To supplement this month’s feature story on the 1961 French Grand Prix we offer this nearly 20-minute clip in summary of the event, with excellent explanatory commentary to guide viewers through the entire race weekend. It provides a good perspective on not only the race at hand, but also the ways in which Grand Prix racing was done half a century ago. Reims was a classic open-road circuit through the French countryside whose long undulating straights placed a premium on…
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