1961 French Grand Prix
Date | Sunday, 2 July 1961 |
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Winner |
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Pole position |
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Fastest lap |
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Circuit | Reims, 52 laps |
Round | 4 of 8 |
Race numbers | The 1961 French Grand Prix was the
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Race result
Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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1 | +11 | ![]() | Ferrari (privateer) | 52 | 2hr 14m 17.500s | 9 |
2 | +7 | ![]() | Porsche | 52 | +0.100s | 6 |
3 | +2 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 52 | +1m 01.100s | 4 |
4 | +6 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 52 | +1m 10.300s | 3 |
5 | +3 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 52 | +1m 41.800s | 2 |
6 | ![]() | BRM-Climax | 52 | +1m 41.900s | 1 | |
7 | +6 | ![]() | Porsche | 52 | +3m 15.400s | |
8 | +7 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 51 | +1 lap | |
9 | -8 | ![]() | Ferrari | 50 | +2 laps | |
10 | +15 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 49 | +3 laps | |
11 | +11 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 48 | +4 laps | |
12 | +4 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 43 | +9 laps | |
13 | +10 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 42 | +10 laps | |
14 | +10 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 42 | +10 laps | |
15 | -12 | ![]() | Ferrari | 40 | DNF | |
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 31 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 27 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) | 23 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 21 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Ferrari | 18 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | De Tomaso-OSCA (privateer) | 15 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 14 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 6 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 4 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | BRM-Climax | 4 | DNF | ||
R | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 4 | DNF |
Notes
- Richie Ginther ended lap 40 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
Starting grid
Pole time: 2:24.900
Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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1 | ![]() | Ferrari |
2 | ![]() | Ferrari |
3 | ![]() | Ferrari |
4 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
5 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
6 | ![]() | BRM-Climax |
7 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
8 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
9 | ![]() | Porsche |
10 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
11 | ![]() | BRM-Climax |
12 | ![]() | Ferrari (privateer) |
13 | ![]() | Porsche |
14 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax |
15 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
16 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
17 | ![]() | Porsche (privateer) |
18 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
19 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
20 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax |
21 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
22 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
23 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
24 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
25 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
26 | ![]() | De Tomaso-OSCA (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1961 French Grand Prix.
Driver
Pos | Driver | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 19 |
2 | ![]() | 18 |
3 | ![]() | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 12 |
5 | ![]() | 9 |
6 | ![]() | 9 |
7 | ![]() | 8 |
8 | ![]() | 3 |
= | ![]() | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 3 |
11 | ![]() | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 1 |
= | ![]() | 1 |
Constructor
Pos | Constructor | Points |
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1 | ![]() | 30 |
2 | ![]() | 16 |
3 | ![]() | 9 |
4 | ![]() | 6 |
5 | ![]() | 1 |
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)