1961 Rand Grand Prix

The 4th Rand Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 9 December 1961 at Kyalami, South Africa. The race was run over 75 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark, who led from start to finish in his Lotus 21.

1961 Rand Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date 9 December 1961
Official name IV Rand Grand Prix
Location Kyalami, Johannesburg
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.096 km (2.545 mi)
Distance 75 laps, 307.184 km (190.875 mi)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:38.5
Fastest lap
Driver Jo Bonnier Porsche
Time 1:39.1
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Lotus-Climax
Third Porsche

There were no great differences between the local rules to which this race was run and the international Formula One rules, but for example sports car bodies were permitted, such as those driven by Jennings and Bosman.

Results

PosDriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
1 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 2.06:26.3 1
2 Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 0.1 s 2
3 Jo Bonnier Porsche System Engineering Porsche + 22.0 s 4
4 Edgar Barth Porsche System Engineering Porsche 74 laps 9
5 Bruce Johnstone Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 73 laps 8
6 Ernie Pieterse Scuderia Alfa Heron-Alfa Romeo 72 laps 7
7 Syd van der Vyver Syd van der Vyver Lotus-Alfa Romeo 72 laps 6
8 Fanie Viljoen G.E. Mennie LDS-Climax 70 laps 16
9 Bob van Niekerk Equipe Judette Lotus-Ford 70 laps 13
10 Doug Serrurier Scuderia Lupini Cooper-Maserati 69 laps 15
11 Bruce Jennings Bill Jennings Jennings-Porsche 67 laps 19
Ret Masten Gregory UDT Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax Overheating 3
Ret Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS-Alfa Romeo Gearbox 14
Ret Bernard Podmore Bernard Podmore Lotus-Ford Accident 21
Ret Helmut Menzler Ecurie Wolman Lotus-Borgward Overheating 10
Ret John Guthrie Ecurie Rhodes Cooper-Alfa Romeo Water pipe 17
Ret Tony Maggs Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax Overheating 5
Ret Bill Dunlop Bill Dunlop Cooper-Alfa Romeo Engine 23
Ret Don Philp Don Philp Quodra-Climax Overheating 11
Ret Rauten Hartmann Rauten Hartmann Netuar-Peugeot Engine 24
Ret Gene Bosman Scuderia Alfa Lotus-Alfa Romeo Engine 20
Ret Jack Holme Jack Holme Lotus-Climax Accident 22
Ret Trevor Blokdyk Trevor Blokdyk Cooper-Ford Accident 18
Ret Clive Trundell Clive Trundell Cooper-Climax Puncture 25
DNS Adrian Pheiffer Adrian Pheiffer Cooper-Alfa Romeo Engine in practice (12)
WD Neville Lederle Neville Lederle Lotus-Ford Car not ready -
WD John Love A.H. Pillman LDS-Porsche Car not ready -
WD Dawie Gous Dawie Gous Porsche RSK Car not ready -
  • Bonnier was still on his warm-up lap when the race started, thus he was half a lap down at the start.

References

  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
  • Race results at www.silhouet.com
Previous race:
1961 Coppa Italia
Formula One non-championship races
1961 season
Next race:
1961 Natal Grand Prix
Previous race:
1956 Rand Grand Prix
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