French Grand Prix

Date
Sun 2nd July 1961 (UTC)
Sun 2nd July 1961 (Local)

Timestamp
1961-07-02T14:00:00

Time

14:00:00 UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
1961

Round
4

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Location
Reims-Gueux

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The 1961 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 2 July 1961 at Reims. It was race 4 of 8 in both the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
By winning the race, Giancarlo Baghetti became only the third driver to win his first World Championship race, the other two being Nino Farina, who won the first World Championship race (the 1950 British Grand Prix) and Johnnie Parsons, who won the 1950 Indianapolis 500 (the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960), though both Farina and Parsons had competed at future World Championship races before the creation of the championship, while this was Baghetti's first start at a major Grand Prix. This was Baghetti's only World Championship race win. He would never finish in the top 3 again.

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Result List

Result Description

1 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 2:14:17.5
2 Dan Gurney Porsche +0.1
3 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax +1:01.0
4 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax +1:10.3
5 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax +1:41.8
6 Graham Hill BRM-Climax +1:41.9
7 Jo Bonnier Porsche +3:15.4
8 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax +1 Lap
9 Phil Hill Ferrari +2 Laps
10 Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax +3 Laps

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