1961 French Grand Prix

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1961 French Grand Prix
Circuit-Reims-1954.png
Race details
Date2 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 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Hill Ferrari
Time 2.27.1 on lap 20
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Porsche
Third Lotus-Climax
Lap leaders
  • 1961 French Grand Prix

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.

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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

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQualifying timesGap
Q1Q2Q3
116 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Hill Ferrari 2:24.9No time2:30.0
220 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 2:26.4No time2:28.7+1.5
318 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Ginther Ferrari 2:27.42:27.02:26.8+1.9
426 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 2:27.62:31.02:32.3+2.7
58 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2:30.32:33.72:29.0+4.1
622 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill BRM-Climax 2:29.12:30.42:32.0+4.2
740 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Cooper-Climax 2:33.32:32.22:29.1+4.2
84 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2:31.32:30.42:29.4+4.5
912 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney Porsche No time2:31.12:29.6+4.7
106 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 2:30.22:30.52:29.8+4.9
1124 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks BRM-Climax 2:32.32:31.62:29.9+5.0
1250 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 2:30.92:30.92:30.5+5.6
1310 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Porsche No timeNo time2:30.5+5.6
142 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:31.02:33.12:33.0+6.1
1542 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 2:31.22:31.32:35.3+6.3
1636 Flag of the United States.svg Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 2:31.92:31.32:33.0+6.4
1714 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche No time2:33.22:31.8+6.9
1844 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 2:33.02:32.0No time+7.1
1928 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 2:33.8†2:33.42:34.2+8.5
2048 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Mairesse Lotus-Climax No timeNo time2:35.8+10.9
2152 Flag of France.svg Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 2:39.1No time2:36.8+11.9
2246 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michael May Lotus-Climax No time2:40.22:37.9+13.0
2332 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati No time2:38.8No time+13.9
2438 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Burgess Lotus-Climax 2:44.72:40.92:39.7+14.8
2530 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax No time†3:14.22:40.3+15.4
2634 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Scarlatti De Tomaso-Osca No time2:47.32:47.1+22.2
Source: [1]

† Bianchi was absent for the first day of qualifying. Taylor qualified on Day 1 with Bianchi's car, but French timekeepers only tied the laptimes of a given car to the driver listed alongside in the programme, and his laptime was attributed to Bianchi.

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
150 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 522:14:17.5129
212 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney Porsche 52+0.156
38 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 52+1:01.094
46 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 52+1:10.3103
54 Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 52+1:41.882
622 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill BRM-Climax 52+1:41.961
710 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier Porsche 52+3:15.413
842 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 51+1 Lap15
916 Flag of the United States.svg Phil Hill Ferrari 50+2 Laps1
1030 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax 49+3 Laps25
1146 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michael May Lotus-Climax 48+4 Laps22
1236 Flag of the United States.svg Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 43+9 Laps16
1332 Flag of France.svg Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 42+10 Laps23
1438 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Burgess Lotus-Climax 42+10 Laps24
1518 Flag of the United States.svg Richie Ginther Ferrari 40Oil Pressure3
Ret26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 31Brakes4
Ret48 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Mairesse Lotus-Climax 27Engine20
Ret14 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 23Overheating17
Ret28 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 21Overheating19
Ret20 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 18Engine2
Ret34 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Scarlatti De Tomaso-Osca 15Engine26
Ret2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 14Oil Pressure14
Ret52 Flag of France.svg Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 6Engine21
Ret40 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Cooper-Climax 4Accident7
Ret24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks BRM-Climax 4Overheating11
Ret44 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 4Overheating18
DNS46 Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax Practice only - May's car
DNS28 Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Bordeu Lotus-Climax Practice only - UDT Laystall T-car
WD46 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Gendebien Emeryson-Maserati Entry taken by May
WD14 Flag of Germany.svg Hans Herrmann Porsche Car taken by de Beaufort
DNA54 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Naylor JBW-Maserati Car not ready
Source: [2]

Notes

Championship standings after the race

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References

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  2. "1961 French Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  3. 1 2 "France 1961 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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