The 1961 South African Grand Prix was a non-championship race run on December 26, at the Prince George Circuit at East London.
Contents
Background[edit | edit source]
Entry List[edit | edit source]
The full entry list for the 1961 South African Grand Prix is outlined below, arranged by car number:
Practice Overview[edit | edit source]
Qualifying[edit | edit source]
Qualifying Results[edit | edit source]
The full qualifying results for the 1961 South African Grand Prix is outlined below:
Grid[edit | edit source]
Pos | Pos | Pos | |||
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Driver | Driver | Driver | |||
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1 | ______________ | ||||
Jim Clark | 2 | ______________ | |||
Stirling Moss | 3 | ||||
Trevor Taylor | |||||
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4 | ______________ | ||||
Jo Bonnier | 5 | ||||
Masten Gregory | |||||
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6 | ______________ | ||||
Tony Maggs | 7 | ______________ | |||
Edgar Barth | 8 | ||||
Syd van der Vyver | |||||
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9 | ______________ | ||||
Ernie Pieterse | 10 | ||||
Adrian Pheiffer | |||||
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11 | ______________ | ||||
Don Philp | 12 | ______________ | |||
Doug Serrurier | 13 | ||||
Fanie Viljoen | |||||
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14 | ______________ | ||||
Helmut Menzler | 15 | ||||
Sam Tingle | |||||
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16 | ______________ | ||||
Bob van Niekerk | 17 | ______________ | |||
Bill Jennings | 18 | ||||
Bernard Podmore | |||||
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19 | ______________ | ||||
John Guthrie | 20 | ||||
Gene Bosman | |||||
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21 | ______________ | ||||
Dave Wright | 22 | ______________ | |||
Clive Trundell | 23 | ||||
Bill Dunlop |
Race[edit | edit source]
Report[edit | edit source]
Results[edit | edit source]
The full results for the 1961 South African Grand Prix are outlined below:
Pos. | No. | Driver | Entreat | Constructor | Time/Retired | Grid | |
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1 | 1 | Lotus-Climax | 2:06:49.2 | 1 | |||
2 | 7 | Lotus-Climax | + 15.7 s | 2 | |||
3 | 5 | Porsche | 79 laps | 4 | |||
4 | 6 | Cooper-Climax | 79 laps | 6 | |||
5 | 4 | Porsche | 78 laps | 7 | |||
6 | 3 | Lotus-Alfa Romeo | 77 laps | 8 | |||
7 | 12 | Cooper-Maserati | 77 laps | 12 | |||
8 | 15 | LDS-Alfa Romeo | 76 laps | 15 | |||
9 | 22 | Lotus-Ford | 76 laps | 16 | |||
10 | 16 | Lotus-Borgward | 75 laps | 14 | |||
11 | 23 | Cooper-Alfa Romeo | 75 laps | 10 | |||
12 | 19 | Jennings-Porsche | 71 laps | 17 | |||
13 | 25 | Cooper-Alfa Romeo | 71 laps | 19 | |||
14 | 14 | Quodra-Climax | 70 laps | 11 | |||
15 | 17 | Cooper-Climax | 65 laps | 21 | |||
Ret | 20 | LDS-Climax | Engine | 13 | |||
Ret | 24 | Cooper-Alfa Romeo | Engine | 23 | |||
Ret | 27 | Lotus-Alfa Romeo | Accident | 20 | |||
Ret | 18 | Cooper-Climax | Ignition | 22 | |||
Ret | 2 | Lotus-Climax | Radiator | 3 | |||
Ret | 6 | Lotus-Climax | Break pipe | 5 | |||
Ret | 10 | Heron-Alfa Romeo | Gearbox | 9 | |||
Ret | 26 | Lotus-Ford | Con-rod | 18 | |||
DNS | 9 | Cooper-Climax | Accident during practice | ||||
WD | 21 | LDS-Porsche | |||||
WD | 11 | LDS-Alfa Romeo[1] |
Notes[edit | edit source]
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