1961 German Grand Prix

F1 West Germany German 6 August 1961 Circuit_N%C3%BCrburgring-1927-Nordschleife.svg XXIII Grosser Preis von Deutschland NürburgringNürburg, West Germany Public road/Permanent racing facility 14.173 22.810 15 212.602 342.150 Wet Phil Hill USA Ferrari 8.55.2 Phil Hill Ferrari 8.57.8 10 USA Stirling Moss UK Lotus-Climax Wolfgang von Trips Germany Ferrari Phil Hill USA Ferrari GER thumb|right|250px|Stirling Moss in his winning Lotus-Climax The 1961 German Grand Prix was the 23rd time the German Grand Prix (or Grosser Preis von Deutschland) motor race was held. The race also held the honorary designation of the 21st European Grand Prix. It was run to Formula One regulations as race 6 of 8 in both the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers It was held on 6 August 1961 over 15 laps of the giant 14.2 mile Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit for a race distance of almost 213 miles. The race also celebrated the 100th race since the establishment of the World Championship in 1950. The race was won by British driver Stirling Moss, driving a Lotus 18/21 for privateer outfit the Rob Walker Racing Team; it proved to be his 16th and last Grand Prix victory. Moss started from the second row of the grid and led every lap of the race. It was the first German Grand Prix victory for a rear-engined car since Bernd Rosemeyer's Auto Union Type C took victory in 1936. Moss finished just over 20 seconds ahead of Ferrari 156 drivers Wolfgang von Trips and Phil Hill, breaking a four-race consecutive run of Ferrari victories. The result pushed Moss into third place in the championship points race, becoming the only driver outside Ferrari's trio of von Trips, Hill and Richie Ginther still in contention to become the 1961 World Champion with two races left. Jack Brabham's Cooper took full advantage of the new Coventry-Climax V-8 in qualifying. Brabham qualified second, and shot to the lead by the first corner. However, Brabham crashed before the end of the first lap due to a sticking throttle. It was the last home country appearance for points leader von Trips before his death at the Italian Grand Prix five weeks later. His second-place finish saw Ferrari secure the constructors' championship. The remaining championship points scorers were all from British racing teams. Scottish driver Jim Clark (Lotus 21) was fourth for Team Lotus; former motorcycle World Champion John Surtees (Cooper T53) was fifth for Yeoman Credit Racing and young New Zealander Bruce McLaren was sixth in his factory-run Cooper T58. Of the race's 26 starters, 17 finished the race with 16 of them classified finishers. Bernard Collomb (Cooper T53) did not complete the 75% race distance in order to be classified as a finisher. Classification Qualifying +PosNoDriverConstructorQualifying timesGapQ1Q2Q31 4 US Phil Hill Ferrari9:10.2 8:55.29:07.9—2 1 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax9:10.6 9:10.69:01.4 +6.23 7 UK Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax9:10.5 9:11.49:01.7 +6.54 8 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche9:06.6 9:04.89:11.3 +9.65 3 West Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari9:23.5 No time9:05.5 +10.3617UK Graham HillBRM-Climax9:18.69:13.59:06.4 +11.27 9 US Dan Gurney Porsche9:13.3 9:06.69:16.9 +11.48 14 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax9:20.9 9:08.19:37.9 +12.99 16 UK Tony Brooks BRM-Climax9:50.2 9:10.59:09.3 +14.110 18 UK John Surtees Cooper-Climax9:39.9 9:11.29:19.8 +16.011 11 West Germany Hans Herrmann Porsche9:19.2 9:12.79:24.6 +17.512 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax9:22.4 9:13.09:14.4 +17.813 6 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari9:32.7 9:15.99:23.5 +20.714 5 US Richie Ginther Ferrari9:23.8 9:16.69:20.1 +21.415 19 UK Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax9:41.1 9:22.09:25.2 +26.81615UK Innes IrelandLotus-Climax9:22.99:38.19:23.2 +27.717 31 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche9:39.8 9:28.49:29.7 +33.218 28 UK Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax9:42.3 9:35.09:31.4 +36.219 32 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Cooper-Maserati9:43.2 9:35.49:40.9 +40.220 37 UK Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax9:52.3 9:37.7No time +42.521 20 France Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati10:08.6 10:04.69:38.5 +43.322 33 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Lotus-Climax16:21.9 10:04.49:45.5 +50.323 26 West Germany Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax9:59.9 No timeNo time +1:04.724 30 UK Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax11:00.7 10:22.610:01.4 +1:06.225 27 UK Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax10:37.9 10:18.210:06.0 +1:10.826 38 France Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax10:41.8 10:23.010:30.8 +1:27.827 25 Switzerland Michael May Lotus-Climax17:00.9 No time10:37.5 +1:42.3 Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1961&gp=German%20GP&r=1&type=qual 1961 German GP Qualification www.chicanef1.com 2 August 2020 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 7 UK Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 15 2:18:12.4 3 9 2 3 West Germany Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 15 +21.4 secs 5 6 3 4 US Phil Hill Ferrari 15 +22.5 secs 1 4 4 14 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 15 +1:17.1 8 3 5 18 UK John Surtees Cooper-Climax 15 +1:53.1 10 2 6 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 15 +2:41.4 12 1 7 9 US Dan Gurney Porsche 15 +3:23.1 7 8 5 US Richie Ginther Ferrari 15 +5:23.1 14 9 28 UK Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 15 +5:23.7 18 10 19 UK Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 15 +12:11.5 15 11 33 South Africa 1928 Tony Maggs Lotus-Climax 14 +1 Lap 22 12 30 UK Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 14 +1 Lap 24 13 11 West Germany Hans Herrmann Porsche 14 +1 Lap 11 14 31 Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 14 +1 Lap 17 15 37 UK Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 13 +2 Laps 20 16 27 UK Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax 13 +2 Laps 25 Ret Retired 6 Belgium Willy Mairesse Ferrari 13 Accident 13 Ret Retired 20 France Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 12 Engine 21 NC Not classified 38 France Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 11 Not classified 26 Ret Retired 32 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Cooper-Maserati 10 Engine 19 Ret Retired 16 UK Tony Brooks BRM-Climax 6 Engine 9 Ret Retired 8 Sweden Jo Bonnier Porsche 5 Engine 4 Ret Retired 26 West Germany Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 3 Handling 23 Ret Retired 17 UK Graham Hill BRM-Climax 1 Accident 16 Ret Retired 15 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 1 Fire 6 Ret Retired 1 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 0 Accident 2 DNS Did not start 25 Switzerland Michael May Lotus-Climax Practice accident WD Withdrawn 10 West Germany Edgar Barth Porsche Car unraceworthy DNA Did not arrive 12 USA Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax Left the team DNA Did not arrive 21 Italy Giorgio Scarlatti De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo Car not ready DNA Did not arrive 29Switzerland Piero MonteverdiMBM-PorscheCar destroyed DNA Did not arrive 34Italy Renato PirocchiCooper-ClimaxTeam withdrawal DNA Did not arrive 35 UK Geoff Duke Cooper-Climax Car not ready DNA Did not arrive 39 UK John Campbell-Jones Cooper-ClimaxNot presentSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1961/659/ 1961 German Grand Prix formula1.com 20 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141222213405/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1961/659/ 22 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 10px 1 Germany Wolfgang von Trips 33 10px 2 USA Phil Hill 29 10px 1 3 UK Stirling Moss 21 10px 1 4 USA Richie Ginther 16 10px 2 5 UK Jim Clark 11Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1961/allemagne/championnat.aspx Germany 1961 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 10px 1 Italy Ferrari 38 (44) 10px 2 UK Lotus-Climax 24 10px 3 Germany Porsche 11 10px 4 UK Cooper-Climax 10 (11) 10px 5 UK BRM-Climax 1Source: Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored. References 30em German Grand Prix 1961 1961 British Grand Prix 1961 Italian Grand Prix 1960 German Grand Prix 1962 German Grand Prix 1960 Italian Grand Prix 1962 Dutch Grand Prix German Grand Prix Category:German Grand Prix Category:European Grand Prix German Grand