1961 German GP

## Track Facts

* Name – Nurburgring Nordschleife
* Location – Germany
* Corners – 24
* Laps – 15
* Base (Worst) Lap Time – 11:00.000
* Lap Record (Real Life) – 8:55.200 (Phil Hill)
* Lap Record (F1R) – 9:05.156 (Bob Gerard - John Ibbotson)
* Pit Lane Length – 40 seconds
* Fuel Consumption – Very High
* Tyre Wear – Extremely High

## Qualifying & Grid

Ferrari look utterly peerless in qualifying here, with von Trips claiming Pole to become the driver with the 4th most Pole Positions in F1R history! He is tracked closely by Fairman, Naylor and Greene - who all look like they could challenge their team leader in this toughest of circuits...

Bonnier does his best, but the JBW looks no match for the Ferrari round this circuit, with Scarlatti 8th, Rodríguez 9th and Bianchi 13th (albeit after just 1 lap for the Belgian) all a little further back. Lotus look competitive here meanwhile, with Allison 6th, Moss 7th and Gurney a respectable 12th after his early crash in the session.

Baghetti had similar early struggles but makes it into 10th place on the grid for Emeryson, with Ginther managing a fine 14th place on debut ahead of team-mate Brooks in 16th. A returning driver to the series meanwhile is Bruce McLaren, who does an impressive job of putting his Cooper in 11th, particularly considering that regular drivers Surtees and Lippi are only 17th and 18th respectively after earlier incidents in the session.

Finally, it's only a token showing from the other teams - with Ireland 15th and Salvadori 19th for Porsche, Graham Hill 20th for BRM and Bandini 21st for de Tomaso.

## Race Link

https://race.f1revisited.co.uk/results/nurburgring/1961/9ba47746-d2d9-4a54-ae5a-cf288975ccde

## Race Results

No final action, as von Trips takes perhaps his most dominant victory ever (including his Fastest Lap of a 9:08.6 in the final lap to show he likely had even more pace to spare!) - with an advantage of over 6 minutes over his nearest rival! He manages to claim a Hat-Trick here, which is the 1st Hat-Trick in F1R history since Gerard scored one at the 1958 Dutch Grand Prix.

Fairman finishes 2nd for his best ever result, while Naylor completes the podium - Greene finishes 4th with his 2-stop strategy perhaps costing him a Podium finish for the 1st time. That said, it his 1st ever points and so he will surely be reasonably pleased with that!

Lotus will surely count this race as a success, as Moss finishes 5th and Gurney 6th - with both managing to outperform Bonnier in the JBW, whose incredible points steak unfortunately comes to an end here.

Baghetti finishes a decent 8th for Emeryson, while it's a career best finish of 9th for Lippi in the Cooper! Brooks comes home in 10th, ahead of McLaren, Allison, Surtees, Rodríguez, Scarlatti and then another career best - as Ginther claims 16th on debut!

Ireland and Salvadori are 17th and 19th respectively, with Graham Hill 18th and Bandini 20th overall.

The season moves on to the penultimate round at Monza now...

## Race Setups

**How close setups were to perfect (DRY)**

**How close setups were to perfect (WET)**

## Milestones

* 40th race entry for de Beaufort
* Fairman moves up to 5th for most race entries ever, at the expense of Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn
* Herrmann moves up to 8th for most race entries ever, at the expense of Jack Brabham
* Graham Hill and Scarlatti both record their 30th Race Start
* Fairman moves up to 4th for Most Starts Ever at the expense of Peter Collins
* Von Trips is up to 7th for Most Starts ever, as both Jack Brabham and Maurice Trintignant are now without contracts
* Fairman is up to 2nd for Most Races without a Win, at the expense of Mike Hawthorn
* Marsh is into 10th for Most Races without Points, at the expense of André Pilette
* Von Trips wins for his 3rd consecutive race victory – something only Bob Gerard and Ken Wharton have achieved before
* 8 of the 9 German Grand Prix ever have been won by just three drivers; von Trips in 1958 and 1961, Bob Gerard (retired) in 1951, 1954, 1956 and 1957 preceded by Peter Whitehead (retired) in 1952 and 1953; while the other former winner was Fritz d’Orey (retired) in 1959.  There was no 1960 German GP.
* Von Trips claims a Hat-Trick here, which is the 1st hat-trick for any driver since Bob Gerard in the 1958 Dutch GP.  He becomes only the 7th driver to claim a hat-trick!
* Points finish for Naylor is his 10th points finish ever
* 1 point for Dan Gurney moves him past Rudi Fischer into 5th for Most Points without a Win
* Points finish for von Trips makes it his 4th consecutive points finish
* Points finish for Naylor and Fairman make it their 2nd consecutive points finish
* FL at the German GP last time it was run (1959) went to von Trips, with him also claiming it this season, and before then to Salvadori (1958), while in 1952, 1956 and 1957 it was Bob Gerard (retired).  Other past FLs were Erwin Bauer (’53 – retired), Peter Whitehead (‘54 – retired) and Yves-Girard Cabantous (’51 – retired)
* Von Trips 2nd Fastest Lap at the German GP makes him only the 2nd driver (after Gerard) to hold multiple FLs at more than one different GP!
* Pole for von Trips moves him up to 4th in Most Pole Positions ever, at the expense of Yves-Girard Cabantous and Paul Pietsch
* Past Pole-Sitters at the German GP were Jean Behra (’59 – retired), Yves-Girard Cabantous (’51 – retired), Bob Gerard (’52, ’56, ’57 and ‘58), Rodney Nuckey (’54 – retired) and Paul Pietsch (’53 – retired)
* Podium for von Trips here is his 20th ever
* Podium for von Trips makes it 4 Podium finishes in a row, which is his best performance since 1958-59 and puts this effort into 9th on the all-time top list!
* Podiums for Fairman and Naylor makes it two consecutive Podium finishes for them