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

1961 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 14 May 1961
Winner
  • Stirling Moss
  • Lotus-Climax
Pole position
  • Stirling Moss
  • Lotus-Climax
Fastest lap
  • Richie Ginther
  • Ferrari
  • Stirling Moss
  • Lotus-Climax
CircuitMonte Carlo, 100 laps
Round1 of 8
Race numbers

The 1961 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 95th World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 8th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
More 1961 season
More Monaco Grands Prix
Previous race1960 United States Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)1002hr 45m 50.100s9
2 (USA) Richie GintherFerrari100+3.600s6
3+2(USA) Phil HillFerrari100+41.300s4
4+2(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari98DNF3
5+5(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche98+2 laps2
6+1(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax95+5 laps1
7+8(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)95+5 laps 
8+6(GBR) Cliff AllisonLotus-Climax (privateer)93+7 laps 
9+3(DEU) Hans HerrmannPorsche91+9 laps 
10-7(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax89+11 laps 
11 (GBR) John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)68DNF 
12-3(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche59DNF 
13-5(GBR) Tony BrooksBRM-Climax54DNF 
R (CHE) Michael MayLotus-Climax (privateer)42DNF 
R (AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax38DNF 
R (GBR) Graham HillBRM-Climax11DNF 
Did not start
  (GBR) Innes IrelandLotus-Climax   

Notes

  • Wolfgang von Trips ended lap 98 in P4 before retiring the following lap.

Starting grid

Pole time: 1:39.100

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Stirling MossLotus-Climax (privateer)
2(USA) Richie GintherFerrari
3(GBR) Jim ClarkLotus-Climax
4(GBR) Graham HillBRM-Climax
5(USA) Phil HillFerrari
6(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrari
7(NZL) Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax
8(GBR) Tony BrooksBRM-Climax
9(SWE) Jo BonnierPorsche
10(USA) Dan GurneyPorsche
11(GBR) John SurteesCooper-Climax (privateer)
12(DEU) Hans HerrmannPorsche
13(CHE) Michael MayLotus-Climax (privateer)
14(GBR) Cliff AllisonLotus-Climax (privateer)
15(FRA) Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati (privateer)
16(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax

Non-qualifiers

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Henry TaylorLotus-Climax (privateer)
(USA) Masten GregoryCooper-Climax (privateer)
(BEL) Lucien BianchiEmeryson-Maserati (privateer)
(BEL) Olivier GendebienEmeryson-Maserati (privateer)

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Stirling Moss9
2(USA) Richie Ginther6
3(USA) Phil Hill4
4(DEU) Wolfgang von Trips3
5(USA) Dan Gurney2
6(NZL) Bruce McLaren1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Lotus-Climax8
2Ferrari6
3Porsche2
4Cooper-Climax1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Michael May (first Swiss driver to start a race since 1957)
Last start
Cliff Allison
Wins
15th for Stirling Moss
3rd for Lotus
Podiums
23rd for Stirling Moss
8th for Phil Hill
2nd for Richie Ginther
111th & 112th for Ferrari
8th for Lotus
Poles
16th and last for Stirling Moss
5th for Lotus
Fastest laps
19th and last for Stirling Moss
1st for Richie Ginther (31st different fastest lap setter, 10th American driver)
31st for Ferrari
4th for Lotus
Front row starts
36th for Stirling Moss
2nd for Richie Ginther
1st for Jim Clark (57th different front row starter, 11th British driver)
Pole & win
8th and last for Stirling Moss
Win & fastest lap
7th and last for Stirling Moss (first since 1959; only win and fastest lap for Lotus)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
4th and last for Stirling Moss (first since 1959; only hat-trick for Lotus)

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo circuit
  • 1961 World Championship season

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