French Grand Prix
Giancarlo Baghetti (Ferrari) won the 1961 French Grand Prix at Reims-Gueux.
Circuit Reims-Gueux
LocationReims, France
Date2 July 1961
StatusFinished
Real F1 data provided by the Jolpica API (community-maintained successor to Ergast). Results typically update a few days after each race weekend — this is a results archive, not a live-timing feed.
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 12 | 52 | Finished | 9 |
| 2 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 5 | 52 | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 9 | 52 | Finished | 4 |
| 4 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 10 | 52 | Finished | 3 |
| 5 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 8 | 52 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Graham Hill | BRM | 6 | 52 | Finished | 1 |
| 7 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 13 | 52 | Finished | 0 |
| 8 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | 15 | 51 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 1 | 50 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 25 | 49 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Michael May | Lotus-Climax | 22 | 48 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | 16 | 43 | +9 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 23 | 42 | +10 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Ian Burgess | Lotus-Climax | 24 | 42 | +10 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 3 | 40 | Oil pressure | 0 |
| 16 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 4 | 31 | Brakes | 0 |
| 17 | Willy Mairesse | Lotus-Climax | 20 | 27 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 17 | 23 | Overheating | 0 |
| 19 | Lucien Bianchi | Lotus-Climax | 19 | 21 | Overheating | 0 |
| 20 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 2 | 18 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Giorgio Scarlatti | De Tomaso-Osca | 26 | 15 | Engine | 0 |
| 22 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 14 | 14 | Oil pressure | 0 |
| 23 | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax | 21 | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| 24 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 7 | 4 | Accident | 0 |
| 25 | Tony Brooks | BRM | 11 | 4 | Overheating | 0 |
| 26 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 18 | 4 | Overheating | 0 |
| 27 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| 28 | Juan Manuel Bordeu | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| 29 | Hans Herrmann | Porsche | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| 30 | Olivier Gendebien | Emeryson | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| 31 | Brian Naylor | JBW | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |