1961 Pau Grand Prix

Infobox Grand Prix race report
Type = NC
Country = France
Grand Prix = Pau
Official name = XXI Grand Prix de Pau
Location = Pau Circuit, Pau
Date = 3 April
Year = 1961
Course = Temporary street circuit
Course_mi = 1.714
Course_km = 2.758
Distance_laps = 100
Distance_mi = 171.4
Distance_km = 275.842
Weather =
Pole_Driver = Jack Brabham
Pole_Country = Australia
Pole_Team = Cooper-Climax
Pole_Time = 1:32.7
Fast_Driver = Jim Clark
Fast_Team = Lotus-Climax
Fast_Time = 1:34.1
Fast_Country = UK
First_Driver = Jim Clark
First_Country = UK
First_Team = Lotus-Climax
Second_Driver = Jo Bonnier
Second_Country = Sweden
Second_Team = Lotus-Climax
Third_Driver = Lorenzo Bandini
Third_Country = Italy
Third_Team = Cooper-MaseratiThe 21st Pau Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 April 1961 at Pau Circuit, the street circuit in Pau. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jim Clark in a Lotus 18. This was Clark's first Formula One victory.

The cars entered by Scuderia Centro Sud were fitted with engines that were bigger than the 1.5 litres allowed by the regulations. Lorenzo Bandini had a 2.5 litre engine, and Mário Cabral a 2 litre. [ "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp. 15.]

Results

References

* "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
* Results at www.silhouet.com [http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1961/1961.html#pau]

External links

* [http://www.formula2.net/F161_5.htm Full results details at formula2.net]