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6 August 1961 - Nürburgring: 342.150 km (22.810 km x 15 laps)


 1  7 Stirling Moss              	Lotus-Climax 18/21 '912'        	2:18:12.4 = 148.538 km/h
 2  3 Wolfgang von Trips         	Ferrari 156 '05'             		2:18:33.8
 3  4 Phil Hill                  	Ferrari 156 '02'             		2:18:34.9
 4 14 Jim Clark                  	Lotus-Climax 21 '930'        		2:19:29.5
 5 18 John Surtees               	Cooper-Climax T53 'FI-1-61'       	2:20:05.5
 6  2 Bruce McLaren              	Cooper-Climax T55 'FI-11-61'       	2:20:53.8
 7  9 Dan Gurney                 	Porsche 718 '203'             		2:21:35.0
 8  5 Richie Ginther             	Ferrari 156 '04'             		2:23:35.5
 9 28 Jack Lewis               		Cooper-Climax T53 'FI-6-61'       	2:23:36.1
10 19 Roy Salvadori              	Cooper-Climax T53 'FI-2-61'       	2:30:23.9
11 33 Tony Maggs                 	Lotus-Climax 18 '903'        		14 laps
12 30 Ian Burgess                	Cooper-Climax T53 'FI-3-61'       	14 laps
13 11 Hans Herrmann              	Porsche 718 '202'             		14 laps
14 31 Carel Godin de Beaufort    	Porsche 718 '201'             		14 laps
15 37 Tony Marsh                 	Lotus-Climax 18 '909'        		13 laps
16 27 Gerry Ashmore              	Lotus-Climax 18 '919'        		13 laps
NC 38 Bernard Collomb            	Cooper-Climax T53 'FI-9-61'         	11 laps/Engine

Fastest Lap: Phil Hill, Ferrari, 8:57.8 = 152.566 km/h on lap 10


Did Not Finish
    1 Jack Brabham               	Cooper-Climax T58 'FI-12-61'          	 0 laps/Accident
   17 Graham Hill                	BRM-Climax P48/57 '571'             	 1 lap/Accident
   15 Innes Ireland              	Lotus-Climax 21 '933'           	 1 lap/Fire
   26 Wolfgang Seidel            	Lotus-Climax 18 '373'                	 3 laps/Steering
    8 Jo Bonnier                 	Porsche 718 '204'                	 5 laps/Valves
   16 Tony Brooks                	BRM-Climax P48/57 '572'             	 6 laps/Valve spring
   32 Lorenzo Bandini            	Cooper-Maserati T53 'FI-13-61'      	10 laps/Engine
   20 Maurice Trintignant        	Cooper-Climax T51         		12 laps/Engine
    6 Willy Mairesse             	Ferrari 156 '01'               		13 laps/Accident

Did Not Start
   25 Michael May                	Lotus-Climax 18 '914'          		Car damaged in practice
   12 Masten Gregory			Cooper-Climax T53 'F1-3-61'		Car driven by Burgess
   36 Wolfgang Seidel			Lotus-Climax 21 '930'			Car driven by Clark

Did Not Appear
   10 Edgar Barth			Porsche 787				Withdrawn - car unraceworthy
   29 Piero Monteverdi			MBM-Porsche				Withdrawn
   34 Renato Pirocchi			Cooper-Climax T45			Withdrawn
   35 Geoff Duke			Cooper-Climax T45			Car not ready
   39 John Capmbell-Jones		Cooper-Climax T51
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                                 Starting Grid
 
   Jo Bonnier             Stirling Moss             Jack Brabham            Phil Hill
   Porsche 718 #8         Lotus 18/21-Climax #7     Cooper T58-Climax #1    Ferrari Dino 156 #4
   9:04.8                 9:01.7                    9:01.4                  8:55.2

             Dan Gurney              Graham Hill               Wolfgang von Trips
             Porsche 718 #9          BRM P48/57-Climax #17     Ferrari Dino 156 #3
             9:06:6                  9:06.4                    9:05.5

   Hans Hertmann          John Surtees              Tony Brooks             Jim Clark
   Porsche 718 #11        Cooper T53-Climax #18     BRM P48/57-Climax #16   Lotus 21-Climax #14
   9:12.7                 9:11.2                    9:09.3                  9:08.1

             Richie Ginther          Willy Mairesse            Bruce Mclaren
             Ferrari Dino 156 #5     Ferrari Dino 156 #6       Cooper T55-Climax #2
             9:06:6                  9:06.4                    9:05.5

   Jackie Lewis           Carel Godin de Beaufort   Innes Ireland           Roy Salvadori
   Cooper T53P-Climax #28 Porsche 718 #31           Lotus 21-Climax #15     Cooper T53P-Climax #19
   9:31.4                 9:28.4                    9:22.9                  9:22.0

             Maurice Trintignant     Tony Marsh                Lorenzo Bandini
             Cooper T51-Maserati #20 Lotus 18-Climax #37       Cooper T53P-Maserati #32
             9:38:5                  9:37.7                    9:35.4

   Gerry Ashmore          Ian Burgess               Wolfgang Seidel         Tony Maggs
   Lotus 18-Climax #27    Cooper T53P-Climax #30    Lotus 18-Climax #26     Lotus 18-Climax #33
   10:06.0                10:01.4                   9:59.9                  9:45.5

                                     Bernard Collomb
                                     Cooper T53P-Climax #38
                                     10:23.0
Did Not Start:
   Michael May
   Lotus 18-Climax #25
   10:37.5