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1961 Danish Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	Denmark
Grand Prix	Danish
Official name	II Grote Prijs van Danske
Location	Roskilde Ring, Roskilde
Date	27 August
Year	1961
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	0.74
Course_km	1.19
Distance_laps	1 x 20, 2 x 30
Distance_mi	59.2
Distance_km	95.27
Pole_Driver	Stirling Moss
Pole_Country	UK
Pole_Team	Lotus-Climax
Pole_Time	0:42.8
Fast_Driver	Stirling Moss
Fast_Team	Lotus-Climax
Fast_Time	0:47.0 / 0:42.8 / 0:43.1
Fast_Country	UK
First_Driver	Stirling Moss
First_Country	UK
First_Team	Lotus-Climax
Second_Driver	Innes Ireland
Second_Country	UK
Second_Team	Lotus-Climax
Third_Driver	Roy Salvadori
Third_Country	UK
Third_Team	Cooper-Climax

The II Grote Prijs van Danske (or 2nd Danish Grand Prix) was held on 26–27 August 1961, at the Roskilde Ring circuit, Roskilde, Denmark. The race was a non-Championship event run for cars complying with Formula One rules. The race was run over three heats, one of 20 laps and two of 30 laps, and was won overall by Stirling Moss, who won all three heats in his Lotus 18/21.

This was the first Formula One event to be held at the Roskildering, which was eventually closed in 1969. The first heat was held on the 26 August, a Saturday, with the final two heats on the Sunday.

Race summary

The first heat saw Moss win by two tenths of a second from Australian Jack Brabham, with Innes Ireland in third. Moss also took the second heat, with Ireland in second this time, and Roy Salvadori in third, with Brabham retiring with gearbox failure. Jim Clark retired from the second heat but returned for the third. The first three home in the second heat crossed the line in the same order in the third heat, with an easy overall win for Moss, who, having claimed pole at the beginning of the proceedings, also drove the fastest lap in all three heats.

Overall results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
UK Stirling Moss	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	59:28.5	1
UK Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	+ 1:14.0 s	5
UK Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	+ 2:06.8 s	6
UK Henry Taylor	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	+ 2:53.9 s	4
UK Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	+ 3:19.4 s	7
UK Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby-Climax	+ 4:31.6 s	10
UK Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	60 laps (Ret from Heat 2 - Steering)	11
UK John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Cam follower (DNS Heat 3)	3
Australia Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	Gearbox (Heat 2)	2
USA Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	Gearbox (Heat 2)	8
Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	Puncture (Heat 2)	9
Belgium Lucien Bianchi	Equipe Nationale Belge	Lotus-Climax	No car	-

References

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References

"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

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