{"id":491915,"date":"2011-07-01T19:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-02T02:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=33868"},"modified":"2024-12-27T03:07:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:07:54","slug":"1961-french-grand-prix-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1961-french-grand-prix-50-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1961 French Grand Prix, 50 Years On"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Debutante\u2019s Ball<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On a list of the greatest Grand Prix races will be the names of several which will strike a chord for all racing enthusiasts: the German Grand Prix 1957, Monaco 1955, France 1979, Spa 1998. The year 1961 could account for three races on that list&#8230;Monaco, N\u00fcrburgring and the French Grand Prix at Reims.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two weeks after Spa, all the teams made their way to another circuit that was bound to suit the power of the Ferrari 156, the flat-out blind and wide open spaces of Reims-Gueux, east of Paris in the champagne country, the sight of some historic battles in the past, many of which featured Ferrari, and had also featured Ferrari fighting Ferrari.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content > :last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"cs-paywall\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__card\">\n<div class=\"cs-paywall__top\"><span class=\"cs-paywall__label\">Members only<\/span><span class=\"cs-paywall__price\">$29 <em>\/ year<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"cs-paywall__title\">Keep going. <span>This is where it gets good.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"cs-paywall__lead\">Supercars.net Membership is for people who&#x27;d rather know the spec sheet by heart than skim ten headlines. 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