Sports car world championship 1960
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The 1960 World Sports Car Championship was the eighth season of this championship. It began on January 31st and ended on June 26th, 1960.
championship
After the Aston Martin works team withdrew after winning the world championship title in 1959 , the Porsche team developed into a major challenger to Scuderia Ferrari in 1960 . At the end of the season, both Porsche and Ferrari had won two races of the season and, after deducting the deleted results, each achieved 22 championship points. Ferrari won the title because the Italian brand had achieved a third place more.
Ferrari won the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires and the 24 hour race at Le Mans . Porsche triumphed in the Sebring 12 hour race and the Targa Florio . Camoradi Racing won the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring for Maserati .
Racing calendar
| No. | date | Race name / circuit |
team | Overall winner | vehicle | championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 January |
 1000 km race of Buenos Aires( Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz ) |
 Scuderia Ferrari
|
 Cliff Allison Phil Hill
|
Ferrari 250TR59 / 60 Fantuzzi Spyder | Brands |
| 2 | 26th of March |
Sebring 12-hour race ( Sebring International Raceway ) |
 Joakim Bonnier
|
 Hans Herrmann Olivier Gendebien
|
Porsche 718 RS 60 | Brands |
| 3 | 8th of May |
Targa Florio ( Piccolo circuito delle Madonie ) |
Porsche KG
|
Hans Herrmann Joakim Bonnier
|
Porsche 718 RS 60 | Brands |
| 4th | May 22 |
1000 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring ) |
Camoradi USA Racing Team
|
Stirling Moss Dan Gurney
|
Maserati Tipo 61 | Brands |
| 5 | June 25-16 |
 24 Hours of Le Mans( Circuit des 24 Heures ) |
Scuderia Ferrari SpA
|
Paul Brother Olivier Gendebien
|
Ferrari 250TR59 / 60 | Brands |
Brand world championship for designers
Overall rating
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ferrari
|
8th | (4) | 6th | (4) | 8th | 22nd |
| 2 |
Porsche
|
(4) | 8th | 8th | 6th | 22nd | |
| 3 |
Maserati
|
3 | 8th | 11 | |||
| 4th |
Aston Martin
|
4th | 4th |
literature
- Alain Bienvenu: Endurance. 50 ans d'histoire. Volume 1: 1953-1963. Éditions ETAI, Boulogne-Billancourt 2004, ISBN 2-7268-9327-9 .
- Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .