1961 Italian Grand Prix
1961 Italian Grand Prix | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 10 September 1961 | ||
Official name | XXXII Gran Premio d'Italia | ||
Location | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 10.000 km (6.214 miles) | ||
Distance | 43 laps, 430.000 km (267.190 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 2:46.3 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | ![]() | Ferrari | |
Time | 2:48.4 on lap 2 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second | Porsche | ||
Third | Cooper-Climax | ||
Lap leaders |
The 1961 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 September 1961 at Monza. It was race 7 of 8 in both the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
The race was marked by one of the most terrible accidents in the history of Formula One, when on the end of lap 2, at the approach to the Parabolica, German driver Wolfgang von Trips lost control of his Ferrari after colliding with the Lotus of Jim Clark and crashed into a fence line of spectators, killing 15 and himself.[1][2] The race was not stopped, allegedly to avoid the audience going home en masse jamming the roads around the stadium and thus impeding the rescue work for the injured. This was also the last Formula One race ever to be held on the full 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) Monza circuit, with the two banked corners and the straight between the bankings included.
The race was won by von Trips's American teammate Phil Hill; since von Trips was the only one who could challenge him, Hill won the World Championship with one race to go. Hill's Monza win also assured Ferrari of the Constructors' Championship for 1961.[3]
Background
[edit]Before the running of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, four drivers were mathematically in contention for the year's Drivers' Championship: Wolfgang von Trips, Phil Hill, Stirling Moss, and Richie Ginther. Realistically, however, the championship had come down to two Ferrari drivers, von Trips and Hill.
In the Constructors' Championship, two teams were mathematically in contention: Ferrari, and Lotus-Climax. In order for Lotus to overtake Ferrari at this point, one of their drivers had to win both this race and the final race of the season, the 1961 United States Grand Prix.
Qualifying
[edit]37 cars attempted to qualify for the Italian Grand Prix, and 32 had sufficiently fast times to make it to the race grid. Similar to the 107% rule of today, a rule was in place for the 1961 season enforcing a 115% cutoff against the time of the second fastest driver.
Classification
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Qualifying times | Gap | |
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Q1 | Q2 | |||||
1 | 4 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:50.3 | 2:46.3 | — |
2 | 8 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:49.6 | 2:46.4 | +0.1 |
3 | 6 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:46.8 | 2:47.1 | +0.5 |
4 | 2 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:48.9 | 2:47.2 | +0.9 |
5 | 24 | ![]() | BRM-Climax | 2:55.0 | 2:48.7 | +2.4 |
6 | 32 | ![]() | Ferrari | 2:53.4 | 2:49.0 | +2.7 |
7 | 36 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 2:52.4 | 2:49.2 | +2.9 |
8 | 44 | ![]() | Porsche | 2:53.6 | 2:49.6 | +3.3 |
9 | 38 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 2:56.7 | 2:50.3 | +4.0 |
10 | 10 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 2:55.1 | 2:51.6 | +5.3 |
11 | 28 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 2:51.8 | 2:57.5 | +5.5 |
12 | 46 | ![]() | Porsche | 2:53.4 | 2:52.0 | +5.7 |
13 | 26 | ![]() | BRM-Climax | 2:58.8 | 2:52.2 | +5.9 |
14 | 12 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 2:59.8 | 2:53.4 | +7.1 |
15 | 74 | ![]() | Porsche | 2:57.9 | 2:53.8 | +7.5 |
16 | 60 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | No time | 2:54.0 | +7.7 |
17 | 22 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 3:01.4 | 2:55.2 | +8.9 |
18 | 40 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 3:02.0 | 2:55.2 | +8.9 |
19 | 42 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 2:59.3 | 2:55.6 | +9.3 |
20 | 50 | ![]() | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 3:03.7 | 2:56.0 | +9.7 |
21 | 62 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 2:57.7 | 2:58.2 | +11.4 |
22 | 48 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 3:03.9 | 2:58.7 | +12.4 |
23 | 20 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 3:03.8 | 3:00.6 | +14.3 |
24 | 54 | ![]() | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 3:09.8 | 3:01.7 | +15.4 |
25 | 18 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | No time | 3:03.0 | +16.7 |
26 | 30 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 3:06.7 | 3:04.8 | +18.5 |
27 | 16 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 3:15.4 | 3:05.7 | +19.4 |
28 | 56 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | No time | 3:06.0 | +19.7 |
29 | 58 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 3:18.3 | 3:06.5 | +20.2 |
30 | 72 | ![]() | Lotus-Maserati | No time | 3:07.9 | +21.6 |
31 | 14 | ![]() | JBW-Climax | 3:13.0 | 3:08.1 | +21.8 |
32 | 52 | ![]() | De Tomaso-Osca | 3:27.7 | 3:08.9 | +22.6 |
115% cutoff time: 3:11.36 | ||||||
DNQ | 68 | ![]() | Emeryson-Climax | 3:19.4 | 3:11.6 | +25.3 |
Source:[1] |
Race
[edit]Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 2 | ![]() | Ferrari | 43 | 2:03:13.0 | 4 | 9 |
2 | 46 | ![]() | Porsche | 43 | +31.2 | 12 | 6 |
3 | 12 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 43 | +2:28.4 | 14 | 4 |
4 | 60 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 43 | +2:40.4 | 16 | 3 |
5 | 26 | ![]() | BRM-Climax | 43 | +2:40.5 | 13 | 2 |
6 | 40 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 42 | +1 Lap | 18 | 1 |
7 | 74 | ![]() | Porsche | 41 | +2 Laps | 15 | |
8 | 62 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 41 | +2 Laps | 21 | |
9 | 48 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 41 | +2 Laps | 22 | |
10 | 16 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 40 | +3 Laps | 27 | |
11 | 20 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 39 | +4 Laps | 23 | |
12 | 58 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | 38 | +5 Laps | 29 | |
Ret | 28 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 36 | Wheel bearing | 11 | |
Ret | 6 | ![]() | Ferrari | 23 | Engine | 3 | |
Ret | 72 | ![]() | Lotus-Maserati | 19 | Engine | 30 | |
Ret | 44 | ![]() | Porsche | 14 | Suspension | 8 | |
Ret | 8 | ![]() | Ferrari | 13 | Fuel system | 2 | |
Ret | 32 | ![]() | Ferrari | 13 | Engine | 6 | |
Ret | 50 | ![]() | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 13 | Engine | 20 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 11 | Suspension | 17 | |
Ret | 24 | ![]() | BRM-Climax | 10 | Engine | 5 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 8 | Overheating | 10 | |
Ret | 14 | ![]() | JBW-Climax | 6 | Engine | 31 | |
Ret | 38 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 5 | Chassis | 9 | |
Ret | 30 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 5 | Engine | 26 | |
Ret | 42 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | 2 | Accident | 19 | |
Ret | 4 | ![]() | Ferrari | 1 | Fatal collision | 1 | |
Ret | 36 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 1 | Collision | 7 | |
Ret | 54 | ![]() | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 1 | Engine | 24 | |
Ret | 56 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 1 | Engine | 28 | |
Ret | 52 | ![]() | De Tomaso-Osca | 1 | Engine | 32 | |
Ret | 18 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | 0 | Accident | 25 | |
DNQ | 68 | ![]() | Emeryson-Climax | Too slow | |||
DNS | 46 | ![]() | Porsche | Practice only - experimental car | |||
WD | 58 | ![]() | Cooper-Maserati | Pirocchi drove car | |||
DNA | 34 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | Support race | |||
DNA | 64 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | On route to the Flugplatzrennen | |||
DNA | 66 | ![]() | Cooper-Climax | Racing at Vallelunga | |||
DNA | 70 | ![]() | Lotus-Climax | Retired from racing | |||
Source:[4] |
Notes
[edit]- This was the Formula One World Championship debut for Ricardo Rodríguez; and the first for a Mexican driver.
- This was the first (and only) pole position for Wolfgang von Trips, and the first for a German driver.
Championship standings after the race
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- Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Collantine, Keith (10 September 2011). "50 years ago today: F1's worst tragedy at Monza". www.f1fanatic.co.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- ^ "Motorsport Memorial".
- ^ Daily Express pages 1, 2 & 7 Monday 11 September 1961
- ^ "1961 Italian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Italy 1961 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.