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British Grand Prix

1961 RAC British Grand Prix

Round 5 of 8Aintree Motor Racing Circuit, AintreeJul 15 196175 laps

Podium

HILFerrari

VONFerrari

GINFerrari

Key facts

WinnerVON2:40:53.600 from P4

PoleHIL1:58.800

Fastest lapBRO1:57.800 on lap 72

Finishers17 / 31classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	VONWolfgang Von Trips	Ferrari	4	▲3	75	2:40:53.600	9	–
2	HILPhil Hill	Ferrari	1	▼1	75	+46.000s	6	–
3	GINRichie Ginther	Ferrari	2	▼1	75	+46.800s	4	–
4	BRAJack Brabham	Cooper	9	▲5	75	+68.600s	3	–
5	BONJo Bonnier	Porsche	3	▼2	75	+76.200s	2	–
6	SALRoy Salvadori	Cooper	13	▲7	75	+86.200s	1	–
7	GURDan Gurney	Porsche	12	▲5	74	+1 lap		–
8	MCLBruce McLaren	Cooper	14	▲6	74	+1 lap		–
9	BROTony Brooks	BRM	6	▼3	73	+2 laps		1:57.800
10	IREInnes Ireland	Lotus	7	▼3	72	+3 laps		–
11	MGRMasten Gregory	Cooper	16	▲5	71	+4 laps		–
12	BANLorenzo Bandini	Cooper	21	▲9	71	+4 laps		–
13	MAGTony Maggs	Lotus	24	▲11	69	+6 laps		–
14	BURIan Burgess	Lotus	25	▲11	69	+6 laps		–
15	GREKeith Greene	Gilby	23	▲8	69	+6 laps		–
16	DEBCarel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	18	▲2	69	+6 laps		–
17	SEIWolfgang Seidel	Lotus	22	▲5	58	+17 laps		–
DNF	CLAJim Clark	Lotus	8		62	Oil leak		–
DNF	BIALucien Bianchi	Lotus	30		45	Gearbox		–
DNF	MOSStirling Moss	Lotus	5		44	Brakes		–
DNF	GHIGraham Hill	BRM	11		43	Engine		–
DNF	BAGGiancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	19		27	Accident		–
DNF	MARTony Marsh	Lotus	27		25	Ignition		–
DNF	SURJohn Surtees	Cooper	10		23	Differential		–
DNF	PARTim Parnell	Lotus	29		12	Clutch		–
DNF	LEWJackie Lewis	Cooper	15		7	Handling		–
DNF	ASHGerry Ashmore	Lotus	26		7	Ignition		–
DNF	HTAHenry Taylor	Lotus	17		5	Accident		–
DNF	NATMassimo Natili	Cooper	28		0	Gearbox		–
DSQ	FAIJack Fairman	Ferguson	20		56	Push start in pits		–
DSQ	MOSStirling Moss	Ferguson	–		0	Disqualified		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HILPhil Hill	Ferrari	1:58.800
2	GINRichie Ginther	Ferrari	1:58.800	+0.000s
3	BONJo Bonnier	Porsche	1:58.800	+0.000s
4	VONWolfgang Von Trips	Ferrari	1:58.800	+0.000s
5	MOSStirling Moss	Lotus	1:59.000	+0.200s
6	BROTony Brooks	BRM	1:59.000	+0.200s
7	IREInnes Ireland	Lotus	1:59.200	+0.400s
8	CLAJim Clark	Lotus	1:59.200	+0.400s
9	BRAJack Brabham	Cooper	1:59.400	+0.600s
10	SURJohn Surtees	Cooper	1:59.600	+0.800s
11	GHIGraham Hill	BRM	2:00.000	+1.200s
12	GURDan Gurney	Porsche	2:00.200	+1.400s
13	SALRoy Salvadori	Cooper	2:00.800	+2.000s
14	MCLBruce McLaren	Cooper	2:01.000	+2.200s
15	LEWJackie Lewis	Cooper	2:01.000	+2.200s
16	MGRMasten Gregory	Cooper	2:01.400	+2.600s
17	HTAHenry Taylor	Lotus	2:01.800	+3.000s
18	DEBCarel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	2:02.000	+3.200s
19	BAGGiancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	2:02.000	+3.200s
20	FAIJack Fairman	Ferguson	2:03.400	+4.600s
21	BANLorenzo Bandini	Cooper	2:03.600	+4.800s
22	SEIWolfgang Seidel	Lotus	2:04.200	+5.400s
23	GREKeith Greene	Gilby	2:06.000	+7.200s
24	MAGTony Maggs	Lotus	2:06.400	+7.600s
25	BURIan Burgess	Lotus	2:06.600	+7.800s
26	ASHGerry Ashmore	Lotus	2:08.200	+9.400s
27	MARTony Marsh	Lotus	2:09.600	+10.800s
28	NATMassimo Natili	Cooper	2:10.200	+11.400s
29	PARTim Parnell	Lotus	2:16.800	+18.000s
30	BIALucien Bianchi	Lotus	2:18.800	+20.000s

Aintree Motor Racing Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1961. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1959	Jack Brabham	Cooper
1957	Tony Brooks	Vanwall
1957	Stirling Moss	Vanwall
1955	Stirling Moss	Mercedes

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