F1 CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE Standings 1961 From the first championship in 1950 to today’s grid. History, with the points system of its era.
POS DRIVER / TEAM WINS POINTS
1 PH Phil Hill HIL 🇺🇸 United States Ferrari WORLD CHAMPION
2 WINS 34 PTS LEADER 2 Wv Wolfgang von Trips VON 🇩🇪 Germany Ferrari
2 WINS 33 PTS −1 TO LEADER 3ⓘ SM Stirling Moss MOS 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax / Ferguson Climax
2 WINS 21 PTS −13 TO LEADER 4ⓘ DG Dan Gurney GUR 🇺🇸 United States Porsche
0 WINS 21 PTS −13 TO LEADER 5 RG Richie Ginther GIN 🇺🇸 United States Ferrari
0 WINS 16 PTS −18 TO LEADER 6 II Innes Ireland IRE 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
1 WINS 12 PTS −22 TO LEADER 7ⓘ Jim Clark CLA 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax 0 WINS 11 PTS −23 TO LEADER 8ⓘ BM Bruce McLaren MCL 🇳🇿 New Zealand Cooper Climax
0 WINS 11 PTS −23 TO LEADER 9 GB Giancarlo Baghetti BAG 🇮🇹 Italy Ferrari
1 WINS 9 PTS −25 TO LEADER 10 TB Tony Brooks BRO 🇬🇧 United Kingdom BRM Climax
0 WINS 6 PTS −28 TO LEADER 11ⓘ JB Jack Brabham BRA 🇦🇺 Australia Cooper Climax
0 WINS 4 PTS −30 TO LEADER 12ⓘ JS John Surtees SUR 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Climax
0 WINS 4 PTS −30 TO LEADER 13ⓘ OG Olivier Gendebien GEN 🇧🇪 Belgium Emeryson Maserati / Ferrari / Lotus Climax
0 WINS 3 PTS −31 TO LEADER 13ⓘ JL Jackie Lewis LEW 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Climax
0 WINS 3 PTS −31 TO LEADER 15ⓘ JB Jo Bonnier BON 🇸🇪 Sweden Porsche
0 WINS 3 PTS −31 TO LEADER 15ⓘ GH Graham Hill HIL 🇬🇧 United Kingdom BRM Climax
0 WINS 3 PTS −31 TO LEADER 17 RS Roy Salvadori SAL 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Cooper Climax
0 WINS 2 PTS −32 TO LEADER NC BC Bernard Collomb COL 🇫🇷 France Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC BN Brian Naylor NAY #14 🇬🇧 United Kingdom JBW Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC CG Carel Godin de Beaufort DEB 🇳🇱 Netherlands Porsche
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC CA Cliff Allison ALL 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC GS Gaetano Starrabba STA #72 🇮🇹 Italy Lotus Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC GA Gerry Ashmore ASH 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC GS Giorgio Scarlatti SCA #34 🇮🇹 Italy De Tomaso OSCA
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC HH Hans Herrmann HER 🇩🇪 Germany Porsche
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC HS Hap Sharp SHA #3 🇺🇸 United States Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC HT Henry Taylor TAY 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC IB Ian Burgess BUR 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax / Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC JF Jack Fairman FAI 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Ferguson Climax / Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC JH Jim Hall HAL #17 🇺🇸 United States Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC KG Keith Greene GRE #54 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Gilby Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC LR Lloyd Ruby RUB #26 🇺🇸 United States Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC LB Lorenzo Bandini BAN 🇮🇹 Italy Cooper Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC LB Lucien Bianchi BIA 🇧🇪 Belgium Emeryson Maserati / Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC MN Massimo Natili NAT 🇮🇹 Italy Cooper Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC MG Masten Gregory GRE 🇺🇸 United States Cooper Climax / Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC MT Maurice Trintignant TRI 🇫🇷 France Cooper Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC MM Michael May MAY 🇨🇭 Switzerland Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC NV Nino Vaccarella VAC #50 🇮🇹 Italy De Tomaso Alfa Romeo
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC PR Peter Ryan RYA #16 🇨🇦 Canada Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC RP Renato Pirocchi PIR #58 🇮🇹 Italy Cooper Maserati
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC RR Ricardo Rodríguez ROD #8 🇲🇽 Mexico Ferrari
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC RB Roberto Bussinello BUS #54 🇮🇹 Italy De Tomaso Alfa Romeo
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC RL Roberto Lippi LIP #52 🇮🇹 Italy De Tomaso OSCA
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC RP Roger Penske PEN #6 🇺🇸 United States Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC TP Tim Parnell PAR 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC TM Tony Maggs MAG 🇿🇦 South Africa Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC TM Tony Marsh MAR 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC TT Trevor Taylor TAY #16 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC WH Walt Hansgen HAN #60 🇺🇸 United States Cooper Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC WM Willy Mairesse MAI 🇧🇪 Belgium Lotus Climax / Ferrari
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER NC WS Wolfgang Seidel SEI 🇩🇪 Germany Lotus Climax
0 WINS 0 PTS −34 TO LEADER About these data Data: F1DB · Marcel Overdijk and contributors , CC BY 4.0 . Adapted for season-based display; source points are preserved.
Points are retained from the source standings. We do not recalculate historical seasons using the modern scoring system. Drivers who changed teams may have multiple constructors.
Points are taken from the final F1DB standings; historical dropped-score rules are preserved. We do not sum race points.
NC rows document participants with at least one start, no points and no position in the final F1DB standings. NC is the display label for a missing position, not a placing assigned by us. Entries without any starts are excluded.
Team names use the constructor and engine from this season. A driver’s number is shown only when the same number is verified across all of their results that season.
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