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Home / Seasons / 1961 F1 World Championship Season / 1961 French Grand Prix

1961 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 July 1961
Winner
  • Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Baghetti
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • USA flag lazyload Phil Hill
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • USA flag lazyload Phil Hill
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitReims, 52 laps
Round4 of 8
Race numbers

The 1961 French Grand Prix was the

  • 98th World Championship race
  • 11th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Reims
More 1961 season
More French Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+11Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari (privateer)522hr 14m 17.500s9
2+7USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyPorsche52+0.100s6
3+2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax52+1m 01.100s4
4+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax52+1m 10.300s3
5+3New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax52+1m 41.800s2
6 United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM-Climax52+1m 41.900s1
7+6Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierPorsche52+3m 15.400s 
8+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)51+1 lap 
9-8USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari50+2 laps 
10+15United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)49+3 laps 
11+11Switzerland flag Michael MayLotus-Climax (privateer)48+4 laps 
12+4USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Climax (privateer)43+9 laps 
13+10France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)42+10 laps 
14+10United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessLotus-Climax (privateer)42+10 laps 
15-12USA flag lazyload Richie GintherFerrari40DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)31DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Willy MairesseLotus-Climax27DNF 
R Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)23DNF 
R Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiLotus-Climax (privateer)21DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsFerrari18DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Giorgio ScarlattiDe Tomaso-OSCA (privateer)15DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax14DNF 
R France flag lazyload Bernard CollombCooper-Climax (privateer)6DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)4DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksBRM-Climax4DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)4DNF 

Notes

  • Richie Ginther ended lap 40 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 2:24.900

PosDriverConstructor
1USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari
2Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsFerrari
3USA flag lazyload Richie GintherFerrari
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM-Climax
7United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)
8New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
9USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyPorsche
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksBRM-Climax
12Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari (privateer)
13Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierPorsche
14Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)
16USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Climax (privateer)
17Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
18United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)
19Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiLotus-Climax (privateer)
20Belgium flag lazyload Willy MairesseLotus-Climax
21France flag lazyload Bernard CollombCooper-Climax (privateer)
22Switzerland flag Michael MayLotus-Climax (privateer)
23France flag lazyload Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessLotus-Climax (privateer)
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)
26Italy flag lazyload Giorgio ScarlattiDe Tomaso-OSCA (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1961 French Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1USA flag lazyload Phil Hill19
2Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von Trips18
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss12
4USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther12
5Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Baghetti9
6USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney9
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark8
8Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland3
10New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren3
11United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees2
12Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari30
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax16
3Germany flag lazyload Porsche9
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax6
5United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM-Climax1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Giancarlo Baghetti, Bernard Collomb
De Tomaso
Last start
Michael May, Giorgio Scarlatti
Wins
1st and only for Giancarlo Baghetti (28th different winner, 6th Italian driver; first Italian winner since 1956 and last until 1964)
33rd for Ferrari
Podiums
3rd for Dan Gurney (first for Porsche), 3rd for Jim Clark, 1st and only for Giancarlo Baghetti (76th different podium finisher, 12th Italian driver)
118th for Ferrari, 10th for Lotus (7th constructor to score ten podiums), 1st for Porsche (20th different podium finisher)
Poles
4th for Phil Hill
35th for Ferrari
Qualifying 1-2
19th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
5th for Phil Hill
33rd for Ferrari
Front row starts
7th for Phil Hill, 4th for Richie Ginther, 3rd for Wolfgang von Trips
Points finishes
1st for Giancarlo Baghetti (113th different point scorer, 17th Italian driver)

See also

  • French Grand Prix
  • Reims circuit
  • 1961 World Championship season

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