The Television Age · Round 4

French Grand Prix

1961 · Reims-Gueux · 2 July 1961 · 52 laps

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Phil Hill

Ferrari — Pole position

02 Lap 18

Retirement Ferrari — Engine

03 Lap 31

Retirement Lotus-Climax — Brakes

04 On the Charge

Lotus-Climax — P25 → P10

05 Victory

Ferrari — Won from P12

The result

#	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Time / Retirement	Pts
1	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	12	52	02:14:17.5	9
2	Dan Gurney	Porsche	5	52	+0.1	6
3	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	9	52	+1:01.000	4
4	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	10	52	+1:10.300	3
5	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	8	52	+1:41.800	2
6	Graham Hill	BRM	6	52	+1:41.900	1
7	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	13	52	+3:15.400
8	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	15	51	+1 Lap
9	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1	50	+2 Laps
10	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax	25	49	+3 Laps
11	Michael May	Lotus-Climax	22	48	+4 Laps
12	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	16	43	+9 Laps
13	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	23	42	+10 Laps
14	Ian Burgess	Lotus-Climax	24	42	+10 Laps
15	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	3	40	Oil pressure
16	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	4	31	Brakes
17	Willy Mairesse	Lotus-Climax	20	27	Engine
18	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	17	23	Overheating
19	Lucien Bianchi	Lotus-Climax	19	21	Overheating
20	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	2	18	Engine
21	Giorgio Scarlatti	De Tomaso-Osca	26	15	Engine
22	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	14	14	Oil pressure
23	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	21	6	Engine
24	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	7	4	Accident
25	Tony Brooks	BRM	11	4	Overheating
26	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	18	4	Overheating
27	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	—	0	Withdrew
28	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Lotus-Climax	—	0	Withdrew
29	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	—	0	Withdrew
30	Olivier Gendebien	Emeryson	—	0	Withdrew
31	Brian Naylor	JBW	—	0	Withdrew

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