1961 Solitude Grand Prix

The 1961 Solitude Grand Prix was a non-championship event, held on July 23. It was won by Innes Ireland in a Lotus-Climax, ahead of the Porsches of Jo Bonnier and Dan Gurney.

Background[]

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 1961 Solitude Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
2	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
3	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
4	Wolfgang von Trips	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	156	Ferrari	178 V6 1.5	D
5	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	156	Ferrari	178 V6 1.5	D
6	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
7	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
8	Mike Spence	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson	61	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
9	Jo Bonnier	Porsche Engineering System	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
10	Hans Herrmann	Porsche Engineering System	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
11	Dan Gurney	Porsche Engineering System	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
12	Edgar Barth	Porsche KG	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
14	Lucky Casner	Camoradi International	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
15	Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
16	Michael May	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
17	Stirling Moss	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
18	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Serenissima	Cooper	T51	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
19	Roberto Bussinello	Scuderia Serenissima	De Tomaso	F1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
20	Peter Monteverdi	Privateer	MBM	FJ	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
21	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
22	Olivier Gendebien	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Emeryson	61	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
23	Willy Mairesse	Ecurie Nationale Belge	Emeryson	61	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Report[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full entry list for the 1961 Solitude Grand Prix is outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	9	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	4:01.1	—
2	11	Dan Gurney	Porsche	4:01.5	+ 0.4
3	7	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	4:01.9	+ 0.8
4	1	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	4:02.7	+ 1.6
5	17	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	4:03.7	+ 2.6
6	10	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	4:03.8	+ 2.7
7	2	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	4:04.2	+ 3.1
8	6	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	4:04.5	+ 3.4
9	3	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	4:05.9	+ 4.8
10	12	Edgar Barth	Porsche	4:07.3	+ 6.2
11	8	Mike Spence	Emeryson-Climax	4:10.7	+ 9.6
12	16	Michael May	Lotus-Climax	4:12.2	+ 11.1
13	21	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	4:13.0	+ 11.9
14	15	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	4:18.1	+ 17.0
15	18	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	4:19.3	+ 18.2
16	19	Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	4:29.3	+ 28.2
17	20	Piero Monteverdi	MBM-Porsche	4:39.1	+ 38.0

Grid[]

Race[]

Results[]

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	25	1:41:04.6	4
2	9	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	25	+ 0.1	1
3	11	Dan Gurney	Porsche	25	+ 0.3	2
4	7	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	25	+ 17.9	3
5	6	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	25	+ 47.6	8
6	10	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	25	+ 1:01.5	6
7	2	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	25	+ 1:27.9	7
8	12	Edgar Barth	Porsche	25	+ 3:27.3	10
9	3	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	25	+ 4:22.0	9
Ret	17	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	22	Gearbox	5
Ret	18	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	14	Engine	15
Ret	19	Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	12	Engine	16
Ret	15	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	7	Steering wheel	14
Ret	8	Mike Spence	Emeryson-Climax	6	Gearbox	11
Ret	21	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	6	Engine	13
Ret	20	Piero Monteverdi	MBM-Porsche	2	Engine	17
Ret	16	Michael May	Lotus-Climax	0	Accident	12
DNS	14	Lucky Casner	Lotus-Climax		Engine in practice	-
DNS	3	Peter Arundell	Lotus-Climax		Practice only	-
WD	4	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari			-
WD	5	Phil Hill	Ferrari			-
WD	22	Olivier Gendebien	Emeryson-Maserati			-
WD	23	Willy Mairesse	Emeryson-Maserati			-

V T E	1961 Formula One Season
Constructors	BRM • Cooper • De Tomaso • Emeryson • Ferguson • Ferrari • Gilby • JBW • Lotus • Porsche
Engines	Alfa Romeo • Climax • Ferrari • Maserati • OSCA • Porsche
Drivers	Allison • Ashmore • Baghetti • Bandini • de Beaufort • Bianchi • Bonnier • Bordeu • Brabham • Brooks • Burgess • Bussinello • Clark • Collomb • Fairman • Gendebien • Ginther • Greene • Gregory • Gurney • Hall • Hansgen • Herrmann • G. Hill • P. Hill • Ireland • Lewis • Lippi • Maggs • Mairesse • Marsh • May • McLaren • Moss • Natili • Naylor • T. Parnell • Penske • Pilette • Pirocchi • R. Rodríguez • Ruby • Ryan • Salvadori • Scarlatti • Seidel • Sharp • Starrabba • Surtees • H. Taylor • T. Taylor • Trintignant • von Trips • Vaccarella
Cars	BRM P48/57 • Cooper T45 • Cooper T51 • Cooper T53 • Cooper T55 • Cooper T58 • De Tomaso F1 • Emeryson 61 • Ferrari 156 • Gilby 61 • Lotus 18 • Lotus 18/21 • Lotus 21 • Porsche 718 • Porsche 718/2 • Porsche 787
Tyres	Dunlop
Races	Monaco • Netherlands • Belgium • France • Britain • Germany • Italy • United States
Non-Championship Races	Lombank • Glover • Pau GP • Lavant • Brussels GP • Vienna GP • Aintree 200 • Syracuse GP • International Trophy • Naples GP • London • Solitude GP • Kanonloppet • Denmark • Modena GP • Flugplatzrennen • Gold Cup • Lewis-Evans • Coppa Italia • Rand GP • Natal GP • South Africa
See also	1960 Formula One Season • 1962 Formula One Season • Category

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