1961 F1 driver standings | GP Racing Stats

Constructor standings

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		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
No.	Driver	MCO	NLD	BEL	FRA	GBR	DEU	ITA	USA	Points

Table key

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap
DNQ: Did not qualify
NC: Not classified
DSQ: Disqualified
DNS: Did not start

Points system and championship rules

The top six classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis:

1st (9)
2nd (6)
3rd (4)
4th (3)
5th (2)
6th (1)

Only the best five 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.

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five drivers of 1961. Reigning world champion Jack Brabham, who finished 11th, is also shown.

Race to the title

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