1961 F1 Championship Standings
Driver and constructor standings for the 1961 season, with race-by-race results and cumulative points charts.
Drivers
1961 cumulative points
Championship standings
- 1
LEAD38Phil HillFerrari2 wins - 2−533Wolfgang von TripsFerrari2 wins
- 3
−1721Dan GurneyPorsche - 4
−1721Stirling MossLotus-Climax2 wins - 5
−2216Richie GintherFerrari - 6
−2612Innes IrelandLotus-Climax1 win - 7
−2711Bruce McLarenCooper-Climax - 8
−2711Jim ClarkLotus-Climax - 9−299Giancarlo BaghettiFerrari1 win
- 10−326Tony BrooksBRM
- 11
−344John SurteesCooper-Climax - 12
−344Jack BrabhamCooper-Climax - 13
−353Graham HillBRM - 14
−353Jackie LewisCooper-Climax - 15
−353Olivier GendebienEmeryson - 16−353Jo BonnierPorsche
- 17
−362Roy SalvadoriCooper-Climax - 18
−380Lucien BianchiEmeryson - 19−380John Campbell-JonesCooper-Climax
- 20−380Brian NaylorJBW
- 21
−380Giorgio ScarlattiDe Tomaso-Osca - 22−380Gaetano StarrabbaLotus-Maserati
- 23−380Roberto LippiDe Tomaso-Osca
- 24−380Wolfgang SeidelLotus-Climax
- 25−380Bernard CollombCooper-Climax
- 26−380Lloyd RubyLotus-Climax
- 27−380Trevor TaylorLotus-Climax
- 28−380Keith GreeneGilby
- 29−380Jack FairmanFerguson
- 30−380Walt HansgenCooper-Climax
- 31−380Henry TaylorLotus-Climax
- 32−380Hap SharpCooper-Climax
- 33−380Massimo NatiliCooper-Maserati
- 34−380Carel Godin de BeaufortPorsche
- 35
−380Alfonso ThieleCooper-Climax - 36−380Renato PirocchiCooper-Climax
- 37
−380Peter MonteverdiMBM - 38
−380Maurice TrintignantCooper-Maserati - 39
−380Hans HerrmannPorsche - 40
−380Lorenzo BandiniCooper-Maserati - 41−380Ernesto PrinothLotus-Climax
- 42−380Tony MaggsLotus-Climax
- 43−380Ian BurgessLotus-Climax
- 44−380Roberto BussinelloDe Tomaso-Alfa Romeo
- 45−380Tim ParnellLotus-Climax
- 46
−380Willy MairesseLotus-Climax - 47
−380Ken MilesLotus-Climax - 48−380Gerry AshmoreLotus-Climax
- 49
−380Nino VaccarellaDe Tomaso-Alfa Romeo - 50−380Tony MarshLotus-Climax
- 51
−380Roger PenskeCooper-Climax - 52−380Cliff AllisonLotus-Climax
- 53−380André PiletteEmeryson
- 54
−380Masten GregoryCooper-Climax - 55−380Peter RyanLotus-Climax
- 56−380Menato BoffaCooper-Climax
- 57−380Jim HallLotus-Climax
- 58
−380Juan Manuel BordeuLotus-Climax - 59−380Ricardo RodríguezFerrari
- 60−380Michael MayLotus-Climax
- 61
−380Geoff DukeCooper-Climax - 62
−380Edgar BarthPorsche
Race results
R1: Monaco Grand Prix
Circuit de Monaco, Monaco14 May
Stirling Moss
Lotus-Climax
R2: Dutch Grand Prix
Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands22 May
Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari
R3: Belgian Grand Prix
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium18 Jun
Phil Hill
Ferrari
R4: French Grand Prix
Reims-Gueux, France2 Jul
Giancarlo Baghetti
Ferrari
R5: British Grand Prix
Aintree, UK15 Jul
Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari
R6: German Grand Prix
Nürburgring, Germany6 Aug
Stirling Moss
Lotus-Climax
R7: Italian Grand Prix
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy10 Sept
Phil Hill
Ferrari
R8: United States Grand Prix
Watkins Glen, USA8 Oct
Innes Ireland
Lotus-Climax
Points calculated from race and sprint results.