1961 Formula One season

The 1961 Formula One season saw Phil Hill crowned as champion.

Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	May 14	Monaco	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report
2	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Grand Prix	May 22	Zandvoort	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	Report
3	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian Grand Prix	June 18	Spa-Francorchamps	Phil Hill	Ferrari	Report
4	French Grand Prix	July 2	Reims	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 15	Aintree	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 6	Nürburgring	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 10	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	October 8	Watkins Glen	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	Report

1961 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos.	Driver	MON	NED File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	BEL File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	Pts.
1	Phil Hill	3	2	1	9	2	3	1		34 (38)
2	Wolfgang von Trips	4	1	2	Ret	1	2	Ret		33
3	Stirling Moss	1	4	8	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	21
4	Dan Gurney	5	10	6	2	7	7	2	2	21
5	Richie Ginther	2	5	3	15	3	8	Ret		16
6	Innes Ireland			Ret	4	10	NC	Ret	1	12
7	Jim Clark	10	3	12	3	Ret	4	Ret	7	11
8	Bruce McLaren	6	12	Ret	5	8	6	3	4	11
9	Giancarlo Baghetti				1	Ret		Ret		9
10	Tony Brooks	13	9	13	Ret	9	NC	5	3	6
11	Jack Brabham	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	NC	Ret	Ret	4
12	John Surtees	11	7	5	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	4
13	Jackie Lewis			9	Ret	Ret	9	4		3
14	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Olivier Gendebien	DNQ		4					11	3
15	Joakim Bonnier	12	11	7	7	5	NC	Ret	6	3
16	Graham Hill	Ret	8	Ret	6	Ret	NC	Ret	5	3
17	Roy Salvadori				8	6	10	6	Ret	2
18	Maurice Trintignant	7		Ret	13		Ret	9		0
19	File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Carel Godin de Beaufort		14	11	Ret	16	14	7		0
20	Lorenzo Bandini			Ret		12	NC	8		0
21	Cliff Allison	8								0
22	Roger Penske								8	0
23	Hans Herrmann	9	15				13			0
24	Peter Ryan								9	0
25	Masten Gregory	DNQ		10	12	11		Ret	Ret	0
26	Henry Taylor	DNQ			10	Ret		11		0
27	Tim Parnell					Ret		10		0
28	Hap Sharp								10	0
29	Tony Maggs					13	11			0
30	Michael May	Ret			11					0
31	Ian Burgess			DNQ	14	14	12			0
32	Renato Pirocchi							12		0
33	Trevor Taylor		13							0
34	Tony Marsh			DNQ		Ret	15			0
35	Keith Greene					15				0
36	Gerry Ashmore					Ret	16	Ret		0
37	Wolfgang Seidel			DNQ		17	NC	Ret		0
—	Bernard Collomb				Ret		NC			0
—	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Lucien Bianchi	DNQ		Ret	Ret	Ret				0
—	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Willy Mairesse			Ret	Ret		Ret			0
—	Jack Fairman					DSQ		Ret		0
—	Giorgio Scarlatti				Ret					0
—	Massimo Natili					Ret				0
—	Gaetano Starrabba							Ret		0
—	Ricardo Rodríguez							Ret		0
—	Nino Vaccarella							Ret		0
—	Roberto Bussinello							Ret		0
—	Brian Naylor							Ret		0
—	Roberto Lippi							Ret		0
—	Jim Hall								Ret	0
—	Lloyd Ruby								Ret	0
—	Walt Hansgen								Ret	0
—	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Andre Pilette							DNQ		0
Pos.	Driver	MON	NED File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	BEL File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	Pts.

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

1961 Formula One Season Media

John Surtees (no. 12) replaced Tony Brooks (no. 5) at Reg Parnell Racing.
Phil Hill (no. 1) and Wolfgang von Trips (no. 3) were teammates and championship rivals. Von Trips was fatally injured in the penultimate round of the season.