F1 pole positions
Polesitters
| # | Grand Prix | Circuit | Driver | Constructor | Race | Pole margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | Monte Carlo | (GBR) Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 1 | 0.200s |
| 2 | Netherlands | Zandvoort | (USA) Phil Hill | Ferrari | 2 | 0.000s |
| 3 | Belgium | Spa-Francorchamps | (USA) Phil Hill | Ferrari | 1 | 0.800s |
| 4 | France | Reims | (USA) Phil Hill | Ferrari | 9 | 1.500s |
| 5 | Britain | Aintree | (USA) Phil Hill | Ferrari | 2 | 0.000s |
| 6 | Germany | Nurburgring | (USA) Phil Hill | Ferrari | 3 | 6.200s |
| 7 | Italy | Monza | (DEU) Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | DNF | 0.100s |
| 8 | USA | Watkins Glen | (AUS) Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | DNF | 1.100s |
- First pole position (drivers)
- Wolfgang von Trips (first German polesitter)
- Last pole position (drivers)
- Phil Hill
- Stirling Moss
- Wolfgang von Trips
- First pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their first pole position in 1961
- Last pole position (constructors)
- No constructor took their last pole position in 1961
- Last pole position until…
- 1963 for Ferrari
- 1966 for Jack Brabham and Cooper
- Last pole position by a…
- Australian driver until 1966
- German driver until 1994