1961 Italian Grand Prix

Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = F1
Country = Italy
Grand Prix = Italian
date=September 10
Year = 1961
Race_No = 7
Season_No = 8

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Official name = XXXIIo Gran Premio d'Italia
Location = Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Monza, Italy
Course = Permanent racing facility
Course_mi = 6.213
Course_km = 10.000
Distance_laps = 43
Distance_mi = 267.189
Distance_km = 430.000
Weather = Sunny
Pole_Driver = Wolfgang von Trips
Pole_Country = Germany
Pole_Team = Ferrari
Pole_Time = 2.46.3
Fast_Driver = Giancarlo Baghetti
Fast_Team = Ferrari
Fast_Time = 2.48.4
Fast_L

Fast_Country = Italy
First_Driver = Phil Hill
First_Country = US
First_Team = Ferrari
Second_Driver = Dan Gurney
Second_Country = US
Second_Team = Porsche
Third_Driver = Bruce McLaren
Third_Country = New Zealand
Third_Team = Cooper-Climax

The 1961 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 10 September 1961 at Monza.

The race was marked by one of the most terrible accidents in the history of Formula One, when on lap 2 the German driver Wolfgang Von Trips lost control of his Ferrari and crashed against a stand full of spectators, killing 14 of them and dying himself. The race was not stopped, allegedly to assist the rescue work for the injured.

Classification

Notes

* Pole position: Wolfgang von Trips - 2:46.3
* Fastest L
Giancarlo Baghetti - 2:48.4
* Lap Leaders: Phil Hill 36 laps (1-3, 5, 7, 10, 14-43); Richie Ginther 7 laps (4, 6, 8-9, 11-13).
* Having passed von Trips' points total, Phil Hill won the world championship with a race left to go.

F1 race report
Name_of_race = Italian Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 1961
Previous_race_in_season = 1961 German Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 1961 United States Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 1960 Italian Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 1962 Italian Grand Prix