1960 US GP

## Track Facts

* Name – Riverside
* Location – USA
* Corners – 9
* Laps – 75
* Base (Worst) Lap Time – 4:00.000
* Lap Record (Real Life) – 1:54.400 (Stirling Moss)
* Lap Record (F1R) – N/A (1st ever appearance)
* Pit Lane Length – 15 seconds\*
* Fuel Consumption – Medium
* Tyre Wear – Low

\*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 4th Pole Position in a row for Bonnier makes him only the 2nd driver to take 4 consecutive Pole Positions, and that moves him up to 2nd for Most Consecutive Pole Positions ever (only behind another Maserati driver, in the shape of Bob Gerard, who managed 7 Consecutive Poles back in 1957)! Gurney makes it four Maserati 1-2s in a row also this race, by providing some cover for his team-mate.

For the Championship it's advantage Wagner who sits 3rd overall, with Gould (in his final race) and Naylor right behind him in a Ferrari 3-4-5 and then McLaren's Maserati in 6th as the Ferrari and Maserati teams look like the class of the field today in the final race for the latter - with Vanwall also in their final race and doing well to line up 7th, 8th and 9th as Fairman, Mairesse and Ireland will look to add some points to their total.

Phil Hill will start 10th for BRM, with the other main title protagonist Gregory beginning the race in 11th - although that is at least better than his qualifying last time out! Graham Hill is 12th for BRM, with Salvadori, Flockhart (in his final race) and Brooks in 13th, 15th and 17th for Aston Martin flanking some great qualifying performances by Moss in 14th for Lotus and Greene 16th for JBW.

The other JBWs line up in 18th, 19th and 21st (de Beaufort, Scarlatti and Burgess), with Gamble in his final race lining up 20th overall. Allison starts 22nd for Lotus, with Clark again off the pace of his team-mates in 23rd and then Scarab in their final race ever have Barth 24th, Taylor 25th and Menditeguy 28th (as the latter duo also finish their F1R careers today).

Surtees is the sole Cooper representative, which should confirm Maserati's finish in the Top 3, given that he starts from a lowly 26th position on the grid. Though for Trintignant and Creus (who is in his final ever race also) in 27th and 29th, it looks like another long race for the Porsche squadron…

## Race Link

In the Season Finale, von Trips lines up 3rd with Gregory 11th and Naylor 5th in what should be a fascinating battle - with von Trips needing to score 3 points to win his 2nd title!

Meanwhile, Bonnier and Gurney are the favourites for the race in the Maserati's, while the Vanwall team will also hope to feature in the final reckoning…

https://1960.f1revisited.co.uk/results/riverside/1960/jNdIAYLLBsfyyb8b

## Race Results

Bonnier comes home to end Maserati's time in F1R in a deserved manner for this incredible team - that makes it 3 race victories in a row for the Maserati, who will be vying for a place in the Top 3 at the end of the season as a result.

Naylor comes home in 2nd place, not quite close enough to win the title but still ending an impressive debut season for Ferrari. Mairesse does complete the podium, with his 1st ever visit to the rostrum and his 1st ever points score also!

Ireland makes it a great final race for Vanwall as he brings home a 3-4 for the team that ensures they go out in style after their own impressive contribution to the F1R series.

McLaren finishes 5th for only his 2nd points finish of the season, while von Trips in 6th has not done enough to win the title - largely thanks to that collision earlier in the race.

Scarlatti comes home 7th for JBW to move them off the bottom of the standings, despite Moss's valiant efforts in 8th place. Gurney is counting the cost of that late enforced stop that sees him finish 9th, with Burgess claiming 10th for JBW.

Flockhart finishes 11th in both his and Aston Martin's final race, with Surtees 12th and - after celebrating his final lap with a pass on Clark - your new F1R Champion Masten Gregory in the BRM comes home 13th overall!

Clark is 14th, while Barth comes home a respectable 15th in Scarab's final ever race. Gould has a final race to forget in 16th (though does at least claim Fastest Lap from way back on Lap 36!), from Brooks, Greene, Fairman and Allison rounding out the Top 20.

Other finishers today are de Beaufort, Phil Hill, Graham Hill and Taylor. Gamble's final race ends in retirement, as both he and Salvadori could not get their machines back to the pits after there was clearly some confusion over their instructions regarding fuelling to their respective teams.

Menditeguy, Trintignant and Creus all come home 27th, 28th and 29th as they were unable to close to the gap to the retired duo ahead of them.

That concludes the 1960 F1R season - watch this space for the 1961 season beginning in the next few months…

## Milestones

* 60th race entry for Trintignant
* Brabham and Fairman both have their 47th entry, which moves them into 8th and 9th for Most Entries ever respectively, at the expense of Juan Manuel Fangio
* 50th race start for Moss
* Menditeguy is up to 5th for Most Races without a Win, at the expense of José Froilán González
* Brooks and de Beaufort are up to 9th and 10th in the same standings, at the expense of Alberto Ascari
* As Allison does not score points this race, he moves up to 9th for Most Races without Points, at the expense of Paul Emery
* Win for Bonnier moves him into 5th on the all-time list at expense of Hans Herrmann, Paul Pietsch and Peter Whitehead
* Bonnier records a 3rd Consecutive Win for the 1st time that any driver has, since the start of the 1959 season (and becomes only the 4th driver ever to achieve this feat)
* Previous winner in the USA last season was Jack Brabham (that was the 1st ever US GP)
* Naylor moves him up to 4th for Most Points without a Win (at the expense of Luigi Musso, Umberto Maglioli, Rudi Fischer and Karl Kling)
* For von Trips and Bonnier it is their 3rd race in a row in the points
* Gould takes the FL here, for his 1st ever Fastest Lap
* Fastest Lap at the US GP last season was taken by Graham Hill (that was the 1st ever US GP)
* Pole for Bonnier makes him only the 2nd driver to ever take 4 consecutive Pole Positions, which also moves him up to 2nd for Most Consecutive Pole Positions ever
* Pole at the US GP last season was taken by Masten Gregory (that was the 1st ever US GP)
* Podium for Bonnier moves him into 8th for Most Podiums ever at the expense of Brabham and Gregory
* Podium for Bonnier makes it 3 consecutive Podium finishes for him (something only 10 drivers have ever achieved before)