to second place and dueled Surtees and Phil Hill in the following rounds. Again the unreliability of the BRM P48 ended the race prematurely for its drivers. Bonnier already had an engine failure on lap six, team mate Graham Hill retired just three laps later with a defective gearbox. Gurney's only remaining BRM also had an engine problem. After ten laps, which he led the race, he initially fell back with an oil leak and later retired entirely.

With Surtees overtaking Moss and Gurney falling behind, Surtees was the new leader. For Surtees this was the first mileage in the automobile world championship. Moss stayed close behind Surtees for a while, but had to pit for a repair. As a result, Brabham was back in second place and fought with Phil Hill for this position.

The rest of the race was mainly characterized by failures, which strongly influenced the race result. Gregory retired with a gearbox failure on lap 21, Phil Hill had an accident on lap 30. Surtees held the lead until he had a leak in his fuel tank on lap 37. The fuel flowed into the footwell of his car and made the pedals slippery. This led to a brake that caused Surtees to drive over a curb and damage the radiator. Surtees parked his car and Brabham took the lead.

After de Cabral also retired, only eight cars remained in the race. While Brabham dominated, Moss tried to improve some positions. In doing so, however, he braked himself and drove into a bale of straw in the lane. Moss got out of his Lotus, pushed the car in the opposite direction, and jumped into the car to continue the race. Moss was subsequently disqualified for this, as pushing the car against the direction of travel was not allowed according to the regulations at the time.

Due to the failure of the competition, Cooper dominated the race again. Brabham won by 57 seconds over his teammate McLaren. For Brabham it was the fifth win in a row, for Cooper the sixth win of the season. With this, Cooper achieved the maximum possible number of points of 48 in the constructors' rating due to the cancellation rules. Brabham extended his lead over McLaren to seven points. Third place in the race was Clark, who achieved the first podium of his career. Graf Berghe von Trips in a Ferrari was fourth, ahead of Brooks and Ireland. The last driver to cross the finish line was Gendebien in seventh place. In the duel for second place in the constructors' championship between Lotus and Ferrari, Lotus extended its lead to eleven points thanks to Clark's third place. The team needed at least one more third place in the two remaining races to secure that position. Surtees drove the fastest race lap, the first of his career in the automobile world championship.

The next race was the 1960 Italian Grand Prix , which the top British teams largely boycotted. Brabham thus defended his world title early in the break between the Portuguese Grand Prix and the Italian Grand Prix.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Cooper Car Company	02	Jack Brabham	Cooper T53	Climax 2.5 L4	D.
	04th	Bruce McLaren
Yeoman Credit Racing Team	06th	Tony Brooks	Cooper T51	Climax 2.5 L4	D.
	08th	Olivier Gendebien
	10	Henry Taylor
Rob Walker Racing Team	12	Stirling Moss	Lotus 18	Climax 2.5 L4	D.
Rob Walker Racing Team			Cooper T51
Team Lotus	14th	Jim Clark	Lotus 18	Climax 2.5 L4	D.
	16	Innes Ireland
	18th	John Surtees
Owen Racing Organization	20th	Jo Bonnier	BRM P48	BRM 2.5 L4	D.
	22nd	Graham Hill
	24	Dan Gurney
Scuderia Ferrari	26th	Phil Hill	Ferrari Dino 246F1	Ferrari 2.4 V6	D.
	28	Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips
Scuderia Centro Sud	30th	Masts Gregory	Cooper T51	Maserati 2.5 L4	D.
	32	Mário de Araújo Cabral

Classifications

Starting grid

Item	driver	constructor	time	Ø speed	begin
01	John Surtees	Lotus Climax	2: 25.56	183.02 km / h	01
02	Dan Gurney	BRM	2: 25.63	182.93 km / h	02
03	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	2: 26.05	182.40 km / h	03
04th	Stirling Moss	Lotus Climax	2: 26.19	182.23 km / h	04th
05	Graham Hill	BRM	2: 27.11	181.09 km / h	05
06th	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	2: 27.44	180.68 km / h	06th
07th	Innes Ireland	Lotus Climax	2: 27.52	180.59 km / h	07th
08th	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	2: 28.36	179.56 km / h	08th
09	Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips	Ferrari	2: 28.4	179.51 km / h	09
10	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2: 28.42	179.49 km / h	10
11	Masts Gregory	Cooper Maserati	2: 29.16	178.60 km / h	11
12	Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax	2: 32.12	175.12 km / h	12
13	Jo Bonnier	BRM	2: 33.34	173.73 km / h	13
14th	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax	2: 33.73	173.29 km / h	14th
15th	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper Maserati	2: 33.85	173.16 km / h	15th

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	55		2: 19: 00.03	03	2: 28.21
02	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	55		+ 57.97	06th	2: 29.73
03	Jim Clark	Lotus Climax	55		+1: 53.23	08th	2: 29.56
04th	Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips	Ferrari	55		+1: 58.81	09	2: 28.74
05	Tony Brooks	Cooper-Climax	49		+ 6 rounds	12	2: 29.27
06th	Innes Ireland	Lotus Climax	48		+ 7 rounds	07th	2: 29.49
07th	Olivier Gendebien	Cooper-Climax	46		+ 9 rounds	14th	2: 36.5
-	Stirling Moss	Lotus Climax	51		DSQ	04th	2: 27.56	Car pushed against the direction of travel
-	Mário de Araújo Cabral	Cooper Maserati	38		DNF	15th	2: 37.99	Clutch / transmission
-	John Surtees	Lotus Climax	37		DNF	01	2: 27.53	cooler
-	Phil Hill	Ferrari	30th		DNF	10	2: 28.19	accident
-	Dan Gurney	BRM	25th		DNF	02	2: 28.55	Engine failure
-	Masts Gregory	Cooper Maserati	21st		DNF	11	2: 35.9	transmission
-	Graham Hill	BRM	09		DNF	05	2: 30.49	transmission
-	Jo Bonnier	BRM	06th		DNF	13	2: 30.62	Engine failure
-	Henry Taylor	Cooper-Climax	00		DNS			Accident / injury

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 8, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1 points. Only the six best results from ten races counted. Only the points of the best placed driver on a team counted in the constructors' championship.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 40 02  Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 33 03  Innes Ireland Lotus Climax 12 04th  Stirling Moss Lotus Climax 11 05  Olivier Gendebien Cooper-Climax 10 06th  Jim Rathmann Watson-Offenhauser 8th 07th  Jim Clark Lotus Climax 8th 08th  Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips Ferrari 8th 09  Phil Hill Ferrari 7th 10  Tony Brooks Cooper-Climax 7th 11  Cliff Allison Ferrari 6th 12  Rodger Ward Watson-Offenhauser 6th

Item driver constructor Points 13  John Surtees Lotus Climax 6th 14th  Graham Hill BRM 4th 15th  Paul Goldsmith Epperly-Offenhauser 4th 16  Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax 3 17th  Carlos Menditeguy Cooper Maserati 3 18th  Don Branson Phillips-Offenhauser 3 19th  Jo Bonnier BRM 2 20th  Johnny Thomson Lesovsky-Offenhauser 2 21st  Richie Ginther Ferrari 2 22nd  Eddie Johnson Trevis-Offenhauser 1 23  Lucien Bianchi Cooper-Climax 1 24  Ron Flockhart Lotus Climax 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  cooper 48 (54) 02  lotus 28 (29) 03  Ferrari 19th 04th  BRM 6th

Web links

• Results at motorsportarchiv.de
• Photos at f1-facts.com
• Grand Prix Results: Portuguese GP, 1960 at grandprix.com
• Brabham again the beneficiary as Clark nets first podium at espnf1.com