1960 French Grand Prix | |||||
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Race details | |||||
Date | 3 July 1960 | ||||
Official name | XLVI Grand Prix de l'ACF[1] | ||||
Location | Reims-Gueux, Reims, France | ||||
Course | Temporary road course | ||||
Course length | 8.348 km (5.187 miles) | ||||
Distance | 50 laps, 417.383 km (259.350 miles) | ||||
Weather | Dry | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Time | 2:16.8 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | |||
Time | 2:17.5 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Second | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Third | Cooper-Climax | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 1960 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1960. It was race 6 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 5 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The 50-lap race was won from pole position by Australian driver Jack Brabham, driving a works Cooper-Climax. Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien finished second in a Cooper-Climax entered by the British Racing Partnership, while New Zealander Bruce McLaren was third in the other works Cooper-Climax.