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."The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp. 15.
Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 2.39:35.5 2 2 Jo Bonnier Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax + 1:30.8 s 10 3 Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati 98 laps 5 4 Mário Cabral Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati 97 laps 9 5 Jack Lewis H & L Motors Cooper-Climax 96 laps 4 6 Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper-Climax 92 laps 12 7 Jo Schlesser Inter-Autocourse Cooper-Climax 77 laps - Misfire 11 Ret Maurice Trintignant Scuderia Serenissima Cooper-Climax Ignition 3 Ret Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Gearbox 6 Ret Wolfgang Seidel Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax Gearbox 15 Ret Olivier Gendebien Equipe Nationale Belge Emeryson-Maserati Accident 8 Ret Lucien Bianchi Equipe Nationale Belge Emeryson-Maserati Accident 7 Ret Ian Burgess Camoradi International Lotus-Climax Gearbox 16 Ret Jack Brabham Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax Fuel pump 1 Ret André Wicky André Wicky Cooper-Climax Big-end bearings 14 Ret Gino Munaron Gino Munaron Cooper-Alfa Romeo Con-rod 13 DNS François Santé François Santé Cooper-Climax Engine in practice - WD Masten Gregory Camoradi International Cooper-Climax Car not ready - WD Wolfgang von Trips Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax Seidel drove car - WD Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax No car -
References
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Results at www.silhouet.com
External links Full results details at formula2.net