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Home / Seasons / 1961 F1 World Championship Season / 1961 British Grand Prix

1961 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 15 July 1961
Winner
  • Wolfgang von Trips
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Phil Hill
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Tony Brooks
  • BRM-Climax
CircuitAintree, 75 laps
Round5 of 8
Race numbers

The 1961 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 99th World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Aintree
  • 1961 Constructors’ title decider
More 1961 season
More British Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari752hr 40m 53.600s9
2-1(USA) Phil HillFerrari75+46.000s6
3-1(USA) Richie GintherFerrari75+46.800s4
4+5(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax75+1m 08.600s3
5-2(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche75+1m 16.200s2
6+7(GBR) Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)75+1m 26.200s1
7+5(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche74+1 lap 
8+6(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax74+1 lap 
9-3(GBR) Tony BrooksBRM-Climax73+2 laps 
10-3(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax72+3 laps 
11+5(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax (privateer)71+4 laps 
12+9(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniCooper-Maserati (privateer)71+4 laps 
13+11(ZAF) Tony MaggsLotus-Climax (privateer)69+6 laps 
14+11(GBR) Ian BurgessLotus-Climax (privateer)69+6 laps 
15+8(GBR) Keith GreeneGilby-Climax69+6 laps 
16+2(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)69+6 laps 
R (GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax62DNF 
17+5(DEU) Wolfgang SeidelLotus-Climax (privateer)58+17 laps 
DQ 
  • (GBR) Jack Fairman
  • (GBR) Stirling Moss
Ferguson-Climax (privateer)56DSQ 
R (BEL) Lucien BianchiLotus-Climax (privateer)45DNF 
R (GBR) Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)44DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillBRM-Climax43DNF 
R (ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari (privateer)27DNF 
R (GBR) Tony MarshLotus-Climax (privateer)25DNF 
R (GBR) John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)23DNF 
R (GBR) Tim ParnellLotus-Climax (privateer)12DNF 
R (GBR) Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)7DNF 
R (GBR) Gerry AshmoreLotus-Climax (privateer)7DNF 
R (GBR) Henry TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)5DNF 
R (ITA) Massimo NatiliCooper-Maserati (privateer)0DNF 

Notes

  • Jack Fairman‘s car, driven by both Fairman and Stirling Moss, was disqualified for receiving a push start in the pits.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:58.800

PosDriverConstructor
1(USA) Phil HillFerrari
2(USA) Richie GintherFerrari
3(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche
4(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari
5(GBR) Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)
6(GBR) Tony BrooksBRM-Climax
7(GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
8(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
9(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
10(GBR) John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)
11(GBR) Graham HillBRM-Climax
12(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche
13(GBR) Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)
14(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
15(GBR) Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)
16(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax (privateer)
17(GBR) Henry TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)
18(NLD) Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
19(ITA) Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari (privateer)
20(GBR) Jack FairmanFerguson-Climax (privateer)
21(ITA) Lorenzo BandiniCooper-Maserati (privateer)
22(DEU) Wolfgang SeidelLotus-Climax (privateer)
23(GBR) Keith GreeneGilby-Climax
24(ZAF) Tony MaggsLotus-Climax (privateer)
25(GBR) Ian BurgessLotus-Climax (privateer)
26(GBR) Gerry AshmoreLotus-Climax (privateer)
27(GBR) Tony MarshLotus-Climax (privateer)
28(ITA) Massimo NatiliCooper-Maserati (privateer)
29(GBR) Tim ParnellLotus-Climax (privateer)
30(BEL) Lucien BianchiLotus-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(DEU) Wolfgang von Trips27
2(USA) Phil Hill25
3(USA) Richie Ginther16
4(GBR) Stirling Moss12
5(ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti9
6(USA) Dan Gurney9
7(GBR) Jim Clark8
8(AUS) Jack Brabham4
9(BEL) Olivier Gendebien3
=(GBR) Innes Ireland3
11(NZL) Bruce McLaren3
12(GBR) John Surtees2
=(SWE) Jo Bonnier2
14(GBR) Graham Hill1
=(GBR) Roy Salvadori1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari38
2Lotus-Climax16
3Porsche11
4Cooper-Climax9
5BRM-Climax1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Gerry Ashmore
Tony Maggs (first South African driver to start a race)
Tony Marsh
Massimo Natili (only start)
Tim Parnell (only start)
Ferguson (only start)
Gilby
World Champion
1st title for Ferrari (3rd constructor world champion)
Wins
2nd and last for Wolfgang von Trips (last German winner until 1975)
34th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
22nd for Ferrari
Podiums
11th for Phil Hill
5th for Wolfgang von Trips
4th for Richie Ginther (last for Ferrari)
119th, 120th & 121st for Ferrari
Poles
5th for Phil Hill
36th for Ferrari
1-2 start
20th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 1-2 in 20 races)
Fastest laps
3rd and last for Tony Brooks (first since 1959; only fastest lap for BRM)
4th for BRM
Front row starts
8th for Phil Hill
5th for Richie Ginther (last for Ferrari)
4th for Jo Bonnier (first for Porsche)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Aintree circuit
  • 1961 World Championship season

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