1961 Rand Grand Prix

Date 09.12.1961 Category Formula 1
Circuit Kyalami Racing Circuit Championship
Race title Rand Grand Prix Round
Distance 75 laps = 190.875 miles Country South Africa
Winner's speed: 90.55 mph
Pole's speed:
Fastest lap speed: 92.40 mph
Rank Pos. # Driver Entrant Car Laps Laps
lead		 Time Status FL
time		 FL
rank		 Grid Row Qual
time
1 1 1 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 21 Climax 75 75 2:06'26.27 finished 1 1 1'38.5
2 2 2 Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus 21 Climax 75 2:06'26.41 finished 2 1 1'38.8
3 3 5 Joakim Bonnier Dr Ing hcF Porsche KG Porsche 718 75 2:06'49.43 finished 1'39.1 1 4 2 1'39.8
4 4 4 Edgar Barth Dr Ing hcF Porsche KG Porsche 718 74 2:07'29.66 finished 9 4
5 5 9 Bruce Johnstone Reg Parnell Racing Cooper 56 Climax 73 2:06'42.02 finished 8 3 1'43.1
6 6 7 Ernie Pieterse Scuderia Alfa Heron Alfa Romeo 72 2:07'13.83 finished 7 3 1'41.1
7 7 3 Syd van der Vyver Syd van der Vyver Lotus 18 Alfa Romeo 72 2:07'48.35 finished 6 3 1'40.8
8 8 20 Fanie Viljoen G E Mennie LDS Alfa Romeo 70 2:07'30.47 finished 16 7 1'48.5
9 9 22 Bob van Niekerk Equipe Judette Lotus 18 Ford 70 2:07'40.97 finished 13 5 1'46.8
10 10 12 Doug Serrurier Scuderia Lupini Cooper 51 Maserati 69 2:08'12.35 finished 15 6
11 11 19 Bill Jennings Bill Jennings Jennings Porsche 67 2:06'53.05 finished 19 8 1'48.5
12 21 Adrian Pheiffer Adrian Pheiffer Cooper 43 Afa Romeo 48 DNF, spin 12 5 1'44.5
13 6 Masten Gregory British Racing Partnership Lotus 18 Climax 42 DNF, overheating 3 1 1'38.9
14 15 Sam Tingle Sam Tingle LDS Alfa Romeo 35 DNF, gearbox 14 6 1'47.5
15 23 Bernard Podmore Bernard Podmore Lotus 20 Ford 25 DNF, crash 21 9 1'49.4
16 16 Helmut Menzler Ecurie Wolman Lotus 18 Borgward 24 DNF, overheating 10 4 1'43.7
17 24 John Guthrie Ecurie Rhodes Cooper 51 Alfa Romeo 18 DNF, water pipe 17 8 1'48.2
18 8 Tony Maggs Reg Parnell Racing Cooper 53 Climax 14 DNF, overheating 5 2 1'40.5
19 28 Bill Dunlop Bill Dunlop Cooper 45 Afa Romeo 14 DNF, engine 23 9 1'50.3
20 14 Don Philp Don Philp Quadro Climax 11 DNF, overheating 11 5 1'44.1
21 29 Rauten Hartman Rauten Hartman Netuar Peugeot 11 DNF, flywheel 24 10 1'52.1
22 26 Gene Bosman Scuderia Alfa Lotus 15 ALfa Romeo 7 DNF, engine 20 8 1'48.7
23 17 Jack Holme Jack Holme Lotus 18 Climax 5 DNF, collision 22 9 1'49.7
24 25 Trevor Blokdyk Trevor Blokdyk Cooper 56 Ford 5 DNF, collision 18 7
25 18 Clive Trundell Clive Trundell Cooper 45 Climax 2 DNF, puncture 25 10 1'52.1
26 10 Neville Lederle Neville Lederle Lotus 20 Ford DNS, bearings
27 11 John Love A.H. Pillman LDS Porsche DNA, car not ready
28 27 Dawie Gous Dawie Gous Porsche 550 DNA, car not ready