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Danish Grand Prix

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Danish Grand Prix
Jyllands-Ringen
Race information
Number of times held13
First held1960
Last held1995
Most wins (drivers)Denmark Jac Nellemann (4)
Most wins (constructors)United Kingdom Cooper (3)
Circuit length2.300 km (1.429 miles)
Last race (1995)
Pole position
Podium
Fastest lap

The Danish Grand Prix was an auto race for open-wheel cars. Last held for Formula One cars in 1962, the race is now defunct.

The Danish Grand Prix was held at the Roskilde Ring circuit near Roskilde. By standards of the era, the circuit was very small, at just three-quarters of a mile for the lap. Formula One cars were completing the lap in just over 42 seconds. The circuit ultimately limited the growth potential of the race, and the event was not considered to be added to the World Drivers Championship, but during its relatively short life in the 1960s, it did stage some memorable races.

Unusually for the time, the Grand Prix was actually decided over a series of heats, either four or three in number. The original race in 1960 was a Formula Two race won by Jack Brabham in a Cooper-Climax.[1] The meeting was marred though by the death of emerging New Zealander George Lawton.[1] The following year the race was upgraded to Formula One regulations and Stirling Moss took the win for the UDT Laystall Racing Team in a Lotus-Climax. Brabham returned to the top of the podium in 1962 running his own team driving a Lotus-Climax.

In 2017, a proposal to revive the race was put forward. Starting in 2020, the proposed event would be held on a street circuit in the Indre By and Christianshavn areas of Copenhagen and was designed by former Formula One driver Jan Magnussen and circuit architect Hermann Tilke.[2]

Winners of the Danish Grand Prix

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Year Driver Constructor Location Formula Report
1960 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax Roskilde Ring Formula Two Report
1961 United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax Roskilde Ring Formula One Report
1962 Australia Jack Brabham Lotus-Climax Roskilde Ring Formula One Report
1963 United States Peter Revson Cooper-BMC Roskilde Ring Formula Junior Report
1964 Denmark Hartvig Conradsen Cooper-BMC Roskilde Ring Formula Junior Report
1965 West Germany Kurt Ahrens Jr. Brabham-Ford Roskilde Ring Formula Three Report
1968 Sweden Ingvar Pettersson Tecno-Ford Roskilde Ring Formula Three Report
1973 United States Randy Lewis Brabham-Ford Ring Djursland Formula Three Report
1974 Denmark Jac Nellemann GRD-Ford Jyllandsringen Formula Three Report
1975 Denmark Jac Nellemann GRD-Ford Jyllandsringen Formula Three Report
1976 Denmark Jac Nellemann Van Diemen-Toyota Jyllandsringen Formula Three Report
1977 Denmark Jac Nellemann Chevron-Toyota Jyllandsringen Formula Three Report
1995 Finland Toni Teittinen Reynard-Mugen-Honda Jyllandsringen Formula Three Report
Finland Toni Teittinen Reynard-Mugen-Honda

References

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  1. ^ a b "Formula 2 1960 – Danmarks GP". F2 Register. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Danish consortium in talks for F1 grand prix". www.speedcafe.com. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.