1961 F1 World Championship Season

1960 F1 World Championship

1962 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Phil Hill (1st title, 6th different world champion, 1st American champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Ferrari (1st title, 3rd different world champion)
Races:	8
Winning drivers:	Wolfgang von Trips (2) Stirling Moss (2) Phil Hill (2) Giancarlo Baghetti (1) Innes Ireland (1)
Winning constructors:	Ferrari (5) Lotus (3)
First-time winners (driver):	Wolfgang von Trips Giancarlo Baghetti Innes Ireland
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1961 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	14 May	1961 Monaco Grand Prix
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	22 May	1961 Dutch Grand Prix
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	18 June	1961 Belgian Grand Prix
4	France	Reims	2 July	1961 French Grand Prix
5	Britain CT	Aintree	15 July	1961 British Grand Prix
6	Germany	Nurburgring	6 August	1961 German Grand Prix
7	Italy DT	Monza	10 September	1961 Italian Grand Prix
8	USA	Watkins Glen	8 October	1961 United States Grand Prix

Race Winners

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1	3.600s
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	2	0.900s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1	0.700s
4	France	Reims	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	12	0.100s
5	Britain	Aintree	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	4	46.000s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	3	21.300s
7	Italy	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari	4	31.200s
8	USA	Watkins Glen	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	8	4.300s

Polesitters

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	1	0.200s
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2	0.000s
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Phil Hill	Ferrari	1	0.800s
4	France	Reims	Phil Hill	Ferrari	9	1.500s
5	Britain	Aintree	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2	0.000s
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Phil Hill	Ferrari	3	6.200s
7	Italy	Monza	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	DNF	0.100s
8	USA	Watkins Glen	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	DNF	1.100s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Richie Ginther Stirling Moss	Ferrari Lotus-Climax
2	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax
3	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Richie Ginther	Ferrari
4	France	Reims	Phil Hill	Ferrari
5	Britain	Aintree	Tony Brooks	BRM-Climax
6	Germany	Nurburgring	Phil Hill	Ferrari
7	Italy	Monza	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari
8	USA	Watkins Glen	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax

1961 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Phil Hill	Ferrari	34 (38)
2	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	33	-1
3	Stirling Moss	Lotus	21	-13
=	Dan Gurney	Porsche	21	-13
5	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	16	-18
6	Innes Ireland	Lotus	12	-22
7	Jim Clark	Lotus	11	-23
=	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	11	-23
9	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	9	-25
10	Tony Brooks	BRM	6	-28
11	Jack Brabham	Cooper	4	-30
=	John Surtees	Cooper	4	-30
13	Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari Lotus	3	-31
=	Jackie Lewis	Cooper	3	-31
=	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	3	-31
=	Graham Hill	BRM	3	-31
17	Roy Salvadori	Cooper	2	-32

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best six results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	40 (52)
2	Lotus-Climax	32	-8
3	Porsche	22 (23)	-18
4	Cooper-Climax	14 (18)	-26
5	BRM-Climax	7	-33

Points scoring system used:

1st: 8 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best placed car from each constructor per race was eligible to score points.
Only the best six results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	USA	Avg.	Best
1	Phil Hill	5	1	1	1	1	1	4		2.00	1
2	Ricardo Rodriguez							2		2.00	2
3	Wolfgang von Trips	6	2	2	2	4	5	1		3.14	1
4	Richie Ginther	2	3	5	3	2	14	3		4.57	2
5	Stirling Moss	1	4	8	4	5	3	11	3	4.88	1
6	Graham Hill	4	5	6	6	11	6	5	2	5.62	2
7	Jim Clark	3	11	16	5	8	8	7	5	7.88	3
8	Jo Bonnier	9	12	9	13	3	4	8	10	8.50	3
9	Tony Brooks	8	8	7	11	6	9	13	6	8.50	6
10	Jack Brabham	17	7	11	14	9	2	10	1	8.88	1
11	Dan Gurney	11	6	10	9	12	7	12	7	9.25	6
12	John Surtees	12	9	4	7	10	10	19	9	10.00	4
13	Bruce McLaren	7	15	15	8	14	12	14	4	11.13	4
14	Innes Ireland	10		18	10	7	16	9	8	11.14	7
15	Giancarlo Baghetti				12	19		6		12.33	6
16	Hans Herrmann	13	13				11			12.33	11
17	Olivier Gendebien	21		3					15	13.00	3
18	Peter Ryan								13	13.00	13
19	Walt Hansgen								14	14.00	14
20	Masten Gregory	19	10	12	16	16		17	11	14.43	10
21	Roy Salvadori				15	13	15	18	12	14.60	12
22	Cliff Allison	15								15.00	15
23	Jackie Lewis			13	18	15	18	16		16.00	13
24	Trevor Taylor		16							16.00	16
25	Roger Penske								16	16.00	16
26	Carel Godin de Beaufort		17	14	17	18	17	15		16.33	14
27	Hap Sharp								17	17.00	17
28	Willy Mairesse			19	20		13			17.33	13
29	Jim Hall								18	18.00	18
30	Lloyd Ruby								19	19.00	19
31	Lorenzo Bandini			17		21	19	21		19.50	17
32	Nino Vaccarella							20		20.00	20
33	Maurice Trintignant	16		20	23		21	22		20.40	16
34	Henry Taylor	18			25	17		23		20.75	17
35	Michael May	14			22		27			21.00	14
36	Ian Burgess		14	24	24	25	24			22.20	14
37	Tony Marsh			21		27	20			22.67	20
38	Lucien Bianchi	20		22	19	30				22.75	19
39	Jack Fairman					20		26		23.00	20
40	Tony Maggs					24	22			23.00	22
41	Keith Greene					23				23.00	23
42	Bernard Collomb				21		26			23.50	21
43	Wolfgang Seidel			23		22	23	28		24.00	22
44	Roberto Bussinello							24		24.00	24
45	Gerry Ashmore					26	25	25		25.33	25
46	Giorgio Scarlatti				26					26.00	26
47	Tim Parnell					29		27		28.00	27
48	Massimo Natili					28				28.00	28
49	Renato Pirocchi							29		29.00	29
50	Gaetano Starrabba							30		30.00	30
51	Brian Naylor							31		31.00	31
52	Roberto Lippi							32		32.00	32
53	Andre Pilette							33		33.00	33

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	USA	Points
1	Phil Hill	3	2	1	9	2	3	1		34 (38)
2	Wolfgang von Trips	4^R	1	2	R	1	2	R		33
3	Stirling Moss	1	4	8	R	DSQ/R	1	R	R	21
=	Dan Gurney	5	10	6	2	7	7	2	2	21
5	Richie Ginther	2	5	3	15^R	3	8	R		16
6	Innes Ireland	DNS		R	4	10	R	R	1	12
7	Jim Clark	10	3	12	3	R	4	R	7	11
=	Bruce McLaren	6	12	R	5	8	6	3	4	11
9	Giancarlo Baghetti				1	R		R		9
10	Tony Brooks	13^R	9	13	R	9	R	5	3	6
11	Jack Brabham	R	6	R	R	4	R	R	R	4
=	John Surtees	11^R	7	5	R	R	5	R	R	4
13	Olivier Gendebien	DNQ		4					11	3
=	Jackie Lewis			9	R	R	9	4		3
=	Jo Bonnier	12^R	11	7	7	5	R	R	6	3
=	Graham Hill	R	8	R	6	R	R	R	5	3
17	Roy Salvadori				8	6	10	6	R	2
	Maurice Trintignant	7		R	13		R	9
	Carel Godin de Beaufort		14	11	R	16	14	7
	Lorenzo Bandini			R		12	R	8
	Cliff Allison	8
	Roger Penske								8
	Hans Herrmann	9	15				13
	Peter Ryan								9
	Masten Gregory	DNQ	DNS	10	12	11		R	11/R
	Henry Taylor	DNQ			10	R		11
	Tim Parnell					R		10
	Hap Sharp								10
	Tony Maggs					13	11
	Michael May	R			11		DNS
	Ian Burgess		DNS	DNS	14	14	12
	Renato Pirocchi							12
	Trevor Taylor		13
	Tony Marsh			DNS		R	15
	Keith Greene					15
	Gerry Ashmore					R	16	R
	Wolfgang Seidel			DNS		17	R	R
	Bernard Collomb				R		NC
	Lucien Bianchi	DNQ		R	R	R
	Willy Mairesse			R	R
	Jack Fairman					DSQ		R
	Giorgio Scarlatti				R
	Massimo Natili					R
	Ricardo Rodriguez							R
	Gaetano Starrabba							R
	Nino Vaccarella							R
	Roberto Bussinello							R
	Brian Naylor							R
	Roberto Lippi							R
	Jim Hall								R
	Lloyd Ruby								R
	Walt Hansgen								R
	Andre Pilette							DNQ

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1961 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1961 F1 World Championship Season Statistics