1961 South African Grand Prix

The 1961 South African Grand Prix, formally titled the 8th International RAC South African Grand Prix, was a non-championship Formula One motor race held at Prince George Circuit, East London, South Africa on 26 December 1961. The race, run over 80 laps of the circuit, was won from pole position by Scotland's Jim Clark, driving a works Lotus-Climax. Englishman Stirling Moss finished second in a private Lotus-Climax, while Swede Jo Bonnier was third in a Porsche.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	80	2.06:49.2	1
2	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	80	+ 15.7	2
3	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	79	+ 1 Lap	4
4	Template:Flagicon Tony Maggs	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	79	+ 1 Lap	6
5	Template:Flagicon Edgar Barth	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	78	+ 2 Laps	7
6	Template:Flagicon Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	77	+ 3 Laps	8
7	Template:Flagicon Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati	77	+ 3 Laps	12
8	Template:Flagicon Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	76	+ 4 Laps	15
9	Template:Flagicon Bob van Niekerk	Ted Lanfear	Lotus-Ford	76	+ 4 Laps	16
10	Template:Flagicon Helmut Menzler	Ecurie Wolman	Lotus-Borgward	75	+ 5 Laps	14
11	Template:Flagicon Adrian Pheiffer	Adrian Pheiffer	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	75	+ 5 Laps	10
12	Template:Flagicon Bill Jennings	Bill Jennings	Jennings-Porsche	71	+ 9 Laps	17
13	Template:Flagicon John Guthrie	Ecurie Rhodes	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	71	+ 9 Laps	19
14	Template:Flagicon Don Philp	Don Philp	Quodra-Climax	70	+ 10 Laps	11
15	Template:Flagicon Dave Wright	Dave Wright	Cooper-Climax	65	+ 15 Laps	21
Ret	Template:Flagicon Fanie Viljoen	G. E. Mennie	LDS-Climax	59	Engine	13
Ret	Template:Flagicon Bill Dunlop	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	31	Engine	23
Ret	Template:Flagicon Gene Bosman	Scuderia Alfa	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	31	Accident	20
Ret	Template:Flagicon Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Climax	27	Ignition	22
Ret	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	16	Radiator	3
Ret	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	9	Brake Pipe	5
Ret	Template:Flagicon Ernie Pieterse	Scuderia Alfa	Heron-Alfa Romeo	7	Gearbox	9
Ret	Template:Flagicon Bernard Podmore	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Ford	5	Con-rod	18
DNS	Template:Flagicon Bruce Johnstone	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax		Practice Accident
WD	Template:Flagicon John Love	A. H. Pillman	LDS-Porsche		Car Damaged

Notes

• Pole position: Jim Clark – 1:33.9
• Fastest Lap: Jim Clark – 1:33.1
• Doug Serrurier was also entered by Scuderia Alfa, to drive an LDS-Alfa Romeo, but did not drive this car during the event.

References

• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
• Race results at Silhouet.com