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

1961 French Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 July 1961
Winner
  • Giancarlo Baghetti
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Phil Hill
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Phil Hill
  • 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

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+11(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari (privateer)522hr 14m 17.500s9
2+7(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche52+0.100s6
3+2(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax52+1m 01.100s4
4+6(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax52+1m 10.300s3
5+3(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax52+1m 41.800s2
6 (GBR) Graham HillBRM-Climax52+1m 41.900s1
7+6(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche52+3m 15.400s 
8+7(GBR) Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)51+1 lap 
9-8(USA) Phil HillFerrari50+2 laps 
10+15(GBR) Henry TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)49+3 laps 
11+11(CHE) Michael MayLotus-Climax (privateer)48+4 laps 
12+4(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax (privateer)43+9 laps 
13+10(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)42+10 laps 
14+10(GBR) Ian BurgessLotus-Climax (privateer)42+10 laps 
15-12(USA) Richie GintherFerrari40DNF 
R (GBR) Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)31DNF 
R (BEL) Willy MairesseLotus-Climax27DNF 
R (NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)23DNF 
R (BEL) Lucien BianchiLotus-Climax (privateer)21DNF 
R (DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari18DNF 
R (ITA) Giorgio ScarlattiDe Tomaso-OSCA (privateer)15DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax14DNF 
R (FRA) Bernard CollombCooper-Climax (privateer)6DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)4DNF 
R (GBR) Tony BrooksBRM-Climax4DNF 
R (GBR) 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
1(USA) Phil HillFerrari
2(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari
3(USA) Richie GintherFerrari
4(GBR) Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)
5(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
6(GBR) Graham HillBRM-Climax
7(GBR) John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)
8(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
9(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche
10(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
11(GBR) Tony BrooksBRM-Climax
12(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari (privateer)
13(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche
14(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
15(GBR) Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)
16(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax (privateer)
17(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
18(GBR) Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)
19(BEL) Lucien BianchiLotus-Climax (privateer)
20(BEL) Willy MairesseLotus-Climax
21(FRA) Bernard CollombCooper-Climax (privateer)
22(CHE) Michael MayLotus-Climax (privateer)
23(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)
24(GBR) Ian BurgessLotus-Climax (privateer)
25(GBR) Henry TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)
26(ITA) Giorgio ScarlattiDe Tomaso-OSCA (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(USA) Phil Hill19
2(DEU) Wolfgang von Trips18
3(GBR) Stirling Moss12
4(USA) Richie Ginther12
5(ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti9
6(USA) Dan Gurney9
7(GBR) Jim Clark8
8(BEL) Olivier Gendebien3
=(GBR) Innes Ireland3
10(NZL) Bruce McLaren3
11(GBR) John Surtees2
12(AUS) Jack Brabham1
=(GBR) Graham Hill1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari30
2Lotus-Climax16
3Porsche9
4Cooper-Climax6
5BRM-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
1-2 start
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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