Formula One season
1961: 8 rounds on the calendar. Phil Hill took the drivers' title. Ferrari topped the constructors' table.
Drivers' champion
Phil Hill
Ferrari
Constructors' champion
Ferrari
45.0 pts
Races
8
calendar rounds
Most wins
Stirling Moss
race winners
1961 calendar
Round 1 | Winner: Stirling Moss
Circuit de Monaco
Round 2 | Winner: Wolfgang von Trips
Circuit Park Zandvoort
Round 3 | Winner: Phil Hill
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Round 4 | Winner: Giancarlo Baghetti
Reims-Gueux
Round 5 | Winner: Wolfgang von Trips
Aintree
Round 6 | Winner: Stirling Moss
Nürburgring
Round 7 | Winner: Phil Hill
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Round 8 | Winner: Innes Ireland
Watkins Glen
Championship
| Pos | Name | Team | Wins | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Thiele | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Brian Naylor | JBW | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 8 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 11.0 |
| Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Cliff Allison | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 4 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 0 | 21.0 |
| Edgar Barth | Porsche | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Ernesto Prinoth | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Gaetano Starrabba | Lotus-Maserati | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Geoff Duke | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Gerry Ashmore | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 1 | 9.0 |
| Giorgio Scarlatti | De Tomaso-Osca | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 16 | Graham Hill | BRM | 0 | 3.0 |
| Hans Herrmann | Porsche | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Hap Sharp | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Ian Burgess | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Ian Burgess | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 6 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 1 | 12.0 |
| 11 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 4.0 |
| Jack Fairman | Ferguson | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Jack Fairman | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 13 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 3.0 |
| 7 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 11.0 |
| Jim Hall | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 15 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 0 | 3.0 |
| John Campbell-Jones | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 12 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 4.0 |
| Juan Manuel Bordeu | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Keith Greene | Gilby | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Ken Miles | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Lloyd Ruby | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Lucien Bianchi | Emeryson | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Lucien Bianchi | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Massimo Natili | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Masten Gregory | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Menato Boffa | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Michael May | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Nino Vaccarella | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 14 | Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari | 0 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Olivier Gendebien | Emeryson | 0 | 3.0 |
| 14 | Olivier Gendebien | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 3.0 |
| Peter Monteverdi | MBM | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Peter Ryan | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 1 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 2 | 34.0 |
| Renato Pirocchi | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Renato Pirocchi | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Ricardo RodrÃguez | Ferrari | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 5 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 0 | 16.0 |
| Roberto Bussinello | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Roberto Lippi | De Tomaso-Osca | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Roger Penske | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 17 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 2.0 |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 2 | 21.0 |
| 3 | Stirling Moss | Ferguson | 2 | 21.0 |
| Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 10 | Tony Brooks | BRM | 0 | 6.0 |
| Tony Maggs | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Tony Marsh | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Trevor Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Walt Hansgen | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Willy Mairesse | Ferrari | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Willy Mairesse | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 2 | 33.0 |
Constructors
| Pos | Name | Team | Wins | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | BRM | 0 | 7.0 | |
| 4 | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 14.0 | |
| Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| De Tomaso-Osca | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Emeryson | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Ferguson | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 1 | Ferrari | 5 | 45.0 | |
| Gilby | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| JBW | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 2 | Lotus-Climax | 3 | 35.0 | |
| Lotus-Maserati | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| MBM | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| 3 | Porsche | 0 | 22.0 |
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