1961 Belgian Grand Prix
1961 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 18 June 1961 | ||
Official name | XXI Grote Prijs van Belgie | ||
Location |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa, Belgium | ||
Course | Street circuit/Racing facility | ||
Course length | 14.1 km (8.761 miles) | ||
Distance | 30 laps, 423.0 km (262.8 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 3.59.3 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | |
Time | 3.59.8 on lap 20 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Ferrari | ||
Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1961 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 June 1961 at Spa-Francorchamps. It was race 3 of 8 in both the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The organizers of the race invited 25 entries, but were only going to pay starting money to 19: sixteen pre-selected cars plus the 3 fastest of the remaining 9. Three of the cars without starting money decided not to race after practicing. A fourth entry was a single car for Cliff Allison and Henry Taylor. The team decided to let the fastest driver in practice compete, but Allison wrecked the car on his first practice lap. The Emeryson cars of Bianchi and Mairesse were also damaged beyond repair in practice, but they competed by using the older Lotus 18s of Marsh and Seidel, who had decided not to race. The race was completely dominated by the Ferrari team, with the four works drivers finishing 1-2-3-4. While Graham Hill took the lead at the start from sixth on the grid, he could not hold off the Italian cars and all had passed him by the end of the first lap. Hill fought with John Surtees for fifth place until he retired with an oil leak on the 24th lap.
Classification
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 4 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 30 | 2:03:03.8 | 1 | 9 |
2 | 2 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 30 | +0.7 secs | 2 | 6 |
3 | 6 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 30 | +19.5 secs | 5 | 4 |
4 | 8 | Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari | 30 | +45.6 secs | 3 | 3 |
5 | 24 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 30 | +1:26.8 | 4 | 2 |
6 | 20 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 30 | +1:31.0 | 10 | 1 |
7 | 18 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 30 | +2:47.1 | 9 | |
8 | 14 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 30 | +3:55.6 | 8 | |
9 | 40 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 29 | +1 Lap | 13 | |
10 | 44 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | 29 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
11 | 22 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 28 | +2 Laps | 14 | |
12 | 34 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 24 | +6 Laps | 16 | |
13 | 38 | Tony Brooks | BRM-Climax | 24 | +6 Laps | 7 | |
Ret | 36 | Graham Hill | BRM-Climax | 24 | Ignition | 6 | |
Ret | 26 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 23 | Gearbox | 20 | |
Ret | 46 | Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper-Maserati | 20 | Wheel Bearing | 17 | |
Ret | 28 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 12 | Engine | 11 | |
Ret | 30 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 9 | Ignition | 15 | |
Ret | 32 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 9 | Engine | 18 | |
Ret | 12 | Lucien Bianchi | Lotus-Climax | 9 | Oil Leak | 21 | |
Ret | 10 | Willy Mairesse | Lotus-Climax | 7 | Ignition | 19 | |
DNS | 42 | Tony Marsh | Lotus-Climax | Start Money Dispute | |||
DNS | 48 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | Start Money Dispute | |||
DNS | 50 | Ian Burgess | Lotus-Climax | Start Money Dispute | |||
DNS | 16 | Cliff Allison | Lotus-Climax | Car Damaged in Practice | |||
DNS | 16 | Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | Car Damaged by Allison | |||
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Notes
- Final race entry by Cliff Allison after crash during practice in which he broke both knees and fractured his pelvis.
- Of the 4 works Ferraris, 3 were painted red and one was painted yellow (Gendebien's, because he was Belgian and it was a one-off drive).
Championship standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1961 Belgian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Belgium 1961 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 12 March 2019.