1961 German Grand Prix
| Date | Sunday, 6 August 1961 |
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| Circuit | Nurburgring, 15 laps |
| Round | 6 of 8 |
| Race numbers | The 1961 German Grand Prix was the
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Race result
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time | Points | |
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| 1 | +2 |  Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 15 | 2hr 18m 12.400s | 9 |
| 2 | +3 |  Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 15 | +21.400s | 6 |
| 3 | -2 |  Phil Hill | Ferrari | 15 | +22.500s | 4 |
| 4 | +4 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 15 | +1m 17.100s | 3 |
| 5 | +5 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 15 | +1m 53.100s | 2 |
| 6 | +6 |  Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 15 | +2m 41.400s | 1 |
| 7 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 15 | +3m 22.600s | ||
| 8 | +6 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 15 | +5m 23.100s | |
| 9 | +9 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 15 | +5m 23.700s | |
| 10 | +5 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 15 | +12m 11.500s | |
| 11 | +11 |  Tony Maggs | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 12 | +12 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 13 | -2 | Hans Herrmann | Porsche | 14 | +1 lap | |
| 14 | +3 |  Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche (privateer) | 14 | +1 lap | |
| R |  Willy Mairesse | Ferrari | 13 | DNF | ||
| 15 | +5 | Tony Marsh | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 13 | +2 laps | |
| 16 | +9 | Gerry Ashmore | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 13 | +2 laps | |
| R |  Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 12 | DNF | ||
| NC | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax (privateer) | 11 | +4 laps | ||
| R |  Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) | 10 | DNF | ||
| R | Tony Brooks | BRM-Climax | 6 | DNF | ||
| R |  Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 5 | DNF | ||
| R | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | 3 | DNF | ||
| R | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 1 | DNF | ||
| R | Graham Hill | BRM-Climax | 1 | DNF | ||
| R |  Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 0 | DNF | ||
| Did not start | ||||||
 Michael May | Lotus-Climax (privateer) | |||||
Starting grid
Pole time: 8:55.200
| Pos | Driver | Constructor |
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| 1 | Phil Hill | Ferrari |
| 2 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 4 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche |
| 5 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari |
| 6 | Graham Hill | BRM-Climax |
| 7 | Dan Gurney | Porsche |
| 8 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax |
| 9 | Tony Brooks | BRM-Climax |
| 10 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
| 11 | Hans Herrmann | Porsche |
| 12 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax |
| 13 | Willy Mairesse | Ferrari |
| 14 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari |
| 15 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
| 16 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax |
| 17 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche (privateer) |
| 18 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
| 19 | Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
| 20 | Tony Marsh | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 21 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati (privateer) |
| 22 | Tony Maggs | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 23 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 24 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
| 25 | Gerry Ashmore | Lotus-Climax (privateer) |
| 26 | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax (privateer) |
Championship standings
How the championship standings stood post-1961 German Grand Prix.
Driver
| Pos | Driver | Points |
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| 1 | Wolfgang von Trips | 33 |
| 2 | Phil Hill | 29 |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | 21 |
| 4 | Richie Ginther | 16 |
| 5 | Jim Clark | 11 |
| 6 | Giancarlo Baghetti | 9 |
| 7 | Dan Gurney | 9 |
| 8 | Jack Brabham | 4 |
| 9 | John Surtees | 4 |
| 10 | Bruce McLaren | 4 |
| 11 | Olivier Gendebien | 3 |
| = | Innes Ireland | 3 |
| 13 | Jo Bonnier | 2 |
| 14 | Graham Hill | 1 |
| = | Roy Salvadori | 1 |
Constructor
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
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| 1 | Ferrari | 38 |
| 2 | Lotus-Climax | 24 |
| 3 | Porsche | 11 |
| 4 | Cooper-Climax | 10 |
| 5 | BRM-Climax | 1 |
Statistics & milestones
- Last start
- Hans Herrmann, Tony Marsh
- Wins
- 16th and last for Stirling Moss
- 4th for Lotus
- Podiums
- 24th and last for Stirling Moss, 12th for Phil Hill, 6th and last for Wolfgang von Trips (last German driver to finish on the podium until 1970)
- 122nd & 123rd for Ferrari, 11th for Lotus
- Poles
- 6th and last for Phil Hill
- 37th for Ferrari
- Fastest laps
- 6th and last for Phil Hill
- 34th for Ferrari
- Front row starts
- 37th and last for Stirling Moss, 17th for Jack Brabham, 9th and last for Phil Hill, 5th and last for Jo Bonnier (last Swedish front row starter until 1972)
- Points finishes
- 35th and last for Stirling Moss, 14th and last for Wolfgang von Trips