Race details | |||
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Non-Championship race in the 1961 Formula One season | |||
Date | 23 July 1961 | ||
Official name | XI Großer Preis der Solitude | ||
Location | Solitudering, near Stuttgart | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 11.4086 km (7.089 mi) | ||
Distance | 25 laps, 285.216 km (177.225 mi) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Porsche | ||
Time | 4:01.1 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Dan Gurney | Porsche | |
Time | 3:58.6 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lotus-Climax | ||
Second | Porsche | ||
Third | Porsche |
The 11th Solitude Grand Prix was a non-Championship motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 23 July 1961 at the Solitudering, near Stuttgart. The race was run over 25 laps of the circuit, and was won by Innes Ireland in a Lotus 21.