1961 Season

8 rounds. Hill won the title by 1 point over von Trips; Ferrari won the constructors' championship by 10.

1961 race calendar with winners
Rd	Grand Prix	Date	Winner	Team	Laps	Time
1	Monaco Grand Prix	14 May	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	100	2:45:50.1
2	Dutch Grand Prix	22 May	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	75	2:01:52.1
3	Belgian Grand Prix	18 Jun	Phil Hill	Ferrari	30	2:03:03.8
4	French Grand Prix	2 Jul	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	52	2:14:17.5
5	British Grand Prix	15 Jul	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	75	2:40:53.6
6	German Grand Prix	6 Aug	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	15	2:18:12.4
7	Italian Grand Prix	10 Sep	Phil Hill	Ferrari	43	2:03:13.0
8	United States Grand Prix	8 Oct	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	100	2:13:45.8

1961 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Phil Hill	American	Ferrari	34
2	Wolfgang von Trips	German	Ferrari	33	−1
3	Stirling Moss	British	Lotus-Climax	21	−13
4	Dan Gurney	American	Porsche	21	−13
5	Richie Ginther	American	Ferrari	16	−18
6	Innes Ireland	British	Lotus-Climax	12	−22
7	Jim Clark	British	Lotus-Climax	11	−23
8	Bruce McLaren	New Zealander	Cooper-Climax	11	−23
9	Giancarlo Baghetti	Italian	Ferrari	9	−25
10	Tony Brooks	British	BRM	6	−28
11	Jack Brabham	Australian	Cooper-Climax	4	−30
12	John Surtees	British	Cooper-Climax	4	−30
13	Jackie Lewis	British	Cooper-Climax	3	−31
14	Olivier Gendebien	Belgian	Lotus-Climax	3	−31
15	Jo Bonnier	Swedish	Porsche	3	−31
16	Graham Hill	British	BRM	3	−31
17	Roy Salvadori	British	Cooper-Climax	2	−32
18	Maurice Trintignant	French	Cooper-Maserati	0	−34
19	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Dutch	Porsche	0	−34
20	Lorenzo Bandini	Italian	Cooper-Maserati	0	−34
21	Cliff Allison	British	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
22	Roger Penske	American	Cooper-Climax	0	−34
23	Hans Herrmann	German	Porsche	0	−34
24	Peter Ryan	Canadian	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
25	Masten Gregory	American	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
26	Henry Taylor	British	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
27	Tim Parnell	British	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
28	Hap Sharp	American	Cooper-Climax	0	−34
29	Tony Maggs	South African	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
30	Michael May	Swiss	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
31	Ian Burgess	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−34
32	Renato Pirocchi	Italian	Cooper-Maserati	0	−34
33	Trevor Taylor	British	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
34	Tony Marsh	British	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
35	Keith Greene	British	Gilby	0	−34
36	Gerry Ashmore	British	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
37	Wolfgang Seidel	German	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
38	Jim Hall	American	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
39	Lloyd Ruby	American	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
40	Gaetano Starrabba	Italian	Lotus-Maserati	0	−34
41	Willy Mairesse	Belgian	Ferrari	0	−34
42	Ricardo Rodríguez	Mexican	Ferrari	0	−34
43	Walt Hansgen	American	Cooper-Climax	0	−34
44	Lucien Bianchi	Belgian	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
45	Bernard Collomb	French	Cooper-Climax	0	−34
46	Nino Vaccarella	Italian	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	−34
47	Ken Miles	British	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
48	Giorgio Scarlatti	Italian	De Tomaso-Osca	0	−34
49	Brian Naylor	British	JBW	0	−34
50	Jack Fairman	British	Ferguson	0	−34
51	Edgar Barth	German	Porsche	0	−34
52	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Argentine	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
53	Roberto Bussinello	Italian	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	−34
54	Massimo Natili	Italian	Cooper-Maserati	0	−34
55	Peter Monteverdi	Swiss	MBM	0	−34
56	Roberto Lippi	Italian	De Tomaso-Osca	0	−34
57	Geoff Duke	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−34
58	John Campbell-Jones	British	Cooper-Climax	0	−34
59	André Pilette	Belgian	Emeryson	0	−34
60	Alfonso Thiele	American-Italian	Cooper-Climax	0	−34
61	Ernesto Prinoth	Italian	Lotus-Climax	0	−34
62	Menato Boffa	Italian	Cooper-Climax	0	−34

1961 constructors' championship standings
Pos	Team	Pts	Gap
1	Ferrari	45
2	Lotus-Climax	35	−10
3	Porsche	22	−23
4	Cooper-Climax	14	−31
5	BRM	7	−38
6	Cooper-Maserati	0	−45
7	Gilby	0	−45
8	Lotus-Maserati	0	−45
9	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	−45
10	Emeryson	0	−45
11	De Tomaso-Osca	0	−45
12	JBW	0	−45
13	MBM	0	−45