Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date
14 May 1961
Official name
XIX Gran Premio di Napoli
Location
Posillipo Circuit, Posillipo, Naples
Course
Street circuit
Course length
2.491 km (1.548 miles)
Distance
60 laps, 149.444 km (92.86 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Gerry Ashmore
Lotus-Climax
Time
1:21.3
Fastest lap
Driver
Giancarlo Baghetti
Ferrari
Time
1:20.2
Podium
First
Giancarlo Baghetti
Ferrari
Second
Gerry Ashmore
Lotus-Climax
Third
Lorenzo Bandini
Cooper-Maserati
Motor car race
The 19th Naples Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 14 May 1961 at Posillipo Circuit, Naples. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by Italian driver Giancarlo Baghetti in a Ferrari 156 in only his second Formula One race, having also won his first. Baghetti went on to win his next Formula One race as well, his first World Championship race, and is the only driver to have won his first three Formula One races run.
This race was held on the same day as the 1961 Monaco Grand Prix, therefore very few of the top drivers of the day were in action in Naples. Baghetti took a comfortable victory despite only starting third on the grid, with pole-sitter Gerry Ashmore finishing second after the other main challenger and early leader Roy Salvadori suffered a puncture. Lorenzo Bandini had led for a lap before Baghetti took over on lap 4, and he held the lead until the chequered flag.[1]
^"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.26-27
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