1961 Dutch Grand Prix

  1961 Dutch Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 8 in the 1961 Formula One season
Zandvoort original layout
Date	May 22, 1961
Official name	X Grote Prijs van Nederland
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.193 km (2.605 mi)
Distance	75 laps, 314.47 km (195.37 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Phil Hill	Ferrari
Time	1.35.7
Fastest lap
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1.35.5 on lap 7
Podium
First	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari
Second	Phil Hill	Ferrari
Third	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax

Carel Godin de Beaufort driving the Porsche 718 in the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix

The 1961 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 22 May 1961 at Zandvoort.

Taking place one week after the Monaco GP, there was not time for Innes Ireland to heal from his injury in the previous race, so he was replaced by Trevor Taylor. The front row was taken up by three Ferraris. Von Trips took the lead from the start and led every lap. Phil Hill was a solid second but was soon pressured by Jim Clark, who made a great start from the fourth row. The two would trade second place often with the Ferrari quicker on the straight and the Lotus faster in the corners. This continued until about 20 laps from the end when Clark's handling allowed the Ferrari to pull away. Fourth place was also a hard fought battle. Moss and Ginther, who made a terrible start, battled nose-to-tail until the very end with Moss passing Ginther on the final lap. The race was also historic as the first of seven races in which every car was classified as a finisher. In fact, in this race no driver even made a pit stop.^[1]

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	75	2:01:52.1	2	9
2	1	Phil Hill	Ferrari	75	+0.9 secs	1	6
3	15	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	75	+13.1 secs	11	4
4	14	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	75	+22.2 secs	4	3
5	2	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	75	+22.3 secs[1]	3	2
6	10	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	75	+1:20.1	7	1
7	12	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	75	+1:26.7	9
8	4	Graham Hill	BRM-Climax	75	+1:29.8[1]	5
9	5	Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	74	+1 Lap	8
10	7	Dan Gurney	Porsche	74	+1 Lap	6
11	6	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	73	+2 Laps	12
12	11	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	73	+2 Laps	14
13	16	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	73	+2 Laps	16
14	8	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	72	+3 Laps	17
15	9	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	72	+3 Laps	13
DNS	17	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax		Reserve Entry
DNS	18	Ian Burgess	Lotus-Climax		Reserve Entry
Source:[2]

Notes

• Lap Leaders: Wolfgang von Trips 75 laps (1-75).
• First win for a German driver
• For decades, this was the only F1 Grand Prix to finish without any retirements, until 2005.
• A unique race: no pit stops and no retirements.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Stirling Moss 12 2 2 Wolfgang von Trips 12 3 Phil Hill 10 2 4 Richie Ginther 8 5 5 Jim Clark 4

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 Ferrari 14 1 2 Lotus-Climax 12 3 Porsche 2 4 Cooper-Climax 2

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. Lang, Mike (1981). Grand Prix! Vol 1. Haynes Publishing Group. p. 183. ISBN 0-85429-276-4.
2. "1961 Dutch Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2015.