# 1961 Formula 1 season

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World Champion: **Phil Hill** (Ferrari, United States).

## Specs and regulations
- Engine: 1.5 L naturally aspirated
- Points: 9 points for a win (9-6-4-3-2-1)
- Races: 8

## Calendar and winners
| Round | Grand Prix | Date | Circuit | Winner | Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Monaco Grand Prix | 1961-05-14 | Circuit de Monaco | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax |
| 2 | Dutch Grand Prix | 1961-05-22 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari |
| 3 | Belgian Grand Prix | 1961-06-18 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | Phil Hill | Ferrari |
| 4 | French Grand Prix | 1961-07-02 | Reims-Gueux | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari |
| 5 | British Grand Prix | 1961-07-15 | Aintree | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari |
| 6 | German Grand Prix | 1961-08-06 | Nürburgring | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax |
| 7 | Italian Grand Prix | 1961-09-10 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza | Phil Hill | Ferrari |
| 8 | United States Grand Prix | 1961-10-08 | Watkins Glen | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax |

## Drivers' standings (final)
| Pos | Driver | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Phil Hill](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/phil-hill.md) | Ferrari | 34 | 2 |
| 2 | [Wolfgang von Trips](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/trips.md) | Ferrari | 33 | 2 |
| 3 | [Stirling Moss](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/moss.md) | Ferguson | 21 | 2 |
| 4 | [Dan Gurney](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gurney.md) | Porsche | 21 | 0 |
| 5 | [Richie Ginther](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ginther.md) | Ferrari | 16 | 0 |
| 6 | [Innes Ireland](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ireland.md) | Lotus-Climax | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | [Jim Clark](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/clark.md) | Lotus-Climax | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | [Bruce McLaren](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mclaren.md) | Cooper-Climax | 11 | 0 |
| 9 | [Giancarlo Baghetti](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/baghetti.md) | Ferrari | 9 | 1 |
| 10 | [Tony Brooks](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/brooks.md) | BRM | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | [Jack Brabham](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/jack-brabham.md) | Cooper-Climax | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | [John Surtees](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/surtees.md) | Cooper-Climax | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | [Jackie Lewis](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/lewis.md) | Cooper-Climax | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | [Olivier Gendebien](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gendebien.md) | Lotus-Climax | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | [Jo Bonnier](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bonnier.md) | Porsche | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | [Graham Hill](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hill.md) | BRM | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | [Roy Salvadori](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/salvadori.md) | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 0 |
| - | [Maurice Trintignant](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/trintignant.md) | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Carel Godin de Beaufort](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/beaufort.md) | Porsche | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Lorenzo Bandini](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bandini.md) | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Cliff Allison](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/allison.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Roger Penske](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/penske.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Hans Herrmann](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/herrmann.md) | Porsche | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Peter Ryan](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ryan.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Masten Gregory](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/gregory.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Henry Taylor](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/henry-taylor.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Tim Parnell](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/parnell.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Hap Sharp](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/sharp.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Tony Maggs](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/maggs.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Michael May](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/may.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ian Burgess](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/burgess.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Renato Pirocchi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/pirocchi.md) | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Trevor Taylor](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/trevor-taylor.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Tony Marsh](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/marsh.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Keith Greene](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/greene.md) | Gilby | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Gerry Ashmore](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ashmore.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Wolfgang Seidel](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/seidel.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jim Hall](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hall.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Lloyd Ruby](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ruby.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Gaetano Starrabba](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/starrabba.md) | Lotus-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Willy Mairesse](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/mairesse.md) | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ricardo Rodríguez](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ricardo-rodriguez.md) | Ferrari | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Walt Hansgen](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/hansgen.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Lucien Bianchi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bianchi.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Bernard Collomb](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/collomb.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Jack Fairman](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/fairman.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Nino Vaccarella](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/vaccarella.md) | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ken Miles](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/ken-miles.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Giorgio Scarlatti](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/scarlatti.md) | De Tomaso-Osca | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Brian Naylor](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/naylor.md) | JBW | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Edgar Barth](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/barth.md) | Porsche | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Juan Manuel Bordeu](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bordeu.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Roberto Bussinello](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/bussinello.md) | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Massimo Natili](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/natili.md) | Cooper-Maserati | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Peter Monteverdi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/monteverdi.md) | MBM | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Roberto Lippi](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/lippi.md) | De Tomaso-Osca | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Geoff Duke](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/duke.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [John Campbell-Jones](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/campbell-jones.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Alfonso Thiele](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/thiele.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ernesto Prinoth](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/prinoth.md) | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Menato Boffa](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/drivers/boffa.md) | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 |

## Constructors' standings (final)
| Pos | Team | Points | Wins |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Ferrari](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/ferrari.md) | 45 | 5 |
| 2 | [Lotus-Climax](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/lotus-climax.md) | 35 | 3 |
| 3 | [Porsche](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/porsche.md) | 22 | 0 |
| 4 | [Cooper-Climax](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/cooper-climax.md) | 14 | 0 |
| 5 | [BRM](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/brm.md) | 7 | 0 |
| - | [Cooper-Maserati](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/cooper-maserati.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Gilby](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/gilby.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Lotus-Maserati](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/lotus-maserati.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Ferguson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/ferguson.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/de-tomaso-alfa-romeo.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [De Tomaso-Osca](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/de-tomaso-osca.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [JBW](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/jbw.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [Emeryson](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/emeryson.md) | 0 | 0 |
| - | [MBM](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/teams/mbm.md) | 0 | 0 |

[1960 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1960.md) · [1962 season](https://lapwake.vercel.app/history/1962.md)