F1 qualifying stats & results
Qualifying results
| # | Driver | MCO | NLD | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | USA | Avg. | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (USA) Phil Hill (Ferrari) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2.00 | 1 | |
| 2 | (MEX) Ricardo Rodriguez (Ferrari) | 2 | 2.00 | 2 | |||||||
| 3 | (DEU) Wolfgang von Trips (Ferrari) | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3.14 | 1 | |
| 4 | (USA) Richie Ginther (Ferrari) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 4.57 | 2 | |
| 5 | (GBR) Stirling Moss (Lotus, Ferguson) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4.88 | 1 |
| 6 | (GBR) Graham Hill (BRM) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5.62 | 2 |
| 7 | (GBR) Jim Clark (Lotus) | 3 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7.88 | 3 |
| 8 | (SWE) Jo Bonnier (Porsche) | 9 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8.50 | 3 |
| 9 | (GBR) Tony Brooks (BRM) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 8.50 | 6 |
| 10 | (AUS) Jack Brabham (Cooper) | 17 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8.88 | 1 |
| 11 | (USA) Dan Gurney (Porsche) | 11 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 9.25 | 6 |
| 12 | (GBR) John Surtees (Cooper) | 12 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 10.00 | 4 |
| 13 | (NZL) Bruce McLaren (Cooper) | 7 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 11.13 | 4 |
| 14 | (GBR) Innes Ireland (Lotus) | 10 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 11.14 | 7 | |
| 15 | (ITA) Giancarlo Baghetti (Ferrari) | 12 | 19 | 6 | 12.33 | 6 | |||||
| 16 | (DEU) Hans Herrmann (Porsche) | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12.33 | 11 | |||||
| 17 | (BEL) Olivier Gendebien (Emeryson, Ferrari, Lotus) | 21 | 3 | 15 | 13.00 | 3 | |||||
| 18 | (CAN) Peter Ryan (Lotus) | 13 | 13.00 | 13 | |||||||
| 19 | (USA) Walt Hansgen (Cooper) | 14 | 14.00 | 14 | |||||||
| 20 | (USA) Masten Gregory (Cooper, Lotus) | 19 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 14.43 | 10 | |
| 21 | (GBR) Roy Salvadori (Cooper) | 15 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 14.60 | 12 | |||
| 22 | (GBR) Cliff Allison (Lotus) | 15 | 15.00 | 15 | |||||||
| 23 | (GBR) Jackie Lewis (Cooper) | 13 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 16.00 | 13 | |||
| 24 | (GBR) Trevor Taylor (Lotus) | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||||||
| 25 | (USA) Roger Penske (Cooper) | 16 | 16.00 | 16 | |||||||
| 26 | (NLD) Carel Godin de Beaufort (Porsche) | 17 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16.33 | 14 | ||
| 27 | (USA) Hap Sharp (Cooper) | 17 | 17.00 | 17 | |||||||
| 27 | (BEL) Willy Mairesse (Lotus, Ferrari) | 19 | 20 | 13 | 17.33 | 13 | |||||
| 29 | (USA) Jim Hall (Lotus) | 18 | 18.00 | 18 | |||||||
| 30 | (USA) Lloyd Ruby (Lotus) | 19 | 19.00 | 19 | |||||||
| 31 | (ITA) Lorenzo Bandini (Cooper) | 17 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19.50 | 17 | ||||
| 32 | (ITA) Nino Vaccarella (De Tomaso) | 20 | 20.00 | 20 | |||||||
| 33 | (FRA) Maurice Trintignant (Cooper) | 16 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 22 | 20.40 | 16 | |||
| 34 | (GBR) Henry Taylor (Lotus) | 18 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 20.75 | 17 | ||||
| 35 | (CHE) Michael May (Lotus) | 14 | 22 | 27 | 21.00 | 14 | |||||
| 36 | (GBR) Ian Burgess (Lotus, Cooper) | 14 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 22.20 | 14 | |||
| 37 | (GBR) Tony Marsh (Lotus) | 21 | 27 | 20 | 22.67 | 20 | |||||
| 38 | (BEL) Lucien Bianchi (Emeryson, Lotus) | 20 | 22 | 19 | 30 | 22.75 | 19 | ||||
| 39 | (GBR) Jack Fairman (Ferguson, Cooper) | 20 | 26 | 23.00 | 20 | ||||||
| 40 | (ZAF) Tony Maggs (Lotus) | 24 | 22 | 23.00 | 22 | ||||||
| 41 | (GBR) Keith Greene (Gilby) | 23 | 23.00 | 23 | |||||||
| 42 | (FRA) Bernard Collomb (Cooper) | 21 | 26 | 23.50 | 21 | ||||||
| 43 | (DEU) Wolfgang Seidel (Lotus) | 23 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 24.00 | 22 | ||||
| 44 | (ITA) Roberto Bussinello (De Tomaso) | 24 | 24.00 | 24 | |||||||
| 45 | (GBR) Gerry Ashmore (Lotus) | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25.33 | 25 | |||||
| 46 | (ITA) Giorgio Scarlatti (De Tomaso) | 26 | 26.00 | 26 | |||||||
| 47 | (GBR) Tim Parnell (Lotus) | 29 | 27 | 28.00 | 27 | ||||||
| 48 | (ITA) Massimo Natili (Cooper) | 28 | 28.00 | 28 | |||||||
| 49 | (ITA) Renato Pirocchi (Cooper) | 29 | 29.00 | 29 | |||||||
| 50 | (ITA) Gaetano Starrabba (Lotus) | 30 | 30.00 | 30 | |||||||
| 51 | (GBR) Brian Naylor (JBW) | 31 | 31.00 | 31 | |||||||
| 52 | (ITA) Roberto Lippi (De Tomaso) | 32 | 32.00 | 32 | |||||||
| 53 | (BEL) Andre Pilette (Emeryson) | 33 | 33.00 | 33 | |||||||
| # | Driver | MCO | NLD | BEL | FRA | GBR | DEU | ITA | USA | Avg. | Best |
Table key
- Did not qualify
Teammate head-to-head battles
This table shows teammate pairings that competed in at least 50% of the 1961 season together.