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1961 Season
o  Season Overview
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1961 ACF GP
1960 British GP

1961 British GP

1961 Solitude GP
1961 German GP
1962 British GP
 XIV  RAC British Grand Prix

Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSaturday 15 July 1961
Start time14:00
Event British GP
Circuit Aintree
Event FormatRace of 75 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#5 of 8 in 1961
#99 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps75
Circuit Perimeter4828 m
Race Distance4828 × 75 = 362.100 km
Grid Format3-2-3-2
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherOvercast, Wet
Participants
Entries31
Qualifiers30
Finishers17
Debutants
Gerry Ashmore (Driver),
Massimo Natili (Driver),
Tony Maggs (Driver),
Ferguson (Car Manufacturer),
Gilby (Car Manufacturer),
Ferguson P99 (Car Model),
   Gilby 1961 (Car Model),
Gerry Ashmore (Entrant),
Louise Bryden-Brown (Entrant),
Scuderia Sant'Ambroeus (Entrant),
Tim Parnell (Entrant)
MilestonesCar 16 – 100th Race Entry (Car Number)
Car 36 – 50th Race Entry (Car Number)
 Lotus – 100th Race Entry (Car Manufacturer)
Records Broken 1. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Cooper,  Ferrari (59),
2. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Jack Brabham (15),
3. Most 14th Place Finishes Ian Burgess (3),
4. Most Consecutive 12th Place Finishes Cooper (2),
5. Most Consecutive 14th Place Finishes Lotus (2),
6. Most Consecutive 14th Place Finishes Ian Burgess (2),
7. Highest 15th Place Finish Ratio Gilby (100.00%),
8. Most 12th Place Finishes in a Season Cooper (3),
9. Most 14th Place Finishes in a Season Ian Burgess (2),
10. Most 16th Place Qualifications in a Season Masten Gregory (3),
11. Most 25th Place Qualifications in a Season Lotus (3)
Records Extended 1. Most Podium Finishes Ferrari (133),
2. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (192),
3. Most Race Wins Ferrari (35),
4. Most 2nd Place Finishes Ferrari (58),
5. Most 3rd Place Finishes Ferrari (40),
6. Most 11th Place Finishes Cooper (12),
7. Most 12th Place Finishes Cooper (7),
8. Most Consecutive Constructors' Championship Points Scores Cooper (22),
9. Most Consecutive Drivers' Championship Points Scores Cooper (12),
10. Highest 2nd Place Finish Ratio Ferrari (15.30%),
11. Most Races Led Ferrari (85),
12. Most Laps Led Ferrari (2207),
13. Most Poles Ferrari (36),
14. Most 2nd Place Qualifications Ferrari (36),
15. Most 4th Place Qualifications Ferrari (29),
16. Most 15th Place Qualifications Cooper (21)

World Championship standings
1  Wolfgang von Trips 27 up
2  Phil Hill 25 up
3  Richie Ginther 16 up
4  Stirling Moss 12 up
5  Giancarlo Baghetti 9 
6  Dan Gurney 9 
7  Jim Clark 8 
8  Jack Brabham 4 up
9  Innes Ireland 3 up
  Olivier Gendebien 3 up
11  Bruce McLaren 3 up
12  Jo Bonnier 2 
  John Surtees 2 up
14  Roy Salvadori 1 
  Graham Hill 1 up
1  Ferrari / Ferrari 38 
2  Lotus / Climax 16 
3  Porsche / Porsche 11 
4  Cooper / Climax 9 
5  BRM / Climax 1 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 4Car 2Car 22
EntrantScuderia Ferrari SpA SEFACScuderia Ferrari SpA SEFACOwen Racing Organisation
Driver Wolfgang von Trips Phil Hill Tony Brooks
Car Ferrari 156 Ferrari 156 BRM P48/57
EngineFerrari 1.5 V6Ferrari 1.5 V6Climax 1.5 L4
Time2:40'53.61'58.81'57.8
Speed135.034 km/h146.303 km/h147.545 km/h