1960 Cape Grand Prix

  1960 Cape Grand Prix

Race details
Date	17 December 1960
Official name	Cape Grand Prix
Location	Killarney
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	2.060 km (3.315 mi)
Distance	72 laps, 238.68 km (148.32 mi)
Pole position
Driver	N/A	N/A
Fastest lap
Driver	Jo Bonnier	Porsche
Time	1:31.1
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Porsche
Second	Jo Bonnier	Porsche
Third	Wolfgang von Trips	Lotus

The 1960 Cape Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula Libre rules, held on 17 December 1960 at Killarney in South Africa. The race was run over 72 laps of the circuit, and was just won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Porsche 718. Jo Bonnier came in second with the fastest lap. The German driver Wolfgang von Trips was third in a Lotus.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
1	Stirling Moss	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	1h57m40.8, 121.68 km/h
2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	1h57m41.2
3	Wolfgang von Trips	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	72 laps
4	Bruce Johnstone	Bruce Johnstone	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	72 laps
5	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Cooper-Climax	70 laps
6	Gene Bosman	Scuderia Alfa	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	70 laps
7	Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	70 laps
8	John Love	John Love	Cooper-Maserati	69 laps
9	Doug Serrurier	Doug Serrurier	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	67 laps
10	Bruce Jennings	Bruce Jennings	Porsche	67 laps
Ret	Don Philp	Don Philp	Cooper-Climax	Mechanical Problems
Ret	J.Hanning	J.Hanning	Austin-Jaguar	66 laps
Ret	G.Cannell	G.Cannell	Cooper-Chevrolet	64 laps
Ret	Wolfgang Seidel	Wolfgang Seidel	Cooper-Climax	62 laps
Ret	Dawie Gous	Dawie Gous	Porsche-Spyder	48 laps
Ret	Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	Connaught[1]
Ret	Fanie Viljoen	Fanie Viljoen	Maserati 200SI
Ret	Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Austin-Riley
Ret	Helmut Menzler	Helmut Menzler	Lotus-Borgward
Ret	Tony Kotze	Bond Cars	Lotus
Ret	Vic Proctor	Vic Proctor	Vic's Alfa Romeo

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