1961 Brussels Grand Prix

III Grand Prix de Bruxelles
1961 layout of Heysel Park Circuit
Race details
Date	April 9, 1961
Official Name	III Grand Prix de Bruxelles
Location	Heysel Park Circuit Brussels, Belgium
Course	Temporary street circuit 2.828km (1.758mi)
Distance	22×3 laps, 186.648km (116.002 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Jo Bonnier Porsche
Time	2:02.7
Fastest Lap
Driver	John Surtees Cooper-Climax
Time	2:02.6
Podium
First	Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Second	Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax
Third	Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax
Lap Leaders
No data available

Background

Entry list

The fully entry list for the 1961 Brussels Grand Prix is displayed below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Jack Brabham	Privateer	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
4	Bruce McLaren	C.T. Atkins	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
6	John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
8	Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
10	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
12	Ian Burgess	Camoradi International	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
14	Cliff Allison	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
16	Henry Taylor	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
18	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
20	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
22	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
24	André Pilette	Tim Parnell	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
26	Tony Marsh	Privateer	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
28	Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
30	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
32	Dan Gurney	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
34	Olivier Gendebien	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Emeryson	61	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
36	Lucien Bianchi	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Emeryson	61	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
38	Willy Mairesse	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Emeryson	61	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
40	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Serenissima	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
42*	Jo Schlesser	Equipe Lausanne	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
44	John Campbell-Jones	Privateer	Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
46*	Shane Summers	Terry Bartram	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
48*	Jackie Lewis	H&L Motors	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D

• * Schlesser, Summers, and Lewis were listed as reversed entries.