The Garagiste.

The Television Age  ·  Round 6

German Grand Prix

1961  ·  Nürburgring  ·  6 August 1961  ·  15 laps

  1. 1st Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax · 02:18:12.4
  2. 2nd Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari · +21.4
  3. 3rd Phil Hill Ferrari · +22.5

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Phil Hill

Ferrari  —  Pole position

02 Lap 0

Jack Brabham

Retirement Cooper-Climax  —  Accident

03 Lap 1

Innes Ireland

Retirement Lotus-Climax  —  Heat shield fire

04 Lap 5

Jo Bonnier

Retirement Porsche  —  Engine

05 Lap 11

Bernard Collomb

Retirement Cooper-Climax  —  Not classified

06 Lap 12

Maurice Trintignant

Retirement Cooper-Maserati  —  Engine

07 Lap 13

Willy Mairesse

Retirement Ferrari  —  Accident

08 On the Charge

Ian Burgess

Cooper-Climax  —  P24 → P12

09 Victory

Stirling Moss

Lotus-Climax  —  Won from P3

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 3 15 02:18:12.4 9
2 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 5 15 +21.4 6
3 Phil Hill Ferrari 1 15 +22.5 4
4 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 8 15 +1:17.100 3
5 John Surtees Cooper-Climax 10 15 +1:53.100 2
6 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 12 15 +2:41.400 1
7 Dan Gurney Porsche 7 15 +3:23.100
8 Richie Ginther Ferrari 14 15 +5:23.100
9 Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 18 15 +5:23.700
10 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 15 15 +12:11.500
11 Tony Maggs Lotus-Climax 22 14 +1 Lap
12 Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 24 14 +1 Lap
13 Hans Herrmann Porsche 11 14 +1 Lap
14 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 17 14 +1 Lap
15 Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 20 13 +2 Laps
16 Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax 25 13 +2 Laps
17 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 13 13 Accident
18 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 21 12 Engine
19 Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 26 11 Not classified
20 Lorenzo Bandini Cooper-Maserati 19 10 Engine
21 Tony Brooks BRM 9 6 Engine
22 Jo Bonnier Porsche 4 5 Engine
23 Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 23 3 Handling
24 Graham Hill BRM 16 1 Accident
25 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 6 1 Heat shield fire
26 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2 0 Accident
27 Edgar Barth Porsche 0 Withdrew
28 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 0 Withdrew
29 Michael May Lotus-Climax 0 Withdrew
30 Peter Monteverdi MBM 0 Withdrew
31 Renato Pirocchi Cooper-Climax 0 Withdrew
32 Geoff Duke Cooper-Climax 0 Withdrew
33 John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 0 Withdrew

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