1961 standings

Final standings, United States Grand Prix, 8 Oct 1961. Race results · Team-mate head-to-head · 1960 · 1962

Championship progression

Points after each round for the top eight drivers in the final standings. Hover or tap for a round.

Constructors, top six.

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2	34	leader
2	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	2	33	-1
3	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	2	21	-13
4	Dan Gurney	Porsche	0	21	-13
5	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	0	16	-18
6	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1	12	-22
7	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	0	11	-23
8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	0	11	-23
9	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	1	9	-25
10	Tony Brooks	BRM	0	6	-28
11	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	0	4	-30
12	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	0	4	-30
13	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	0	3	-31
14	Olivier Gendebien	Lotus-Climax	0	3	-31
15	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	0	3	-31
16	Graham Hill	BRM	0	3	-31
17	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	0	2	-32
18	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	0	0	-34
19	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	0	0	-34
20	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	0	0	-34
21	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
22	Roger Penske	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34
23	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	0	0	-34
24	Peter Ryan	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
25	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
26	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
27	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
28	Hap Sharp	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34
29	Tony Maggs	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
30	Michael May	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
31	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34
32	Renato Pirocchi	Cooper-Maserati	0	0	-34
33	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
34	Tony Marsh	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
35	Keith Greene	Gilby	0	0	-34
36	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
37	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
38	Jim Hall	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
39	Lloyd Ruby	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
40	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	0	0	-34
41	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	0	0	-34
42	Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari	0	0	-34
43	Walt Hansgen	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34
44	Lucien Bianchi	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
45	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34
46	Nino Vaccarella	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	0	-34
47	Ken Miles	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
48	Giorgio Scarlatti	De Tomaso-Osca	0	0	-34
49	Brian Naylor	JBW	0	0	-34
50	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34
51	Edgar Barth	Porsche	0	0	-34
52	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
53	Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	0	-34
54	Massimo Natili	Cooper-Maserati	0	0	-34
55	Peter Monteverdi	MBM	0	0	-34
56	Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-Osca	0	0	-34
57	Geoff Duke	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34
58	John Campbell-Jones	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34
59	André Pilette	Emeryson	0	0	-34
60	Alfonso Thiele	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34
61	Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax	0	0	-34
62	Menato Boffa	Cooper-Climax	0	0	-34

Constructors

Pos	Constructor	Wins	Points	Gap
1	Ferrari	5	45	leader
2	Lotus-Climax	3	35	-10
3	Porsche	0	22	-23
4	Cooper-Climax	0	14	-31
5	BRM	0	7	-38
6	Cooper-Maserati	0	0	-45
7	Gilby	0	0	-45
8	Lotus-Maserati	0	0	-45
9	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	0	-45
10	Emeryson	0	0	-45
11	De Tomaso-Osca	0	0	-45
12	JBW	0	0	-45
13	MBM	0	0	-45

Standings after each round

Rd	Race	Winner	Leader after the race	Pts
1	Monaco Grand Prix	Stirling Moss	Stirling Moss	9
2	Dutch Grand Prix	Wolfgang von Trips	Stirling Moss	12
3	Belgian Grand Prix	Phil Hill	Phil Hill	19
4	French Grand Prix	Giancarlo Baghetti	Phil Hill	19
5	British Grand Prix	Wolfgang von Trips	Wolfgang von Trips	27
6	German Grand Prix	Stirling Moss	Wolfgang von Trips	33
7	Italian Grand Prix	Phil Hill	Phil Hill	34
8	United States Grand Prix	Innes Ireland	Phil Hill	34