1961 Modena Grand Prix

Template:Short description The 7th Modena Grand Prix was a non-championship motor race, run for cars complying with Formula One rules, held on 3 September 1961 at Modena Autodrome, Italy. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by British driver Stirling Moss in a Lotus 18/21.

The qualifying system for this event was very unusual in that despite over 30 entrants, the starting grid was restricted to only 14 cars. Furthermore, the fastest three Italian drivers in practice would be guaranteed to start the race, regardless of how many other drivers were faster. This resulted in Innes Ireland failing to qualify despite being 13th fastest, and faster than Giorgio Scarlatti who did qualify.

Moss took pole position, fastest lap and the win, finishing a few seconds ahead of the Porsche pairing of Jo Bonnier and Dan Gurney. Gurney led at the start, but Moss passed him on lap 11 and stayed in front.

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	26	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	0:58.6	-
2	10	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Porsche	0:59.0	+ 0.4
3	12	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Porsche	0:59.0	+ 0.4
4	62	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	BRM-Climax	0:59.3	+ 0.7
5	46	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	0:59.4	+ 0.8
6	14	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	0:59.6	+ 1.0
7	32	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	0:59.7	+ 1.1
8	4	Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	0:59.8	+ 1.2
9	44	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	0:59.8	+ 1.2
10	36	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	0:59.8	+ 1.2
11	64	Template:Flagicon Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	1:00.0	+ 1.4
12	30	Template:Flagicon Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:00.1	+ 1.5
13	16	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:00.2	+ 1.6
14	42	Template:Flagicon Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	1:00.4	+ 1.8
15	24	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	1:00.4	+ 1.8
16	50	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	1:00.6	+ 2.0
17	66	Template:Flagicon Mauro Bianchi	Emeryson-Maserati	1:01.2	+ 2.6
18	34	Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:01.2	+ 2.6
19	18	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Scarlatti	Lotus-Maserati	1:01.6	+ 3.0
20	48	Template:Flagicon Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	1:01.7	+ 3.1
21	52	Template:Flagicon Nino Vaccarella	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	1:02.0	+ 3.4
22	28	Template:Flagicon Menato Boffa	Cooper-Climax	1:02.1	+ 3.5
23	56	Template:Flagicon Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A	1:02.9	+ 4.3
24	18	Template:Flagicon Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	1:03.0	+ 4.4
25	20	Template:Flagicon Renato Pirocchi	Cooper-Maserati	1:03.3	+ 4.7
26	22	Template:Flagicon Gastone Zanarotti	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A	1:03.3	+ 4.7
27	8	Template:Flagicon Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	1:05.8	+ 7.2
28	60	Template:Flagicon "Wal Ever"	Cooper-O.S.C.A.	1:06.4	+ 7.8

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	26	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	100	1.40:08.1	1
2	10	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	100	+ 7.0 s	2
3	12	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	100	+ 7.3 s	3
4	14	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	99		6
5	36	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	99		10
6	64	Template:Flagicon Tony Brooks	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM-Climax	99		11
7	62	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM-Climax	99		4
Ret	4	Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	92	Con-rod	8
Ret	42	Template:Flagicon Roberto Bussinello	Isobele de Tomaso	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	75	Oil pressure	13
Ret	46	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	74	Engine	5
NC	32	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	71		7
Ret	30	Template:Flagicon Henry Taylor	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	42	Cylinder head gasket	12
Ret	44	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	25	Engine	9
Ret	18	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Scarlatti	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	4	Engine	14
DNQ	16	Template:Flagicon Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax			-
DNQ	24	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus-Climax			-
DNQ	50	Template:Flagicon Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Serenissima	Cooper-Maserati			-
DNQ	66	Template:Flagicon Mauro Bianchi	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson-Maserati			-
DNQ	34	Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche			-
DNQ	48	Template:Flagicon Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax			-
DNQ	52	Template:Flagicon Nino Vaccarella	Scuderia Serenissima	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo			-
DNQ	28	Template:Flagicon Menato Boffa	Menato Boffa	Cooper-Climax			-
DNQ	56	Template:Flagicon Roberto Lippi	Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A			-
DNQ	18	Template:Flagicon Gaetano Starrabba	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati			-
DNQ	20	Template:Flagicon Renato Pirocchi	Pescara Racing Club	Cooper-Maserati			-
DNQ	22	Template:Flagicon Gastone Zanarotti	Isobele de Tomaso	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A			-
DNQ	8	Template:Flagicon Jackie Lewis	H & L Motors	Cooper-Climax			-
DNQ	60	Template:Flagicon "Wal Ever"	"Wal Ever"	Cooper-O.S.C.A.			-
WD	2	Template:Flagicon André Pilette	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson-Maserati			-
WD	38	Template:Flagicon John Campbell-Jones	John Campbell-Jones	Cooper-Climax		Driver injured	-
WD	40	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Camoradi International	Lotus-Climax		Car not ready	-
WD	54	Template:Flagicon Brian Naylor	JBW Cars	JBW-Climax			-
WD	58	Template:Flagicon Ernesto Prinoth	Scuderia Dolomiti	Lotus-Climax		Car not ready	-

• Scarlatti and Starrabba used the same car.
• Scuderia Centro Sud entered a Cooper-Maserati, given #6, but withdrew the entry.

Bibliography

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

See also

• 1957 Modena Grand Prix