1961 Monaco GP

## Track Facts

* Name – Monaco
* Location – Monte Carlo
* Corners – 12
* Laps – 100
* Base (Worst) Lap Time – 2:30.000
* Lap Record (Real Life) – 1:36.200 (Bruce McLaren)
* Lap Record (F1R) – 1:32.585 (Giuseppe Farina – W Hoeksta)
* Pit Lane Length – 35 seconds
* Fuel Consumption – Very Low
* Tyre Wear – Low

## Qualifying & Grid

Emeryson continue their strong start to the season, with Brooks using all his experience round this track to take Pole Position! However, he is pushed all the way by the Cooper duo of Clark and Surtees who will line up 2nd and 3rd after Cooper have clearly managed to overcome their pace challenges that were present at the non-Championship Indy race! Trintignant in the 3rd Cooper would likely have been higher up, but he didn't manage to set his final couple of laps and so starts down in 26th...but surely with the pace to come through the field from there given the car he is driving...!

Ferrari are next up, with von Trips in the hunt in 4th, with debutant Fairman (who was rushed here on a plane, having signed with the team just as qualifying began) coming an impressive 5th place here in Monaco! Greene is down in 9th but will consider himself very much still in the hunt for points, while Naylor's sighter laps were perhaps a little too optimistic as he ran out of time in the pits and thus will go from 17th overall.

Emeryson continue their good form with Baghetti 6th and Marsh 7th, though a crash for Brabham not only scuppered his chances of starting higher than 29th but appears to have injured him so a DNS looks likely for the once great driver...

...and behind those Emerysons are the Porsche team, who won in Indy from further back than this! Though de Beaufort in 8th, Salvadori in 10th, Ireland in 11th and Mairesse in 13th may find overtaking rather harder here than at Indy! Lotus looked strong early on in qualifying but rather faded away, which means Gurney leads the line for them in 12th, from Allison 14th, Moss 22nd and Hall in 30th, who had a crash on his lap and so spent most of the session getting his car back into the pits for his mechanics to fix!

JBW are a team reborn, with Bonnier now in their ranks - and have taken a step forward in grid position from Indy, with Bonnier showing his quality in 15th, Bianchi doing well in 19th, newcomer Rodríguez in 21st and Scarlatti in 27th, though the latter had some issues with a stomach bug and looks unlikely to make the race start.

De Tomaso had an optimised package for Indy, which is clearly not as well suited to the tight and twisty streets of Monaco, though Herrmann in 16th, Bandini in 20th, Vaccarella in 23rd and Maggs in 24th can lay claim to respectable starting positions, with all bar Maggs (who had some trouble early on in the session) finishing all of their 20 available qualifying laps.

Finally, BRM were delayed en-route to the Monaco circuit - and did turn up JUST in time to put some laps in. Gregory showed his quality as team leader by getting to 18th place, though he was perhaps aided by information from installation laps completed by the Hill duo - as Graham starts 25th and Phil in 28th in what promises to be a thrilling race...!

## Race Link

https://race.f1revisited.co.uk/results/monte-carlo/1961/063b00dc-cb72-484c-956e-ab7393280530

## Race Results

Brooks claims victory here - his and Emeryson's 1st ever Championship win! The scenes of jubilation in the Emeryson garage are at least matched by those at JBW, where new signing Bonnier brings home an impressive 2nd place finish!!!

Von Trips completes the podium to salvage something from a tough day for Ferrari, while Salvadori and Mairesse can be proud of 4th and 5th for Porsche here.

ON THE LAST CORNER OF THE LAST LAP, Bianchi manages to use his slightly fresher rubber to out-brake Fairman and claim 6th place to put another JBW in the points.

Fairman must still be reasonably pleased with 7th with so little time to get used to the car (and takes Fastest Lap to boot!), while Surtees in 8th may rue the 2-stopper choice he took after he looked to have the pace in qualifying.

Herrmann finishes a strong 9th for De Tomaso, with Clark ending up 10th for Cooper. Gurney misses out on the Top 10 by around 3 seconds for Lotus, while Rodríguez in 12th makes it a really solid day for JBW here.

Baghetti can be proud of his comeback to 13th, but will have hoped for more - as will de Beaufort in 14th. Ireland comes home 15th from Allison 16th and then the De Tomaso's of Bandini, Maggs and Vaccarella who can lay claim to Top 20 finishes at least.

Rounding out the Top 20 is Greene, with Naylor 21st after neither had the race they would have hoped for today. Naylor's foe Marsh comes home 22nd, with Gregory in 23rd attempting a 4-stop strategy that was definitely a mis-step for the entire BRM team.

Graham Hill comes home 25th with Phil Hill 27th, as they have Moss in 24th and Trintignant in 26th ahead of them. Jim Hall rounds out the finishers in 28th, though so far down he may well not be classified! Neither Brabham nor Scarlatti made the start in what was a thrilling Monaco GP.

The F1R series returns to the track for the Dutch GP in a couple of weeks' time...

## Milestones

* 40th race entry for Brooks, which he celebrates with victory!
* 20th race entry for Phil Hill
* 10th race entry for Clark, Greene, Hall, Mairesse and Surtees
* Clark, Greene, Mairesse, Marsh and Surtees have all reached 10 race starts
* Moss is up to 3rd for most Race Starts at the expense of Peter Collins
* Von Trips is up to 10th for most Race Starts at the expense of Ron Flockhart
* As Brooks wins, Alberto Ascari takes his place in the Top 10 for Most Races without a Win
* Phil Hill won the 1960 Monaco GP; other past winners are von Trips (’59), Brabham (’58), Bob Gerard (’56 and ’57 – retired), Giuseppe Farina (’55 - retired) and Toulo de Graffenried (’50 - retired).
* 6 points for Bonnier moves him up to 9th in Most Points, at the expense of Toulo de Graffenried
* Salvadori finishing in the points means he moves up to 3rd for the Most Races Finished in the Points, at the expense of Paul Pietsch
* Bonnier finishing in the points means he will move up to 8th for the Most Races Finished in the Points, at the expense of Toulo de Graffenried
* A points finish for Bonnier and von Trips makes it their 4th consecutive points finish
* A points finish for Mairesse makes it his 2nd consecutive points finish
* FL at Monaco last season was Gregory, past FLs were Jean Behra (’59 - retired), Salvadori (’58); Peter Collins (’57 – retired), Bob Gerard (’56 – retired), Giuseppe Farina (‘55 – retired) and Luigi Fagioli (’50 – retired)
* Pole at Monaco last season was Phil Hill, past Pole-sitters were Ron Flockhart (’59 – retired), Brabham (’58), Bob Gerard (’56 and ’57 – retired), Giuseppe Farina (’55 – retired) and Paul Pietsch (’50 – retired)
* Podium for Bonnier moves him into 7th for Most Podiums ever, at the expense of Giuseppe Farina
* Podium for Bonnier makes it 4 consecutive Podium finishes for him and move him up to 6th in Most Podiums, which takes Nello Pagani outside the Top 10