formula 2 1961

The 1961 German Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1961 Formula One World Championship, held at the Nürburgring in West Germany. The season also included numerous non-championship races for Formula One cars. I came across a race report for the Guards Trophy race in 1961 and assumed that it was your typical non-championship F1 race but NOooooo! The Intercontinental Formula Championship of 1961 - posted in TNFs Archive: Does anyone know much about this series? It supposedly was the second event counting towards the 1961 Intercontinental Formula Championship. Formula 1 rules changed to 1.5-litre for 1961 but Cooper, Yeoman Credit, Lotus, Rob Walker and BRM all decided to send their 2.5-litre Intercontinental formula cars "down under" for the New Zealand and Australian Internationals. Australian Gold Star 1961. At this time, the early career of this Elva 200 is still unknown. Aiming to participate in Formula 1, Carel Godin de Beaufort bought two dated Porsches in 1961, which had been successful in Formula 2 races. Typically meetings would have a Formula 2 race with a Formule Libre as the final race of the day, and it is worth stressing that often the Formule Libre race was considered the main race, even if there was a Formula 1 race. In 1961 the regulations had been amended and cars with 1.5-litre engines such as these became eligible for Formula 1. The 1961 Formula One season was the 12th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Sold. The Elva 200 was the first rear-engined formula car produced by Elva. It featured the 1961 World Championship of Drivers and the 1961 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, which were contested concurrently from 14 May to 8 October over an eight race series. The cars were type 718/2s, fitted with Porsche Spyder RSK, 1.5-litre Carrera engines. History. 1961 Elva 200 Formula Junior. Only twenty of these cars were built, making them quite rare, and a desirable entry in today’s historic Formula Junior fields.