F1 Standings
Drivers' and constructors' championship.
F1 Standings
Drivers' and constructors' championship.
Final drivers' championship standings after round 8 of 8: points, wins and gap to the leader.
Phil Hill won the 1961 drivers' championship with 34 points, 1 point ahead of Wolfgang von Trips, with Stirling Moss third.
Ferrari won the 1961 constructors' championship with 45 points, 10 points ahead of Lotus-Climax, with Porsche third.
Phil Hill won the 1961 drivers' championship with 34 points, 1 point ahead of Wolfgang von Trips. Ferrari won the 1961 constructors' championship with 45 points, 10 points ahead of Lotus-Climax.
The 1961 Formula 1 season had 8 rounds, ending with the United States Grand Prix on 8 October 1961.
In 1961, the top 6 finishers of each Grand Prix scored 9-6-4-3-2-1 points.

Bars show points relative to the leader; arrows show places gained since the last round.
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Cumulative points after each round, 1961.
Hover a line or name to focus it, click to pin. Dashed lines mark a team's second driver.
| Name | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 |
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| Phil Hill | 4 | 10 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 38 | 38 |
| Wolfgang von Trips | 3 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 27 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Stirling Moss | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| Dan Gurney | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 21 |
| Richie Ginther | 6 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Innes Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
| Bruce McLaren | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
| Jim Clark | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Giancarlo Baghetti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Tony Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
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