1961 United States Grand Prix

Watkins Glen · New York State, USA · 08/10/1961

Coordinates: 42.3369, -76.9272
Altitude: 485 m
Race number: 102

Driver standings after the race

Position	Driver	Team	Championship change	Points	Wins
1	Phil Hill	—	=	34	2
2	Wolfgang von Trips	—	=	33	2
3	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	=	21	2
4	Dan Gurney	Porsche	+1	21	0
5	Richie Ginther	—	-1	16	0
6	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	+6	12	1
7	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	-1	11	0
8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	=	11	0
9	Giancarlo Baghetti	—	-2	9	1
10	Tony Brooks	BRM	+5	6	0
11	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	-2	4	0
12	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	-2	4	0
13	Jackie Lewis	—	-2	3	0
14	Olivier Gendebien	Lotus-Climax	-1	3	0
15	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	-1	3	0
16	Graham Hill	BRM	+1	3	0
17	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	-1	2	0
18	Maurice Trintignant	—	=	0	0
19	Jack Fairman	—	=	0	0
20	Hans Herrmann	—	=	0	0
21	Wolfgang Seidel	—	=	0	0
22	Edgar Barth	—	=	0	0
23	Giorgio Scarlatti	—	=	0	0
24	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	=	0	0
25	Brian Naylor	—	=	0	0
26	Carel Godin de Beaufort	—	=	0	0
27	Tony Marsh	—	=	0	0
28	Cliff Allison	—	=	0	0
29	Ian Burgess	—	=	0	0
30	Lucien Bianchi	—	=	0	0
31	Henry Taylor	—	=	0	0
32	Keith Greene	—	=	0	0
33	Trevor Taylor	—	=	0	0
34	Tim Parnell	—	=	0	0
35	Lloyd Ruby	Lotus-Climax	=	0	0
36	Willy Mairesse	—	=	0	0
37	Alfonso Thiele	—	=	0	0
38	Jim Hall	Lotus-Climax	=	0	0
39	Michael May	—	=	0	0
40	Lorenzo Bandini	—	=	0	0
41	Bernard Collomb	—	=	0	0
42	Juan Manuel Bordeu	—	=	0	0
43	Tony Maggs	—	=	0	0
44	Gerry Ashmore	—	=	0	0
45	Massimo Natili	—	=	0	0
46	Peter Monteverdi	—	=	0	0
47	Renato Pirocchi	—	=	0	0
48	Geoff Duke	—	=	0	0
49	John Campbell-Jones	—	=	0	0
50	Gaetano Starrabba	—	=	0	0
51	Ricardo Rodríguez	—	=	0	0
52	Nino Vaccarella	—	=	0	0
53	Roberto Bussinello	—	=	0	0
54	Roberto Lippi	—	=	0	0
55	Ernesto Prinoth	—	=	0	0
56	Menato Boffa	—	=	0	0
57	Roger Penske	Cooper-Climax	=	0	0
58	Peter Ryan	Lotus-Climax	=	0	0
59	Hap Sharp	Cooper-Climax	=	0	0
60	Walt Hansgen	Cooper-Climax	=	0	0
61	Ken Miles	Lotus-Climax	=	0	0

Constructor standings after the race

Position	Team	Championship change	Points	Wins
1	Ferrari	=	45	5
2	Lotus-Climax	=	35	3
3	Porsche	=	24	0
4	Cooper-Climax	=	16	0
5	BRM	=	9	0
6	Emeryson	=	0	0
7	Cooper-Maserati	=	0	0
8	JBW	=	0	0
9	De Tomaso-Osca	=	0	0
10	Ferguson	=	0	0
11	Gilby	=	0	0
12	MBM	=	0	0
13	Lotus-Maserati	=	0	0
14	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	=	0	0