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The 1st was a motor race, run to South African Formula One-style rules, held on 17 December 1961 at , South Africa. The race was run over 89 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Jim Clark, in his Lotus 21. There were no great differences between the local rules to which this race was run and the international Formula One rules, but for example sports car bodies were permitted, such as the Porsche special driven by Jennings.