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Formula 1 season

1961

8 championship rounds

World Drivers' Championship

Driver standings

61 classified
1 Phil Hill Ferrari 34 points · 2 wins
2 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 33 points · 2 wins
3 Stirling Moss Ferguson 21 points · 2 wins
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4 Dan Gurney Porsche 21 points · 0 wins
5 Richie Ginther Ferrari 16 points · 0 wins
6 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 12 points · 1 wins
7 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 11 points · 0 wins
8 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 11 points · 0 wins
9 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 9 points · 1 wins
10 Tony Brooks BRM 6 points · 0 wins
11 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 4 points · 0 wins
12 John Surtees Cooper-Climax 4 points · 0 wins
13 Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 3 points · 0 wins
14 Olivier Gendebien Lotus-Climax 3 points · 0 wins
15 Jo Bonnier Porsche 3 points · 0 wins
16 Graham Hill BRM 3 points · 0 wins
17 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 2 points · 0 wins
- Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 0 points · 0 wins
- Lorenzo Bandini Cooper-Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Roger Penske Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Hans Herrmann Porsche 0 points · 0 wins
- Peter Ryan Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Hap Sharp Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Tony Maggs Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Michael May Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Renato Pirocchi Cooper-Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Keith Greene Gilby 0 points · 0 wins
- Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Jim Hall Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Lloyd Ruby Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Gaetano Starrabba Lotus-Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Willy Mairesse Ferrari 0 points · 0 wins
- Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 0 points · 0 wins
- Walt Hansgen Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Jack Fairman Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Nino Vaccarella De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 points · 0 wins
- Ken Miles Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Giorgio Scarlatti De Tomaso-Osca 0 points · 0 wins
- Brian Naylor JBW 0 points · 0 wins
- Edgar Barth Porsche 0 points · 0 wins
- Juan Manuel Bordeu Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Roberto Bussinello De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 points · 0 wins
- Massimo Natili Cooper-Maserati 0 points · 0 wins
- Peter Monteverdi MBM 0 points · 0 wins
- Roberto Lippi De Tomaso-Osca 0 points · 0 wins
- Geoff Duke Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Alfonso Thiele Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Ernesto Prinoth Lotus-Climax 0 points · 0 wins
- Menato Boffa Cooper-Climax 0 points · 0 wins

World Constructors' Championship

Team standings

14 classified
1 Ferrari Italian 45 points · 5 wins
2 Lotus-Climax British 35 points · 3 wins
3 Porsche German 22 points · 0 wins
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4 Cooper-Climax British 14 points · 0 wins
5 BRM British 7 points · 0 wins
- Cooper-Maserati British 0 points · 0 wins
- Gilby British 0 points · 0 wins
- Lotus-Maserati British 0 points · 0 wins
- Ferguson British 0 points · 0 wins
- De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo Italian 0 points · 0 wins
- De Tomaso-Osca Italian 0 points · 0 wins
- JBW British 0 points · 0 wins
- Emeryson British 0 points · 0 wins
- MBM Swiss 0 points · 0 wins

Season story

Championship progression

Position after each round

Follow how the Drivers' Championship order changed throughout 1961. First place is shown at the top.

Line graph showing each selected driver's championship position after every race in the 1961 season.

Championship calendar

Race results

8 rounds