1961 Season • Historical Snapshot
🏁 ARCHIVED SEASON 1961 Season • 8 Races

1961 Formula 1 Season

🏆 Drivers' Champion
Phil Hill
Ferrari • 34 pts • 2 wins
🏆 Constructors' Champion
Ferrari
45 pts • 5 wins
📈 Points Progression
0 11 23 34 45 Clinched (R8)
Phil Hill (34 pts) Wolfgang von Trips (33 pts) Stirling Moss (21 pts) Dan Gurney (21 pts) Richie Ginther (16 pts) Innes Ireland (12 pts) Chaser Max Points (Threshold)
🏆 1961 Final Drivers' Standings
Pos Driver Team Pts Wins
1 Phil Hill Ferrari 34 2
2 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 33 2
3 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax / Ferguson 21 2
4 Dan Gurney Porsche 21 0
5 Richie Ginther Ferrari 16 0
6 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 12 1
7 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 11 0
8 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 11 0
9 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 9 1
10 Tony Brooks BRM 6 0
11 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 4 0
12 John Surtees Cooper-Climax 4 0
13 Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 3 0
14 Olivier Gendebien Emeryson / Ferrari / Lotus-Climax 3 0
15 Jo Bonnier Porsche 3 0
16 Graham Hill BRM 3 0
17 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 2 0
- Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 0 0
- Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 0 0
- Lorenzo Bandini Cooper-Maserati 0 0
- Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Roger Penske Cooper-Climax 0 0
- Hans Herrmann Porsche 0 0
- Peter Ryan Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax / Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Hap Sharp Cooper-Climax 0 0
- Tony Maggs Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Michael May Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Ian Burgess Lotus-Climax / Cooper-Climax 0 0
- Renato Pirocchi Cooper-Climax / Cooper-Maserati 0 0
- Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Keith Greene Gilby 0 0
- Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Jim Hall Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Lloyd Ruby Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Gaetano Starrabba Lotus-Maserati 0 0
- Willy Mairesse Lotus-Climax / Ferrari 0 0
- Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 0 0
- Walt Hansgen Cooper-Climax 0 0
- Lucien Bianchi Emeryson / Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 0 0
- Jack Fairman Ferguson / Cooper-Climax 0 0
- Nino Vaccarella De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 0
- Ken Miles Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Giorgio Scarlatti De Tomaso-Osca 0 0
- Brian Naylor JBW 0 0
- Edgar Barth Porsche 0 0
- Juan Manuel Bordeu Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Roberto Bussinello De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 0
- Massimo Natili Cooper-Maserati 0 0
- Peter Monteverdi MBM 0 0
- Roberto Lippi De Tomaso-Osca 0 0
- Geoff Duke Cooper-Climax 0 0
- John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 0 0
- Alfonso Thiele Cooper-Climax 0 0
- Ernesto Prinoth Lotus-Climax 0 0
- Menato Boffa Cooper-Climax 0 0
🏆 1961 Final Constructors' Standings
Pos Constructor Pts Wins
1 Ferrari 45 5
2 Lotus-Climax 35 3
3 Porsche 22 0
4 Cooper-Climax 14 0
5 BRM 7 0
- Cooper-Maserati 0 0
- Gilby 0 0
- Lotus-Maserati 0 0
- Ferguson 0 0
- De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 0
- De Tomaso-Osca 0 0
- JBW 0 0
- Emeryson 0 0
- MBM 0 0
🏁 1961 Race-by-Race Results
Rnd Grand Prix Date Winner Constructor Podium
1 Monaco Grand Prix 1961-05-14 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
1. Stirling Moss 2. Richie Ginther 3. Phil Hill
2 Dutch Grand Prix 1961-05-22 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari
1. Wolfgang von Trips 2. Phil Hill 3. Jim Clark
3 Belgian Grand Prix 1961-06-18 Phil Hill Ferrari
1. Phil Hill 2. Wolfgang von Trips 3. Richie Ginther
4 French Grand Prix 1961-07-02 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari
1. Giancarlo Baghetti 2. Dan Gurney 3. Jim Clark
5 British Grand Prix 1961-07-15 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari
1. Wolfgang von Trips 2. Phil Hill 3. Richie Ginther
6 German Grand Prix 1961-08-06 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
1. Stirling Moss 2. Wolfgang von Trips 3. Phil Hill
7 Italian Grand Prix 1961-09-10 Phil Hill Ferrari
1. Phil Hill 2. Dan Gurney 3. Bruce McLaren
8 United States Grand Prix 1961-10-08 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax
1. Innes Ireland 2. Dan Gurney 3. Tony Brooks