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| 1961 Rand Grand Prix | 
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| Held on December 9, 1961 at Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in Midrand, South Africa (Original Grand Prix Circuit configuration) | |
| 75 L, 191.25 M, 307.786 KM - Scheduled Distance |
| FEATURE RESULTS |
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| Fin | St | # | Driver | Sponsor ▾ | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
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| 1 | 1 | 1 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax 21 '937' | 75 | 75 | running | |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Trevor Taylor | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax 21 '933' | 75 | 0 | running | |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche KG | Porsche 718 '204' | 75 | 0 | running | |
| 4 | 4 | Edgar Barth | Dr Ing hcF Porsche KG | Porsche 718 '203' | 74 | 0 | running | ||
| 5 | 8 | 9 | Bruce Johnstone | Reg Parnell Racing | Cooper-Climax T56 | 73 | 0 | running | |
| 6 | 7 | 7 | Ernest Pieterse | Scuderia Alfa | Heron-Alfa Romeo Special | 72 | 0 | running | |
| 7 | 6 | 3 | Syd van der Vyver | Lotus-Alfa Romeo 18 | 72 | 0 | running | ||
| 8 | 16 | 20 | Fanie Viljoen | G.E. Mennie | LDS-Climax '03' | 70 | 0 | running | |
| 9 | 13 | 22 | Robert van Niekerk | Equipe Judette | Lotus-Ford 18 | 70 | 0 | running | |
| 10 | 15 | 12 | Doug Serrurier | Scuderia Lupini | Cooper-Maserati T51 'FII-16-60' | 69 | 0 | running | |
| 11 | 19 | 19 | Bruce Jennings | Jennings-Porsche | 67 | 0 | running | ||
| 12 | 3 | 6 | Masten Gregory | British Racing Partnership | Lotus-Climax 18/21 '917' | 42 | 0 | overheating | |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | Sam Tingle | LDS-Alfa Romeo '01' | 35 | 0 | gearbox | ||
| 14 | 21 | 23 | Bernard Podmore | Lotus-Ford 18 | 25 | 0 | accident | ||
| 15 | 10 | 16 | Helmut Menzler | Ecurie Wolman | Lotus-Borgward 18 '911' | 24 | 0 | overheating | |
| 16 | 17 | 24 | John Guthrie | Ecurie Rhodes | Cooper-Alfa Romeo T51 'FII-28-59' | 18 | 0 | water pipe | |
| 17 | 5 | 8 | Tony Maggs | Reg Parnell Racing | Cooper-Climax T53 'FI-1-61' | 14 | 0 | overheating | |
| 18 | 23 | 28 | Bill Dunlop | Cooper-Alfa Romeo T45 | 14 | 0 | engine | ||
| 19 | 11 | 14 | Don Philp | Quodra-Climax | 11 | 0 | overheating | ||
| 20 | 24 | 29 | Rauten Hartmann | Netuar-Peugeot | 11 | 0 | engine | ||
| 21 | 20 | 26 | Gene Bosman | Scuderia Alfa | Lotus-Alfa Romeo 15 | 7 | 0 | engine | |
| 22 | 22 | 17 | Jack Holme | Lotus-Climax 18 'FJ-720' | 5 | 0 | accident | ||
| 23 | 18 | 25 | Trevor Blokdyk | Cooper-Ford T52 | 5 | 0 | accident | ||
| 24 | 25 | 18 | Clive Trundell | Cooper-Climax T52 | 2 | 0 | puncture | ||
| DID NOT START | |||||||||
| 21 | Adrian Pheiffer | Cooper-Alfa Romeo T52 | DNS | ||||||
| RACE DATA | |||||||||
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| Time of Race: 2h:06:26.27 | |||||||||
| Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials | |||||||||
| Fast Qualifier: Jim Clark - 98.5 sec. | |||||||||
| Margin of Victory: 0.1 seconds | |||||||||
| Average Speed: 90.559 mph | |||||||||
| Cautions: 0 for 0 laps - none | |||||||||
| Lead Changes: 0 among 1 drivers - Jim Clark (1-75) | |||||||||
| Fastest Lap: Jo Bonnier - 99.1 seconds |
