1960 BRDC International Trophy

The 12th BRDC International Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 May 1960 at the Silverstone Circuit, England. The race was run over 50 laps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, and was won by British driver Innes Ireland in a Lotus 18. The race was marred by the death of experienced American driver Harry Schell in a violent accident during practice in wet conditions.^[1]

1960 BRDC International Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1960 Formula One season
Race details
Date	14 May 1960
Official name	XII BRDC International Trophy
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.714 km (2.93 miles)
Distance	50 laps, 235.7 km (146.5 miles)
Weather	Practice: wet Race: dry, sunny, windy
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:50.4
Fastest lap
Driver	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:34.2
Podium
First	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Second	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Third	Graham Hill	BRM

The field also included several Formula Two cars. They were the Coopers of Denis Hulme, Tony Marsh, John Campbell-Jones, Tim Parnell and Chris Bristow.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	10	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	1.20:41.1	11
2	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	+ 1.9 s	5
3	4	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	+ 1:10.6 s	8
4	11	Alan Stacey	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	49 laps	9
5	25	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	49 laps	4
6	9	Masten Gregory	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	48 laps	12
7	23	Jack Fairman	C.T. Atkins / High Efficiency Motors	Cooper-Climax	48 laps	13
8	24	Cliff Allison	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	47 laps	7
9	8	Ian Burgess	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	46 laps	18
10	7	Maurice Trintignant	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin	46 laps	14
11	15	Brian Naylor	JBW Car Co.	JBW-Maserati	46 laps	25
12	29	Denis Hulme	New Zealand International Grand Prix Team	Cooper-Climax (F2)	46 laps	21
13	17	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Cooper-Maserati	46 laps	16
14	2	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	45 laps	15
15	31	Tony Marsh	Tony Marsh	Cooper-Climax (F2)	Fuel line	19
16	30	John Campbell-Jones	DRW Engineering Ltd	Cooper-Climax (F2)	Clutch	23
Ret	5	Jo Bonnier	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	Brakes / overheating	2
Ret	16	Bruce Halford	Fred Tuck Cars	Cooper-Climax	Brakes	20
Ret	20	Stirling Moss	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Wishbone	1
NC	19	Mike Taylor	Taylor & Crawley Racing	Lotus-Climax	32 laps	24
Ret	18	David Piper	Robert Bodle Ltd	Lotus-Climax	Clutch	17
Ret	28	Tim Parnell	R.H.H. Parnell	Cooper-Climax (F2)	Overheating	22
Ret	12	John Surtees	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Oil leak	6
Ret	3	Dan Gurney	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	Engine	3
Ret	6	Roy Salvadori	David Brown Corporation	Aston Martin	Misfire	10
DNS	22	Harry Schell	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Fatal accident in practice	–
DNS	27	Chris Bristow	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax (F2)	Withdrawn	–
DNS	12	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Car driven by Surtees	–
DNA	26	Tony Brooks	Vandervell Products	Vanwall	Car not ready	–
DNA	8	Carlos Menditeguy	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	Car driven by Burgess	–
DNA	14	Ron Flockhart	Alan Brown Equipe	Cooper-Climax	Car not ready	–
DNA	21	Ken Gregory	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Car driven by Moss	–

Other cars

• Stirling Moss also practised in a different Cooper-Climax (car #20T) but it was damaged in an accident. He subsequently practised and raced Ken Gregory's car.
• John Surtees also practised in a privately entered Formula Two Cooper-Climax (car #32) but did not race it. He may also have been entered for the race in a Vanwall, but this is not confirmed.^[2]