1961 Italian Grand Prix

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  1961 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 8 in the 1961 Formula One season.
Date	September 10, 1961
Official name	XXXIIo Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.213 mi / 10.000 km
Distance	43 laps, 267.189 mi / 430.000 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari
Time	2.46.3
Fastest lap
Driver	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari
Time	2.48.4 on lap 2
Podium
First	Phil Hill	Ferrari
Second	Dan Gurney	Porsche
Third	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax

The 1961 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 10 September 1961 at Monza.

The race was marked by the most terrible accident in the history of Formula One, when on lap 2 the German driver Wolfgang Von Trips lost control of his Ferrari and crashed against a stand full of spectators, killing 14 of them and dying himself. The race was not stopped, allegedly to assist the rescue work for the injured.

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Phil Hill	Ferrari	43	2:03:13.0	4	9
2	46	Dan Gurney	Porsche	43	+31.2 secs	12	6
3	12	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	43	+2:28.4	14	4
4	60	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	43	+2:40.4	16	3
5	26	Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	43	+2:40.5	13	2
6	40	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	42	+1 Lap	18	1
7	74	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	41	+2 Laps	15
8	62	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	41	+2 Laps	21
9	48	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	41	+2 Laps	22
10	16	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	40	+3 Laps	27
11	20	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax	39	+4 Laps	23
12	58	Renato Pirocchi	Cooper-Maserati	38	+5 Laps	29
Ret	28	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	36	Wheel bearing	11
Ret	6	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	23	Engine	3
Ret	72	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	19	Engine	30
Ret	44	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	14	Suspension	8
Ret	8	Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari	13	Fuel system	2
Ret	32	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	13	Engine	6
Ret	50	Nino Vaccarella	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	13	Engine	20
Ret	22	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	11	Suspension	17
Ret	24	Graham Hill	BRM-Climax	10	Engine	5
Ret	10	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	8	Overheating	10
Ret	14	Brian Naylor	JBW-Climax	6	Engine	31
Ret	38	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	5	Chassis	9
Ret	30	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax	5	Engine	26
Ret	42	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	2	Accident	19
Ret	4	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	1	Fatal accident	1
Ret	36	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1	Accident	7
Ret	54	Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	1	Engine	24
Ret	56	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	1	Engine	28
Ret	52	Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-Osca	1	Engine	32
Ret	18	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus-Climax	0	Accident	25
DNQ	68	André Pilette	Emeryson-Maserati
DNS	46	Edgar Barth	Porsche		Practice only
DNS	58	Massimo Natili	Cooper-Maserati		Pirocchi drove car
WD	34	Alfonso Thiele	Cooper-Climax
WD	64	Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax
WD	66	Menato Boffa	Cooper-Climax
WD	70	Michael May	Lotus-Climax		No car

[edit] Notes

• Pole position: Wolfgang von Trips - 2:46.3
• Fastest Lap: Giancarlo Baghetti - 2:48.4
• Lap Leaders: Phil Hill 36 laps (1-3, 5, 7, 10, 14-43); Richie Ginther 7 laps (4, 6, 8-9, 11-13).
• Having passed von Trips' points total, Phil Hill won the world championship with a race left to go.

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