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.

BackgroundEdit

Entry ListEdit

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 OverviewEdit

QualifyingEdit

Qualifying ResultsEdit

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

GridEdit

RaceEdit

ReportEdit

ResultsEdit

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]

NotesEdit

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