1961 South African Grand Prix

The 1961 South African Grand Prix was a non-championship race run on December 26, at the Prince George Circuit at East London.

Background[]

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 1961 South African Grand Prix is outlined below, arranged by car number:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
2	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
3	Syd van der Vyver	Privateer	Lotus	18	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
4	Edgar Barth	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
5	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
6	Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
7	Stirling Moss	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
8	Tony Maggs	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
9	Bruce Johnstone	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper	T56	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
10	Ernie Pieterse	Scuderia Alfa	Heron	Special	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
11	Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	LDS	Mk1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
12	Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper	T51	Maserati	6-1500 L4 1.5	D
14	Don Philp	Privateer	Quodra	1	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
15	Sam Tingle	Privateer	LDS	Mk1	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
16	Helmut Menzler	Ecurie Wolman	Lotus	18	Borgward	1500 RS L4 1.5	D
17	Dave Wright	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
18	Clive Trundell	Privateer	Cooper	T52	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
19	Bruce Jennings	Privateer	Jennings	Mk1	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
20	Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS	Mk1	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
21	John Love	A.H. Pillman	LDS	Mk1	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
22	Bob van Niekerk	Equipe Judette	Lotus	18	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
23	Adrian Pheiffer	Privateer	Cooper	T52	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
24	Bill Dunlop	Privateer	Cooper	T45	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
25	John Guthrie	Ecurie Rhodes	Cooper	T51	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D
26	Bernard Podmore	Privateer	Lotus	18	Ford	109E L4 1.5	D
27	Gene Bosman	Scuderia Alfa	Lotus	15	Alfa Romeo	Giulietta L4 1.5	D

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 1961 South African Grand Prix is outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	1	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:33.9	—
2	7	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1:34.1	+0.2s
3	2	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:34.2	+0.3s
4	5	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1:34.6	+0.7s
5	6	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	1:35.4	+1.5s
6	8	Tony Maggs	Cooper-Climax	1:36.4	+2.5s
7	4	Edgar Barth	Porsche	1:37.4	+3.5s
8	3	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	1:37.6	+3.7s
9	10	Ernie Pieterse	Heron-Alfa Romeo	1:40.0	+6.1s
10	23	Adrian Pheiffer	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:40.5	+6.6s
11	14	Don Philp	Quodra-Climax	1:40.6	+6.7s
12	12	Doug Serrurier	Cooper-Maserati	1:40.7	+6.8s
13	20	Fanie Viljoen	LDS-Climax	1:41.0	+7.1s
14	16	Helmut Menzler	Lotus-Borgward	1:41.6	+7.7s
15	15	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	1:41.7	+7.8s
16	22	Bob van Niekerk	Lotus-Ford	1:42.9	+9.0s
17	19	Bill Jennings	Jennings-Porsche	1:43.1	+9.2s
18	26	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Ford	1:45.7	+11.8s
19	25	John Guthrie	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:45.9	+12.0s
20	27	Gene Bosman	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	1:46.4	+12.5s
21	17	Dave Wright	Cooper-Climax	1:46.7	+12.8s
22	18	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Climax	1:47.6	+13.7s
23	24	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	1:52.1	+18.2s
DNS	9	Bruce Johnstone	Cooper-Climax	Accident
WD	11	Doug Serrurier	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Drove #12
WD	21	John Love	LDS-Porsche	Withdrew

Grid[]

Pos		Pos		Pos
Driver		Driver		Driver
______________
1		______________
Jim Clark		2		______________
		Stirling Moss		3
				Trevor Taylor
	______________
	4		______________
	Jo Bonnier		5
			Masten Gregory
______________
6		______________
Tony Maggs		7		______________
		Edgar Barth		8
				Syd van der Vyver
	______________
	9		______________
	Ernie Pieterse		10
			Adrian Pheiffer
______________
11		______________
Don Philp		12		______________
		Doug Serrurier		13
				Fanie Viljoen
	______________
	14		______________
	Helmut Menzler		15
			Sam Tingle
______________
16		______________
Bob van Niekerk		17		______________
		Bill Jennings		18
				Bernard Podmore
	______________
	19		______________
	John Guthrie		20
			Gene Bosman
______________
21		______________
Dave Wright		22		______________
		Clive Trundell		23
				Bill Dunlop

Race[]

Report[]

Results[]

The full results for the 1961 South African Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entreat	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	2:06:49.2	1
2	7	Stirling Moss	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	+ 15.7 s	2
3	5	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	79 laps	4
4	6	Tony Maggs	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	79 laps	6
5	4	Edgar Barth	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	78 laps	7
6	3	Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	77 laps	8
7	12	Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati	77 laps	12
8	15	Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	76 laps	15
9	22	Bob van Niekerk	Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford	76 laps	16
10	16	Helmut Menzler	Ecurie Wolman	Lotus-Borgward	75 laps	14
11	23	Adrian Pheiffer	Adrian Pheiffer	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	75 laps	10
12	19	Bill Jennings	Bill Jennings	Jennings-Porsche	71 laps	17
13	25	John Guthrie	Ecurie Rhodes	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	71 laps	19
14	14	Don Philp	Don Philp	Quodra-Climax	70 laps	11
15	17	Dave Wright	Dave Wright	Cooper-Climax	65 laps	21
Ret	20	Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS-Climax	Engine	13
Ret	24	Bill Dunlop	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Engine	23
Ret	27	Gene Bosman	Scuderia Alfa	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	Accident	20
Ret	18	Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Climax	Ignition	22
Ret	2	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Radiator	3
Ret	6	Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	Break pipe	5
Ret	10	Ernie Pieterse	Scuderia Alfa	Heron-Alfa Romeo	Gearbox	9
Ret	26	Bernard Podmore	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Ford	Con-rod	18
DNS	9	Bruce Johnstone	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Accident during practice
WD	21	John Love	A.H. Phillman	LDS-Porsche
WD	11	Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Alfa	LDS-Alfa Romeo^[1]

Notes[]

↑ Did not drive this car during the race, but driven a Cooper-Maserati car.

[1] Did not drive this car during the race, but driven a Cooper-Maserati car.

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