1961 Naples Grand Prix

Template:Short description The 19th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 May 1961 at Posillipo Circuit, Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by Italian driver Giancarlo Baghetti in a Ferrari 156 in only his second Formula One race, having also won his first. Baghetti went on to win his next Formula One race as well, his first World Championship race, and is the only driver to have won his first three Formula One races run.

This race was held on the same day as the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix, therefore very few of the top drivers of the day were in action in Naples. Baghetti took a comfortable victory despite only starting third on the grid, with pole-sitter Gerry Ashmore finishing second after the other main challenger and early leader Roy Salvadori suffered a puncture. Lorenzo Bandini had led for a lap before Baghetti took over on lap 4, and he held the lead until the chequered flag.

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	10	Template:Flagicon Gerry Ashmore	Lotus-Climax	1:21.3	—
2	18	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	1:21.3	+0.0
3	32	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	1:21.9	+0.6
4	34	Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	1:22.5	+1.2
5	30	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Lotus-Climax	1:22.7	+1.4
6	40	Template:Flagicon Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax	1:23.0	+1.7
7	36	Template:Flagicon Menato Boffa	Cooper-Climax	1:23.2	+1.9
8	22	Template:Flagicon Giovanni Alberti	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.	1:24.4	+3.1
9	2	Template:Flagicon John Campbell-Jones	Cooper-Climax	1:24.5	+3.2
10	26	Template:Flagicon Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	1:24.6	+3.3
11	28	Template:Flagicon Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.	1:25.1	+3.8
12	8	Template:Flagicon Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	1:25.2	+3.9
13	14	Template:Flagicon Keith Greene	Gilby-Climax	1:25.2	+3.9
14	38	Template:Flagicon Massimo Natili	Cooper-Maserati	1:25.3	+4.0
15	12	Template:Flagicon Renato Pirocchi	Cooper-Climax	1:25.8	+4.5
16	6	Template:Flagicon André Pilette	Emeryson-Climax	1:27.1	+5.8
17	16	Template:Flagicon "Wal Ever"	Cooper-O.S.C.A.	1:27.2	+5.9
18	20	Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Maugeri	Cooper-Climax	1:27.6	+6.3
19	4	Template:Flagicon François Santé	Cooper-Climax	2:22.9	+1:01.6

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	32	Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Baghetti	FISA	Ferrari	1.22:46.5	3
2	10	Template:Flagicon Gerry Ashmore	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	59 laps	1
3	34	Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	59 laps	4
4	30	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Camoradi International	Lotus-Climax	58 laps	6
5	28	Template:Flagicon Roberto Bussinello	Isobele de Tomaso	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.	56 laps	11
6	26	Template:Flagicon Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	56 laps	10
7	18	Template:Flagicon Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	56 laps	2
8	8	Template:Flagicon Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	54 laps	12
9	40	Template:Flagicon Ernesto Prinoth	Scuderia Dolomiti	Lotus-Climax	34 laps	6
Ret	22	Template:Flagicon Giovanni Alberti	Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso-O.S.C.A.	Unknown - 36 laps	8
Ret	14	Template:Flagicon Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby-Climax	Accident - 5 laps	13
Ret	36	Template:Flagicon Menato Boffa	Menato Boffa	Cooper-Climax	Accident - 5 laps	16
Ret	2	Template:Flagicon John Campbell-Jones	John Campbell-Jones	Cooper-Climax	Ignition - 1 lap	9
DNQ	38	Template:Flagicon Massimo Natili	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati		-
DNQ	12	Template:Flagicon Renato Pirocchi	Pescara Racing Club	Cooper-Climax		-
DNQ	6	Template:Flagicon André Pilette	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson-Climax		-
DNQ	16	Template:Flagicon "Wal Ever"	"Wal Ever"	Cooper-O.S.C.A.		-
DNQ	20	Template:Flagicon Giuseppe Maugeri	Giuseppe Maugeri	Cooper-Climax		-
DNQ	4	Template:Flagicon François Santé	François Santé	Cooper-Climax		-
DNA	24	Template:Flagicon André Wicky	André Wicky	Cooper-Climax	Withdrew	-

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp. 26–27.
• Race results at www.silhouet.com [1]