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Home / Seasons / 1961 F1 World Championship Season / Pole Positions

1961 F1 pole positions

Polesitters

#Grand PrixCircuitDriverConstructorRacePole margin
1MonacoMonte Carlo(GBR) Stirling MossLotus-Climax10.200s
2NetherlandsZandvoort(USA) Phil HillFerrari20.000s
3BelgiumSpa-Francorchamps(USA) Phil HillFerrari10.800s
4FranceReims(USA) Phil HillFerrari91.500s
5BritainAintree(USA) Phil HillFerrari20.000s
6GermanyNurburgring(USA) Phil HillFerrari36.200s
7ItalyMonza(DEU) Wolfgang von TripsFerrariDNF0.100s
8USAWatkins Glen(AUS) Jack BrabhamCooper-ClimaxDNF1.100s
← 1960 1962 →
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

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