1961 French Grand Prix

F1 France French 2 July 1961 Circuit-Reims-1954.png XLVIIe Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. ReimsFrance Street circuit/Racing facility 5.158 8.302 52 268.248 431.704 Sunny Phil Hill USA Ferrari 2.24.9 Phil Hill Ferrari 2.27.1 20 US Giancarlo Baghetti Italy Ferrari Dan Gurney US Porsche Jim Clark UK Lotus-Climax FRA 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 Qualifying +PosNoDriverConstructorQualifying timesGapQ1Q2Q31 16 US Phil Hill Ferrari 2:24.9No time2:30.0—2 20 Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 2:26.4No time2:28.7 +1.53 18 US Richie Ginther Ferrari 2:27.42:27.02:26.8 +1.94 26 UK Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 2:27.62:31.02:32.3 +2.75 8 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2:30.32:33.72:29.0 +4.16 22 UK Graham Hill BRM-Climax 2:29.12:30.42:32.0 +4.27 40 UK John Surtees Cooper-Climax 2:33.32:32.22:29.1 +4.28 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 2:31.32:30.42:29.4 +4.59 12 US Dan Gurney Porsche No time2:31.12:29.6 +4.710 6 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 2:30.22:30.52:29.8 +4.911 24 UK Tony Brooks BRM-Climax 2:32.32:31.62:29.9 +5.012 50 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 2:30.92:30.92:30.5 +5.613 10 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche No timeNo time2:30.5 +5.614 2 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:31.02:33.12:33.0 +6.115 42 UK Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 2:31.22:31.32:35.3 +6.316 36 US Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 2:31.92:31.32:33.0 +6.417 14 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche No time2:33.22:31.8 +6.918 44 UK Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 2:33.02:32.0No time +7.119 28 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 2:33.8†2:33.42:34.2 +8.520 48 Belgium Willy Mairesse Lotus-Climax No timeNo time2:35.8 +10.921 52 France Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 2:39.1No time2:36.8 +11.922 46 Switzerland Michael May Lotus-Climax No time2:40.22:37.9 +13.023 32 France Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati No time2:38.8No time +13.924 38 UK Ian Burgess Lotus-Climax 2:44.72:40.92:39.7 +14.825 30 UK Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax No time†3:14.22:40.3 +15.426 34 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti De Tomaso-Osca No time2:47.32:47.1 +22.2 Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1961&gp=ACF%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1961 ACF GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 1 August 2020 † 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 Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 50 Italy Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 52 2:14:17.5 12 9 2 12 US Dan Gurney Porsche 52 +0.1 5 6 3 8 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 52 +1:01.0 9 4 4 6 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 52 +1:10.3 10 3 5 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 52 +1:41.8 8 2 6 22 UK Graham Hill BRM-Climax 52 +1:41.9 6 1 7 10 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche 52 +3:15.4 13 8 42 UK Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 51 +1 Lap 15 9 16 US Phil Hill Ferrari 50 +2 Laps 1 10 30 UK Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax 49 +3 Laps 25 11 46 Switzerland Michael May Lotus-Climax 48 +4 Laps 22 12 36 US Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 43 +9 Laps 16 13 32 France Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 42 +10 Laps 23 14 38 UK Ian Burgess Lotus-Climax 42 +10 Laps 24 15 18 US Richie Ginther Ferrari 40 Oil Pressure 3 Ret Retired 26 UK Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 31 Brakes 4 Ret Retired 48 Belgium Willy Mairesse Lotus-Climax 27 Engine 20 Ret Retired 14 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 23 Overheating 17 Ret Retired 28 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 21 Overheating 19 Ret Retired 20 Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 18 Engine 2 Ret Retired 34 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti De Tomaso-Osca 15 Engine 26 Ret Retired 2 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 14 Oil Pressure 14 Ret Retired 52 France Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 6 Engine 21 Ret Retired 40 UK John Surtees Cooper-Climax 4 Accident 7 Ret Retired 24 UK Tony Brooks BRM-Climax 4 Overheating 11 Ret Retired 44 UK Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 4 Overheating 18 DNS Did not start 46 Germany Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax Practice only - May's car DNS Did not start 28 Argentina Juan Manuel Bordeu Lotus-Climax Practice only - UDT Laystall T-car WD Withdrawn 46Belgium Olivier GendebienEmeryson-Maserati Entry taken by May WD Withdrawn 14 Germany Hans Herrmann Porsche Car taken by de Beaufort DNA Did not arrive 54 UK Brian Naylor JBW-Climax Car not readySource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1961/657/ 1961 French Grand Prix formula1.com 20 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222212037/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1961/657/ 22 December 2014 Notes This was the first Formula One World Championship podium for Porsche as a constructor and engine supplier. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 USA Phil Hill 19 10px 2 Germany Wolfgang von Trips 18 10px 3 UK Stirling Moss 12 10px 4 USA Richie Ginther 12 10px 25 5 ITA Giancarlo Baghetti 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1961/france/championnat.aspx France 1961 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 15 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 Italy Ferrari 30 10px 2 UK Lotus-Climax 16 10px 1 3 Germany Porsche 9 10px 1 4 UK Cooper-Climax 6 10px 1 5 UK BRM-Climax 1Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 30em French Grand Prix 1961 1961 Belgian Grand Prix 1961 British Grand Prix 1960 French Grand Prix 1962 French Grand Prix French Grand Prix Category:French Grand Prix Category:1961 in French motorsport