1960 French Grand Prix

The 1960 French Grand Prix was the sixth race of the 1960 Formula One Season, held on July 3. The race was won by Jack Brabham in a , after a battle with driver Phil Hill ended when Hill suffered a transmission failure. Second and third places went to Olivier Gendebien and Bruce McLaren, also in Coopers.
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==Background==
==Entry list==
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No.	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model 	Tyre
2 	Phil Hill 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D246 	 	155 V6 2.4 	
4 	Wolfgang von Trips 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D246 	 	155 V6 2.4 	
6 	Willy Mairesse 	Scuderia Ferrari 	 	D246 	 	155 V6 2.4 	
8 	Jo Bonnier 	Owen Racing Organisation 	 	P48 	 	P25 L4 2.5 	
10 	Dan Gurney 	Owen Racing Organisation 	 	P48 	 	P25 L4 2.5 	
12 	Graham Hill 	Owen Racing Organisation 	 	P48 	 	P25 L4 2.5 	
14 	Tony Brooks 	Vandervell Products 	 	VW11 	 	254 L4 2.5 	
16 	Jack Brabham 	Cooper Car Company 	 	T53 	 	FPF L4 2.5 	
18 	Bruce McLaren 	Cooper Car Company 	 	T53 	 	FPF L4 2.5 	
20 	Innes Ireland 	Team Lotus 	 	18 	 	FPF L4 2.5 	
22 	Ron Flockhart 	Team Lotus 	 	18 	 	FPF L4 2.5 	
24 	Jim Clark 	Team Lotus 	 	18 	 	FPF L4 2.5 	
26 	Chuck Daigh 	Reventlow Automobiles Inc. 	 	F1 	 	L4 2.5 	
28 	Richie Ginther 	Reventlow Automobiles Inc. 	 	F1 	 	L4 2.5 	
30 	Gino Munaron 	Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti	 	T51 	 	L4 2.5 	
34 	David Piper 	Team Lotus 	 	16 	 	FPF L4 2.5 	
36 	Lucien Bianchi 	Fred Tuck Cars 	 	T51 	 	FPF L4 2.5 	
38 	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Centro Sud 	 	T51 	 	250S L4 2.5	
40 	Masten Gregory 	Scuderia Centro Sud 	 	T51 	 	250S L4 2.5	
42 	Ian Burgess 	Scuderia Centro Sud 	 	T51 	 	250S L4 2.5	
44 	Olivier Gendebien 	Yeoman Credit Racing Team 	 	T51 	 	FPF L4 2.5 	
46 	Henry Taylor 	Yeoman Credit Racing Team 	 	T51 	 	FPF L4 2.5 	
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos.	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Time 	Gap
1 	16 	Jack Brabham 	 	2:16.8	
2 	2 	Phil Hill 	 	2:18.2	+ 1.4
3 	12 	Graham Hill 	 	2:18.4	+ 1.6
4 	20 	Innes Ireland 	 	2:18.5	+ 1.7
5 	6 	Willy Mairesse 	 	2:19.3	+ 2.5
6 	4 	Wolfgang von Trips 	 	2:19.3	+ 2.5
7 	10 	Dan Gurney 	 	2:19.4	+ 2.6
8 	22 	Ron Flockhart 	 	2:19.5	+ 2.7
9 	18 	Bruce McLaren 	 	2:19.6	+ 2.8
10 	8 	Jo Bonnier 	 	2:19.8	+ 3.0
11 	44 	Olivier Gendebien 	 	2:20.1	+ 3.3
12 	24 	Jim Clark 	 	2:20.3	+ 3.5
13 	46 	Henry Taylor 	 	2:22.8	+ 6.0
14 	14 	Tony Brooks 	 	2:23.3	+ 6.5
15 	36 	Lucien Bianchi 	 	2:23.6	+ 6.8
16 	48 	Bruce Halford 	 	2:23.6	+ 6.8
17 	40 	Masten Gregory 	 	2:24.3	+ 7.5
18 	38 	Maurice Trintignant	 	2:24.7	+ 7.9
19 	30 	Gino Munaron 	 	2:31.3	+ 14.5
20 	28 	Richie Ginther 	 	2:31.4	+ 14.6
21 	34 	David Piper 	 	2:32.0	+ 15.2
22 	42 	Ian Burgess 	 	2:36.7	+ 19.9
23 	26 	Chuck Daigh 	 	2:46.1	+ 29.3
===Grid===
==Race==
===Results===
Pos 	No 	Driver 	Constructor	Laps 	Time/Retired	Grid 	Points
1 	16 	Jack Brabham 	 	50 	1:57:24.9 	1 	8
2 	44 	Olivier Gendebien 	 	50 	+ 48.3 	9 	6
3 	18 	Bruce McLaren 	 	50 	+ 51.9 	7 	4
4 	46 	Henry Taylor 	 	49 	+ 1 Lap 	12 	3
5 	24 	Jim Clark 	 	49 	+ 1 Lap 	10 	2
6 	22 	Ron Flockhart 	 	49 	+ 1 Lap 	14 	1
7 	20 	Innes Ireland 	 	43 	+ 7 Laps 	4 	 
8 	48 	Bruce Halford 	 	40 	Engine 	16 	 
9 	40 	Masten Gregory 	 	37 	+ 13 Laps 	17 	 
10 	42 	Ian Burgess 	 	36 	+ 14 Laps 	22 	 
11 	4 	Wolfgang von Trips 	 	30 	Transmission	5 	 
12 	2 	Phil Hill 	 	29 	Transmission	2 	 
Ret 	8 	Jo Bonnier 	 	22 	Engine 	8 	 
Ret 	36 	Lucien Bianchi 	 	18 	Transmission	15 	 
Ret 	10 	Dan Gurney 	 	17 	Engine 	6 	 
Ret 	30 	Gino Munaron 	 	16 	Transmission	19 	 
Ret 	6 	Willy Mairesse 	 	14 	Transmission	11 	 
Ret 	14 	Tony Brooks 	 	7 	Vibration 	13 	 
Ret 	12 	Graham Hill 	 	0 	Accident 	3 	 
Ret 	38 	Maurice Trintignant	 	0 	Accident 	18 	 
DNS 	28 	Richie Ginther 	 	 	Engine 	20 	 
DNS 	34 	David Piper 	 	 	Engine 	21 	 
DNS 	26 	Chuck Daigh 	 	 	Engine 	23 	 
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==Milestones==
==Standings after race==
==References==
Category:Grand Prix articles
Category:1960 Grands Prix
Category:French Grand Prix
Category:Formula One races in France