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1961 Natal Grand Prix

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	South Africa
Flag_suffix	1928
Grand Prix	Natal
Official name	I Natal Grand Prix
Location	Westmead Circuit, Durban
Date	17 December
Year	1961
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	2.2496
Course_km	3.62
Distance_laps	89
Distance_mi	200.214
Distance_km	322.213
Pole_Driver	Jim Clark
Pole_Country	UK
Pole_Team	Lotus-Climax
Pole_Time	1:26.1
Fast_Driver	Stirling Moss
Fast_Team	Lotus-Climax
Fast_Time	1:24.8
Fast_Country	UK
First_Driver	Jim Clark
First_Country	UK
First_Team	Lotus-Climax
Second_Driver	Stirling Moss
Second_Country	UK
Second_Team	Lotus-Climax
Third_Driver	Jo Bonnier
Third_Country	Sweden
Third_Team	Porsche

The 1st Natal Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 17 December 1961 at Westmead Circuit, South Africa. The race was run over 89 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark, in his Lotus 21.

There were no great differences between the local rules to which this race was run and the international Formula One rules, but for example sports car bodies were permitted, such as the Porsche special driven by Jennings.

Clark led the race from start to finish, with only Stirling Moss, who had started from the back of the grid, able to stay on the same lap by the end. The local South African entrants were outclassed, with the first of them finishing three laps down on Clark.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
8	UK Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	2.13:58.4	1
7	UK Stirling Moss	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	+ 31.9 s	22
4	Sweden Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	88 laps	2
5	Germany Edgar Barth	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	87 laps	8
1	South Africa Syd van der Vyver	Syd van der Vyver	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	86 laps	7
11	South Africa Doug Serrurier	Scuderia Lupini	Cooper-Maserati	86 laps	10
25	South Africa Adrian Pheiffer	Adrian Pheiffer	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	86 laps	9
26	South Africa Trevor Blokdyk	Trevor Blokdyk	Cooper-Ford		19
19	South Africa Bruce Jennings	Bill Jennings	Jennings-Porsche		18
20	South Africa John Guthrie	Ecurie Rhodes	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		13
2	South Africa Bruce Johnstone	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Accident	6
14	South Africa Don Philp	Don Philp	Quodra-Climax	Engine	12
16	South Africa Helmut Menzler	Ecurie Wolman	Lotus-Borgward		14
29	South Africa Neville Lederle	Neville Lederle	Lotus-Ford		15
27	South Africa Bob van Niekerk	Equipe Judette	Lotus-Ford		16
10	South Africa Ernie Pieterse	Scuderia Alfa	Heron-Alfa Romeo	Suspension	11
23	South Africa Fanie Viljoen	G.E. Mennie	LDS-Climax		17
15	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Sam Tingle	Sam Tingle	LDS-Alfa Romeo		20
17	South Africa Dave Wright	Dave Wright	Cooper-Climax		21
3	South Africa Tony Maggs	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Overheating	5
9	UK Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Accident	3
6	USA Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	Cylinder head gasket	4
12	Rhodesia and Nyasaland John Love	A.H. Pillman	LDS-Porsche	Practice accident	-
18	South Africa Clive Trundell	Clive Trundell	Cooper-Climax	Car not ready	-
21	South Africa Bill Dunlop	Bill Dunlop	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Car not ready	-
22	South Africa Gordon Henderson	Gordon Henderson	Cooper-Alfa Romeo	Car not ready	-
24	South Africa Gene Bosman	Scuderia Alfa	Lotus-Alfa Romeo	Car not ready	-
28	South Africa Bernard Podmore	Bernard Podmore	Lotus-Ford	Car damaged	-
30	South Africa Jack Holme	Jack Holme	Lotus-Climax	Car damaged	-

References

"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
Race results at www.silhouet.com http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/nc/1961/1961.html#ntl

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References

"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.64-65

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