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.
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Team Cooper-Climax Fatal accident in practice – DNS 27 Chris Bristow Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax (F2) Withdrawn – DNS 12 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Car driven by Surtees – DNA 26 Tony Brooks Vandervell Products Vanwall Car not ready – DNA 8 Carlos Menditeguy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.
References
"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Results at www.silhouet.com