Italian Grand Prix

Gran Premio d'Italia 1961

Round 7 of 8Autodromo Nazionale Monza, MonzaSep 10 196143 laps

Podium

GURPorsche
2
HILFerrari
1
MCLCooper
3

Key facts

WinnerHIL2:03:13.000 from P4
PoleVON2:46.300
Fastest lapBAG2:48.400 on lap 2
Finishers12 / 33classified

Race result

PosDriverTeamGrid+/-LapsTime / gapPtsFastest lap
1HILPhil HillFerrari4▲3432:03:13.0009–
2GURDan GurneyPorsche12▲1043+31.200s6–
3MCLBruce McLarenCooper14▲1143+148.400s4–
4LEWJackie LewisCooper16▲1243+160.400s3–
5BROTony BrooksBRM13▲843+160.500s2–
6SALRoy SalvadoriCooper18▲1242+1 lap1–
7DEBCarel Godin de BeaufortPorsche15▲841+2 laps–
8BANLorenzo BandiniCooper21▲1341+2 laps–
9TRIMaurice TrintignantCooper22▲1341+2 laps–
10PARTim ParnellLotus27▲1740+3 laps–
11HTAHenry TaylorLotus23▲1239+4 laps–
12PIRRenato PirocchiCooper29▲1738+5 laps–
DNFMOSStirling MossLotus1136Wheel bearing–
DNFGINRichie GintherFerrari323Engine–
DNFSTAGaetano StarrabbaLotus3019Engine–
DNFBONJo BonnierPorsche814Suspension–
DNFVACNino VaccarellaDe Tomaso2013Engine–
DNFBAGGiancarlo BaghettiFerrari613Engine2:48.400
DNFRODRicardo RodríguezFerrari213Fuel system–
DNFMGRMasten GregoryLotus1711Suspension–
DNFGHIGraham HillBRM510Engine–
DNFBRAJack BrabhamCooper108Overheating–
DNFNAYBrian NaylorJBW316Engine–
DNFFAIJack FairmanCooper265Engine–
DNFIREInnes IrelandLotus95Chassis–
DNFSURJohn SurteesCooper192Accident–
DNFSEIWolfgang SeidelLotus281Engine–
DNFBUSRoberto BussinelloDe Tomaso241Engine–
DNFLIPRoberto LippiDe Tomaso321Engine–
DNFCLAJim ClarkLotus71Collision–
DNFVONWolfgang Von TripsFerrari11Fatal collision–
DNFASHGerry AshmoreLotus250Accident–
DNSNATMassimo NatiliCooper–0Car raced by Pirocchi–

Qualifying

PosDriverTeamTimeGap to pole
1VONWolfgang Von TripsFerrari2:46.300
2RODRicardo RodríguezFerrari2:46.400+0.100s
3GINRichie GintherFerrari2:46.800+0.500s
4HILPhil HillFerrari2:47.200+0.900s
5GHIGraham HillBRM2:48.700+2.400s
6BAGGiancarlo BaghettiFerrari2:49.000+2.700s
7CLAJim ClarkLotus2:49.200+2.900s
8BONJo BonnierPorsche2:49.600+3.300s
9IREInnes IrelandLotus2:50.300+4.000s
10BRAJack BrabhamCooper2:51.600+5.300s
11MOSStirling MossLotus2:51.800+5.500s
12GURDan GurneyPorsche2:52.000+5.700s
13BROTony BrooksBRM2:52.200+5.900s
14MCLBruce McLarenCooper2:53.400+7.100s
15DEBCarel Godin de BeaufortPorsche2:53.800+7.500s
16LEWJackie LewisCooper2:54.000+7.700s
17MGRMasten GregoryLotus2:55.200+8.900s
18SALRoy SalvadoriCooper2:55.200+8.900s
19SURJohn SurteesCooper2:55.600+9.300s
20VACNino VaccarellaDe Tomaso2:56.000+9.700s
21BANLorenzo BandiniCooper2:57.700+11.400s
22TRIMaurice TrintignantCooper2:58.700+12.400s
23HTAHenry TaylorLotus3:00.600+14.300s
24BUSRoberto BussinelloDe Tomaso3:01.700+15.400s
25ASHGerry AshmoreLotus3:03.000+16.700s
26FAIJack FairmanCooper3:04.800+18.500s
27PARTim ParnellLotus3:05.700+19.400s
28SEIWolfgang SeidelLotus3:06.000+19.700s
29PIRRenato PirocchiCooper3:06.500+20.200s
30STAGaetano StarrabbaLotus3:07.900+21.600s
31NAYBrian NaylorJBW3:08.100+21.800s
32LIPRoberto LippiDe Tomaso3:08.900+22.600s
33ANDANDemeryson3:11.600+25.300s

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

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

Previous winners here

1960Phil HillFerrari
1959Stirling MossCooper
1958Tony BrooksVanwall
1957Stirling MossVanwall
1956Stirling MossMaserati
1955Juan Manuel FangioMercedes
1954Juan Manuel FangioMercedes
1953Juan Manuel FangioMaserati
1952Alberto AscariFerrari
1951Alberto AscariFerrari

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