Danish Grand Prix

This article is about the Formula One race. For other uses, see Danish Grand Prix (disambiguation).

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)	Jack Brabham (2)
Most wins (constructors)	Lotus (2)
Last race (1962):
Pole position	Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 0:43.4
Podium	1. Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax 59m 14.1s 2. Masten Gregory Lotus-BRM +20.5s 3. Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax +33.2s
Fastest lap	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	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Roskilde Ring	Report
1961	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Roskilde Ring	Report
1962	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.