Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date
17 December 1961
Official name
I Natal Grand Prix
Location
Westmead Circuit, Durban
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
3.62 km (2.2496 miles)
Distance
89 laps, 322.213 km (200.214 miles)
Pole position
Driver
Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax
Time
1:26.1
Fastest lap
Driver
Stirling Moss
Lotus-Climax
Time
1:24.8
Podium
First
Jim Clark
Lotus-Climax
Second
Stirling Moss
Lotus-Climax
Third
Jo Bonnier
Porsche
Motor car race
The 1st Natal Grand Prix was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 17 December 1961 at Westmead Circuit, South Africa. The race was run over 89 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark, in his Lotus 21.
There were no great differences between the local rules to which this race was run and the international Formula One rules, but for example sports car bodies were permitted, such as the Porsche special driven by Jennings.
Clark led the race from start to finish, with only Stirling Moss, who had started from the back of the grid, able to stay on the same lap by the end. The local South African entrants were outclassed, with the first of them finishing three laps down on Clark.[1]
^"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp.64-65
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