Formula One standings for 1961Click on the Driver to see 1961 race-level statistics for that driver. Previous year Next year |
| Driver | Races | Win | Podium | Pole | Laps | Led | Earnings | AvSt | AvFn | Raf | Km | LLF | Points | Diff | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Phil Hill | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 388 | 94 | 0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 7 | 2,601.33 | 6 | 34 | |
| 2 |  Wolfgang von Trips | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 312 | 156 | 0 | 3.1 | 8.1 | 4 | 1,909.37 | 4 | 33 | -1 |
| 3 |  Stirling Moss | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 389 | 132 | 0 | 4.9 | 9.9 | 4 | 2,438.58 | 4 | 21 | -13 |
| 4 | Dan Gurney | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 486 | 4 | 0 | 8.6 | 5.1 | 8 | 2,972.72 | 5 | 21 | -13 |
| 5 | Richie Ginther | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 358 | 23 | 0 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 5 | 2,318.31 | 5 | 16 | -18 |
| 6 | Innes Ireland | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 239 | 42 | 0 | 10.7 | 14.3 | 3 | 1,349.13 | 2 | 12 | -22 |
| 7 |  Jimmy Clark | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 414 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 10.6 | 6 | 2,371.27 | 3 | 11 | -23 |
| 8 |  Bruce McLaren | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 461 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7.8 | 7 | 2,662.99 | 4 | 11 | -23 |
| 9 |  Giancarlo Baghetti | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 12.3 | 14.0 | 1 | 692.06 | 1 | 9 | -25 |
| 10 | Tony Brooks | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 378 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 12.3 | 5 | 2,141.12 | 2 | 6 | -28 |
| 11 |  Jack Brabham | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 279 | 28 | 0 | 8.8 | 16.0 | 2 | 1,372.47 | 2 | 4 | -30 |
| 12 | John Surtees | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 0 | 0 | 9.9 | 15.3 | 3 | 1,457.74 | 3 | 4 | -30 |
| 13 | Jackie Lewis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 3 | 1,248.05 | 2 | 3 | -31 |
| 13 |  Olivier Gendebien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 3 | 0 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 2 | 763.49 | 1 | 3 | -31 |
| 15 |  Jo Bonnier | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 406 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 5 | 2,325.20 | 3 | 3 | -31 |
| 15 | Graham Hill | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 315 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 14.5 | 3 | 1,815.99 | 2 | 3 | -31 |
| 17 | Roy Salvadori | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 279 | 0 | 0 | 14.6 | 8.4 | 4 | 1,902.95 | 2 | 2 | -32 |
 Carel Godin de Beaufort | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 16.3 | 13.3 | 5 | 1,950.11 | 0 | |||
| Masten Gregory | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 3 | 1,303.80 | 0 | |||
 Maurice Trintignant | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 12.4 | 3 | 1,655.48 | 0 | |||
| Ian Burgess | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 22.4 | 16.2 | 3 | 1,001.16 | 0 | |||
| Lorenzo Bandini | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 14.0 | 2 | 1,262.89 | 0 | |||
| Wolfgang Seidel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 23.3 | 1 | 358.45 | 0 | |||
| Hans Herrmann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 3 | 907.43 | 0 | |||
| Henry Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 21.7 | 16.7 | 2 | 820.94 | 0 | |||
 Michael May | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 20.7 | 17.3 | 1 | 530.59 | 0 | |||
| Willy Mairesse | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 17.7 | 18.3 | 0 | 619.38 | 0 | |||
| Lucien Bianchi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 | 19.7 | 0 | 518.50 | 0 | |||
| Tony Marsh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 20.3 | 1 | 417.23 | 0 | |||
| Gerry Ashmore | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 25.3 | 1 | 330.33 | 0 | |||
 Tony Maggs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 12.0 | 2 | 652.47 | 0 | |||
| Cliff Allison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 16.5 | 1 | 292.49 | 0 | |||
| Tim Parnell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 18.0 | 1 | 457.94 | 0 | |||
| Bernard Collomb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 | 21.0 | 1 | 300.72 | 0 | |||
| Jack Fairman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 22.0 | 0 | 320.37 | 0 | |||
| Massimo Natili | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.5 | 31.5 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Roger Penske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | 1 | 355.30 | 0 | |||
 Peter Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 1 | 355.30 | 0 | |||
| Hap Sharp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 10.0 | 1 | 344.19 | 0 | |||
| Renato Pirocchi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 29.0 | 12.0 | 1 | 380.00 | 0 | |||
| Jim Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 0 | 281.28 | 0 | |||
| Trevor Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 1 | 306.09 | 0 | |||
| Lloyd Ruby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 14.0 | 0 | 281.28 | 0 | |||
| Gaetano Starrabba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 15.0 | 0 | 190.00 | 0 | |||
| Keith Greene | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 0 | 23.0 | 15.0 | 1 | 333.13 | 0 | |||
 Ricardo Rodriguez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 17.0 | 0 | 130.00 | 0 | |||
| Walt Hansgen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 18.0 | 0 | 51.81 | 0 | |||
| Nino Vaccarella | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 19.0 | 0 | 130.00 | 0 | |||
| Giorgio Scarlatti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 21.0 | 0 | 124.53 | 0 | |||
| Brian Naylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 31.0 | 23.0 | 0 | 60.00 | 0 | |||
 Juan Manuel Bordeu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | |||
| Roberto Bussinello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 29.0 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | |||
| Roberto Lippi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 31.0 | 0 | 10.00 | 0 | |||
| Edgar Barth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |