1961 Dutch Grand Prix

File:Vlak na de start, Brabham, Moss, Surtees, Taylor, Hermann, Bestanddeelnr 912-5054.jpg

Brabham, Moss, Surtees, Taylor and Herrmann right after the race start

File:Beaufort at 1961 Dutch Grand Prix (2).jpg

Carel Godin de Beaufort driving the Porsche 718 in the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix

The 1961 Dutch Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 22 May 1961 at Zandvoort. It was race 2 of 8 in both the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.

Taking place one week after the Monaco Grand Prix, there was no time for Innes Ireland to heal from his injury in the previous race, so he was replaced by Trevor Taylor. The front row was taken up by three Ferraris. Wolfgang von Trips took the lead from the start and led every lap. Phil Hill was second but was soon pressured by Jim Clark, who had started from the fourth row. The two would trade second place often with the Ferrari quicker on the straight and the Lotus faster in the corners. This continued until about 20 laps from the end when Clark's handling allowed the Ferrari to pull away. Fourth place was contested between Stirling Moss and Richie Ginther, with Moss passing Ginther on the final lap. The race was the first of 23 races in Formula 1 history in which every car that started the race was classified as a finisher. In addition, no drivers made any pit stops; only one of only two World Championship races in history to have this latter distinction - the other being the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix - which was red-flagged after two full laps due to bad weather.<ref name="LangVol1"/>

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Template:Nowrap			Gap
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	1	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	Ferrari	No time	1:37.0	1:35.7	—
2	3	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	No time	1:36.6	1:35.7	—
3	2	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	Ferrari	No time	1:36.7	1:35.9	+0.2
4	14	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1:38.1	1:36.2	1:37.6	+0.4
5	4	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	BRM-Climax	1:38.6	1:36.7	1:36.3	+0.6
6	7	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Porsche	1:38.9	1:36.5	1:36.4	+0.7
7	10	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:36.6	1:36.7	1:37.1	+0.9
8	5	Template:Flagicon Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	1:39.0	1:36.9	1:36.8	+1.1
9	12	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	1:40.7	1:36.8	1:37.6	+1.1
10	17	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax	1:38.8	1:38.5	1:36.8	+1.1
11	15	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:39.3	1:37.0	1:36.9	+1.2
12	6	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1:39.6	1:37.1	1:38.5	+1.4
13	9	Template:Flagicon Hans Herrmann	Porsche	1:39.0	1:38.0	1:39.5	+2.3
14	18	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Lotus-Climax	No time	1:46.8	1:38.0	+2.3
15	11	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:41.3	1:38.5	1:38.2	+2.5
16	16	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:42.0	1:40.8	1:39.5	+3.8
17	8	Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:42.3	1:40.9	1:39.8	+4.1

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	75	2:01:52.1	2	9
2	1	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	Ferrari	75	+0.9	1	6
3	15	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	75	+13.1	10	4
4	14	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	75	+22.2	4	3
5	2	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	Ferrari	75	+22.3 <ref name="LangVol1">Template:Cite book</ref>	3	2
6	10	Template:Flagicon Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	75	+1:20.1	7	1
7	12	Template:Flagicon John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	75	+1:26.7	9
8	4	Template:Flagicon Graham Hill	BRM-Climax	75	+1:29.8<ref name="LangVol1"/>	5
9	5	Template:Flagicon Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	74	+1 Lap	8
10	7	Template:Flagicon Dan Gurney	Porsche	74	+1 Lap	6
11	6	Template:Flagicon Jo Bonnier	Porsche	73	+2 Laps	11
12	11	Template:Flagicon Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	73	+2 Laps	13
13	16	Template:Flagicon Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	73	+2 Laps	14
14	8	Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	72	+3 Laps	15
15	9	Template:Flagicon Hans Herrmann	Porsche	72	+3 Laps	12
DNS	17	Template:Flagicon Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax		Reserve Entry
DNS	18	Template:Flagicon Ian Burgess	Lotus-Climax		Reserve Entry
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Notes

• This was the first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix win for a German driver. It was also the first Grand Prix win for Wolfgang von Trips.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Stirling Moss	12
File:1uparrow green.svg 2	2	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang von Trips	12
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon Phil Hill	10
File:1downarrow red.svg 2	4	Template:Flagicon Richie Ginther	8
File:1uparrow green.svg 5	5	Template:Flagicon Jim Clark	4
Source: <ref name="champ">Template:Cite web</ref>

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	1	Template:Flagicon Ferrari	14
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	2	Template:Flagicon Lotus-Climax	12
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	3	Template:Flagicon Porsche	2
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	4	Template:Flagicon Cooper-Climax	2
Source: <ref name="champ"/>

• Notes: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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