1960 International Gold Cup

The VII International Gold Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 24 September 1960 at Oulton Park, Cheshire. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Lotus 18.

1960 International Gold Cup
Non-championship race in the 1960 Formula One season
Race details
Date	24 September 1960
Official name	VII International Gold Cup
Location	Oulton Park, Cheshire
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.443 km (2.76 miles)
Distance	60 laps, 266.58 km (165.6 miles)
Weather	Dry, sunny
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:40.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:42.4
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax
Second	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Third	Graham Hill	BRM

The Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti team did not arrive after their transporter was involved in an accident and the cars were damaged. During the race, Ian Burgess was black-flagged due to his car grounding excessively.^[1]

This was the last European Formula One race run to the 2.5 litre Formula, with the new 1.5 litre Formula being introduced for 1961.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	1.45:54.0	1
2	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	+ 22.8 s	3
3	16	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	+ 47.4 s	4
4	2	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	+ 55.8 s	5
5	14	Jo Bonnier	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	59 laps	10
6	15	Dan Gurney	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	58 laps	8
7	8	Henry Taylor	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	58 laps	11
8	9	Bruce Halford	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	57 laps	12
Ret	3	Ron Flockhart	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Gearbox	14
Ret	4	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Engine	6
Ret	12	Roy Salvadori	C.T. Atkins	Cooper-Climax	Steering	9
DSQ	22	Ian Burgess	Scuderia Centro Sud	Lotus-Maserati	Black-flagged	18
Ret	5	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Collision	2
Ret	18	Brian Naylor	JB Engineering	JBW-Maserati	Collision	13
Ret	19	Geoff Richardson	Geoff Richardson	Cooper-Connaught	Oil leak	15
Ret	6	John Surtees	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Fuel pump	7
Ret	20	Masten Gregory	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	Gearbox	17
Ret	21	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	Gearbox	16
DNA	10	Giorgio Scarlatti	Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti	Cooper-Ferrari	Transporter crash	–
DNA	11	Gino Munaron	Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti	Cooper-Ferrari	Transporter crash	–
DNA	17	David Piper	Robert Bodle Ltd	Lotus-Climax	Car not ready	–