1961 Brussels Grand Prix

The 1961 Brussels Grand Prix was a motor race set to Formula One rules, held on 9 April 1961 at Heysel Park, Belgium. The race was run in three "heats" of 22 laps each and the times were aggregated. The race was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T53.

1961 Brussels Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date 9 April 1961
Official name III Grand Prix de Bruxelles
Location Heysel Park, Belgium
Course Street Circuit
Course length 4.553 km (2.829 miles)
Distance 22 (x3) laps, 300.454 km (186.693 miles)
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Time 2:04.7
Podium
First Cooper-Climax
Second Cooper-Climax
Third Lotus-Climax

Results

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Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Heat 1 / 2 / 3
1 2   Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 66 2:19'21.8 3rd / 1st / 1st
2 4   Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 66 +1'06.8 4th / 2nd / 3rd
3 26   Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 66 +3'08.23 5th / 3rd / 4th
4 36   Lucien Bianchi Emeryson-Maserati 65 +1 Lap 8th / 5th / 5th
5 14   Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 64 +2 Laps 7th / 6th / 6th
6 12   Ian Burgess Lotus-Climax 61 +5 Laps 11th / 7th / 7th
7 18   Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 58 +8 Laps 14th / 8th / 2nd
8 38   Willy Mairesse Emeryson-Climax 56 +10 Laps 13th / 9th / 8th
9 20   Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 45 +21 Laps 6th / 4th / Ret
10 44   John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 38 +28 Laps 19th / 10th / Ret
Ret 8   Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 33 Engine 2nd / Ret / -
Ret 30   Jo Bonnier Porsche 32 Accident 1st / Ret / -
Ret 6   John Surtees Cooper-Climax 28 Accident 10th / Ret /-
Ret 34   Olivier Gendebien Emeryson-Maserati 25 Accident 12th / Ret / -
Ret 16   Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax 17 Wishbone Ret / - / -
Ret 24   André Pilette Lotus-Climax 11 Gear selector Ret / - / -
Ret 28   Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 6 Engine Ret / - / -
Ret 32   Dan Gurney Porsche 2 Gear linkage Ret / - / -
Ret 22   Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 2 Gearbox Ret / - / -
DNS 10   Maurice Trintignant Lotus-Climax 0 Crown wheel and pinion Ret / - / -
DNQ 42   Jo Schlesser Cooper-Climax 0 Excluded -
DNQ 46   Shane Summers Cooper-Climax 0 Excluded -
DNQ 48   Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 0 Excluded -
Source:[1]

Notes

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  • Maurice Trintignant had previously entered as the No. 40 Cooper-Climax car, but withdrew.
  • Wolfgang von Trips and Mauro Bianchi had also entered, but did not participate.
  • Jo Schlesser made his debut in this race.
  • Although performing extremely well in the practice and qualifying sessions, Jack Lewis was not admitted to the race, since he had failed to be on the Belgian organizers' list of fame.
  • Equipe Nationale Belge had entered two modified Emeryson chassis fitted with the heavy Maserati engine for Olivier Gendebien and Lucien Bianchi, and a standard one with the Coventry Climax engine, for Willy Mairesse.

References

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  1. ^ "1967 Brussels GP". ChicaneF1.com. Retrieved 2012-09-08.


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