Formula 1 season

1961

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Driver standings

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

Constructor standings

Position Team Points Wins
1 Ferrari 45 5
2 Lotus-Climax 35 3
3 Porsche 22 0
4 Cooper-Climax 14 0
5 BRM 7 0
— Cooper-Maserati 0 0
— Gilby 0 0
— Lotus-Maserati 0 0
— Ferguson 0 0
— De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 0
— De Tomaso-Osca 0 0
— JBW 0 0
— Emeryson 0 0
— MBM 0 0

Season scoring

All points systems

Points awarded to drivers and constructors in this season’s scoring sessions.

1961 Race Points

Pos Driver Constructor
1 9 8
2 6 6
3 4 4
4 3 3
5 2 2
6 1 1
Driver fastest lap
No fastest-lap point
Constructor fastest lap
No fastest-lap point

Session with no Points Awarded

Pos Driver Constructor
No finishing-position points were awarded.
Driver fastest lap
No fastest-lap point
Constructor fastest lap
No fastest-lap point