1961 Formula One season

The 1961 Formula One season saw Phil Hill crowned as champion.

[change] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Monaco Grand Prix	May 14	Monaco	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report
2	Dutch Grand Prix	May 22	Zandvoort	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	Report
3	Belgian Grand Prix	June 18	Spa-Francorchamps	Phil Hill	Ferrari	Report
4	French Grand Prix	July 2	Reims	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	Report
5	British Grand Prix	July 15	Aintree	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	Report
6	German Grand Prix	August 6	Nürburgring	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report
7	Italian Grand Prix	September 10	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari	Report
8	United States Grand Prix	October 8	Watkins Glen	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	Report

Pos.	Driver	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	Pts.
1	Phil Hill	3	2	1	9	2	3	1		34 (38)
2	Wolfgang von Trips	4	1	2	Ret	1	2	Ret		33
3	Stirling Moss	1	4	8	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	21
4	Dan Gurney	5	10	6	2	7	7	2	2	21
5	Richie Ginther	2	5	3	15	3	8	Ret		16
6	Innes Ireland			Ret	4	10	NC	Ret	1	12
7	Jim Clark	10	3	12	3	Ret	4	Ret	7	11
8	Bruce McLaren	6	12	Ret	5	8	6	3	4	11
9	Giancarlo Baghetti				1	Ret		Ret		9
10	Tony Brooks	13	9	13	Ret	9	NC	5	3	6
11	Jack Brabham	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	4	NC	Ret	Ret	4
12	John Surtees	11	7	5	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	4
13	Jackie Lewis			9	Ret	Ret	9	4		3
14	Olivier Gendebien	DNQ		4					11	3
15	Joakim Bonnier	12	11	7	7	5	NC	Ret	6	3
16	Graham Hill	Ret	8	Ret	6	Ret	NC	Ret	5	3
17	Roy Salvadori				8	6	10	6	Ret	2
18	Maurice Trintignant	7		Ret	13		Ret	9		0
19	Carel Godin de Beaufort		14	11	Ret	16	14	7		0
20	Lorenzo Bandini			Ret		12	NC	8		0
21	Cliff Allison	8								0
22	Roger Penske								8	0
23	Hans Herrmann	9	15				13			0
24	Peter Ryan								9	0
25	Masten Gregory	DNQ		10	12	11		Ret	Ret	0
26	Henry Taylor	DNQ			10	Ret		11		0
27	Tim Parnell					Ret		10		0
28	Hap Sharp								10	0
29	Tony Maggs					13	11			0
30	Michael May	Ret			11					0
31	Ian Burgess			DNQ	14	14	12			0
32	Renato Pirocchi							12		0
33	Trevor Taylor		13							0
34	Tony Marsh			DNQ		Ret	15			0
35	Keith Greene					15				0
36	Gerry Ashmore					Ret	16	Ret		0
37	Wolfgang Seidel			DNQ		17	NC	Ret		0
—	Bernard Collomb				Ret		NC			0
—	Lucien Bianchi	DNQ		Ret	Ret	Ret				0
—	Willy Mairesse			Ret	Ret		Ret			0
—	Jack Fairman					DSQ		Ret		0
—	Giorgio Scarlatti				Ret					0
—	Massimo Natili					Ret				0
—	Gaetano Starrabba							Ret		0
—	Ricardo Rodríguez							Ret		0
—	Nino Vaccarella							Ret		0
—	Roberto Bussinello							Ret		0
—	Brian Naylor							Ret		0
—	Roberto Lippi							Ret		0
—	Jim Hall								Ret	0
—	Lloyd Ruby								Ret	0
—	Walt Hansgen								Ret	0
—	Andre Pilette							DNQ		0
Pos.	Driver	MON	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	GER	ITA	USA	Pts.

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret) Withdrawn during race (WD/Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Withdrawn before qualifying (WD/DNQ) or pre-qualifying (WD/DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS) Withdrawn before start (WD/DNS)
Light blue	Practiced only (PO)
Light blue	Friday test driver (TD) - from 2003 onwards
Blank	Did not practice (DNP) Withdrawn, thus DNP (WD/DNP)
	Injured or ill (Inj)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Did not have a car (DNC)

Only the best 5 results counted towards the Championship. Numbers without parentheses are Championship points; numbers in parentheses are total points scored.

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