1960 Argentine GP

## Track Facts

* Name – Buenos Aires
* Location – Argentina
* Corners – 8
* Laps – 80
* Base (Worst) Lap Time – 2:30.000
* Lap Record (Real Life) – 1:36.900 (Stirling Moss)
* Lap Record (F1R) – 1:29.832 (Carlos Menditeguy – Jun Ho)
* Pit Lane Length – 15 seconds\*
* Fuel Consumption – Medium
* Tyre Wear – Medium

Note that this number represents the time it takes to travel down the pit-lane not including the time you will spend stationary.

## Qualifying & Grid

Von Trips moves up to 6th for Most Pole Positions Ever, as he shows his intent to reclaim the title that he yielded to former team-mate Brabham last season. Ferrari look potent already, with Naylor lining up 3rd on his Championship debut for Ferrari and Gould 8th overall on his return. Porsche also look competitive, with Trintignant an impressive 2nd position, Creus an astonishing 5th on his Championship debut and Gendebien starting 9th overall.

Fairman has qualified in a strong 4th position, after an incredible lap-time for Vanwall! Ireland and Mairesse are a little further back in 11th and 12th respectively, as the Vanwall looks decently competitive this season - as do Maserati, as Gurney showcases his talent by lining up 6th. McLaren also performs well to line up 10th, though Bonnier unfortunately fails to make the grid after a reliability issue forces him out of qualifying - he will compete in the F2R race instead!

The other spot in the Top 10 is taken by Salvadori, who claims 7th for Aston Martin - with Flockhart 14th and Brooks 15th poised for an assault on the Top 10. Though Clark in 30th may struggle to compete as effectively…! Speaking of struggles, reigning Champion Brabham can only manage 19th on the grid - though it could have been worse, as evidenced by team-mates Bianchi (24th) and Surtees (25th)…and the entire BRM team, who go from competitors to also-rans lining up in 27th-29th positions for Phil Hill, Graham Hill and Masten Gregory.

Decent showings meanwhile for Lotus (Gamble 16th, Moss 21st, Allison 26th), JBW (Scarlatti 17th, de Beaufort 18th, Burgess 20th and Greene 23rd) and particularly Championship newcomers Scarab (Barth an impressive 13th and Taylor a solid 22nd) show the strong depth of talent on show this season!

Though for the aforementioned Bonnier in the Maserati, the luckless Jim Hall in the Lotus and the absent González in the Scarab they do not make the grid and will thus compete in the F2R race instead…

## Race Link

Welcome to the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix, where von Trips starts on Pole from rival Trintignant in the Porsche, team-mate Naylor in the Ferrari with the underdogs of Fairman in the Vanwall and newcomer Creus in the Porsche rounding out the Top 5 - with Gurney in what is the final points scoring position, as they prepare to get under-way…!

https://1960.f1revisited.co.uk/results/buenos-aires/1960/zwrgvCKKRVeEwotk

## Race Results

Ferrari secure a 1-2 result with von Trips leading home Naylor in a result that secures the 1958 F1R Champion an almost perfect start to the season - though instead of achieving the hat-trick he has searched for all his career…he is denied by his team-mate and 2nd placed finisher Naylor! That may cause some tensions in the team moving forwards.

That podium finish for von Trips sees him move up to 2nd for Most Podiums ever, while Salvadori's podium is the 1st ever for Aston Martin - as they make an incredible start to the season by scoring more points in 1 race than they did in the entirety of the 1959 season! Flockhart in 5th and Brooks in 6th contribute to a great start for the British marque, while the other team on the pace this time around is Porsche - who finish 4th with Trintignant and 7th with Gendebien.

Maserati meanwhile are a little off the pace, as Gurney comes home 8th with McLaren 16th - while Cooper and BRM are similarly far away from the front, with reigning champion Jack Brabham down in 11th, from Bianchi 13th and newcomer Surtees 19th…and for BRM Phil Hill comes home 20th, from Gregory 24th and Graham Hill 27th overall.

Finally, other solid performances on debut for Barth in the Scarab (15th), Greene in the JBW (18th) and most impressively Mairesse in the Vanwall coming home inside the Top 10 ahead of his two far more experienced team-mates cap off a compelling opening race of the season!

## Milestones

* Moss up to 3rd most entries ever (53 total), at the expense of Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn
* Flockhart and González up to 3rd and 4th in Most Races without a Win, at the expense of Harry Schell
* Brooks up to 3rd in Most Races without Points, at the expense of Paco Godia
* Scarlatti up to 6th in Most Races without Points, at the expense of Louis Rosier
* Fairman up to 9th in Most Starts, at the expense of Jean Behra
* Brooks gets his 1st ever points-scoring finish, which promotes Paul Emery to the Top 10 for Most Races without Points
* Von Trips wins in Argentina for the 2nd time after also winning in 1958, past winners are Fangio (’57 – retired), Gerard (’56 - retired), Farina (’55 - retired), Volonterio (’54) and Whitehead (’53 - retired).
* von Trips moves into 2nd for Most Points ever, at the expense of countryman Paul Pietsch
* Trintignant scores secures his 3rd race in a row in the points, while for von Trips it is his 2nd race in a row
* FL for Naylor in his 1st ever Fastest Lap, while at Argentina in ’58 the FL winner was Musso (retired), ’56 and ’57 was Gerard (retired), ’55 was Farina (retired), ’54 was Herrmann and ’53 was Bayol (retired)
* Pole for von Trips moves him up to 6th in Most Pole Positions ever, at the expense of Élie Bayol, Giuseppe Farina, Ken Wharton and Peter Whitehead
* Pole at Argentina in ’58 was Graham Hill, ’56 and ‘57 was Gerard (retired), ’55 was home fave Menditeguy (now retired), in ’54 was home fave Marimon (now retired) and in ’53 was Salvadori
* Podium for von Trips moves him into 2nd most podiums of all time at the expense of both Paul Pietsch and Peter Whitehead
* Podium for Salvadori moves him into 8th for Most Podiums ever