1960 Portuguese GP

## Track Facts

* Name – Boavista
* Location – Portugal
* Corners – 12
* Laps – 55
* Base (Worst) Lap Time – 4:00.000
* Lap Record (Real Life) – 2:32.370 (Mike Hawthorn)
* Lap Record (F1R) – 2:30.870 (Bob Gerard – J Ibbotson)
* Pit Lane Length – 35 seconds\*
* Fuel Consumption – Medium
* 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

Bonnier takes Pole and becomes only the 9th driver in F1R history to record consecutive Pole Positions, though it remains to be seen if he can convert this Pole into a podium position…with Gurney again lining up 2nd on the grid. Von Trips, Naylor and Gould again qualify strongly for Ferrari, in 3rd, 4th ad 5th on the grid - while Brabham's championship challenges looks alive and well with the Cooper lining up in 6th position.

Brooks performs brilliantly to line up in 7th overall, from Surtees in the Cooper and then championship leader Gregory in 9th on the grid. Salvadori rounds out the Top 10 for Aston Martin, with Graham Hill and Phil Hill in 11th and 12th, from the Scarab duo doing a great job of qualifying 13th and 15th for Barth and Taylor respectively (with Menditeguy in 29th overall also).

Clark is 14th for Aston Martin, with Flockhart 16th and and then the Lotuses of Moss 17th and Allison 19th surrounding the Maserati of McLaren surprisingly far down in 18th overall. Burgess is the best JBW in 20th, ahead of Gendebien in the lone Porsche in 21st, from Greene and de Beaufort - while Ireland only manages to qualify in 24th for Vanwall, as the British marque look rather off the pace here. Mairesse is only 27th, while Fairman fails to even make it onto the grid, just like Trintignant and Creus in the Porsche and Hall in the Lotus again.

Gamble lines up 25th from Scarlatti 26th, while Bianchi is right down the order in 28th and has set himself up with a really tough task in order to get on par with his team-mates inside the Top 10…

## Race Link

Maserati start 1-2 with Bonnier and Gurney, but it's not all good news for the Italian marque - as McLaren is not on the grid today after failing to make it to the track on time to take his 18th position on the grid.

That already has promoted Gendebien in the lone Porsche up inside the Top 20 - and has likely opened up a place in the Top 10 for someone else as well…

The main Championship contenders line up in 9th (Gregory's BRM), 3rd (von Trips' Ferrari), 6th (Brabham's Cooper) and 4th (Naylor's Ferrari)…but we may see those contenders change after the 55 laps are up here!

https://1960.f1revisited.co.uk/results/boavista/1960/RPD1Xq0xFqESqyA4

## Race Results

Bonnier wins for Maserati, who are looking back to their competitive best at last. Naylor comes home 2nd for Ferrari to jump-start his Championship challenge, while in a last-lap overtake Barth manages to out-brake von Trips at Pescador to move into 3rd place and claim not only the first ever points, but also the first ever podium for the Scarab outfit!

Von Trips comes home 4th, though has gained some ground on Championship leader Gregory, who is 5th - with Salvadori finishing in the points for Aston Martin for the first time since the opening race of the season.

Surtees is 7th, with Phil Hill 8th and Gurney 9th after passing Moss at Avenidas on the last lap. The Lotus still records his best result of the season in 10th though.

Gould is 11th, with Gendebien 12th, Graham Hill 13th, Mairesse 14th, Burgess 15th, Greene 16th, Brooks 17th, Taylor 18th, Brabham 19th and Allison 20th.

De Beaufort, Scarlatti, Bianchi, Flockhart, Ireland (who passes Gamble on the final lap, still pushing his car towards the pits - though can console himself with the point for Fastest Lap at least!!!), Gamble, Clark and Menditeguy complete the finishers today.

The next race will be the Italian GP at Monza (the penultimate race of the season)!

## Milestones

* Trintignant’s 58th race entry moves him up to 3rd for Most Entries Ever at the expense of Bob Gerard, and he has also committed to another season of F1R!
* Flockhart’s 47th race entry moves him up to 7th for Most Entries Ever at the expense of Juan Manuel Fangio. By contrast he has announced that unless he wins the overall title, he will retire at the end of this season…
* Brabham enters the Top 10 for Most Entries ever (45) at the expense of Hans Herrmann
* 30th race entry for Scarlatti
* Salvadori’s 60th race start (making him the 1st driver to ever reach that milestone)
* Moss moves up to 4th for Most Starts ever, at the expense of Mike Hawthorn
* Menditeguy moves up to 6th for Most Races without a Win, at the expense of Harry Schell
* Brooks enters the Top for Most Races without a Win, at the expense of Piero Taruffi
* Allison moves into the Top 10 for Most Races without Points, at the expense of Alan Brown
* Win for Bonnier moves him into the Top 10 of the all-time list at the expense of Toulo de Graffenried and up to 9th at the expense of Salvadori
* There have only been 2 Portuguese GP before, which were won by Hans Herrmann (retired) in 1958 and Brabham in 1959
* 1 point for Salvadori moves him into 5th for Most Points ever, at the expense of both Peter Collins and Giuseppe Farina (also 2nd most for any driver without being a World Champion)
* 2nd place for Naylor moves him up to 8th on Most Points without a Win (at the expense of Georges Grignard, Cesare Perdisa and Mike Hawthorn)
* Gregory scoring points here is his 6th race in a row in the points (something only 6 drivers have achieved before)
* FL at the Portuguese GP in 1958 was Bob Gerard (retired) and in 1959 was Bianchi. Ireland scores his 1st ever FL here this season!
* Pole for Bonnier makes him only the 9th driver to take consecutive Pole Positions
* Pole at the Portuguese GP in 1958 was Bob Gerard (retired) and in 1959 was Fritz d’Orey (retired)
* 1st ever podium for Barth here!