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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

The championship race

Points and live top three after every round

Cumulative points

The scale follows the season leader, with a minimum ceiling of 50 points. Gold rings mark wins, red crosses mark DNFs, and black markers with a white cross mark disqualifications. Hover to isolate, click to pin, or Shift-click to compare teammates.

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Top three

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Championship calendar

Race results

8 rounds