1961 British Grand Prix

Sat, July 15th, 1961Round 5

Track:	Aintree Racecourse
Official race name:	XIV RAC British Grand Prix
Round:	5 (of 8)
Race number:	99
Date:	Sat, July 15th, 1961
Time:	14.00
Track length:	4.828 km
Laps:	75
Race distance:	362.100 km
Weather:	Overcast and wet

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Race

Grid

Qualifying

Standings

P	Driver	Pts
1	Wolfgang von Trips	27
2	Phil Hill	25	2
3	Richie Ginther	16	11
4	Stirling Moss	12	15
5	Giancarlo Baghetti	9	18
6	Dan Gurney	9	18
7	Jim Clark	8	19
8	Jack Brabham	4	23
9	Innes Ireland	3	24
10	Olivier Gendebien	3	24
11	Bruce McLaren	3	24
12	Jo Bonnier	2	25
13	John Surtees	2	25
14	Graham Hill	1	26
15	Roy Salvadori	1	26
16	Maurice Trintignant	0	27
17	Cliff Allison	0	27
18	Tony Brooks	0	27
19	Hans Herrmann	0	27
20	Jackie Lewis	0	27
21	Masten Gregory	0	27
22	Henry Taylor	0	27
23	Carel Godin de Beaufort	0	27
24	Michel May	0	27
25	Lorenzo Bandini	0	27
26	Trevor Taylor	0	27
27	Tony Maggs	0	27
28	Ian Burgess	0	27
29	Keith Greene	0	27
30	Wolfgang Seidel	0	27

P	Constructor	Pts
1	Ferrari	38
2	Lotus-Climax	16	22
3	Porsche	11	27
4	Cooper-Climax	9	29
5	BRM-Climax	1	37
6	Cooper-Maserati	0	38
7	Gilby-Climax	0	38

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P	No	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap	%	Avg Speed	Laps
1	2	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1:58.8		100.0	146.303
2	6	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	1:58.8	0.0	100.0	146.303
3	8	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1:58.8	0.0	100.0	146.303
4	4	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	1:58.8	0.0	100.0	146.303
5	28	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1:59.0	0.2	100.2	146.057
6	22	Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	1:59.0	0.2	100.2	146.057
7	16	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:59.2	0.4	100.3	145.812
8	18	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:59.2	0.4	100.3	145.812
9	12	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:59.4	0.6	100.5	145.568
10	34	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	1:59.6	0.8	100.7	145.324
11	20	Graham Hill	BRM-Climax	2:00.0	1.2	101.0	144.840
12	10	Dan Gurney	Porsche	2:00.2	1.4	101.2	144.599
13	36	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	2:00.8	2.0	101.7	143.881
14	14	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	2:01.0	2.2	101.9	143.643
15	46	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	2:01.0	2.2	101.9	143.643
16	42	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	2:01.4	2.6	102.2	143.170
17	30	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax	2:01.8	3.0	102.5	142.700
18	56	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	2:02.0	3.2	102.7	142.466
19	58	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	2:02.0	3.2	102.7	142.466
20	26	Jack Fairman	Ferguson-Climax	2:03.4	4.6	103.9	140.849
21	60	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	2:03.6	4.8	104.0	140.621
22	52	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	2:04.2	5.4	104.5	139.942
23	54	Keith Greene	Gilby-Climax	2:06.0	7.2	106.1	137.943
24	50	Tony Maggs	Lotus-Climax	2:06.4	7.6	106.4	137.506
25	44	Ian Burgess	Lotus-Climax	2:06.6	7.8	106.6	137.289
26	40	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus-Climax	2:08.2	9.4	107.9	135.576
27	48	Tony Marsh	Lotus-Climax	2:09.6	10.8	109.1	134.111
28	62	Massimo Natili	Cooper-Maserati	2:10.2	11.4	109.6	133.493
29	38	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	2:16.8	18.0	115.2	127.053
30	32	Lucien Bianchi	Lotus-Climax	2:18.8	20.0	116.8	125.222
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