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Grand Prix of the United States

20 Nov 1960Riverside395.325 km (5271 m x 75 Laps)

 Pole Position: Stirling Moss, Lotus 18-Climax, 1:54.4 (165.9 km/h) Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham, Cooper T53-Climax, 1:56.3 (163.1 km/h lap 71) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 5 Stirling Moss Lotus 18-Climax 2:28:52.2 159.3 km/h 2 10 Innes Ireland Lotus 18-Climax 2:29:30.2 158.6 km/h 3 3 Bruce McLaren Cooper T53-Climax 2:29:44.2 158.4 km/h 4 2 Jack Brabham Cooper T53-Climax -1 Lap 5 15 Jo Bonnier BRM P48 -1 Lap 6 9 Phil Hill Cooper T51-Climax -1 Lap 7 24 Jim Hall Lotus 18-Climax -2 Laps 8 14 Roy Salvadori Cooper T51-Climax -2 Laps 9 26 Wolfgang von Trips Cooper T51-Maserati -3 Laps 10 23 Chuck Daigh Scarab -5 Laps 11 25 Pete Lovely Cooper T45-Ferrari -6 Laps 12 7 Olivier Gendebien Cooper T51-Climax -6 Laps 13 20 Bob Drake Maserati 250F -7 Laps 14 8 Henry Taylor Cooper T51-Climax -7 Laps 15 18 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Maserati -9 Laps 16 12 Jim Clark Lotus 18-Climax -14 Laps Did Not Finish: 17 Graham Hill BRM P48 34 Gearbox 19 Ian Burgess Cooper T51-Maserati 29 Ignition 21 Brian Naylor JBW 59-Maserati 20 Engine 16 Dan Gurney BRM P48 18 Overheating 4 Ron Flockhart Cooper T51-Climax 11 Transmission 6 Tony Brooks Cooper T51-Climax 6 Spun off 11 John Surtees Lotus 18-Climax 3 Collision with Clark Did Not Appear: 22 Walt Hansgen Lotus 18-Climax Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 2 Jack Brabham Cooper T53-Climax 1-4 4 5 Stirling Moss Lotus 18-Climax 5-75 71 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 2 Jack Brabham Cooper T53-Climax 1:56.3 163.1 71 2 6 Tony Brooks Cooper T51-Climax 1:56.4 163.0 2 3 5 Stirling Moss Lotus 18-Climax 1:56.6 162.7 53 4 10 Innes Ireland Lotus 18-Climax 1:56.6 162.7 58 5 15 Jo Bonnier BRM P48 1:57.2 161.9 5 6 3 Bruce McLaren Cooper T53-Climax 1:57.8 161.1 43 7 16 Dan Gurney BRM P48 1:58.0 160.8 6 8 11 John Surtees Lotus 18-Climax 1:58.6 160.0 3 9 12 Jim Clark Lotus 18-Climax 1:59.0 159.4 3 10 9 Phil Hill Cooper T51-Climax 1:59.2 159.2 56 11 8 Henry Taylor Cooper T51-Climax 1:59.3 159.0 4 12 24 Jim Hall Lotus 18-Climax 1:59.3 159.0 39 13 17 Graham Hill BRM P48 1:59.8 158.4 3 14 7 Olivier Gendebien Cooper T51-Climax 2:00.0 158.1 69 15 14 Roy Salvadori Cooper T51-Climax 2:00.0 158.1 54 16 26 Wolfgang von Trips Cooper T51-Maserati 2:01.5 156.2 55 17 25 Pete Lovely Cooper T45-Ferrari 2:03.0 154.3 67 18 18 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Maserati 2:03.5 153.6 55 19 21 Brian Naylor JBW 59-Maserati 2:04.7 152.2 15 20 23 Chuck Daigh Scarab 2:05.0 151.8 13 21 4 Ron Flockhart Cooper T51-Climax 2:05.2 151.6 5 22 19 Ian Burgess Cooper T51-Maserati 2:06.0 150.6 16 23 20 Bob Drake Maserati 250F 2:09.2 146.9 15 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 5 Stirling Moss Lotus 18-Climax 1:54.4 165.9 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 2 2 Jack Brabham Cooper T53-Climax 1:55.0 165.0 Cooper Car Co 3 16 Dan Gurney BRM P48 1:55.2 164.7 Owen Racing Organisation 4 15 Jo Bonnier BRM P48 1:55.6 164.1 Owen Racing Organisation 5 12 Jim Clark Lotus 18-Climax 1:55.6 164.1 Team Lotus 6 11 John Surtees Lotus 18-Climax 1:56.6 162.7 Team Lotus 7 10 Innes Ireland Lotus 18-Climax 1:57.0 162.2 Team Lotus 8 7 Olivier Gendebien Cooper T51-Climax 1:57.2 161.9 Yeoman Credit Racing Team 9 6 Tony Brooks Cooper T51-Climax 1:57.2 161.9 Yeoman Credit Racing Team 10 3 Bruce McLaren Cooper T53-Climax 1:57.4 161.6 Cooper Car Co 11 17 Graham Hill BRM P48 1:57.6 161.3 Owen Racing Organisation 12 24 Jim Hall Lotus 18-Climax 1:58.2 160.5 Jim Hall 13 9 Phil Hill Cooper T51-Climax 1:58.8 159.7 Yeoman Credit Racing Team 14 8 Henry Taylor Cooper T51-Climax 1:59.0 159.4 Yeoman Credit Racing Team 15 14 Roy Salvadori Cooper T51-Climax 1:59.6 158.6 High Efficiency Motors 16 26 Wolfgang von Trips Cooper T51-Maserati 2:01.4 156.3 Scuderia Centro Sud 17 21 Brian Naylor JBW 59-Maserati 2:02.2 155.3 J.B. Naylor 18 23 Chuck Daigh Scarab 2:02.6 154.8 Reventlow Automobiles Inc 19 18 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Maserati 2:03.2 154.0 Scuderia Centro Sud 20 25 Pete Lovely Cooper T45-Ferrari 2:03.4 153.8 Fred Armbruster 21 4 Ron Flockhart Cooper T51-Climax 2:04.4 152.5 Cooper Car Co 22 20 Bob Drake Maserati 250F 2:05.4 151.3 Joe Lubin 23 19 Ian Burgess Cooper T51-Maserati 2:06.6 149.9 Scuderia Centro Sud Not Present: 22 Walt Hansgen Lotus 18-Climax - - Momo Corporation
Starting Grid:
5 Stirling Moss
Lotus 18-Climax
1:54.4
2 Jack Brabham
Cooper T53-Climax
1:55.0
16 Dan Gurney
BRM P48
1:55.2
15 Jo Bonnier
BRM P48
1:55.6
12 Jim Clark
Lotus 18-Climax
1:55.6
11 John Surtees
Lotus 18-Climax
1:56.6
10 Innes Ireland
Lotus 18-Climax
1:57.0
7 Olivier Gendebien
Cooper T51-Climax
1:57.2
6 Tony Brooks
Cooper T51-Climax
1:57.2
3 Bruce McLaren
Cooper T53-Climax
1:57.4
17 Graham Hill
BRM P48
1:57.6
24 Jim Hall
Lotus 18-Climax
1:58.2
9 Phil Hill
Cooper T51-Climax
1:58.8
8 Henry Taylor
Cooper T51-Climax
1:59.0
14 Roy Salvadori
Cooper T51-Climax
1:59.6
26 Wolfgang von Trips
Cooper T51-Maserati
2:01.4
21 Brian Naylor
JBW 59-Maserati
2:02.2
23 Chuck Daigh
Scarab
2:02.6
18 Maurice Trintignant
Cooper T51-Maserati
2:03.2
25 Pete Lovely
Cooper T45-Ferrari
2:03.4
4 Ron Flockhart
Cooper T51-Climax
2:04.4
20 Bob Drake
Maserati 250F
2:05.4
19 Ian Burgess
Cooper T51-Maserati
2:06.6
Notes:
  • Weather: Sunny, Mild, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    The final World Championship event of the year took place 10 weeks after the penultimate event and Ferrari did not bother to travel to California but Phil Hill found a ride in a fourth BRP Cooper and Wolfgang von Trips found a ride in a Cooper-Maserati run by Scuderia Centro Sud. Ron Flockhart turned up in the third factory Cooper and Jim Hall made his F1 debut in a private Lotus 18 and Chuck Daigh reappeared in one of Lance Reventlow's Scarabs.

    Moss, by now recovered from his early season injuries, took pole by 0.6secs from World Champion Jack Brabham and Dan Gurney in his BRM. Jo Bonnier's BRM shared the second row with Jim Clark's Lotus.

    Brabham made the best start and led Moss for the first four laps but then he heard an explosion at back end of the car and pitted. He made two stops to try to solve the problem which was traced to overflow petrol hitting the hot exhausts of the Climax engine.

    Moss moved into the lead when Brabham pitted and he stayed ahead all the way to the chequered flag. Early on he was chased by Gurney but he went out with plug problems and Bonnier followed, retiring from second with engine trouble. This left Innes Ireland to finish second for Team Lotus with the second factory Cooper of Bruce McLaren third.

    Brabham finished fourth, a lap behind at the finish.

    Jim Hall drove a good race to run fourth but he dropped the seventh at the end when his transmission failed and he had to push the car to the finish line.