1961 Brussels Grand Prix

NC Belgium Brussels 9 April 1961 III Grand Prix de Bruxelles Heysel Park, Belgium Street Circuit 2.829 4.553 22 (x3) 186.693 300.454 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 2:04.7 UK Jack Brabham AUS Cooper-Climax Bruce McLaren NZL Cooper-Climax Tony Marsh UK Lotus-Climax The 1961 Brussels Grand Prix was a motor race set to Formula One rules, held on 9 April 1961 at Heysel Park, Belgium. The race was run in three "heats" of 22 laps each and the times were aggregated. The race was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T53. Results Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Heat 1 / 2 / 3 1 2 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 66 2:19'21.8 3rd / 1st / 1st 2 4 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 66 +1'06.8 4th / 2nd / 3rd 3 26 UK Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 66 +3'08.23 5th / 3rd / 4th 4 36 BEL Lucien Bianchi Emeryson-Maserati 65 +1 Lap 8th / 5th / 5th 5 14 UK Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 64 +2 Laps 7th / 6th / 6th 6 12 UK Ian Burgess Lotus-Climax 61 +5 Laps 11th / 7th / 7th 7 18 UK Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 58 +8 Laps 14th / 8th / 2nd 8 38 BEL Willy Mairesse Emeryson-Climax 56 +10 Laps 13th / 9th / 8th 9 20 UK Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 45 +21 Laps 6th / 4th / Ret 10 44 UK John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 38 +28 Laps 19th / 10th / Ret Ret 8 UK Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 33 Engine 2nd / Ret / - Ret 30 SWE Jo Bonnier Porsche 32 Accident 1st / Ret / - Ret 6 UK John Surtees Cooper-Climax 28 Accident 10th / Ret /- Ret 34 BEL Olivier Gendebien Emeryson-Maserati 25 Accident 12th / Ret / - Ret 16 UK Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax 17 Wishbone Ret / - / - Ret 24 BEL André Pilette Lotus-Climax 11 Gear selector Ret / - / - Ret 28 GER Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 6 Engine Ret / - / - Ret 32 USA 1959 Dan Gurney Porsche 2 Gear linkage Ret / - / - Ret 22 UK Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2 Gearbox Ret / - / - DNS 10 FRA Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 0 Crown wheel and pinion Ret / - / - DNQ 42 FRA Jo Schlesser Cooper-Climax 0 Excluded - DNQ 46 UK Shane Summers Cooper-Climax 0 Excluded - DNQ 48 UK Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 0 Excluded -Source:http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1961&gp=Brussels%20GP&r=1&type=agg 1967 Brussels GP ChicaneF1.com 2012-09-08 Notes Maurice Trintignant had previously entered as the No. 40 Cooper-Climax car, but withdrew. Wolfgang von Trips and Mauro Bianchi had also entered, but did not participate. Jo Schlesser made his debut in this race. Although performing extremely well in the practice and qualifying sessions, Jack Lewis was not admitted to the race, since he had failed to be on the Belgian organizers' list of fame. Equipe Nationale Belge had entered two modified Emeryson chassis fitted with the heavy Maserati engine for Olivier Gendebien and Lucien Bianchi, and a standard one with the Coventry Climax engine, for Willy Mairesse. References Brussels Grand Prix Brussels Grand Prix Brussels Grand Prix 1961 1961 Lavant Cup 1961 Vienna Grand Prix None 1962 Brussels Grand Prix