1961 Season

Races

Champion

Phil Hill

Constructor

Ferrari

The 1961 Formula 1 World Championship featured 8 Grand Prix races across the season. Phil Hill of American claimed the Drivers' Championship with 34 points and 2 race victories. Wolfgang von Trips finished as runner-up, 1 points behind. Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship with 45 points. 5 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1961 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Phil Hill, Wolfgang von Trips, Stirling Moss.

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What races were in the 1961 F1 season?

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

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Moss	Ginther	Hill	Trips
R1Monaco Grand Prix	9	6	4	3
R2Dutch Grand Prix	12	8	10	12
R3Belgian Grand Prix	12	12	19	18
R4French Grand Prix	12	12	19	18
R5British Grand Prix	12	16	25	27
R6German Grand Prix	21	16	29	33
R7Italian Grand Prix	21	16	34	33
R8United States Grand Prix	21	16	34	33

Who won the 1961 F1 driver championship?

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

Who won the 1961 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Ferrari	Italian	5	45
2	Lotus-Climax	British	3	35
3	Porsche	German	0	22
4	Cooper-Climax	British	0	14
5	BRM	British	0	7
6	Cooper-Maserati	British	0	0
7	Gilby	British	0	0
8	Lotus-Maserati	British	0	0
9	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	Italian	0	0
10	Emeryson	British	0	0
11	De Tomaso-Osca	Italian	0	0
12	JBW	British	0	0
13	MBM	Swiss	0	0

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