1961 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian 18 June 1961 Spa_1950.jpg XXI Grand Prix de Belgique Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsSpa, Belgium Street circuit/Racing facility 8.761 14.1 30 262.8 423.0 Sunny Phil Hill USA Ferrari 3.59.3 Richie Ginther Ferrari 3.59.8 20 US Phil Hill USA Ferrari Wolfgang von Trips Germany Ferrari Richie Ginther USA Ferrari BEL 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 practising. A fourth entry was a single car for Cliff Allison and Henry Taylor. UDT Laystall decided to let the fastest driver in practice compete, but Allison wrecked the car on his first practice lap. The Emeryson cars were also discarded by Equipe Nationale Belge after discovering terminal chassis damage on one of them, although Willy Mairesse gained the use of a Team Lotus spare machine to post a better time on Saturday. The team eventually reached a deal for Mairesse and Lucien Bianchi to compete in the race with the older, yet proven, Lotus 18s of non-starters Marsh and Seidel. The race was completely dominated by Ferrari cars, with the four Ferrari cars finishing 1-2-3-4. This was the last time any constructor achieved this score in a F1 race. Of the four Ferrari cars, three cars were entered by the Scuderia Ferrari works team itself and therefore painted red in the tradition of rosso corsa, the national racing colour of Italy, and privately entered Olivier Gendebien's car was painted in a Belgian racing yellow. Apart from two NART entries in the 1964 season this was the last time a Ferrari car wore other than the traditional red colour in Formula One. 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 Qualifying +PosNoDriverConstructorQualifying timesGapQ1Q21 4 US Phil Hill Ferrari4:06.3 3:59.3—2 2 Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari4:04.0 4:00.1 +0.83 8 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari4:05.8 4:03.0 +3.74 24 UK John Surtees Cooper-Climax4:09.1 4:06.0 +6.756US Richie GintherFerrari4:10.5 4:06.1 +6.86 36 UK Graham Hill BRM-Climax4:07.6 unknown +8.37 38 UK Tony Brooks BRM-Climax4:09.8 4:07.9 +8.68 14 UK Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax4:14.3 4:08.2 +8.99 18 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche4:12.3 4:08.3 +9.010 20 US Dan Gurney Porsche4:08.4 4:10.9 +9.111 28 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax4:12.2 4:08.6 +9.31244US Masten GregoryCooper-Climax4:13.5 4:10.2 +10.91340UK Jackie LewisCooper-Climax4:18.0 4:11.1 +11.81422Netherlands Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche4:18.7 4:16.7 +17.415 30 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax4:22.9 4:17.4 +18.116 34 UK Jim Clark Lotus-ClimaxNo time 4:17.7 +18.41746Italy Lorenzo BandiniCooper-Maserati4:20.8 4:19.0 +19.718 32 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-ClimaxNo time 4:20.0 +20.719 10 Belgium Willy Mairesse Lotus-Climax4:27.3 4:20.6 +21.320 26 France Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati8:54.2 4:21.4 +22.12142UK Tony MarshLotus-Climax4:26.8 4:23.2 +23.922 12 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Emeryson-Maserati4:27.3 4:49.3 +28.02348Germany Wolfgang SeidelLotus-Climax4:33.0 4:27.4 +28.12450UK Ian BurgessLotus-Climax4:57.2 4:34.6 +35.3DNS Did not start16UK Cliff AllisonLotus-ClimaxNo time No time Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1961&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1961 Beigan GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 1 August 2020https://www.statsf1.com/en/1961/belgique/qualification.aspx Belgium 1961 www.chicanef1.com 1 August 2020 lightblue Drivers that were not guaranteed full starting money: only the top 3 non-guaranteed drivers would receive it. Despite this, Godin de Beaufort and Bandini chose to compete anyway. Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 US Phil Hill Ferrari 30 2:03:03.8 1 9 2 2 Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 30 +0.7 secs 2 6 3 6 US Richie Ginther Ferrari 30 +19.5 secs 5 4 4 8 Belgium Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 30 +45.6 secs 3 3 5 24 UK John Surtees Cooper-Climax 30 +1:26.8 4 2 6 20 US Dan Gurney Porsche 30 +1:31.0 10 1 7 18 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche 30 +2:47.1 9 8 14 UK Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 30 +3:55.6 8 9 40 UK Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 29 +1 Lap 13 10 44 US Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 29 +1 Lap 12 11 22 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 28 +2 Laps 14 12 34 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 24 +6 Laps 16 13 38 UK Tony Brooks BRM-Climax 24 +6 Laps 7 Ret Retired 36 UK Graham Hill BRM-Climax 24 Ignition 6 Ret Retired 26 France Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 23 Gearbox 20 Ret Retired 46 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Cooper-Maserati 20 Wheel Bearing 17 Ret Retired 28 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 12 Engine 11 Ret Retired 30 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 9 Ignition 15 Ret Retired 32 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 9 Engine 18 Ret Retired 12 Belgium Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 9 Oil Leak 21 Ret Retired 10 Belgium Willy Mairesse Lotus-Climax 7 Ignition 19 DNS Did not start 42 UK Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax Start Money Dispute DNS Did not start 48 Germany Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax Start Money Dispute DNS Did not start 50 UK Ian Burgess Lotus-Climax Start Money Dispute DNS Did not start 16 UK Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax Car Damaged in Practice WD Withdrawn 16 UK Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax Car Damaged by AllisonSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1961/656/ 1961 Belgian Grand Prix formula1.com 20 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222213043/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1961/656/ 22 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 2 1 USA Phil Hill 19 10px 2 Germany Wolfgang von Trips 18 10px 2 3 UK Stirling Moss 12 10px 4 USA Richie Ginther 12 10px 5 UK Jim Clark 4Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1961/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 1961 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 12 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 Italy Ferrari 22 10px 2 UK Lotus-Climax 12 10px 1 3 UK Cooper-Climax 4 10px 1 4 Germany Porsche 3Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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