I am not sure that this was mentioned other than by David Hobbs on SpeedTV,
but (according to him) if it hadn't been for Kimi's last-lap accident, this
would have been the first race in Grand Prix history (!) with no mechanical
failure retirements.

Doug Gordon

DougG wrote:
He's wrong in any case. 1961 Dutch GP had no retirements at all. There
were 15 starters and 15 finishers in the race. There is also no record
of any pitstops in the race:

http://glibs.ssmmdd.co.uk/glibs/racerslt.php?race=96

Masten Gregory and Ian Burgess qualified for the race but did not start
because they were on the reserve list.

Other races without mechanical related retirements are:
http://glibs.ssmmdd.co.uk/glibs/racerslt.php?race=516
http://glibs.ssmmdd.co.uk/glibs/racerslt.php?race=602
http://glibs.ssmmdd.co.uk/glibs/racerslt.php?race=730

I suppose the last one could be considered mechanical, though.

MfG

Geoff.

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