De 1961 French Grand Prix werd gewonnnen door Giancarlo Baghetti van Ferrari. Dan Gurney eindigde daar vlak achter als 2e met Jim Clark ook niet ver daar vandaan.Ondanks pole positie getrained te hebben in France, kon Phil Hill dit niet omzetten in een overwinning. Hill was genoodzaakt uit te vallen in ronde 50 door: +2 Laps.
De race in France was ronde 4 van 8 van het 1961 seizoen.
The 1961 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 2 July 1961 at Reims. It was race 4 of 8 in both the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers.
By winning the race, Giancarlo Baghetti became only the third driver to win his first World Championship race, the other two being Nino Farina, who won the first World Championship race (the 1950 British Grand Prix) and Johnnie Parsons, who won the 1950 Indianapolis 500 (the Indianapolis 500 was part of the World Championship from 1950 to 1960), though both Farina and Parsons had competed at future World Championship races before the creation of the championship, while this was Baghetti's first start at a major Grand Prix. This was Baghetti's only World Championship race win. He would never finish in the top 3 again.
bron: Wikipedia
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