United States 1961: Race analysis

At a glance

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Brabham	Cooper	1:17.000
2	Hill	BRM	1:18.100	+1.100
3	Moss	Lotus	1:18.200	+1.200
4	McLaren	Cooper	1:18.200	+1.200
5	Clark	Lotus	1:18.300	+1.300
6	Brooks	BRM	1:18.300	+1.300
7	Gurney	Porsche	1:18.600	+1.600
8	Ireland	Lotus	1:18.800	+1.800
9	Surtees	Cooper	1:18.900	+1.900
10	Bonnier	Porsche	1:18.900	+1.900
11	Gregory	Lotus	1:19.100	+2.100
12	Salvadori	Cooper	1:19.200	+2.200
13	Ryan	Lotus	1:20.000	+3.000
14	Hansgen	Cooper	1:20.400	+3.400
15	Gendebien	Lotus	1:20.500	+3.500
16	Penske	Cooper	1:20.600	+3.600
17	Sharp	Cooper	1:21.000	+4.000
18	Hall	Lotus	1:21.800	+4.800
19	Ruby	Lotus	1:21.800	+4.800

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Engine
1	Innes Ireland	Lotus	8	100	2:13:45.800	Climax
2	Dan Gurney	Porsche	7	100	+4.300	Porsche
3	Tony Brooks	BRM	6	100	+49.000	Climax
4	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	4	100	+58.000	Climax
5	Graham Hill	BRM	2	99	+1 lap	Climax
6	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	10	98	+2 laps	Porsche
7	Jim Clark	Lotus	5	96	+4 laps	Climax
8	Roger Penske	Cooper	16	96	+4 laps	Climax
9	Peter Ryan	Lotus	13	96	+4 laps	Climax
10	Hap Sharp	Cooper	17	93	+7 laps	Climax
11	Olivier Gendebien	Lotus	15	92	+8 laps	Climax
11	Masten Gregory	Lotus	-			Climax
DNF	Roy Salvadori	Cooper	12	96	Engine	Climax
DNF	Lloyd Ruby	Lotus	19	76	Magneto	Climax
DNF	Jim Hall	Lotus	18	76	Fuel leak	Climax
DNF	Stirling Moss	Lotus	3	58	Engine	Climax
DNF	Jack BrabhamFastest lap	Cooper	1	57	Overheating	Climax
DNF	Masten Gregory	Lotus	11	23	Gearbox	Climax
DNF	Walt Hansgen	Cooper	14	14	Accident	Climax
DNF	John Surtees	Cooper	9	0	Engine	Climax

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PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

The first race at this circuit.

Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.