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French Grand Prix

Grand Prix de France 1961

Round 4 of 8Reims-Gueux, ReimsJul 2 196152 laps

Podium

GURPorsche

BAGFerrari

CLALotus

Key facts

WinnerBAG2:14:17.500 from P12

PoleHIL2:24.900

Fastest lapHIL2:27.100

Finishers15 / 28classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	BAGGiancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	12	▲11	52	2:14:17.500	9	–
2	GURDan Gurney	Porsche	9	▲7	52	+0.100s	6	–
3	CLAJim Clark	Lotus	5	▲2	52	+61.100s	4	–
4	IREInnes Ireland	Lotus	10	▲6	52	+70.300s	3	–
5	MCLBruce McLaren	Cooper	8	▲3	52	+101.800s	2	–
6	GHIGraham Hill	BRM	6	–	52	+101.900s	1	–
7	BONJo Bonnier	Porsche	13	▲6	52	+195.400s		–
8	SALRoy Salvadori	Cooper	15	▲7	51	+1 lap		–
9	HILPhil Hill	Ferrari	1	▼8	50	+2 laps		2:27.100
10	HTAHenry Taylor	Lotus	25	▲15	49	+3 laps		–
11	MAYMichael May	Lotus	22	▲11	48	+4 laps		–
12	MGRMasten Gregory	Cooper	16	▲4	43	+9 laps		–
13	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Cooper	23	▲10	42	+10 laps		–
14	BURIan Burgess	Lotus	24	▲10	42	+10 laps		–
15	GINRichie Ginther	Ferrari	3	▼12	40	+12 laps		–
DNF	MOSStirling Moss	Lotus	4		31	Brakes		–
DNF	MAIWilly Mairesse	Lotus	20		27	Engine		–
DNF	DEBCarel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	17		23	Overheating		–
DNF	BIALucien Bianchi	Lotus	19		21	Overheating		–
DNF	VONWolfgang Von Trips	Ferrari	2		18	Engine		–
DNF	SCAGiorgio Scarlatti	De Tomaso	26		15	Engine		–
DNF	BRAJack Brabham	Cooper	14		14	Oil pressure		–
DNF	COLBernard Collomb	Cooper	21		6	Engine		–
DNF	SURJohn Surtees	Cooper	7		4	Accident		–
DNF	BROTony Brooks	BRM	11		4	Overheating		–
DNF	LEWJackie Lewis	Cooper	18		4	Overheating		–
DNS	SEIWolfgang Seidel	Lotus	–		0	Practice only		–
DNS	BORJuan Manuel Bordeu	Lotus	–		0	Practice only		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	HILPhil Hill	Ferrari	2:24.900
2	VONWolfgang Von Trips	Ferrari	2:26.400	+1.500s
3	GINRichie Ginther	Ferrari	2:26.800	+1.900s
4	MOSStirling Moss	Lotus	2:27.600	+2.700s
5	CLAJim Clark	Lotus	2:29.000	+4.100s
6	GHIGraham Hill	BRM	2:29.100	+4.200s
7	SURJohn Surtees	Cooper	2:29.100	+4.200s
8	MCLBruce McLaren	Cooper	2:29.400	+4.500s
9	GURDan Gurney	Porsche	2:29.600	+4.700s
10	IREInnes Ireland	Lotus	2:29.800	+4.900s
11	BROTony Brooks	BRM	2:29.900	+5.000s
12	BAGGiancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	2:30.500	+5.600s
13	BONJo Bonnier	Porsche	2:30.500	+5.600s
14	BRAJack Brabham	Cooper	2:31.000	+6.100s
15	SALRoy Salvadori	Cooper	2:31.200	+6.300s
16	MGRMasten Gregory	Cooper	2:31.300	+6.400s
17	DEBCarel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	2:31.800	+6.900s
18	LEWJackie Lewis	Cooper	2:32.000	+7.100s
19	BIALucien Bianchi	Lotus	2:33.400	+8.500s
20	MAIWilly Mairesse	Lotus	2:35.800	+10.900s
21	COLBernard Collomb	Cooper	2:36.800	+11.900s
22	MAYMichael May	Lotus	2:37.900	+13.000s
23	TRIMaurice Trintignant	Cooper	2:38.800	+13.900s
24	BURIan Burgess	Lotus	2:39.700	+14.800s
25	HTAHenry Taylor	Lotus	2:40.300	+15.400s
26	SCAGiorgio Scarlatti	De Tomaso	2:47.100	+22.200s

Reims-Gueux

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

Previous winners here

1960	Jack Brabham	Cooper
1959	Tony Brooks	Ferrari
1958	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
1956	Peter Collins	Ferrari
1954	Juan Manuel Fangio	Mercedes
1953	Mike Hawthorn	Ferrari
1951	Luigi Fagioli	Alfa Romeo
1951	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo
1950	Juan Manuel Fangio	Alfa Romeo

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