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

1961 British Grand Prix

DateSaturday, 15 July 1961
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von Trips
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Pole position
  • USA flag lazyload Phil Hill
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony Brooks
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload 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

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsFerrari752hr 40m 53.600s9
2-1USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari75+46.000s6
3-1USA flag lazyload Richie GintherFerrari75+46.800s4
4+5Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax75+1m 08.600s3
5-2Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierPorsche75+1m 16.200s2
6+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)75+1m 26.200s1
7+5USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyPorsche74+1 lap 
8+6New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax74+1 lap 
9-3United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksBRM-Climax73+2 laps 
10-3United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax72+3 laps 
11+5USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Climax (privateer)71+4 laps 
12+9Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniCooper-Maserati (privateer)71+4 laps 
13+11South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsLotus-Climax (privateer)69+6 laps 
14+11United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessLotus-Climax (privateer)69+6 laps 
15+8United Kingdom flag lazyload Keith GreeneGilby-Climax69+6 laps 
16+2Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)69+6 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax62DNF 
17+5Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang SeidelLotus-Climax (privateer)58+17 laps 
DQ 
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack Fairman
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss
Ferguson-Climax (privateer)56DSQ 
R Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiLotus-Climax (privateer)45DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)44DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM-Climax43DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari (privateer)27DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony MarshLotus-Climax (privateer)25DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)23DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Tim ParnellLotus-Climax (privateer)12DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)7DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Gerry AshmoreLotus-Climax (privateer)7DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)5DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload 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
1USA flag lazyload Phil HillFerrari
2USA flag lazyload Richie GintherFerrari
3Sweden flag lazyload Jo BonnierPorsche
4Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von TripsFerrari
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony BrooksBRM-Climax
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes IrelandLotus-Climax
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
9Australia flag lazyload Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax
10United Kingdom flag lazyload John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham HillBRM-Climax
12USA flag lazyload Dan GurneyPorsche
13United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax (privateer)
14New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
15United Kingdom flag lazyload Jackie LewisCooper-Climax (privateer)
16USA flag lazyload Masten GregoryCooper-Climax (privateer)
17United Kingdom flag lazyload Henry TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)
18Netherlands flag lazyload Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche (privateer)
19Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari (privateer)
20United Kingdom flag lazyload Jack FairmanFerguson-Climax (privateer)
21Italy flag lazyload Lorenzo BandiniCooper-Maserati (privateer)
22Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang SeidelLotus-Climax (privateer)
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Keith GreeneGilby-Climax
24South Africa flag lazyload Tony MaggsLotus-Climax (privateer)
25United Kingdom flag lazyload Ian BurgessLotus-Climax (privateer)
26United Kingdom flag lazyload Gerry AshmoreLotus-Climax (privateer)
27United Kingdom flag lazyload Tony MarshLotus-Climax (privateer)
28Italy flag lazyload Massimo NatiliCooper-Maserati (privateer)
29United Kingdom flag lazyload Tim ParnellLotus-Climax (privateer)
30Belgium flag lazyload Lucien BianchiLotus-Climax (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1961 British Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Germany flag lazyload Wolfgang von Trips27
2USA flag lazyload Phil Hill25
3USA flag lazyload Richie Ginther16
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Stirling Moss12
5Italy flag lazyload Giancarlo Baghetti9
6USA flag lazyload Dan Gurney9
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Jim Clark8
8Australia flag lazyload Jack Brabham4
9Belgium flag lazyload Olivier Gendebien3
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Innes Ireland3
11New Zealand flag lazyload Bruce McLaren3
12United Kingdom flag lazyload John Surtees2
=Sweden flag lazyload Jo Bonnier2
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Graham Hill1
=United Kingdom flag lazyload Roy Salvadori1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari38
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Climax16
3Germany flag lazyload Porsche11
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Cooper-Climax9
5United Kingdom flag lazyload BRM-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
Qualifying 1-2
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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