Team
Lotus-Climax
1961 season
- Championships
- 0
- Race starts
- 68
- Finished races
- 29
- Did not finish
- 39
- Did not start
- 0
- Disqualified
- 0
- Podiums
- 5
- Wins
- 3
- Points finishes
- 8
| Driver | Championship position | Race starts | Finished | DNF | Podiums | Wins | Points finishes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling Moss | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Innes Ireland | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jim Clark | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Olivier Gendebien | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Ryan | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Masten Gregory | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hall | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloyd Ruby | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Miles | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Parnell | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Taylor | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wolfgang Seidel | — | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerry Ashmore | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernesto Prinoth | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael May | — | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Maggs | — | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tony Marsh | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Burgess | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucien Bianchi | — | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Willy Mairesse | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Manuel Bordeu | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cliff Allison | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Taylor | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |