1960 Monaco Grand Prix

The 1961 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on 14 May 1961 at Monaco.

21 cars showed up for the first race of the new 1.5-liter formula. The five "works" teams were guaranteed two spots each on the grid and Moss and Trintignant were in as past winners. That left nine drivers to fight over four spots. One spot did open up when Ireland, who would have qualified 10th, crashed in the tunnel and broke his leg. Ginther led Clark and Moss into the first corner but Clark quickly became a non-factor with a faulty fuel pump. Ginther fell to third on lap 14 when Moss and Bonnier passed him at almost the same time. At quarter distance Moss had an impressive 10 second lead but the Ferrari's of Hill and then Ginther found their way around Bonnier and began to close the gap. At half distance it was 8 seconds then 3 seconds at lap 60. Ginther moved into second on lap 75 and tried to close the gap but Moss was up to the challenge. They even set equal fast laps on consecutive laps: Ginther on lap 84, Moss on 85.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	20	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	100	2:45:50.1	1	9
2	36	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	100	+3.6 secs	2	6
3	38	Phil Hill	Ferrari	100	+41.3 secs	5	4
4	40	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	98	Accident	6	3
5	4	Dan Gurney	Porsche	98	+2 Laps	11	2
6	26	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	95	+5 Laps	7	1
7	42	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	95	+5 Laps	16
8	32	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	93	+7 Laps	15
9	6	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	91	+9 Laps	13
10	28	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	89	+11 Laps	3
11	22	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	68	Engine	12
12	2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	59	Injection	9
13	16	Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax	54	Engine	8
Ret	8	Michel May	Lotus-Climax	42	Oil Pipe	14
Ret	24	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	38	Ignition	21
Ret	18	Graham Hill	BRM-Climax	11	Fuel Pump	4
DNS	30	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax		Injury in Practice
DNQ	34	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax
DNQ	14	Masten Gregory	Cooper-Climax
DNQ	10	Lucien Bianchi	Emeryson-Maserati
DNQ	12	Olivier Gendebien	Emeryson-Maserati

Notes

• Pole position: Stirling Moss - 1:39.1
• Fastest Lap: Richie Ginther and Stirling Moss – 1:36.3
• Lap Leaders: Richie Ginther 13 laps (1-13); Stirling Moss 87 laps (4-100).

Monaco Grand Prix
Year of race	1961
Previous race in season	1960 United States Grand Prix
Next race in season	1961 Dutch Grand Prix
Previous year's race	1960 Monaco Grand Prix
Next year's race	1962 Monaco Grand Prix