1961 French Grand Prix
1961 French Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 2 July 1961 | ||
Official name | XLVIIe Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. | ||
Location |
Reims France | ||
Course | Street circuit/Racing facility | ||
Course length | 8.302 km (5.158 miles) | ||
Distance | 52 laps, 431.704 km (268.248 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 2.24.9 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Phil Hill | Ferrari | |
Time | 2.27.1 on lap 20 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Porsche | ||
Third | Lotus-Climax | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1961 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 2 July 1961 at Reims. It was race 4 of 8 in both the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
By winning the race, Giancarlo Baghetti became only the third driver to win his first World Championship race, the other two being Nino Farina, who won the first World Championship race (the 1950 British Grand Prix) and Johnnie Parsons, who won the 1950 Indianapolis 500 (the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960), though both Farina and Parsons had competed at future World Championship races before the creation of the championship, while this was Baghetti's first start at a major Grand Prix. This was Baghetti's only World Championship race win. He would never finish in the top 3 again.
Classification
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 50 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 52 | 2:14:17.5 | 12 | 9 |
2 | 12 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 52 | +0.1 secs | 5 | 6 |
3 | 8 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 52 | +1:01.0 | 9 | 4 |
4 | 6 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 52 | +1:10.3 | 10 | 3 |
5 | 4 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 52 | +1:41.8 | 8 | 2 |
6 | 22 | Graham Hill | BRM-Climax | 52 | +1:41.9 | 6 | 1 |
7 | 10 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 52 | +3:15.4 | 13 | |
8 | 42 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | 51 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
9 | 16 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 50 | +2 Laps | 1 | |
10 | 30 | Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 49 | +3 Laps | 25 | |
11 | 46 | Michael May | Lotus-Climax | 48 | +4 Laps | 22 | |
12 | 36 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | 43 | +9 Laps | 16 | |
13 | 32 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 42 | +10 Laps | 23 | |
14 | 38 | Ian Burgess | Lotus-Climax | 42 | +10 Laps | 24 | |
15 | 18 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 40 | Oil Pressure | 3 | |
Ret | 26 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 31 | Brakes | 4 | |
Ret | 48 | Willy Mairesse | Lotus-Climax | 27 | Engine | 20 | |
Ret | 14 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 23 | Overheating | 17 | |
Ret | 28 | Lucien Bianchi | Lotus-Climax | 21 | Overheating | 19 | |
Ret | 20 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 18 | Engine | 2 | |
Ret | 34 | Giorgio Scarlatti | De Tomaso-Osca | 15 | Engine | 26 | |
Ret | 2 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 14 | Oil Pressure | 14 | |
Ret | 52 | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax | 6 | Engine | 21 | |
Ret | 40 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 4 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 24 | Tony Brooks | BRM-Climax | 4 | Overheating | 11 | |
Ret | 44 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 4 | Overheating | 18 | |
DNS | 46 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | Practice only - May's car | |||
DNS | 28 | Juan Manuel Bordeu | Lotus-Climax | Practice only - UDT Laystall T-car | |||
WD | 14 | Hans Herrmann | Porsche | Entry taken by de Beaufort | |||
WD | 46 | Olivier Gendebien | Emeryson-Maserati | Entry taken by May | |||
WD | 54 | Brian Naylor | JBW-Maserati | Car not ready | |||
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Notes
- Lap Leaders: Phil Hill 32 laps (1–12, 18–37); Wolfgang von Trips 5 laps (13–17); Richie Ginther 3 laps (38–40); Giancarlo Baghetti 7 laps (41–43, 45, 47, 50, 52); Jo Bonnier 1 lap (44); Dan Gurney 4 laps (46, 48–49, 51).
- This was a very hot race, with air temperatures at 102 °F (39 °C) and track temperatures at 120 °F (50 °C).
- First World Championship Grand Prix start for Bernard Collomb.
- First World Championship Grand Prix start and only win for Giancarlo Baghetti.
Championship standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
- ^ "1961 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ a b "France 1961 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.