1961 Flugplatzrennen

1961 Flugplatzrennen
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date	17 September 1961
Official name	III[1] Flugplatzrennen / V[2] Flugplatzrennen
Location	Zeltweg Airfield
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	3.2 km (1.988 miles)
Distance	80 laps, 256 km (159.071 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:15.6
Fastest lap
Driver	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Time	1:13.6
Podium
First	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax
Second	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Third	Jo Bonnier	Porsche

The

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.^[3]

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	Gap
1	4	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:15.6	-
2	5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:16.3	+ 0.7
3	8	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	1:16.6	+ 1.0
4	1	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:17.2	+ 1.6
5	9	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	1:17.5	+ 1.9
6	16	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	1:17.5	+ 1.9
7	6	Tony Marsh	BRM-Climax	1:17.6	+ 2.0
8	2	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	1:18.1	+ 2.5
9	18	Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax	1:18.4	+ 2.8
10	19	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	1:18.5	+ 2.9
11	10	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	1:19.6	+ 4.0
12	15	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	1:20.5	+ 4.9
13	12	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	1:20.9	+ 5.3
14	17	Jo Schlesser	Cooper-Climax	1:23.0	+ 7.4
15	11	Renato Pirocchi	Cooper-Maserati	1:23.0	+ 7.4
16	14	André Pilette	Emeryson-Maserati	1:25.8	+ 10.2

Results

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