1961 Season

Season

Driver Standings

#	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	P. Hill	FerrariFerrari	2		34
2	W. von Trips	FerrariFerrari	2	−1	33
3	S. Moss	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	2	−13	21
4	D. Gurney	PorschePorsche	0	−13	21
5	R. Ginther	FerrariFerrari	0	−18	16
6	I. Ireland	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	1	−22	12
7	J. Clark	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−23	11
8	B. McLaren	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−23	11
9	G. Baghetti	FerrariFerrari	1	−25	9
10	T. Brooks	BRMBRM	0	−28	6
11	J. Brabham	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−30	4
12	J. Surtees	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−30	4
13	J. Lewis	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−31	3
14	O. Gendebien	EmerysonEmeryson	0	−31	3
15	J. Bonnier	PorschePorsche	0	−31	3
16	G. Hill	BRMBRM	0	−31	3
17	R. Salvadori	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−32	2
31	I. Burgess	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
32	R. Pirocchi	Cooper-MaseratiCooper-Maserati	0	−34	0
33	T. Taylor	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
34	T. Marsh	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
35	K. Greene	GilbyGilby	0	−34	0
36	G. Ashmore	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
37	W. Seidel	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
38	J. Hall	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
39	L. Ruby	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
40	G. Starrabba	Lotus-MaseratiLotus-Maserati	0	−34	0
41	W. Mairesse	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
42	R. Rodríguez	FerrariFerrari	0	−34	0
43	W. Hansgen	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−34	0
44	L. Bianchi	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
45	B. Collomb	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−34	0
46	N. Vaccarella	De Tomaso-Alfa RomeoDe Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	−34	0
47	K. Miles	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
48	G. Scarlatti	De Tomaso-OscaDe Tomaso-Osca	0	−34	0
49	B. Naylor	JBWJBW	0	−34	0
50	J. Fairman	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−34	0
51	E. Barth	PorschePorsche	0	−34	0
52	J. Bordeu	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
53	R. Bussinello	De Tomaso-Alfa RomeoDe Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	−34	0
54	M. Natili	Cooper-MaseratiCooper-Maserati	0	−34	0
55	P. Monteverdi	MBMMBM	0	−34	0
56	R. Lippi	De Tomaso-OscaDe Tomaso-Osca	0	−34	0
57	G. Duke	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−34	0
58	J. Campbell-Jones	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−34	0
59	A. Pilette	EmerysonEmeryson	0	−34	0
60	A. Thiele	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−34	0
61	E. Prinoth	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0	−34	0
62	M. Boffa	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0	−34	0
–	C. Allison	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0		0
–	C. de Beaufort	PorschePorsche	0		0
–	H. Herrmann	PorschePorsche	0		0
–	H. Sharp	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0		0
–	H. Taylor	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0		0
–	L. Bandini	Cooper-MaseratiCooper-Maserati	0		0
–	M. Gregory	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0		0
–	M. May	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0		0
–	M. Trintignant	Cooper-MaseratiCooper-Maserati	0		0
–	P. Ryan	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0		0
–	R. Penske	Cooper-ClimaxCooper-Climax	0		0
–	T. Maggs	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0		0
–	T. Parnell	Lotus-ClimaxLotus-Climax	0		0

Constructor Standings

#	Team	Wins	Gap	Points
1	Ferrari	5		45
2	Lotus-Climax	3	−10	35
3	Porsche	0	−23	22
4	Cooper-Climax	0	−31	14
5	BRM	0	−38	7
–	Cooper-Maserati	0		0
–	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0		0
–	De Tomaso-Osca	0		0
–	Emeryson	0		0
–	Ferguson	0		0
–	Gilby	0		0
–	JBW	0		0
–	Lotus-Maserati	0		0
–	MBM	0		0

Races

#	Race	Circuit	Winner (Driver)	Winner (Constructor)	Date
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	S. Moss	Lotus-Climax	1961-05-14
2	Dutch Grand Prix	Circuit Park Zandvoort	W. von Trips	Ferrari	1961-05-22
3	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	P. Hill	Ferrari	1961-06-18
4	French Grand Prix	Reims-Gueux	G. Baghetti	Ferrari	1961-07-02
5	British Grand Prix	Aintree	W. von Trips	Ferrari	1961-07-15
6	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	S. Moss	Lotus-Climax	1961-08-06
7	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	P. Hill	Ferrari	1961-09-10
8	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen	I. Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1961-10-08

Teammate battles of 1961

Teammate head-to-head battles of the 1961 Formula 1 season
Team	Matchup	Quali	Race	Points
BRM	Tony Brooks vs Graham Hill	2–6	6–2	6–3
Porsche	Jo Bonnier vs Dan Gurney	5–3	1–7	3–21
Cooper-Climax	Jack Brabham vs Bruce McLaren	6–2	3–5	4–11
Ferrari	Richie Ginther vs Phil Hill	2–5	1–6	16–38
Ferrari	Richie Ginther vs Wolfgang von Trips	2–5	3–4	16–33
Ferrari	Phil Hill vs Wolfgang von Trips	6–1	4–3	38–33
Porsche	Carel Godin de Beaufort vs Jo Bonnier	0–6	2–4	0–2
Porsche	Carel Godin de Beaufort vs Dan Gurney	0–6	0–6	0–13
Lotus-Climax	Jim Clark vs Innes Ireland	4–2	3–3	7–12
Cooper-Climax	Roy Salvadori vs John Surtees	1–4	4–1	2–2
Porsche	Jo Bonnier vs Hans Herrmann	3–0	1–2	0–0
Porsche	Dan Gurney vs Hans Herrmann	3–0	3–0	2–0
Cooper-Maserati	Lorenzo Bandini vs Maurice Trintignant	3–0	1–2	0–0
Lotus-Climax	Lucien Bianchi vs Stirling Moss	0–3	1–2	0–0