1960 Glover Trophy

Summary

The 8th Glover Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 18 April 1960 at Goodwood Circuit, England. The race was run over 42 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Innes Ireland in a Lotus 18. This was the first Formula 1 win for the Lotus marque in an international race (there had been an earlier win at Davidstow, Cornwall in 1954 in a national race).

1960 Glover Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1960 Formula One season
Race details
Date 18 April 1960
Official name VIII Glover Trophy
Location Goodwood Circuit, West Sussex
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.862 km (2.4 miles)
Distance 42 laps, 162.2 km (100.8 miles)
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Climax
Time 1:24.8
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax
Time 1:24.0
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Cooper-Climax
Third Cooper-Climax

Results edit

Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1   Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 1.00:14.8 4
2   Stirling Moss Rob Walker Racing Team Cooper-Climax + 2.8 s 2
3   Chris Bristow Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax + 1:05.0 s 1
4   Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 1:17.6 s 6
5   Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM 41 laps 9
6   Jo Bonnier Owen Racing Organisation BRM 41 laps 10
7   Tony Brooks G.A. Vandervell Vanwall 41 laps 8
Ret   Roy Salvadori C.T. Atkins / High Efficiency Motors Cooper-Climax Transmission 5
Ret   Harry Schell Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax Throttle 3
Ret   Mike Taylor Taylor & Crawley Lotus-Climax Engine 13
Ret   Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Cooper-Climax 12
Ret   Alan Stacey Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Oil pipe 11
Ret   Dan Gurney Owen Racing Organisation BRM Accident 7
WD   Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax -
WD   Geoff Richardson Geoff Richardson Cooper -

References edit

  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • Results at www.silhouet.com [1]
  • Results at the F2 Register [2]


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