1961 Formula One season

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1961 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 1961 Formula One season was the 12th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on May 14, 1961, and ended on October 8 after eight races.

1 Season summary
2 Season review
3 1961 Constructors Championship final standings
4 1961 Drivers Championship final standings

[edit] Season summary

[edit] Season review

Rnd	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Image:Flag of Monaco (bordered).svg Monaco Grand Prix	May 14	Monaco	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report
2	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch Grand Prix	May 22	Zandvoort	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	Report
3	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgian Grand Prix	June 18	Spa-Francorchamps	Phil Hill	Ferrari	Report
4	Image:Flag of France.svg French Grand Prix	July 2	Reims	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	Report
5	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British Grand Prix	July 15	Aintree	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	Report
6	Image:Flag of Germany.svg German Grand Prix	August 6	Nürburgring	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	Report
7	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italian Grand Prix	September 10	Monza	Phil Hill	Ferrari	Report
8	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States Grand Prix	October 8	Watkins Glen	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	Report

[edit] 1961 Constructors Championship final standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Ferrari	40
2	Lotus-Climax	32
3	Porsche	22
4	Cooper-Climax	18
5	BRM-Climax	7
6	Ferguson-Climax	0
7	Lotus-Maserati	0
8	Emeryson-Maserati	0
9	De Tomaso-Osca	0
10	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0
11	Cooper-Maserati	0
12	Gilby-Climax	0
13	JBW-Climax	0

[edit] 1961 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Phil Hill	2	USA	38	2	6	5
2	Wolfgang von Trips	4	Germany	33	2	4	1
3	Dan Gurney	12	USA	21		3
4	Stirling Moss	7	Britain	21	2	2	1
5	Richie Ginther	6	USA	16		3
6	Innes Ireland	15	Britain	12	1	1
7	Jim Clark	14	Britain	11		2
8	Bruce McLaren	2	New Zealand	11		1
9	Giancarlo Baghetti	32	Italy	9	1	1
10	Tony Brooks	5	Britain	6		1
11	Jack Brabham	1	Australia	4			1
12	John Surtees	42	Britain	4
13	Jo Bonnier	11	Sweden	3
14	Olivier Gendebien	21	Belgium	3
15	Jackie Lewis	60	Britain	3
16	Graham Hill	4	Britain	3
17	Roy Salvadori	19	Britain	2
18	Peter Ryan	16	Canada
19	Ricardo Rodriguez	8	Mexico
20	Renato Pirocchi	58	Italy
21	Roberto Bussinello	54	Italy
22	Roberto Lippi	52	Italy
23	Roger Penske	6	USA
24	Tim Parnell	16	Britain
25	Tony Marsh	37	Britain
26	Trevor Taylor	16	Britain
27	Walt Hansgen	60	USA
28	Willy Mairesse	6	Belgium
29	Wolfgang Seidel	56	Germany
30	Masten Gregory	22	USA
31	Tony Maggs	33	South Africa
32	Brian Naylor	14	Britain
33	Nino Vaccarella	50	Italy
34	Michael May	46	Switzerland
35	Bernard Collomb	38	France
36	Carel Godin de Beaufort	74	Netherlands
37	Cliff Allison	32	Britain
38	Gaetano Starrabba	72	Italy
39	Gerry Ashmore	18	Britain
40	Giorgio Scarlatti	34	Italy
41	Hans Herrmann	11	Germany
42	Lorenzo Bandini	62	Italy
43	Andre Pilette	34	Belgium
44	Hap Sharp	3	USA
45	Maurice Trintignant	48	France
46	Lloyd Ruby	26	USA
47	Keith Greene	54	Britain
48	Jim Hall	17	USA
49	Jack Fairman	30	Britain
50	Ian Burgess	30	Britain
51	Henry Taylor	20	USA
52	Lucien Bianchi	32	Belgium