Italian Grand Prix
Round 7 · 10 September 1961 ·Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
Gurney
Porsche
2
Hill
Ferrari
1
McLaren
Cooper-Climax
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Hill |  American | Ferrari | 43 | 2:03:13.0 | 9 |
| 2 | Dan Gurney | American | Porsche | 43 | +31.2 | 6 |
| 3 | Bruce McLaren |  New Zealander | Cooper-Climax | 43 | +2:28.4 | 4 |
| 4 | Jackie Lewis |  British | Cooper-Climax | 43 | +2:40.4 | 3 |
| 5 | Tony Brooks | British | BRM | 43 | +2:40.5 | 2 |
| 6 | Roy Salvadori | British | Cooper-Climax | 42 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Carel Godin de Beaufort |  Dutch | Porsche | 41 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Bandini |  Italian | Cooper-Maserati | 41 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Maurice Trintignant |  French | Cooper-Maserati | 41 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Tim Parnell | British | Lotus-Climax | 40 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Henry Taylor | British | Lotus-Climax | 39 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Renato Pirocchi | Italian | Cooper-Maserati | 38 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| R | Stirling Moss | British | Lotus-Climax | 36 | Wheel bearing | 0 |
| R | Richie Ginther | American | Ferrari | 23 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Gaetano Starrabba | Italian | Lotus-Maserati | 19 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jo Bonnier |  Swedish | Porsche | 14 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Ricardo Rodríguez |  Mexican | Ferrari | 13 | Fuel system | 0 |
| R | Giancarlo Baghetti | Italian | Ferrari | 13 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Nino Vaccarella | Italian | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 13 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Masten Gregory | American | Lotus-Climax | 11 | Suspension | 0 |
| R | Graham Hill | British | BRM | 10 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Jack Brabham |  Australian | Cooper-Climax | 8 | Overheating | 0 |
| R | Brian Naylor | British | JBW | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Innes Ireland | British | Lotus-Climax | 5 | Chassis | 0 |
| R | Jack Fairman | British | Cooper-Climax | 5 | Engine | 0 |
| R | John Surtees | British | Cooper-Climax | 2 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Wolfgang von Trips |  German | Ferrari | 1 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Jim Clark | British | Lotus-Climax | 1 | Accident | 0 |
| R | Roberto Bussinello | Italian | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 1 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Wolfgang Seidel | German | Lotus-Climax | 1 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Roberto Lippi | Italian | De Tomaso-Osca | 1 | Engine | 0 |
| R | Gerry Ashmore | British | Lotus-Climax | 0 | Accident | 0 |
| F | André Pilette |  Belgian | Emeryson | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 |
| W | Edgar Barth | German | Porsche | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| W | Massimo Natili | Italian | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| W | Alfonso Thiele | American-Italian | Cooper-Climax | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| W | Ernesto Prinoth | Italian | Lotus-Climax | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| W | Menato Boffa | Italian | Cooper-Climax | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
| W | Michael May |  Swiss | Lotus-Climax | 0 | Withdrew | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify
- W
- Withdrew