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1960 French Grand Prix

1960 French Grand Prix
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Reims-Gueux
Reims-Gueux
Race details
Date 3 July 1960
Official name XLVI Grand Prix de l'ACF[1]
Location Reims-Gueux, Reims, France
Course Temporary road course
Course length 8.348 km (5.187 miles)
Distance 50 laps, 417.383 km (259.350 miles)
Weather Dry
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Climax
Time 2:16.8
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Time 2:17.5
Podium
First Cooper-Climax
Second Cooper-Climax
Third Cooper-Climax
Lap leaders

The 1960 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 3 July 1960. It was race 6 of 10 in the 1960 World Championship of Drivers and race 5 of 9 in the 1960 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

The 50-lap race was won from pole position by Australian driver Jack Brabham, driving a works Cooper-Climax. Belgian driver Olivier Gendebien finished second in a Cooper-Climax entered by the British Racing Partnership, while New Zealander Bruce McLaren was third in the other works Cooper-Climax.

  1. ^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1960". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

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