1961 Rand Grand Prix

  1961 Rand Grand Prix

Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Date	9 December 1961
Official name	IV Rand Grand Prix
Location	Kyalami, Johannesburg
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.096 km (2.545 mi)
Distance	75 laps, 307.184 km (190.875 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:38.5
Fastest lap
Driver	Jo Bonnier	Porsche
Time	1:39.1
Podium
First	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
Second	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax
Third	Jo Bonnier	Porsche

The 4th Rand Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 9 December 1961 at Kyalami, South Africa. The race was run over 75 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark, who led from start to finish in his Lotus 21.

There were no great differences between the local rules to which this race was run and the international Formula One rules, but for example sports car bodies were permitted, such as those driven by Jennings and Bosman.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	2.06:26.3	1
2	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 0.1 s	2
3	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	+ 22.0 s	4
4	Edgar Barth	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	74 laps	9
5	Bruce Johnstone	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	73 laps	8
6	Ernie Pieterse	Scuderia Alfa	Heron-Alfa Romeo	72 laps	7
7	Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	72 laps	6
8	Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS-Climax	70 laps	16
9	Bob van Niekerk	Equipe Judette	Lotus-Ford	70 laps	13
10	Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati	69 laps	15
11	Bruce Jennings	Bill Jennings	Jennings-Porsche	67 laps	19
Ret	Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	Overheating	3
Ret	Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo	Gearbox	14
Ret	Bernard Podmore	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Ford	Accident	21
Ret	Helmut Menzler	Ecurie Wolman	Lotus-Borgward	Overheating	10
Ret	John Guthrie	Ecurie Rhodes	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Water pipe	17
Ret	Tony Maggs	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Overheating	5
Ret	Bill Dunlop	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Engine	23
Ret	Don Philp	Don Philp	Quodra-Climax	Overheating	11
Ret	Rauten Hartmann	Rauten Hartmann	Netuar-Peugeot	Engine	24
Ret	Gene Bosman	Scuderia Alfa	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	Engine	20
Ret	Jack Holme	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax	Accident	22
Ret	Trevor Blokdyk	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Ford	Accident	18
Ret	Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Climax	Puncture	25
DNS	Adrian Pheiffer	Adrian Pheiffer	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Engine in practice	(12)
WD	Neville Lederle	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Ford	Car not ready	-
WD	John Love	A.H. Pillman	LDS-Porsche	Car not ready	-
WD	Dawie Gous	Dawie Gous	Porsche RSK	Car not ready	-

• Bonnier was still on his warm-up lap when the race started, thus he was half a lap down at the start.

References

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