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32º Gran Premio d'Italia

10 Sep 1961Monza430.000 km (10000 m x 43 Laps)

 Pole Position: Wolfgang von Trips, Ferrari 156, 2:46.3 (216.5 km/h) Fastest Lap: Giancarlo Baghetti, Ferrari 156, 2:48.4 (213.8 km/h lap 2) Race Results: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 2:03:13.0 209.4 km/h 2 46 Dan Gurney Porsche 718/2 2:03:44.2 208.5 km/h 3 12 Bruce McLaren Cooper T55-Climax 2:05:41.4 205.3 km/h 4 60 Jackie Lewis Cooper T53-Climax 2:05:53.4 204.9 km/h 5 26 Tony Brooks BRM P48/57-Climax 2:05:53.5 204.9 km/h 6 40 Roy Salvadori Cooper T53-Climax -1 Lap 7 74 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 -2 Laps 8 62 Lorenzo Bandini Cooper T53-Maserati -2 Laps 9 48 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Maserati -2 Laps 10 16 Tim Parnell Lotus 18-Climax -3 Laps 11 20 Henry Taylor Lotus 18/21-Climax -4 Laps 12 58 Renato Pirocchi Cooper T51-Maserati -5 Laps Did Not Finish: 28 Stirling Moss Lotus 21-Climax 36 Wheel bearing 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 156 23 Engine 72 Gaetano Starrabba Lotus 18-Maserati 19 Engine 44 Jo Bonnier Porsche 718/2 14 Rear suspension 50 Nino Vaccarella De Tomaso 003-Alfa Romeo 13 Engine 32 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 156 13 Engine 8 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 156 13 Fuel pump 22 Masten Gregory Lotus 18/21-Climax 11 Rear suspension 24 Graham Hill BRM P48/57-Climax 10 Engine 10 Jack Brabham Cooper T58-Climax 8 Overheating 14 Brian Naylor JBW 61-Climax 6 Engine 30 Jack Fairman Cooper T45-Climax 5 Engine 38 Innes Ireland Lotus 18/21-Climax 5 Chassis 42 John Surtees Cooper T53-Climax 2 Collision with Bonnier 4 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 156 1 Collision with Clark (fatal) 36 Jim Clark Lotus 21-Climax 1 Collision with von Trips 54 Roberto Bussinello De Tomaso 004-Alfa Romeo 1 Engine 52 Roberto Lippi De Tomaso 002-OSCA 1 Engine 56 Wolfgang Seidel Lotus 18-Climax 1 Engine 18 Gerry Ashmore Lotus 18-Climax 0 Accident Did Not Qualify: 68 André Pilette Emeryson 61-Climax Did Not Appear: 34 Alfonso Thiele Cooper T45-Climax 46 Edgar Barth Porsche 718/2 Reserve driver 60 Massimo Natili Cooper T51-Maserati Car used by Pirocchi (?) 64 Ernesto Prinoth Lotus 18-Climax 66 Mennato Boffa Cooper T45-Climax 70 Michael May Lotus 18-Climax Gone to Porsche team Lap Leaders: Car# Driver Car Laps Total 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 1-3 36 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 156 4 7 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 5 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 156 6 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 7 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 156 8-9 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 10 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 156 11-13 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 14-43 Fastest Laps: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Lap 1 32 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 156 2:48.4 213.8 2 2 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 2:49.1 212.9 30 3 44 Jo Bonnier Porsche 718/2 2:49.3 212.6 4 4 10 Jack Brabham Cooper T58-Climax 2:49.5 212.4 3 5 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 156 2:49.7 212.1 8 6 8 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 156 2:49.8 212.0 2 7 46 Dan Gurney Porsche 718/2 2:50.7 210.9 27 8 28 Stirling Moss Lotus 21-Climax 2:50.8 210.8 27 9 12 Bruce McLaren Cooper T55-Climax 2:51.1 210.4 3 10 60 Jackie Lewis Cooper T53-Climax 2:51.8 209.5 41 11 26 Tony Brooks BRM P48/57-Climax 2:52.9 208.2 43 12 24 Graham Hill BRM P48/57-Climax 2:53.5 207.5 3 13 42 John Surtees Cooper T53-Climax 2:53.9 207.0 2 14 40 Roy Salvadori Cooper T53-Climax 2:55.3 205.4 3 15 74 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 2:56.6 203.9 25 16 48 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Maserati 2:57.2 203.2 3 17 22 Masten Gregory Lotus 18/21-Climax 2:58.0 202.2 3 18 62 Lorenzo Bandini Cooper T53-Maserati 2:58.1 202.1 40 19 38 Innes Ireland Lotus 18/21-Climax 2:58.6 201.6 2 20 50 Nino Vaccarella De Tomaso 003-Alfa Romeo 3:00.0 200.0 7 21 20 Henry Taylor Lotus 18/21-Climax 3:00.6 199.3 3 22 4 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 156 3:03.4 196.3 1 23 36 Jim Clark Lotus 21-Climax 3:03.7 196.0 1 24 16 Tim Parnell Lotus 18-Climax 3:04.4 195.2 3 25 72 Gaetano Starrabba Lotus 18-Maserati 3:06.1 193.4 10 26 58 Renato Pirocchi Cooper T51-Maserati 3:07.9 191.6 28 27 14 Brian Naylor JBW 61-Climax 3:10.8 188.7 2 28 30 Jack Fairman Cooper T45-Climax 3:13.4 186.1 2 29 54 Roberto Bussinello De Tomaso 004-Alfa Romeo 3:26.7 174.2 1 30 52 Roberto Lippi De Tomaso 002-OSCA 3:55.5 152.9 1 31 56 Wolfgang Seidel Lotus 18-Climax 22:32.2 26.6 1 Qualifying Times: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed Entrant 1 4 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 156 2:46.3 216.5 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 2 8 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 156 2:46.4 216.3 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 3 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 156 2:46.8 215.8 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 4 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 2:47.2 215.3 Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 5 24 Graham Hill BRM P48/57-Climax 2:48.7 213.4 Owen Racing Organisation 6 32 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 156 2:49.0 213.0 Scuderia Sant'Ambroeus 7 36 Jim Clark Lotus 21-Climax 2:49.2 212.8 Team Lotus 8 44 Jo Bonnier Porsche 718/2 2:49.6 212.3 Porsche System Engineering 9 38 Innes Ireland Lotus 21-Climax 2:50.3 211.4 Team Lotus 10 10 Jack Brabham Cooper T58-Climax 2:51.6 209.8 Cooper Car Co 11 28 Stirling Moss Lotus 18/21-Climax 2:51.8 209.5 R.R.C. Walker Racing Team 12 46 Dan Gurney Porsche 718/2 2:52.0 209.3 Porsche System Engineering 13 26 Tony Brooks BRM P48/57-Climax 2:52.2 209.1 Owen Racing Organisation 14 12 Bruce McLaren Cooper T55-Climax 2:53.4 207.6 Cooper Car Co 15 74 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 2:53.8 207.1 Ecurie Maarsbergen 16 60 Jackie Lewis Cooper T53-Climax 2:54.0 206.9 H&L Motors 17 22 Masten Gregory Lotus 18/21-Climax 2:55.2 205.5 UDT Laystall Racing Team 18 40 Roy Salvadori Cooper T53-Climax 2:55.2 205.5 Yeoman Credit Racing Team 19 42 John Surtees Cooper T53-Climax 2:55.6 205.0 Yeoman Credit Racing Team 20 50 Nino Vaccarella De Tomaso 003-Alfa Romeo 2:56.0 204.5 Scuderia Serenissima 21 62 Lorenzo Bandini Cooper T53-Maserati 2:57.7 202.9 Scuderia Centro Sud 22 48 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Maserati 2:58.7 201.5 Scuderia Serenissima 23 20 Henry Taylor Lotus 18/21-Climax 3:00.6 199.3 UDT Laystall Racing Team 24 54 Roberto Bussinello De Tomaso 004-Alfa Romeo 3:01.7 198.1 Isabelle de Tomaso 25 18 Gerry Ashmore Lotus 18-Climax 3:03.0 196.7 Gerry Ashmore 26 30 Jack Fairman Cooper T45-Climax 3:04.8 194.8 Fred Tuck 27 16 Tim Parnell Lotus 18-Climax 3:05.7 193.9 Tim Parnell 28 56 Wolfgang Seidel Lotus 18-Climax 3:06.0 193.5 Scuderia Colonia 29 58 Renato Pirocchi Cooper T51-Maserati 3:06.5 193.0 Pescara Racing Club 30 72 Gaetano Starrabba Lotus 18-Maserati 3:07.9 191.6 Prince Gaetano Starrabba 31 14 Brian Naylor JBW 61-Climax 3:08.1 191.4 JBW Cars 32 52 Roberto Lippi De Tomaso 002-OSCA 3:08.9 190.6 Scuderia Settecolli Did Not Qualify: 3:11.4 115% of second best time 33 68 André Pilette Emeryson 61-Climax 3:11.6 187.9 Equipe Nationale Belge Not Present: 34 Alfonso Thiele Cooper T45-Climax - - Scuderia Sant'Ambroeus 46 Edgar Barth Porsche 718/2 - - Porsche System Engineering 60 Massimo Natili Cooper T51-Maserati - - Scuderia Centro Sud 64 Ernesto Prinoth Lotus 18-Climax - - Scuderia Dolomiti 66 Mennato Boffa Cooper T45-Climax - - Mennato Boffa 70 Michael May Lotus 18-Climax - - Scuderia Colonia Friday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 156 2:46.8 215.8 2 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 2:48.9 213.1 3 8 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 156 2:49.6 212.3 4 4 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 156 2:50.3 211.4 5 28 Stirling Moss Lotus 18/21-Climax 2:51.8 209.5 6 36 Jim Clark Lotus 21-Climax 2:52.4 208.8 7 32 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 156 2:53.4 207.6 8 46 Dan Gurney Porsche 718/2 2:53.4 207.6 9 44 Jo Bonnier Porsche 718/2 2:53.6 207.4 10 24 Graham Hill BRM P48/57-Climax 2:55.0 205.7 11 10 Jack Brabham Cooper T58-Climax 2:55.1 205.6 12 38 Innes Ireland Lotus 21-Climax 2:56.7 203.7 13 62 Lorenzo Bandini Cooper T53-Maserati 2:57.7 202.6 14 74 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 2:57.9 202.4 15 42 John Surtees Cooper T53-Climax 2:59.3 200.8 16 12 Bruce McLaren Cooper T55-Climax 2:59.8 200.2 17 40 Roy Salvadori Cooper T53-Climax 3:02.0 197.8 18 26 Tony Brooks BRM P48/57-Climax 2:58.8 150.8 19 22 Masten Gregory Lotus 18/21-Climax 3:01.2 198.7 20 20 Henry Taylor Lotus 18/21-Climax 3:03.8 195.9 21 50 Nino Vaccarella De Tomaso 003-Alfa Romeo 3:03.7 196.0 22 48 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Maserati 3:03.9 195.8 23 30 Jack Fairman Cooper T45-Climax 3:06.7 192.8 24 54 Roberto Bussinello De Tomaso 004-Alfa Romeo 3:09.8 189.7 25 14 Brian Naylor JBW 61-Climax 3:13.0 186.5 26 16 Tim Parnell Lotus 18-Climax 3:15.4 184.2 27 58 Renato Pirocchi Cooper T51-Maserati 3:18.3 181.5 28 68 André Pilette Emeryson 61-Climax 3:19.4 180.5 29 52 Roberto Lippi De Tomaso 002-OSCA 3:27.7 173.3 Saturday Practice: Pos Car# Driver Car Time Speed 1 4 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 156 2:46.3 216.5 2 8 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 156 2:46.4 216.3 3 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 156 2:47.1 215.4 4 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 156 2:47.2 215.3 5 24 Graham Hill BRM P57 2:48.7 213.4 6 32 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 156 2:49.0 213.0 7 36 Jim Clark Lotus 21-Climax 2:49.2 212.8 8 44 Jo Bonnier Porsche 718/2 2:49.6 212.3 9 38 Innes Ireland Lotus 21-Climax 2:50.3 211.4 10 10 Jack Brabham Cooper T58-Climax 2:51.6 209.8 11 46 Dan Gurney Porsche 718/2 2:52.0 209.3 12 26 Tony Brooks BRM P48/57-Climax 2:52.2 209.1 13 12 Bruce McLaren Cooper T55-Climax 2:53.4 207.6 14 74 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 718 2:53.8 207.1 15 60 Jackie Lewis Cooper T53-Climax 2:54.0 206.9 16 22 Masten Gregory Lotus 18/21-Climax 2:55.2 205.5 17 40 Roy Salvadori Cooper T53-Climax 2:55.2 205.5 18 42 John Surtees Cooper T53-Climax 2:55.6 205.0 19 50 Nino Vaccarella De Tomaso 003-Alfa Romeo 2:56.0 204.5 20 28 Stirling Moss Lotus 18/21-Climax 2:57.5 202.8 21 62 Lorenzo Bandini Cooper T53-Maserati 2:58.2 202.0 22 48 Maurice Trintignant Cooper T51-Maserati 2:58.7 201.5 23 20 Henry Taylor Lotus 18/21-Climax 3:00.6 199.3 24 54 Roberto Bussinello De Tomaso 004-Alfa Romeo 3:01.7 198.1 25 18 Gerry Ashmore Lotus 18-Climax 3:03.0 196.7 26 30 Jack Fairman Cooper T45-Climax 3:04.8 194.8 27 16 Tim Parnell Lotus 18-Climax 3:05.7 193.9 28 56 Wolfgang Seidel Lotus 18-Climax 3:06.0 193.5 29 58 Renato Pirocchi Cooper T51-Maserati 3:06.5 193.0 30 72 Gaetano Starrabba Lotus 18-Maserati 3:07.9 191.6 31 14 Brian Naylor JBW 61-Climax 3:08.1 191.4 32 52 Roberto Lippi De Tomaso 002-OSCA 3:08.9 190.6 33 68 André Pilette Emeryson 61-Climax 3:11.6 187.9
Starting Grid:
4 Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari 156
2:46.3
8 Ricardo Rodríguez
Ferrari 156
2:46.4
6 Richie Ginther
Ferrari 156
2:46.8
2 Phil Hill
Ferrari 156
2:47.2
24 Graham Hill
BRM P48/57-Climax
2:48.7
32 Giancarlo Baghetti
Ferrari 156
2:49.0
36 Jim Clark
Lotus 21-Climax
2:49.2
44 Jo Bonnier
Porsche 718/2
2:49.6
38 Innes Ireland
Lotus 18/21-Climax
2:50.3
10 Jack Brabham
Cooper T58-Climax
2:51.6
28 Stirling Moss
Lotus 21-Climax
2:51.8
46 Dan Gurney
Porsche 718/2
2:52.0
26 Tony Brooks
BRM P48/57-Climax
2:52.2
12 Bruce McLaren
Cooper T55-Climax
2:53.4
74 Carel Godin de Beaufort
Porsche 718
2:53.8
60 Jackie Lewis
Cooper T53-Climax
2:54.0
22 Masten Gregory
Lotus 18/21-Climax
2:55.2
40 Roy Salvadori
Cooper T53-Climax
2:55.2
42 John Surtees
Cooper T53-Climax
2:55.6
50 Nino Vaccarella
De Tomaso 003-Alfa Romeo
2:56.0
62 Lorenzo Bandini
Cooper T53-Maserati
2:57.7
48 Maurice Trintignant
Cooper T51-Maserati
2:58.7
20 Henry Taylor
Lotus 18/21-Climax
3:00.6
54 Roberto Bussinello
De Tomaso 004-Alfa Romeo
3:01.7
18 Gerry Ashmore
Lotus 18-Climax
3:03.0
30 Jack Fairman
Cooper T45-Climax
3:04.8
16 Tim Parnell
Lotus 18-Climax
3:05.7
56 Wolfgang Seidel
Lotus 18-Climax
3:06.0
58 Renato Pirocchi
Cooper T51-Maserati
3:06.5
72 Gaetano Starrabba
Lotus 18-Maserati
3:07.9
14 Brian Naylor
JBW 61-Climax
3:08.1
52 Roberto Lippi
De Tomaso 002-OSCA
3:08.9
Notes:
  • Moss and Ireland switched cars for the race.
  • Weather: Very hot, Dry.
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    Race Review:

    The penultimate race of the 1961 World Championship was to be a showdown between the Ferrari drivers. The team had already won the Constructors' title so it was a straight fight between Wolfgang von Trips and Phil Hill for the Drivers' title although Moss still had a mathematical chance of victory if he won both races. The advantage lay with Phil Hill who had 38 points to Wolfgang von Trips's 33.

    The Ferrari team had a new recruit at Monza, Ricardo Rodríguez taking over the team's fourth car while Giancarlo Baghetti reappeared in a private Ferrari. Once again Jack Brabham was the only driver with the new Climax V8 engine. Stirling Moss ran his usual Lotus 18 but was not happy with it and Innes Ireland let him have his factory Lotus 21.

    The organizers decided to use the combined oval/road course again and the Ferraris were impressive. von Trips was on pole with Rodríguez second (becoming the youngest driver ever to start a World Championship Grand Prix) ahead of Ginther and Phil Hill with Graham Hill's BRM sharing the third row with Baghetti.

    At the start Phil Hill and Ginther managed to get into first and second places followed by Rodríguez, the fast-starting Jim Clark and von Trips. Approaching the Parabolica the two cars collided. Clark crashed without injury but the Ferrari hit a spectator fence and was tossed into a roll. von Trips was thrown from the car and was killed along with 14 spectators.

    The race organizers decided not to stop the race and the Ferrari team put on a display until Rodríguez, Baghetti and Ginther all stopped with mechanical trouble. This left Hill to win.

    Of the rest, Brabham went out with engine trouble while Surtees retired after running to the back of Bonnier who had slowed his Porsche at the site of von Trips's accident. Moss went out with a broken wheel which left Dan Gurney second for Porsche and Bruce McLaren third for Cooper. Jack Lewis drove a marvelous race in his private Cooper to finish fourth ahead of Tony Brooks (BRM) and Roy Salvadori (Parnell Cooper).

    The awful accident meant that Phil Hill became the first American to win the Formula 1 World Championship but there was no celebrating at Monza on that Sunday.