Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres 1961

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Event: ADAC 1000 km Rennen Nürburgring		Date: 28.5.1961
Track: Nürburgring Nordschleife (Germany), 22.810 kms	Organiser: ADAC e.V., München
Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres
F.I.A. World Sports Car Championship (round 3) FIA GT Cup (round 5)

Weather:	rain
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	270000

Entered:	80
Practiced:	69
Qualified:	69
Started:	64
Finished:	37
Classified:	38

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Sports 3000	9	9	4
Sports 2000	8	8	3
Sports 1600	5	5	4
Sports 1150	8	8	6
Grand Touring +2000	6	6	5
Grand Touring 2000	16	13	7
Grand Touring 1300	17	15	9

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Pre-race sessions:
3 qualifying sessions held for a total of 1680 minutes on 25-27/5

Winners:
Overall:	1	Maserati Tipo 61	Gregory / Casner
Sports 2000:	22	Porsche 356B Carrera Speziale	Linge / Greger / Moss / Hill
Sports 1600:	92	Lotus Elite	Hobbs / Pinckney
Sports 1150:	43	Lola Mk.1 Climax	Kerrison / Sargent
Grand Touring +2000:	61	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Abate / Davis
Grand Touring 2000:	71	Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL	Hahnl, Jr. / Zick
Grand Touring 1300:	90	Lotus Elite	Lumsden / Riley
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	3	Ferrari Dino 246 SP	Phil Hill (USA)	9:15.800	147.744 km/h
Grand Touring +2000:	60	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Willy Mairesse (B)	9:46.000
Pole Positions:
Overall:	4	Ferrari Dino 246 SP	Wolfgang von Trips (D)	9:33.700	143.134 km/h
Sports 2000:	20	Porsche 718 RS 60	Stirling Moss (GB)
Sports 1600:	31	Porsche 718 RS 61	Heini Walter (CH)
Grand Touring +2000:	60	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Willy Mairesse (B)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (16), Lotus (12), Ferrari (11), Alfa Romeo (5), Maserati (4), Lola (4)
Top engines by numbers:	Climax (17), Porsche (16), Ferrari (11), Alfa Romeo (5), BMC (5)
Top car types by numbers:	Lotus Elite (11), Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth (6), Ferrari 250 GT (5)
Driver nationalities:	GB (39), D (34), USA (11), B (10), CH (9), F (9), I (8), S (3), P (2), MEX (2), NL (2)
Team nationalities:	D (18), GB (17), I (7), CH (5), B (4), F (4), USA (3)
Engine positions:	front-engined (66%), rear-engined (19%), mid-engined (15%)
Average engine size:	1787 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Sepp Greger (47), Edgar Barth (44), Maurice Trintignant (44)
Youngest known drivers:	Ricardo Rodriguez (19), Pedro Rodriguez (21), David Hobbs (22)
Female drivers:	Allen Eager, Denise McCluggage

Official Race Programme:

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