Type: | NC |
Country: | France |
Grand Prix: | Pau |
Official Name: | XXI Pau Grand Prix |
Location: | Pau Circuit, Pau |
Date: | 3 April |
Year: | 1961 |
Course: | Temporary street circuit |
Course Mi: | 1.714 |
Course Km: | 2.758 |
Distance Laps: | 100 |
Distance Mi: | 171.4 |
Distance Km: | 275.842 |
Pole Driver: | Jack Brabham |
Pole Country: | Australia |
Pole Team: | Cooper-Climax |
Pole Time: | 1:32.7 |
Fast Driver: | Jim Clark |
Fast Team: | Lotus-Climax |
Fast Time: | 1:34.1 |
Fast Country: | UK |
First Driver: | Jim Clark |
First Country: | UK |
First Team: | Lotus-Climax |
Second Driver: | Jo Bonnier |
Second Country: | Sweden |
Second Team: | Lotus-Climax |
Third Driver: | Lorenzo Bandini |
Third Country: | Italy |
Third Team: | Cooper-Maserati |
The 21st Pau Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 April 1961 at Pau Circuit, the street circuit in Pau. The race was run over 100 laps of the circuit, and was won by Jim Clark in a Lotus 18. This was Clark's first Formula One victory.
The cars entered by Scuderia Centro Sud were fitted with engines that were bigger than the 1.5 litres allowed by the regulations. Lorenzo Bandini had a 2.5-litre engine, and Mário Cabral a 2-litre.[1]