1961 Brussels GP
9 April - Heysel: 100.176 km 3(4.553 km x 22 Laps)



Results:

Heat 1

1  Jo Bonnier                    Porsche 718 '204'               45m40.6, 81.74mph
2  Roy Salvadori                 Cooper-Climax T53P 'F1-2-61'    46m52.3
3  Jack Brabham                  Cooper-Climax T53 'FII-5-60'    47m00.7
4  Bruce McLaren                 Cooper-Climax T53 'FII-8-60'    47m01.5
5  Tony Marsh                    Lotus-Climax 18 '909'           47m15.4
6  Innes Ireland                 Lotus-Climax 18 '371'           47m35.0
7  Cliff Allison                 Lotus 18-Climax                 21 laps
8  Lucien Bianchi                Emeryson-Maserati               21 laps
9  John Campbell-Jones           Cooper T51-Climax               21 laps
10 John Surtees                  Cooper T53P-Climax              20 laps
11 Ian Burgess                   Lotus 18-Climax                 19 laps
12 Olivier Gendebien             Emeryson-Maserati               18 laps
13 Wily Mairesse                 Emeryson-Maserati               18 laps

Not Classified:

14 Stirling Moss                 Lotus 18-Climax                 15 laps

Did Not Start:

   Dan Gurney                    Porsche 718                      4
   Jim Clark                     Lotus 18-Climax                  1
   Henry Taylor                  Lotus 18-Climax                  0

Fastest Lap: Jo Bonnier (Porsche 718), 2:03.4, 82.50mph
Pole Position: Jo Bonnier, 2:02.7


Heat 2

1  Jack Brabham                  Cooper-Climax T53 'FII-5-60'    46m04.2, 81.04mph
2  Bruce McLaren                 Cooper-Climax T53 'FII-8-60'    46m13.9
3  Tony Marsh                    Lotus-Climax 18 '909'           47m38.7
4  Innes Ireland                 Lotus-Climax 18 '371'           48m00.4
5  Lucien Bianchi                ENB Emeryson-Maserati '1002'    48m19.6
6  Cliff Allison                 Lotus-Climax 18 '915'           48m19.6
7  Stirling Moss                 Lotus 18-Climax                 21 laps
8  Ian Burgess                   Lotus 18-Climax                 20 laps
9  Wily Mairesse                 Emeryson-Maserati               17 laps

Not Classified:

10 John Campbell-Jones           Cooper T51-Climax               12 laps
11 Jo Bonnier                    Porsche 718                     11 laps

Did Not Finish:

   Roy Salvadori                 Cooper T53P-Climax              11
   John Surtees                  Cooper T53P-Climax              10
   Olivier Gendebien             Emeryson-Maserati                ?

Did Not Start:

   Dan Gurney                    Porsche 718
   Jim Clark                     Lotus 18-Climax
   Henry Taylor                  Lotus 18-Climax
   Wolfgang Seidel               Lotus 18-Climax
   André Pilette                 Lotus 18-Climax

Fastest Lap: John Surtees (Cooper-Climax), 2:02.6, 84.20mph
Pole Position: Jo Bonnier (Porsche 718)


Heat 3

1 Jack Brabham                  Cooper-Climax T53 'FII-5-60'    46m16.9, 80.63mph
2 Stirling Moss                 Lotus-Climax 18                 46m17.0
3 Bruce McLaren                 Cooper-Climax T53 'FII-8-60'    47m13.2
4 Tony Marsh                    Lotus-Climax 18 '909'           47m36.0
5 Lucien Bianchi                ENB Emeryson-Maserati '1002'    47m41.0
6 Cliff Allison                 Lotus-Climax 18 '915'           47m47.6
7 Ian Burgess                   Lotus 18-Climax                 21 laps
8 Wily Mairesse                 Emeryson-Maserati               21 laps

Did Not Finish:

  John Campbell-Jones           Cooper T51-Climax                6
  Innes Ireland                 Lotus 18-Climax                  1
           

Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss (Lotus-Climax 18), 2:04.7, 81.80mph
Pole Position: Jack Brabham (Cooper-Climax T53)


Aggregate

1  Jack Brabham                  Cooper-Climax T53 'FII-5-60'    2h19m21.8, 80.37mph
2  Bruce McLaren                 Cooper-Climax T53 'FII-8-60'    2h20m28.6
3  Tony Marsh                    Lotus-Climax 18 '909'           2h22m30.1
4  Lucien Bianchi                ENB Emeryson-Maserati '1002'    65 laps
5  Cliff Allison                 Lotus-Climax 18 '915'           64 laps
6  Ian Burgess                   Lotus-Climax 18 '908'           61 laps
7  Stirling Moss                 Lotus 18-Climax                 58 laps
8  Wily Mairesse                 Emeryson-Maserati               56 laps
9  Innes Ireland                 Lotus 18-Climax                 45 laps
10 John Campbell-Jones           Cooper T51-Climax               38 laps

Not Classified:

   Jo Bonnier                    Porsche 718
   Dan Gurney                    Porsche 718
   John Surtees                  Cooper T53P-Climax
   Jim Clark                     Lotus 18-Climax
   Roy Salvadori                 Cooper T53P-Climax
   Henry Taylor                  Lotus 18-Climax
   Wolfgang Seidel               Lotus 18-Climax
   Olivier Gendebien             Emeryson-Maserati
   André Pilette                 Lotus 18-Climax

Did Not Start:

   Maurice Trintignant           Cooper T51-Climax
   Jack Lewis                    Cooper T53-Climax

Did Not Attend:

   Trevor Taylor                 Lotus 18-Climax
   Wolfgang von Trips            Lotus 18-Climax
   Masten Gregory                Cooper

Note: Results decided upon points basis, not usual aggregate timing.