Danish Grand Prix

Danish Grand Prix
Flag of Denmark.svg Danish Grand Prix
Roskilde Ring
Race information
Laps 1 x 20, 2 x 30 laps
Circuit length 1.19 km (0.74 mi)
Race length 95.27 km (59.2 mi)
Number of times held 3
First held 1960
Last held 1962
Most wins (drivers) Australia Jack Brabham (2)
Most wins (constructors) United Kingdom Lotus (2)
Last race (1962):
Pole position Australia Jack Brabham
Lotus-Climax
0:43.4
Podium 1. Australia Jack Brabham
Lotus-Climax
59m 14.1s
2. United States Masten Gregory
Lotus-BRM
+20.5s
3. United Kingdom Innes Ireland
Lotus-Climax
+33.2s
Fastest lap Australia Jack Brabham
Lotus-Climax
0:42.7

The Danish Grand Prix was an open-wheel racing car motor race, sometimes held for Formula One. Last held for Formula One cars in 1962, the race is now defunct.

The Danish Grand Prix was held at the Roskilde Ring circuit near Roskilde. By standards of the era, the circuit was very small, at just three quarters of a mile for the lap. Formula One cars were completing the lap in just over 42 seconds. The circuit ultimately limited the growth potential of the race, and the event was not considered to be added to the World Drivers Championship, but during its relatively short life in the 1960's it did stage some memorable races.

Unusually for the time, the Grand Prix was actually decided over a series of heats, either four or three in number. The original race in 1960 was a Formula 2race won by Jack Brabham in a Cooper-Climax.[1] The meeting was marred though by the death of emerging New Zealander George Lawton.[1] The following year the race was upgraded to Formula One regulations and Stirling Moss took the win for the UDT Laystall Racing Team in a Lotus-Climax. Brabham returned to the top of the podium in 1962 running his own team driving a Lotus-Climax.

Winners of the Danish Grand Prix

Year Driver Constructor Location Report
1960 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax Roskilde Ring Report
1961 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax Roskilde Ring Report
1962 Australia Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax Roskilde Ring Report

References

  1. ^ a b "Formula 2 1960 – Danmarks GP". F2 Register. http://www.formula2.net/F260_20.htm. Retrieved 27 April 2011. 

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