Lotus-Climax, a British constructor, competed in the 1961 Formula 1 season with Jim Clark and Stirling Moss. Innes Ireland, Wolfgang Seidel, Michael May, Ian Burgess, Henry Taylor, Lucien Bianchi, Tony Marsh, Gerry Ashmore, Cliff Allison, Willy Mairesse, Tony Maggs, Tim Parnell, Masten Gregory, Trevor Taylor also raced for the team.
Lotus-Climax finished 2nd in the 1961 constructors' championship with 35 points, 3 wins and 5 podiums – 10 points behind champions Ferrari. Lotus-Climax won 3 Grands Prix, the last of them the United States Grand Prix.
Final 1961 results after 8 rounds. Data: Jolpica F1 API.
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Both cars, every round. S = sprint result.
Short answers about Lotus-Climax in 1961.
Jim Clark and Stirling Moss drove for Lotus-Climax in the 1961 Formula 1 season. Innes Ireland, Wolfgang Seidel, Michael May, Ian Burgess, Henry Taylor, Lucien Bianchi, Tony Marsh, Gerry Ashmore, Cliff Allison, Willy Mairesse, Tony Maggs, Tim Parnell, Masten Gregory, Trevor Taylor, Juan Manuel Bordeu, Ernesto Prinoth, Peter Ryan, Olivier Gendebien, Jim Hall, Lloyd Ruby and Ken Miles also raced for the team.
Lotus-Climax scored 35 points in 1961 and finished 2nd in the constructors' championship, 10 points behind champions Ferrari.
Lotus-Climax won 3 of 8 Grands Prix in 1961, with 5 podium finishes.
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| 1 |  Monaco Grand Prix | P1 | DNS | P10 | – | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | P8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| 2 |  Dutch Grand Prix | P4 | – | P3 | – | – | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | P13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 3 |  Belgian Grand Prix | P8 | DNF | P12 | DNS | – | DNS | DNS | DNF | DNS | – | DNS | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| 4 |  French Grand Prix | DNF | P4 | P3 | DNS | P11 | P14 | P10 | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | – | – | – | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
| 5 |  British Grand Prix | – | P10 | DNF | P17 | – | P14 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | – | – | P13 | DNF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| 6 |  German Grand Prix | P1 | DNF | P4 | DNF | DNS | – | – | – | P15 | P16 | – | – | P11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
| 7 |  Italian Grand Prix | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNS | – | P11 | – | – | DNF | – | – | – | P10 | DNF | – | – | DNS | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| 8 |  United States Grand Prix | DNF | P1 | P7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | P11 | – | – | – | P9 | P11 | DNF | DNF | DNS | 9 |
