1961 Flugplatzrennen

  1961 Flugplatzrennen

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Date	17 September 1961
Official name	III Flugplatzrennen
Location	Zeltweg Airfield
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.2 km (1.988 mi)
Distance	80 laps, 256 km (159.071 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:15.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:13.6
Podium
First	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Second	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Third	Jo Bonnier	Porsche

The 3rd Flugplatzrennen was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 17 September 1961 at Zeltweg Airfield, Austria. The race was run over 80 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by British driver Innes Ireland in a Lotus 21.

Ireland took both pole position and the fastest lap, and finished a lap ahead of the rest of the field. He led all but the first two laps, after Jim Clark took the lead at the start.^[1]

Lorenzo Bandini did not start the race after he suffered engine problems in practice, but shared his team-mate Renato Pirocchi's car in the race.

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	4	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:15.6	-
2	5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:16.3	+ 0.7
3	8	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	1:16.6	+ 1.0
4	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:17.2	+ 1.6
5	9	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	1:17.5	+ 1.9
6	16	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	1:17.5	+ 1.9
7	6	Tony Marsh	BRM-Climax	1:17.6	+ 2.0
8	2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1:18.1	+ 2.5
9	18	Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax	1:18.4	+ 2.8
10	19	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	1:18.5	+ 2.9
11	10	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	1:19.6	+ 4.0
12	15	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	1:20.5	+ 4.9
13	12	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:20.9	+ 5.3
14	17	Jo Schlesser	Cooper-Climax	1:23.0	+ 7.4
15	11	Renato Pirocchi	Cooper-Maserati	1:23.0	+ 7.4
16	14	André Pilette	Emeryson-Maserati	1:25.8	+ 10.2

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	80	1.44:22.2	1
2	1	Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	79		4
3	2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	79		8
4	5	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	77		2
5	19	Ian Burgess	Camoradi International	Cooper-Climax	76		10
6	12	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	76		13
7	15	Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	74		12
8	17	Jo Schlesser	Inter-Autocourse	Cooper-Climax	73		14
9	14	André Pilette	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson-Maserati	72		16
10	8	John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	60		3
11	11	Renato Pirocchi Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	47		15
Ret	6	Tony Marsh	Tony Marsh	BRM-Climax	50	Engine	7
Ret	16	Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus-Climax	36	Engine	6
Ret	9	Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	10	Accident	5
Ret	18	Ernesto Prinoth	Scuderia Dolomiti	Lotus-Climax	6	Accident	9
DNS	10	Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati		Engine in practice	(11)
WD	8	Jackie Lewis	H & L Motors	Cooper-Climax			-
WD	20	Alan Markelson	Alan Markelson	Lister-Alfa Romeo		No car	-

• Porsche System Engineering entered a second car, given #3, but withdrew the entry.

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
• Race results at www.silhouet.com