1961
Season

1961

Drivers' Champion
P1 P.Hill 34 pts
P2 W.von Trips 33 pts
P3 S.Moss 21 pts
Constructors' Champion
P1 Ferrari 45 pts
P2 Lotus-Climax 35 pts
P3 Porsche 22 pts

Driver Standings

Points System
# Driver Team Pts +/- Elo Peak
1 🇺🇸 Phil Hill Ferrari 34 2 +47 2,543 2,569
2 🇩🇪 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 33 2 -245 2,204 2,455
3 🇬🇧 Stirling Moss Ferguson 21 2 -144 2,139 2,403
4 🇺🇸 Dan Gurney Porsche 21 — +28 2,469 2,496
5 🇺🇸 Richie Ginther Ferrari 16 — -65 2,294 2,518
6 🇬🇧 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 12 1 +186 2,213 2,348
7 🇬🇧 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 11 — +54 2,160 2,681
8 🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 11 — +1 2,413 2,552
9 🇮🇹 Giancarlo Baghetti Ferrari 9 1 +17 2,097 2,290
10 🇬🇧 Tony Brooks BRM 6 — +67 2,311 2,311
11 🇦🇺 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 4 — -67 1,973 2,526
12 🇬🇧 John Surtees Cooper-Climax 4 — -123 1,933 2,466
13 🇬🇧 Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 3 — +173 2,268 2,276
14 🇧🇪 Olivier Gendebien Lotus-Climax 3 — +90 1,920 2,334
15 🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier Porsche 3 — +49 2,209 2,401
16 🇬🇧 Graham Hill BRM 3 — +119 2,147 2,601
17 🇬🇧 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 2 — -112 2,227 2,339
18 🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 0 — +104 2,219 2,366
19 🇳🇱 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 0 — +115 2,252 2,293
20 🇮🇹 Lorenzo Bandini Cooper-Maserati 0 — +139 2,210 2,443
21 🇬🇧 Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 0 — -193 1,987 2,244
22 🇺🇸 Roger Penske Cooper-Climax 0 — +81 2,081 2,140
23 🇩🇪 Hans Herrmann Porsche 0 — +157 2,045 2,251
24 🇨🇦 Peter Ryan Lotus-Climax 0 — +64 2,064 2,064
25 🇺🇸 Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax 0 — -83 1,955 2,282
26 🇬🇧 Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax 0 — +190 2,099 2,238
27 🇬🇧 Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 0 — +240 2,068 2,068
28 🇺🇸 Hap Sharp Cooper-Climax 0 — +48 2,048 2,162
29 🇿🇦 Tony Maggs Lotus-Climax 0 — +90 2,174 2,411
30 🇨🇭 Michael May Lotus-Climax 0 — -163 1,798 2,116
31 🇬🇧 Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 0 — +95 2,145 2,145
32 🇮🇹 Renato Pirocchi Cooper-Maserati 0 — +194 2,072 2,072
33 🇬🇧 Trevor Taylor Lotus-Climax 0 — +19 1,883 2,229
34 🇬🇧 Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 0 — +116 2,043 2,083
35 🇬🇧 Keith Greene Gilby 0 — +126 1,965 1,965
36 🇬🇧 Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax 0 — -106 1,900 2,006
37 🇩🇪 Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 0 — -51 1,896 2,035
38 🇺🇸 Jim Hall Lotus-Climax 0 — -42 2,057 2,337
39 🇺🇸 Lloyd Ruby Lotus-Climax 0 — -18 1,982 2,110
40 🇮🇹 Gaetano Starrabba Lotus-Maserati 0 — +96 2,096 2,096
41 🇧🇪 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 0 — +41 2,073 2,288
42 🇲🇽 Ricardo Rodríguez Ferrari 0 — +73 2,073 2,270
43 🇺🇸 Walt Hansgen Cooper-Climax 0 — -84 1,916 2,008
44 🇧🇪 Lucien Bianchi Lotus-Climax 0 — +0 1,954 2,231
45 🇫🇷 Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 0 — +52 2,006 2,083
46 🇮🇹 Nino Vaccarella De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 — +49 2,049 2,163
47 🇬🇧 Ken Miles Lotus-Climax 0 — -117 1,883 1,883
48 🇮🇹 Giorgio Scarlatti De Tomaso-Osca 0 — +40 1,901 2,198
49 🇬🇧 Brian Naylor JBW 0 — +98 1,901 2,026
50 🇬🇧 Jack Fairman Ferguson 0 — +13 1,949 2,188
51 🇩🇪 Edgar Barth Porsche 0 — -120 1,869 2,130
52 🇦🇷 Juan Manuel Bordeu Lotus-Climax 0 — -112 1,888 1,888
53 🇮🇹 Roberto Bussinello De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 — -67 1,933 1,933
54 🇮🇹 Massimo Natili Cooper-Maserati 0 — -66 1,794 1,860
55 🇨🇭 Peter Monteverdi MBM 0 — -109 1,891 1,891
56 🇮🇹 Roberto Lippi De Tomaso-Osca 0 — -91 1,909 1,909
57 🇬🇧 Geoff Duke Cooper-Climax 0 — -135 1,865 1,865
58 🇬🇧 John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 0 — -147 1,853 1,985
59 🇧🇪 André Pilette Emeryson 0 — -90 1,865 2,182
60 🇺🇸 Alfonso Thiele Cooper-Climax 0 — -128 1,833 1,961
61 🇮🇹 Ernesto Prinoth Lotus-Climax 0 — -161 1,839 1,839
62 🇮🇹 Menato Boffa Cooper-Climax 0 — -173 1,827 1,827

Race Finishes

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# Driver Pts R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8
1 Hill 34 P3 P2 P1 P9 P2 P3 P1
2 von Trips 33 DNF P1 P2 DNF P1 P2 DNF
3 Moss 21 P1 P4 P8 DNF DSQ P1 DNF DNF
4 Gurney 21 P5 P10 P6 P2 P7 P7 P2 P2
5 Ginther 16 P2 P5 P3 DNF P3 P8 DNF
6 Ireland 12 DNS DNF P4 P10 DNF DNF P1
7 Clark 11 P10 P3 P12 P3 DNF P4 DNF P7
8 McLaren 11 P6 P12 DNF P5 P8 P6 P3 P4
9 Baghetti 9 P1 DNF DNF
10 Brooks 6 DNF P9 P13 DNF P9 DNF P5 P3
11 Brabham 4 DNF P6 DNF DNF P4 DNF DNF DNF
12 Surtees 4 DNF P7 P5 DNF DNF P5 DNF DNF
13 Lewis 3 P9 DNF DNF P9 P4
14 Gendebien 3 DNQ P4 DNS DNS P11
15 Bonnier 3 DNF P11 P7 P7 P5 DNF DNF P6
16 Hill 3 DNF P8 DNF P6 DNF DNF DNF P5
17 Salvadori 2 P8 P6 P10 P6 DNF
18 Trintignant 0 P7 DNF P13 DNF P9
19 de Beaufort 0 P14 P11 DNF P16 P14 P7
20 Bandini 0 DNF P12 DNF P8
21 Allison 0 P8 DNS
22 Penske 0 P8
23 Herrmann 0 P9 P15 DNS P13
24 Ryan 0 P9
25 Gregory 0 DNQ DNS P10 P12 P11 DNS DNF DNF
26 Taylor 0 DNQ DNS P10 DNF P11
27 Parnell 0 DNF P10
28 Sharp 0 P10
29 Maggs 0 P13 P11
30 May 0 DNF P11 DNS DNS
31 Burgess 0 DNS DNS P14 P14 P12
32 Pirocchi 0 DNS P12
33 Taylor 0 P13
34 Marsh 0 DNS DNF P15
35 Greene 0 P15
36 Ashmore 0 DNF P16 DNF
37 Seidel 0 DNS DNS P17 DNF DNF
38 Hall 0 DNF
39 Ruby 0 DNF
40 Starrabba 0 DNF
41 Mairesse 0 DNF DNF DNF
42 Rodríguez 0 DNF
43 Hansgen 0 DNF
44 Bianchi 0 DNQ DNF DNF DNF
45 Collomb 0 DNF NC
46 Vaccarella 0 DNF
47 Miles 0 DNS
48 Scarlatti 0 DNF
49 Naylor 0 DNS DNF
50 Fairman 0 DSQ DNF
51 Barth 0 DNS DNS
52 Bordeu 0 DNS
53 Bussinello 0 DNF
54 Natili 0 DNF DNS
55 Monteverdi 0 DNS
56 Lippi 0 DNF
57 Duke 0 DNS
58 Campbell-Jones 0 DNS
59 Pilette 0 DNQ
60 Thiele 0 DNS
61 Prinoth 0 DNS
62 Boffa 0 DNS

Driver Standings

Constructor Standings

# Constructor Pts 2nd 3rd +/- Elo Peak
1 Ferrari 45 5 5 4 — 2,383 2,569
2 Lotus-Climax 35 3 — 2 +0 1,993 2,304
3 Porsche 22 — 3 — +12 2,200 2,224
4 Cooper-Climax 14 — — 1 -40 2,033 2,277
5 BRM 7 — — 1 +28 2,111 2,410
6 Cooper-Maserati 0 — — — — 2,073 2,132
7 Gilby 0 — — — — 1,960 2,027
8 Lotus-Maserati 0 — — — — 1,986 2,053
9 De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 — — — — 1,937 2,000
10 Emeryson 0 — — — — 1,828 2,000
11 De Tomaso-Osca 0 — — — — 1,904 2,000
12 JBW 0 — — — — 1,943 2,000
13 MBM 0 — — — — 1,956 2,000

Official championship standings from the historical archive.

Constructor Standings

Calendar

Rd Circuit Date
1 Circuit de Monaco Monaco May 14
2 Circuit Park Zandvoort Netherlands May 22
3 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Belgium Jun 18
4 Reims-Gueux France Jul 02
5 Aintree UK Jul 15
6 Nürburgring Germany Aug 06
7 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Italy Sep 10
8 Watkins Glen USA Oct 08

Teams

BRM
🇬🇧 Tony Brooks 2311
🇬🇧 Graham Hill 2147
Cooper-Climax
🇳🇿 Bruce McLaren 2413
🇬🇧 John Surtees 1933
🇦🇺 Jack Brabham 1973
🇬🇧 Ian Burgess 2145
🇬🇧 Jackie Lewis 2268
🇬🇧 Roy Salvadori 2227
🇫🇷 Bernard Collomb 2006
🇬🇧 Geoff Duke 1865
🇬🇧 John Campbell-Jones 1853
🇺🇸 Alfonso Thiele 1833
🇮🇹 Menato Boffa 1827
🇺🇸 Roger Penske 2081
🇺🇸 Hap Sharp 2048
🇺🇸 Walt Hansgen 1916
Cooper-Maserati
🇫🇷 Maurice Trintignant 2219
🇮🇹 Lorenzo Bandini 2210
🇮🇹 Massimo Natili 1794
🇮🇹 Renato Pirocchi 2072
De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo
🇮🇹 Nino Vaccarella 2049
🇮🇹 Roberto Bussinello 1933
De Tomaso-Osca
🇮🇹 Giorgio Scarlatti 1901
🇮🇹 Roberto Lippi 1909
Emeryson
🇧🇪 André Pilette 1865
Ferguson
🇬🇧 Stirling Moss 2139
🇬🇧 Jack Fairman 1949
Ferrari
🇺🇸 Richie Ginther 2294
🇺🇸 Phil Hill 2543
🇩🇪 Wolfgang von Trips 2204
🇧🇪 Willy Mairesse 2073
🇮🇹 Giancarlo Baghetti 2097
🇲🇽 Ricardo Rodríguez 2073
Gilby
🇬🇧 Keith Greene 1965
JBW
🇬🇧 Brian Naylor 1901
Lotus-Climax
🇬🇧 Cliff Allison 1987
🇬🇧 Jim Clark 2160
🇨🇭 Michael May 1798
🇬🇧 Innes Ireland 2213
🇬🇧 Henry Taylor 2099
🇺🇸 Masten Gregory 1955
🇧🇪 Lucien Bianchi 1954
🇧🇪 Olivier Gendebien 1920
🇬🇧 Trevor Taylor 1883
🇬🇧 Tony Marsh 2043
🇩🇪 Wolfgang Seidel 1896
🇦🇷 Juan Manuel Bordeu 1888
🇿🇦 Tony Maggs 2174
🇬🇧 Tim Parnell 2068
🇬🇧 Gerry Ashmore 1900
🇮🇹 Ernesto Prinoth 1839
🇨🇦 Peter Ryan 2064
🇺🇸 Jim Hall 2057
🇺🇸 Lloyd Ruby 1982
🇬🇧 Ken Miles 1883
Lotus-Maserati
🇮🇹 Gaetano Starrabba 2096
MBM
🇨🇭 Peter Monteverdi 1891
Porsche
🇺🇸 Dan Gurney 2469
🇩🇪 Hans Herrmann 2045
🇸🇪 Jo Bonnier 2209
🇳🇱 Carel Godin de Beaufort 2252
🇩🇪 Edgar Barth 1869

Points System

Race Points
P1 9
P2 6
P3 4
P4 3
P5 2
P6 1

Win increased to 9 points. Drop-scores applied until 1990.

Elo Ratings

Elo Progression

Season MVP (Elo) D.Gurney +489
Biggest Race Gain G.Baghetti Reims-Gueux (+243)
Biggest Race Drop W.von Trips Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (-245)
Avg Field Elo 2,042

Season Elo Gainers

1 D.Gurney +489
2 T.Brooks +278
3 P.Hill +271
4 J.Lewis +268
5 I.Burgess +220

Season Elo Losers

1 J.Brabham -510
2 O.Gendebien -305
3 E.Barth -252
4 M.Natili -206
5 M.May -202