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1961 Monaco Grand Prix

Race 1 of 8 in the 1961 Formula One season

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Race details

Date

14 May 1961

Official name

XIX Grand Prix de Monaco

Location

Circuit de Monaco
Monte Carlo/La Condamine, Monaco

Course

Street circuit

Course length

3.145 km (1.954 mi)

Distance

100 laps, 314.5 km (195.4 mi)

Weather

Sunny

Pole position

Driver

Stirling Moss

Lotus-Climax

Time

1.39.1

Fastest lap

Drivers

Richie Ginther (lap 84)

Ferrari

Fastest lap

Stirling Moss (lap 85)

Lotus-Climax

Time

1.36.3

Podium

First

Stirling Moss

Lotus-Climax

Second

Richie Ginther

Ferrari

Third

Phil Hill

Ferrari

Lap leaders

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Classification

Qualifying


Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	20	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1:41.1	1:41.4	1:39.1	—
2	36	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	1:41.0	1:39.3	1:41.7	+0.2
3	28	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:39.6	No time	No time	+0.5
4	18	Graham Hill	BRM-Climax	1:42.8	1:40.0	1:39.6	+0.5
5	38	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1:41.0	1:39.8	1:40.2	+0.7
6	40	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	1:41.7	1:40.3	1:39.8	+0.7
7	26	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:44.7	1:41.3	1:39.8	+0.7
8	16	Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	1:44.6	1:42.1	1:40.1	+1.0
9	2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	No time	1:41.9	1:40.3	+1.2
10	30	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:41.5	1:40.5	1:40.7	+1.4
11	4	Dan Gurney	Porsche	No time	1:42.7	1:40.6	+1.5
12	22	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	1:44.3	1:41.1	2:09.1	+2.0
13	6	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	No time	1:42.4	1:41.1	+2.0
14	8	Michael May	Lotus-Climax	1:45.4	1:42.0	1:43.8	+2.9
15	32	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	1:56.7	1:42.3	1:43.2	+3.2
16	42	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	1:47.6	1:43.2	1:42.4	+3.3
17	34	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:45.5	1:43.7	1:42.6	+3.5
18	14	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	1:45.7	1:42.7	1:42.7	+3.6
19	10	Lucien Bianchi	Emeryson-Maserati	1:44.0	1:42.9	1:44.5	+3.8
20	12	Olivier Gendebien	Emeryson-Maserati	1:45.4	1:43.7	1:45.0	+4.6
21	24	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:44.0	No time	No time	+4.9
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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	100	2:45:50.1	1	9
2	36	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	100	+3.6 secs	2	6
3	38	Phil Hill	Ferrari	100	+41.3 secs	5	4
4	40	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	98	Accident	6	3
5	4	Dan Gurney	Porsche	98	+2 Laps	10	2
6	26	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	95	+5 Laps	7	1
7	42	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	95	+5 Laps	15
8	32	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	93	+7 Laps	14
9	6	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	91	+9 Laps	12
10	28	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	89	+11 Laps	3
11	22	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	68	Engine	11
12	2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	59	Injection	9
13	16	Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	54	Engine	8
Ret	8	Michael May	Lotus-Climax	42	Oil Pipe	13
Ret	24	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	38	Ignition	16
Ret	18	Graham Hill	BRM-Climax	11	Fuel Pump	4
DNS	30	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax		Injury in Practice
DNQ	34	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	14	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax
DNQ	10	Lucien Bianchi	Emeryson-Maserati
DNQ	12	Olivier Gendebien	Emeryson-Maserati
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