1960 Portuguese Grand Prix…

Posted: August 14, 2024 in F1
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Jack Brabham on his way to winning the 1960 Portuguese Grand Prix on the Circuito da Boavista, Oporto on August 14. Cooper T53 Climax, Bruce McLaren was second in the other team T53 while Jim Clark was third in a Lotus 18 Climax.

He won his second drivers world championship that day – round seven of nine qualifying rounds – while Cooper bagged their second manufacturer’s championship too. Jack would collect another F1 title or two, Cooper did not. Sadly.

More about Boavista in this article about the 1958 race: https://primotipo.com/2014/09/24/circuito-da-boavista-portuguese-gp-1958/

When flicking through old mags the ads are often as interesting as the editorial material.

At that stage ‘yerd be taking your Lotus 7 with the A-series I guess, the release of Ford’s 105E rather shifted the balance of course, especially once Messrs Duckworth and Costin did their thing thereon.

The BRM P48 is a favourite, what’s not to like, here: https://primotipo.com/2018/03/16/bourne-to-ballarat-brm-p48-part-2/ and here :https://primotipo.com/2015/03/26/tony-marsh-boness-hillclimb-scotland-brm-p48-part-1/

Who did the drawing do you think?

Credits…

MotorSport November 1960

Finito…

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