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1961 Flugplatzrennen

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	Austria
Grand Prix	Flugplatzrennen
Official name	III Flugplatzrennen / V Flugplatzrennen
Location	Zeltweg Airfield
Date	17 September
Year	1961
Image	Circuit_Zeltweg.png
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	1.988
Course_km	3.2
Distance_laps	80
Distance_mi	159.071
Distance_km	256
Pole_Driver	Innes Ireland
Pole_Country	UK
Pole_Team	Lotus-Climax
Pole_Time	1:15.6
Fast_Driver	Innes Ireland
Fast_Team	Lotus-Climax
Fast_Time	1:13.6
Fast_Country	UK
First_Driver	Innes Ireland
First_Country	UK
First_Team	Lotus-Climax
Second_Driver	Jack Brabham
Second_Country	Australia
Second_Team	Cooper-Climax
Third_Driver	Jo Bonnier
Third_Country	Sweden
Third_Team	Porsche

The Flugplatzrennen (known alternately as either 3rd Flugplatzrennen or 5th Flugplatzrennen) was a motor race, run for cars complying with Formula One rules, held on 17 September 1961 at Zeltweg Airfield, Austria. The race was run over 80 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by British driver Innes Ireland in a Lotus 21.

Ireland took both pole position and the fastest lap, and finished a lap ahead of the rest of the field. He led all but the first two laps, after Jim Clark took the lead at the start.

Lorenzo Bandini did not start the race after he suffered engine problems in practice, but shared his team-mate Renato Pirocchi's car in the race.

Qualifying

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time
4	UK Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:15.6	-
5	UK Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:16.3	+ 0.7
8	UK John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	1:16.6	+ 1.0
1	Australia Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:17.2	+ 1.6
9	UK Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	1:17.5	+ 1.9
16	Germany Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	1:17.5	+ 1.9
6	UK Tony Marsh	BRM-Climax	1:17.6	+ 2.0
2	Sweden Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1:18.1	+ 2.5
18	Italy Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax	1:18.4	+ 2.8
19	UK Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	1:18.5	+ 2.9
10	Italy Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	1:19.6	+ 4.0
15	UK Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	1:20.5	+ 4.9
12	Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:20.9	+ 5.3
17	France Jo Schlesser	Cooper-Climax	1:23.0	+ 7.4
11	Italy Renato Pirocchi	Cooper-Maserati	1:23.0	+ 7.4
14	Belgium André Pilette	Emeryson-Maserati	1:25.8	+ 10.2

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired
4	UK Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	80	1.44:22.2	1
1	Australia Jack Brabham	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	79		4
2	Sweden Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	79		8
5	UK Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	77		2
19	UK Ian Burgess	Camoradi International	Cooper-Climax	76		10
12	Netherlands Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche	76		13
15	UK Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	74		12
17	France Jo Schlesser	Inter-Autocourse	Cooper-Climax	73		14
14	Belgium André Pilette	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson-Maserati	72		16
8	UK John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	60		3
11	Italy Renato Pirocchi
Italy Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	47		15
6	UK Tony Marsh	Tony Marsh	BRM-Climax	50	Engine	7
16	Germany Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus-Climax	36	Engine	6
9	UK Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	10	Accident	5
18	Italy Ernesto Prinoth	Scuderia Dolomiti	Lotus-Climax	6	Accident	9
10	Italy Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati		Engine in practice	(11)
8	UK Jackie Lewis	H & L Motors	Cooper-Climax			-
20	UK Alan Markelson	Alan Markelson	Lister-Alfa Romeo		No car	-

Porsche System Engineering entered a second car, given #3, but withdrew the entry.

References

"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
Race results at www.silhouet.com

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References

"1961 Non-World Championship Grands Prix – III Flugplatzrennen". silhouet.com.
"1961 – V Flugplatzrennen". StatsF1.com.
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.52-53.

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