1961 Syracuse Grand Prix

1961 Syracuse Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date	25 April 1961
Official name	XI Gran Premio di Siracusa
Location	Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily
Course	Temporary road circuit
Course length	5.612 km (3.487 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 314.26 km (195.27 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Dan Gurney	Porsche
Time	1:56.8
Fastest lap
Driver	Dan Gurney	Porsche
Time	1:54.9
Podium
First	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari
Second	Dan Gurney	Porsche
Third	Jo Bonnier	Porsche

The 11th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 25 April 1961 at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was run over 56 laps of the circuit, and was won by Italian driver Giancarlo Baghetti in a Ferrari 156 in his first Formula One race, the only driver to achieve this feat. Baghetti went on to win his next two Formula One races, including his first World Championship race.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Giancarlo Baghetti	FISA	Ferrari	1.50:08.2	2
2	Dan Gurney	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	+ 5.0 s	1
3	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	55 laps	6
4	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	55 laps	5
5	Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	55 laps	8
6	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	53 laps	12
7	Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	53 laps	10
8	Stirling Moss	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	52 laps	7
NC	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM-Climax	52 laps	4
9	Menato Boffa	Menato Boffa	Cooper-Climax	49 laps	17
10	Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus-Climax	49 laps	19
11	Willy Mairesse	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson-Maserati	42 laps	16
12	Renato Pirocchi	Pescara Racing Club	Cooper-Climax	37 laps	18
Ret	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	Accident	9
Ret	Massimo Natili	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper-Maserati	Engine	13
Ret	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Serenissima	Cooper-Maserati	Piston	15
Ret	Tony Brooks	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM-Climax	Con-rod	14
Ret	John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Fuel pump	3
Ret	Olivier Gendebien	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson-Maserati	Gearbox	11
DNQ	Ernesto Prinoth	Scuderia Dolomiti	Lotus-Climax		-
DNQ	Giuseppe Maugeri	Giuseppe Maugeri	Cooper-Climax		-
DNQ	Gino Munaron	Gino Munaron	Cooper-Alfa Romeo		-
WD	Cliff Allison	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax		-
WD	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax		-
WD	Richie Ginther	SEFAC Ferrari	Ferrari	Car not ready	-
WD	Giorgio Scarlatti	Scuderia Serenissima	Cooper-Climax	Car not ready	-
WD	Henry Taylor	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax		-

References

• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
• Race results at www.silhouet.com [1]