The following is an overview of the events of 1961 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
26 February 3rd Daytona 500 [1]
30 April 45th Targa Florio [2]
14 May 19th Monaco Grand Prix [3]
30 May 45th Indianapolis 500 [4]
10–11 June 29th 24 Hours of Le Mans [5]
12–16 June 43rd Isle of Man TT [6]
19 November 2nd Armstrong 500 [7]
19 November 8th Macau Grand Prix [8]

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
19 February Andy Wallace British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1988). [9]
20 April Paolo Barilla Italian Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1985). [10]
23 Pierluigi Martini Italian Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1999). [11]
23 June Ian Duncan Kenyan Rally driver 1994 Safari Rally winner. [12]
28 July Yannick Dalmas French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1992, 1994-1995, 1999). World Endurance champion (1992). [13]
6 December Manuel Reuter German Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1989, 1996). [14]
20 Freddie Spencer American Motorcycle racer 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1983, 1985). [15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1961 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "45^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "1961 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "1961 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Le Mans Register - 1961". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "TT 1961". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ↑ "1961 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "1961 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Andy Wallace". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Paolo Barilla". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Pierluigi Martini". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  12. ↑ "Ian Duncan". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. ↑ "Yannick Dalmas". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. ↑ "Manuel Reuter". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Freddie Spencer". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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