1961 Danish Grand Prix

  1961 Danish Grand Prix

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Date	27 August 1961
Official name	II Grote Prijs van Danske
Location	Roskilde Ring, Roskilde
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	1.19 km (0.74 mi)
Distance	1 x 20, 2 x 30 laps, 95.27 km (59.2 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax
Time	0:42.8
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax
Time	0:47.0 / 0:42.8 / 0:43.1
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax
Second	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Third	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax

The II Grote Prijs van Danske (or 2nd Danish Grand Prix) was held on 26–27 August 1961, at the Roskilde Ring circuit, Roskilde, Denmark. The race was a non-Championship event run to Formula One rules. The race was run over three heats, one of 20 laps and two of 30 laps, and was won overall by Stirling Moss, who won all three heats in his Lotus 18/21.

This was the first Formula One event to be held at the Roskildering, which was eventually closed in 1969. The first heat was held on the 26 August, a Saturday, with the final two heats on the Sunday.^[1]

Race summary

The first heat saw Moss win by two tenths of a second from Australian Jack Brabham, with Innes Ireland in third. Moss also took the second heat, with Ireland in second this time, and Roy Salvadori in third, with Brabham retiring with gearbox failure. Jim Clark retired from the second heat but returned for the third. The first three home in the second heat crossed the line in the same order in the third heat, with an easy overall win for Moss, who, having claimed pole at the beginning of the proceedings, also drove the fastest lap in all three heats.^[2]

Overall Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Qual
1	Stirling Moss	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	59:28.5	1
2	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 1:14.0 s	5
3	Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	+ 2:06.8 s	6
4	Henry Taylor	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	+ 2:53.9 s	4
5	Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	+ 3:19.4 s	7
6	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby-Climax	+ 4:31.6 s	10
7	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	60 laps (Ret from Heat 2 - Steering)	11
Ret	John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Cam follower (DNS Heat 3)	3
Ret	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Gearbox (Heat 2)	2
Ret	Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	Gearbox (Heat 2)	8
Ret	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	Puncture (Heat 2)	9
WD	Lucien Bianchi	Equipe Nationale Belge	Lotus-Climax	No car	-

References

1. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
2. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

External links

• Full results details at formula2.net