1960 Dutch GP

## Track Facts

* Name – Zandvoort
* Location – Netherlands
* Corners – 10
* Laps – 75
* Base (Worst) Lap Time – 2:00.000
* Lap Record (Real Life) – 1:33.200 (Stirling Moss)
* Lap Record (F1R) – 1:33.786 (André Testut – S Fuerte)
* Pit Lane Length – 20 seconds\*
* Fuel Consumption – Low
* Tyre Wear – Medium

\*Note that this season pit-stops will last longer than in previous seasons; this number represents the time it takes to travel down the pit-lane not including the time you will spend stationary.

## Qualifying & Grid

A challenging qualifying session at Zandvoort, where the high paced flowing corners combined with a deluge of rain at the circuit made for treacherous conditions - and the team who most notably suffered were Championship leaders Ferrari! Von Trips is best placed down in 14th position, with Gould 18th and Naylor somewhat fortunate to qualify after a big crash earlier in qualifying cost him so much time that he was unable to complete his full complement of laps! 28th is where he lines up - which is the lowest that a Championship Leader has qualified (barring failures to qualify, such as Fangio at the 1957 Monaco GP) ever…

Taking their place at the top of the leaderboard are Maserati, who look to have found some real form from this car - with McLaren's first ever points last time lending him a new air of confidence that he puts to good use, with Pole Position at Zandvoort for the 2nd season in succession! That makes him only the 3rd driver to ever record multiple Poles at the same GP after Yves-Girard Cabantous (British '50 & '51) and Bob Gerard (7 different tracks across multiple seasons!).

Directly behind McLaren are Gurney and Bonnier, with Cooper finding some pace to line up in 4th (reigning Champion Brabham), 5th (newcomer Surtees) and 6th (Bianchi - still trying to get the most out of the car this season…). BRM grab 7th with Gregory with Phil Hill in 10th, though Graham Hill is a victim of the weather and gets delayed en route to the circuit - therefore missing the qualifying session entirely! He will compete in the F2R race however.

Trintignant out-performs the car again, as he lines up 8th for Porsche - with Gendebien a lowly 22nd and Creus managing to sneak his way onto the grid in 30th position, despite only running 2 qualifying laps! Most impressively of all though in qualifying is arguably Barth in the Scarab, who manages to line up 9th for the fledgling US outfit - while Taylor in 15th is also in a respectable position. Meanwhile another race missed for González surely spells the end of his association with the team…

Aston Martin look solid, if not spectacular, this weekend - with Salvadori, Flockhart and Brooks lining up 11th to 13th, with Clark a little off their pace in 16th. Another couple of drivers outperforming their cars are de Beaufort (17th for JBW, compared to 25th, 26th and 27th for Burgess, Scarlatti and Greene repsectively) and Moss (20th for Lotus, compared to 24th, 29th and 31st for Allison, Gamble and Hall - the latter of course failing to qualify this time).

That only leaves Vanwall, who line up 19th for Fairman, 21st for Ireland and 23rd for Mairesse in what is proving a somewhat challenging season for the British marque. HOWEVER, with the clouds parting over the circuit in advance of the race - qualifying may count for relatively little, as the work behind closed doors on dry setups may well determine the winner of this race!

## Race Link

Maserati dominated qualifying, with McLaren securing his 2nd career Pole Position to give them an advantage in the race - Cooper are also looking far stronger here than they have in recent races, with Brabham leading the line for the British marque.

Behind them a challenging qualifying for Ferrari and several other manufacturers may be somewhat mitigated by the changing conditions - the rain that soaked the entire qualifying session looks to have disappeared and thus, without a cloud in the sky today, the team's abilities to come up with a dry setup without any practice is going to be crucial in today's results…

…finally on the run to the grid, Creus pulls up with a car problem that prevents him from taking the start today!

https://1960.f1revisited.co.uk/results/zandvoort/1960/OyVVB1PWcVF2rEFr

## Race Results

Brabham crosses the line to take victory (and Fastest Lap!) for Cooper today, as the reigning champion begins to justify his move from Ferrari this season! He becomes the 3rd different winner this season, from the 3rd different team also!!!

Surtees shows his talents today, with an impressive 2nd position to make a Cooper 1-2 and put a smile on Team Principal Morris's face at last! Gregory completes the podium for BRM, as he again looks to be setting himself up for a title tilt.

As they come through Panoramabocht, Gould gets a better exit than team-mate Naylor, who is powerless to prevent his countryman from roaring past to take 4th - though Naylor in 5th will still retain the Championship lead (and possibly more crucially, has extended his lead over team-mate von Trips!).

Gurney finishes the points scorers to salvage something for Maserati, with von Trips rueing that mistake earlier at Tarzanbocht that dropped him down the order.

Phil Hill takes advantage of Bianchi's aged tyres to breeze past him into 8th with the Belgian over the line in 9th from the impressive JBW of Burgess a contender for 'driver of the day' in 10th place!

Greene finishes in 11th with his damage and worn tyres bringing Salavdori to within a lap or two of making a pass, though the Aston Martins must settle for 12th, 13th (Brooks), 14th (Flockhart) and 15th (Clark) instead.

Bonnier had a go at Clark at the end but could not get past, while McLaren ends the race out of his car and pushing it over the line in a race to forget for Maserati. Scarlatti finishes 18th with the Vanwalls of Mairesse, Ireland and Fairman coming home 19th, 20th and 21st respectively.

The other finishers are de Beaufort, Trintignant, Gendebien, Taylor, Barth, Gamble, Allison and Moss - though many of them are left to push their cars over the line rather than finishing under their own steam!

## Race Setups

**How close setups were to perfect - WET**

**How close setups were to perfect - DRY**

## Milestones

* Flockhart enters Top 10 for Most Race Entries Ever (43) at the expense of Toulo de Graffenried
* 20th race entry for Gregory
* Fairman has achieved 40 race starts
* Bonnier has achieved 30 race starts
* Fairman up to 5th for Most Races without a Win, at the expense of Harry Schell
* De Beaufort up to 2nd in Most Races without Points, at the expense of Robert Manzon
* Win for Brabham moves him into 3rd on the all-time list at expense of Giuseppe Farina
* Bonnier won in the Netherlands in 1959, while other past winners are Gerard (’58 and ’53 – retired), Wharton (’55 – retired) and Whitehead (’52 - retired).
* Surtees first points in his career makes him the 70th F1R Driver to score points
* 4th place for Gould moves him up to 7th for Most Points without a Win (at the expense of Mike Hawthorn and Cesare Perdisa)
* Gregory’s 3rd place today moves him up to 8th for Most Points without being World Champion (at the expense of Élie Bayol, Ken Wharton and Ottorino Volonoterio)
* Naylor scores points for his 3rd race in a row, while for Gregory and Gurney it is their 2nd race in a row
* Brabham scores his 1st ever Fastest Lap this race
* FL at the Netherlands in ‘59 was Testut (retired), in ‘58 it was Gerard (retired); other past FLs were Wharton (’55 – retired), Ascari (’53 – retired) and Whitehead (‘52 – retired)
* Pole in ’59 and ’60 here is McLaren, while in the past Pole at Zandvoort in ’58 went to Gerard (retired); other past Pole-Sitters were Wharton (’55 – retired), Bayol (’53 – retired) and Whitehead (’52 – retired)
* 2 Pole Positions at the same Grand Prix for McLaren means he moves up to 9th for Most Poles at the same GP, while he is only the 3rd driver to actually achieve this feat!
* Podium for Brabham moves him into 8th for Most Podiums ever
* Podiums for Gregory makes it two consecutive Podium finishes