Danish Grand Prix

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.

This article is about the Formula One race. For other uses, see Danish Grand Prix (disambiguation).
Danish Grand Prix
Jyllands-Ringen
Race information
Number of times held13
First held1960
Last held1995
Most wins (drivers) Jac Nellemann (4)
Most wins (constructors) Cooper (3)
Circuit length2.300 km (1.429 mi)
Last race (1995)
Pole position
Podium
Fastest lap

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

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