Season 1961 · Round 3

Belgian Grand Prix

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1961-06-18 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 30Lap · 423.000km
2 Phil Hill
Ferrari 2:03:03.800
Team win 22pt P1 · P2 · P3 · P4 1-2
4 Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari +0.700
6 Richie Ginther
Ferrari +19.500
Fastest Lap
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DNF
8
Graham Hill L24 Maurice Trintignant L23 Lorenzo Bandini L20 Jack Brabham L12 Bruce McLaren L9 Innes Ireland L9 Lucien Bianchi L9 Willy Mairesse L7
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
30Lap 423.000km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Jim Clark 4 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P14 Jack Brabham 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P14 Tony Brooks 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Pole Position
P5 Graham Hill 3 · → Ayrton Senna -1
P14 Jack Brabham 1 · → Nico Rosberg -1
P14 Phil Hill 1 · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P10 Graham Hill 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P27 Jack Brabham 11 starts · → Jean Alesi -1
P33 Jo Bonnier 10 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 15 20 25 L30 Hill · P1 → P1 1 Hill HIL 1 Hill HIL von Trips · P2 → P2 2 von Trips VON 2 von Trips VON Ginther · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Ginther GIN 3 Ginther GIN Gendebien · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Gendebien GEN 4 Gendebien GEN Surtees · P4 → P5 · -1 4 Surtees SUR 5 Surtees SUR Gurney · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Gurney GUR 6 Gurney GUR Bonnier · P9 → P7 · +2 9 Bonnier BON 7 Bonnier BON Moss · P8 → P8 8 Moss MOS 8 Moss MOS Lewis · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Lewis LEW 9 Lewis LEW Gregory · P12 → P10 · +2 12 Gregory GRE 10 Gregory GRE de Beaufort · P14 → P11 · +3 14 de Beaufort DE 11 de Beaufort DE Clark · P16 → P12 · +4 16 Clark CLA 12 Clark CLA Brooks · P7 → P13 · -6 7 Brooks BRO 13 Brooks BRO Hill · P6 → retired L24 Hill · retired L24 6 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Trintignant · P20 → retired L23 Trintignant · retired L23 20 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Bandini · P17 → retired L20 Bandini · retired L20 17 Bandini BAN R Bandini BAN Brabham · P11 → retired L12 Brabham · retired L12 11 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA McLaren · P15 → retired L9 McLaren · retired L9 15 McLaren MCL R McLaren MCL Ireland · P18 → retired L9 Ireland · retired L9 18 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Bianchi · P23 → retired L9 Bianchi · retired L9 23 Bianchi BIA R Bianchi BIA Mairesse · P19 → retired L7 Mairesse · retired L7 19 Mairesse MAI R Mairesse MAI Marsh · pit lane → P22 · +5 — Marsh MAR 22 Marsh MAR Seidel · pit lane → P23 · +5 — Seidel SEI 23 Seidel SEI Burgess · pit lane → P24 · +5 — Burgess BUR 24 Burgess BUR Allison · pit lane → P25 · +5 — Allison ALL 25 Allison ALL Taylor · pit lane → P26 · +5 — Taylor TAY 26 Taylor TAY
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 1 30 2:03:03.800 9
2 4 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 2 30 +0.700 6
3 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 5 30 +19.500 4
4 21 Olivier Gendebien Ferrari 3 30 +45.600 3
5 18 John Surtees Cooper-Climax 4 30 +1:26.800 2
6 12 Dan Gurney Porsche 10 30 +1:31.000 1
7 11 Jo Bonnier Porsche 9 30 +2:47.100
8 7 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 8 30 +3:55.600
9 60 Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 13 29 +1 Lap
10 22 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 12 29 +1 Lap
11 74 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 14 28 +2 Laps
12 14 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 16 24 +6 Laps
13 5 Tony Brooks BRM 7 24 +6 Laps
R 4 Graham Hill BRM 6 24 Ignition
R 48 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 20 23 Gearbox
R 62 Lorenzo Bandini Cooper-Maserati 17 20 Wheel bearing
R 1 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 11 12 Engine
R 2 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 15 9 Ignition
R 15 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 18 9 Engine
R 32 Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 23 9 Oil leak
R 6 Willy Mairesse Lotus-Climax 19 7 Ignition
W 37 Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 56 Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 30 Ian Burgess Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 16 Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 20 Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Phil Hill
2
4 Wolfgang von Trips
3
21 Olivier Gendebien
4
18 John Surtees
5
6 Richie Ginther
6
4 Graham Hill
7
5 Tony Brooks
8
7 Stirling Moss
9
11 Jo Bonnier
10
12 Dan Gurney
11
1 Jack Brabham
12
22 Masten Gregory
13
60 Jackie Lewis
14
74 Carel Godin de Beaufort
15
2 Bruce McLaren
16
14 Jim Clark
17
62 Lorenzo Bandini
18
15 Innes Ireland
19
6 Willy Mairesse
20
48 Maurice Trintignant
23
32 Lucien Bianchi
PIT
37 Tony Marsh pit lane start
PIT
56 Wolfgang Seidel pit lane start
PIT
30 Ian Burgess pit lane start
PIT
16 Cliff Allison pit lane start
PIT
20 Henry Taylor pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
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Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 20:50