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 92 pts
P2 Lotus-Climax 26 pts
P3 Porsche 24 pts

Driver Standings

Points System
# Driver Team Pts 2nd 3rd +/- 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 1,982
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

Driver Results

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

Driver Standings

Constructor Standings

# Constructor Pts 2nd 3rd +/- Elo Peak
1 Ferrari 92 5 — — — 2,336 2,524
2 Lotus-Climax 26 1 — — -26 1,709 2,147
3 Porsche 24 — — — +11 1,985 2,098
4 Cooper-Climax 24 — — — +8 1,690 1,972
5 Ferguson 21 2 — — — 1,974 1,974
6 BRM 9 — — — +8 2,008 2,057
7 Cooper-Maserati 0 — — — — 1,695 2,044
8 Gilby 0 — — — — 2,117 2,117
9 Lotus-Maserati 0 — — — — 2,048 2,070
10 De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo 0 — — — — 1,992 1,994
11 De Tomaso-Osca 0 — — — — 2,070 2,070
12 JBW 0 — — — — 2,123 2,123
13 MBM 0 — — — — 2,038 2,038
14 Emeryson 0 — — — — 2,010 2,059

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