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1961 German Grand Prix

1961 German Grand Prix
FieldValue
TypeF1
CountryWest Germany
Grand PrixGerman
Date6 August
Year1961
ImageCircuit_N%C3%BCrburgring-1927-Nordschleife.svg
Official nameXXIII Grosser Preis von Deutschland
LocationNürburgring
Nürburg, West Germany
CoursePublic road/Permanent racing facility
Course_mi14.173
Course_km22.810
Distance_laps15
Distance_mi212.602
Distance_km342.150
WeatherWet
Pole_DriverPhil Hill
Pole_CountryUSA
Pole_TeamFerrari
Pole_Time8.55.2
Fast_DriverPhil Hill
Fast_TeamFerrari
Fast_Time8.57.8
Fast_Lap10
Fast_CountryUSA
First_DriverStirling Moss
First_CountryUK
First_TeamLotus-Climax
Second_DriverWolfgang von Trips
Second_CountryGermany
Second_TeamFerrari
Third_DriverPhil Hill
Third_CountryUSA
Third_TeamFerrari
Lapchart

Nürburg, West Germany

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 timesGapQ1Q2Q3123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627Source:
4US Phil HillFerrari9:10.2**8:55.2**9:07.9—
1Australia Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax9:10.69:10.6**9:01.4**+6.2
7UK Stirling MossLotus-Climax9:10.59:11.4**9:01.7**+6.5
8Sweden Jo BonnierPorsche9:06.6**9:04.8**9:11.3+9.6
3West Germany Wolfgang von TripsFerrari9:23.5No time**9:05.5**+10.3
17UK Graham HillBRM-Climax9:18.69:13.5**9:06.4**+11.2
9US Dan GurneyPorsche9:13.3**9:06.6**9:16.9+11.4
14UK Jim ClarkLotus-Climax9:20.9**9:08.1**9:37.9+12.9
16UK Tony BrooksBRM-Climax9:50.29:10.5**9:09.3**+14.1
18UK John SurteesCooper-Climax9:39.9**9:11.2**9:19.8+16.0
11West Germany Hans HerrmannPorsche9:19.2**9:12.7**9:24.6+17.5
2New Zealand Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax9:22.4**9:13.0**9:14.4+17.8
6Belgium Willy MairesseFerrari9:32.7**9:15.9**9:23.5+20.7
5US Richie GintherFerrari9:23.8**9:16.6**9:20.1+21.4
19UK Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax9:41.1**9:22.0**9:25.2+26.8
15UK Innes IrelandLotus-Climax**9:22.9**9:38.19:23.2+27.7
31Netherlands Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche9:39.8**9:28.4**9:29.7+33.2
28UK Jackie LewisCooper-Climax9:42.39:35.0**9:31.4**+36.2
32Italy Lorenzo BandiniCooper-Maserati9:43.2**9:35.4**9:40.9+40.2
37UK Tony MarshLotus-Climax9:52.3**9:37.7**No time+42.5
20France Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati10:08.610:04.6**9:38.5**+43.3
33South Africa Tony MaggsLotus-Climax16:21.910:04.4**9:45.5**+50.3
26West Germany Wolfgang SeidelLotus-Climax**9:59.9**No timeNo time+1:04.7
30UK Ian BurgessCooper-Climax11:00.710:22.6**10:01.4**+1:06.2
27UK Gerry AshmoreLotus-Climax10:37.910:18.2**10:06.0**+1:10.8
38France Bernard CollombCooper-Climax10:41.8**10:23.0**10:30.8+1:27.8
25Switzerland Michael MayLotus-Climax17:00.9No time**10:37.5**+1:42.3

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints12345678910111213141516RetRetNCRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNSWDDNADNADNADNADNADNA
7UK **Stirling Moss****Lotus-Climax**152:18:12.43**9**
3West Germany **Wolfgang von Trips****Ferrari**15+21.4 secs5**6**
4US **Phil Hill****Ferrari**15+22.5 secs1**4**
14UK **Jim Clark****Lotus-Climax**15+1:17.18**3**
18UK **John Surtees****Cooper-Climax**15+1:53.110**2**
2New Zealand **Bruce McLaren****Cooper-Climax**15+2:41.412**1**
9US Dan GurneyPorsche15+3:23.17
5US Richie GintherFerrari15+5:23.114
28UK Jackie LewisCooper-Climax15+5:23.718
19UK Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax15+12:11.515
33South Africa Tony MaggsLotus-Climax14+1 Lap22
30UK Ian BurgessCooper-Climax14+1 Lap24
11West Germany Hans HerrmannPorsche14+1 Lap11
31Netherlands Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche14+1 Lap17
37UK Tony MarshLotus-Climax13+2 Laps20
27UK Gerry AshmoreLotus-Climax13+2 Laps25
6Belgium Willy MairesseFerrari13Accident13
20France Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati12Engine21
38France Bernard CollombCooper-Climax11Not classified26
32Italy Lorenzo BandiniCooper-Maserati10Engine19
16UK Tony BrooksBRM-Climax6Engine9
8Sweden Jo BonnierPorsche5Engine4
26West Germany Wolfgang SeidelLotus-Climax3Handling23
17UK Graham HillBRM-Climax1Accident16
15UK Innes IrelandLotus-Climax1Fire6
1Australia Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax0Accident2
25Switzerland Michael MayLotus-ClimaxPractice accident
10West Germany Edgar BarthPorscheCar unraceworthy
12USA Masten GregoryCooper-ClimaxLeft the team
21Italy Giorgio ScarlattiDe Tomaso-Alfa RomeoCar not ready
29Switzerland Piero MonteverdiMBM-PorscheCar destroyed
34Italy Renato PirocchiCooper-ClimaxTeam withdrawal
35UK Geoff DukeCooper-ClimaxCar not ready
39UK John Campbell-JonesCooper-ClimaxNot present

Championship standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings

PosDriverPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]1Germany Wolfgang von Trips33
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]2USA Phil Hill29
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 13UK Stirling Moss21
[[File:1downarrow red.svg10px]] 14USA Richie Ginther16
[[File:1uparrow green.svg10px]] 25UK Jim Clark11

;Constructors' Championship standings

PosConstructorPointsSource:
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]1Italy Ferrari38 (44)
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]2UK Lotus-Climax24
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]3Germany Porsche11
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]4UK Cooper-Climax10 (11)
[[File:1rightarrow_blue.svg10px]]5UK BRM-Climax1
  • 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

| Previous_year's_race = 1960 German Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1962 German Grand Prix

References

  1. "1961 German GP Qualification".
  2. "1961 German Grand Prix". formula1.com.
  3. "Germany 1961 - Championship • STATS F1".
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