1961 Dutch GP

## Track Facts

* Name – Zandvoort
* Location – Netherlands
* Corners – 10
* Laps – 75
* Base (Worst) Lap Time – 2:00.000
* Lap Record (Real Life) – 1:33.200 (Stirling Moss)
* Lap Record (F1R) – 1:33.786 (André Testut – S Fuerte)
* Pit Lane Length – 20 seconds
* Fuel Consumption – Low
* Tyre Wear – Medium

## Qualifying & Grid

Ferrari look strong here, but there are three teams who all appear to be fast in the dry...though quite how they will fare in the wet is anyone's guess!

Moss grabs Pole Position, with von Trips 4 thousandths of a second back and Gurney just 5 thousandths of a second further back...with both Fairman's Ferrari (who is experiencing a whole new lease of life this season) and Baghetti's Emeryson all within a tenth of the pole-sitter.

Marsh lines up 6th for Emeryson as their strong start to the season continues...with Greene in 7th and Naylor in 10th for Ferrari sandwiching the 3rd team that look really competitive in dry qualifying, which is JBW! Bonnier continues to inspire the minnows, though he is actually 9th behind Bianchi on the grid. Scarlatti is 11th and Rodríguez 13th in a solid showing for the British manufacturer.

Porsche are next up, with Salvadori 12th, Mairesse 14th, Ireland 16th and de Beaufort 17th - as they are interspersed with the remaining Lotus driver (who will surely be aiming to bridge the gap to Gurney ahead) with Allison 15th. Unfortunately Hall doesn't manage to make the grid here for Lotus, which is also the case for Brabham in the Emeryson.

Brooks is 18th for Emeryson, ahead of the De Tomaso quarter (Herrmann 19th, Bandini 20th, Maggs 21st, Vaccarella 22nd), the BRM trio (Gregory 23rd, Phil Hill 24th, Graham Hill 25th) and the Cooper squad, which includes debutant Lippi being the best Cooper of the group in 26th ahead of Clark, Trintignant and Surtees in what has been a tough start to the season for the established BRM and Cooper outfits!

## Race Link

https://race.f1revisited.co.uk/results/zandvoort/1961/f4d2960e-c026-4ba4-89fb-1f4aec28d3f9

## Race Results

Rodríguez takes a race win that is richly deserved after a phenomenal effort here sees him finish comfortably 8 laps or so ahead of his nearest rival Scarlatti! A JBW 1-2 is a first in F1R, which will be a delight to the whole team - though it is in fact Scarlatti who claimed the Fastest Lap today.

Mairesse claims the final Podium spot with a solid drive to 3rd - while Bonnier claims 4th for JBW as he gets the better of de Beaufort in front of his home fans.

Naylor rounds out the points-scorers here, with Bandini, Marsh, Salvadori and Fairman all doing well to come home inside the Top 10.

It looks like the classified finishers may only go down to 16th, so Brooks, Herrmann, Surtees (who massively out-performed the Cooper today!), Ireland, von Trips and Maggs may be the last finishers to be counted as having reached the race conclusion.

That said, Greene, Lippi (with a decent debut for Cooper!), Baghetti and Phil Hill do all take Top 20 positions away with them.

The last drivers out there were Vaccarella, Clark, Gurney, Bianchi, Trintignant, Graham Hill, Gregory, Allison and Moss - all of them will look forward to a better result next time around.

F1R will return for the Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps...

## Race Setups

**How close setups were to perfect - WET**

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**How close setups were to perfect - DRY**

## Milestones

* Brabham and Fairman move up to 7th and 8th for Most Race Entries ever, at the expense of Ron Flockhart
* Herrmann move up to 10th for Most Race Entries ever, at the expense of Juan Manuel Fangio
* Fairman moves up to 6th for Most Race Starts ever, as Brabham did not start
* Von Trips starts moves up to 9th for Most Race Starts ever, at the expense of Toulo de Graffenried
* Phil Hill reaches 20 race starts
* De Beaufort up to 8th for Most Races without a Win, at the expense of Umberto Maglioli
* de Beaufort and Scarlatti FINALLY score points, which moves Allison up to 7th overall for Most Races without Points.  Burgess and André Pilette also move up to replace them in the Top 10 for the same stat.
* Rodríguez win moves into the Top 10 for Fewest Races before his 1st Win, after winning only his 2nd race!
* Rodríguez winning from 13th place on the grid means he joins the Top 10 for the Win from furthest back on Start Grid
* Brabham won in the Netherlands in 1960 with Bonnier winning in 1959, while other past winners are Gerard (’58 and ’53 – retired), Wharton (’55 – retired) and Whitehead (’52 - retired).
* Bonnier finishing in the points means he moves up to 7th for the Most Races Finished in the Points, at the expense of Peter Collins
* Points finish for Bonnier makes it his 5th consecutive points finish
* Points finish for Mairesse makes it his 3rd consecutive points finish
* FL at the Netherlands in ’60 was Brabham, in ’59 it was Testut (retired), in ‘58 it was Gerard (retired); other past FLs were Wharton (’55 – retired), Ascari (’53 – retired) and Whitehead (‘52 – retired)
* 1st Fastest Lap ever for Scarlatti
* Pole in ’59 and ’60 here was McLaren, while in the past Pole at Zandvoort in ’58 went to Gerard (retired); other past Pole-Sitters were Wharton (’55 – retired), Bayol (’53 – retired) and Whitehead (’52 – retired)
* 1st Pole ever for Moss – longest ever amount of races before securing a 1st Pole Position!