World Championship of Drivers 1961 standings

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World Championship of Drivers 1961 standings

Championship points standings for the World Championship of Drivers 1961

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Engine	Tyres	Points
1.	Phil Hill	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 156	Ferrari 1.5	Dunlop	34
2.	Wolfgang von Trips	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 156	Ferrari 1.5	Dunlop	33
3.	Stirling Moss	Rob Walker Racing Team	Lotus 21 Lotus 18/21 Ferguson P99 Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop Dunlop Dunlop	21
4.	Dan Gurney	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 787 Porsche 718	Porsche 1.5 Porsche 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop	21
5.	Richie Ginther	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 156	Ferrari 1.5	Dunlop	16
6.	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus 18/21 Lotus 21	Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop	12
7.	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus 21	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	11
8.	Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Co.	Cooper T55	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	11
9.	Giancarlo Baghetti	ISA, Scuderia Sant' Ambroseus	Ferrari 156	Ferrari 1.5	Dunlop	9
10.	Tony Brooks	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P48/57	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	6
11.	Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Co.	Cooper T58 Cooper T55	Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop	4
12.	John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T53	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	4
13.	Olivier Gendebien	Equipe Nationale Belge, UDT Laystall Racing Team, Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 156 Emeryson 61 Lotus 18/21	Ferrari 1.5 Maserati 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop Dunlop	3
13.	Jackie Lewis	H&L Motors	Cooper T53	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	3
15.	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 718 Porsche 787	Porsche 1.5 Porsche 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop	3
15.	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P48/57	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	3
17.	Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T53	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	2
	Cliff Allison	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Gerry Ashmore	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T53	Maserati 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Edgar Barth	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 718	Porsche 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Lucien Bianchi	Equipe Nationale Belge, UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18 Emeryson 61 Lotus 18/21	Coventry Climax 1.5 Maserati 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop Dunlop	0
	Juan Manuel Bordeu	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18/21	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Ian Burgess	Camoradi International	Cooper T53 Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop	0
	Roberto Bussinello	Isobele de Tomaso	De Tomaso F1	Alfa Romeo 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb	Cooper T53	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Ecurie Maarsbergen	Porsche 718	Porsche 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Jack Fairman	Rob Walker Racing Team, Fred Tuck	Cooper T45 Ferguson P99	Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop	0
	Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby 61	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Masten Gregory	Camoradi International, UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18/21 Cooper T53	Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop	0
	Jim Hall	Jim Hall	Lotus 18/21	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Walt Hansgen	Momo Corporation	Cooper T53	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Hans Herrmann	Ecurie Maarsbergen, Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 718	Porsche 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Roberto Lippi	Scuderia Settecolli	De Tomaso F1	OSCA 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Tony Maggs	Louise Bryden-Brown	Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Willy Mairesse	Equipe Nationale Belge, Team Lotus, Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Lotus 21 Lotus 18 Ferrari 156	Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5 Ferrari 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop Dunlop	0
	Tony Marsh	Tony Marsh	Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Michael May	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Massimo Natili	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51	Maserati 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Brian Naylor	J B Naylor	JBW 59	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Tim Parnell	R H H Parnell	Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Roger Penske	John M Wyatt III	Cooper T53	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	André Pilette	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson 61	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Renato Pirocchi	Pescara Racing Club	Cooper T51	Maserati 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Ricardo Rodriguez	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari 156	Ferrari 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Lloyd Ruby	J Frank Harrison	Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Peter Ryan	J Wheeler Autosport	Lotus 18/21	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Giorgio Scarlatti	Scuderia Serenissima	De Tomaso F1	OSCA 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Hap Sharp	Hap Sharp	Cooper T53	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Gaetano Starrabba	Prince Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus 18	Maserati 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Henry Taylor	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18 Lotus 18/21	Coventry Climax 1.5 Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop Dunlop	0
	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus 18	Coventry Climax 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Maurice Trintignant	Scuderia Serenissima	Cooper T51	Maserati 1.5	Dunlop	0
	Nino Vaccarella	Scuderia Serenissima	De Tomaso F1	Alfa Romeo 1.5	Dunlop	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Phil Hill	2
	Stirling Moss	2
	Wolfgang von Trips	2
Most pole positions	Phil Hill	5
Most podium positions	Phil Hill	6
Most podium positions without a win	Richie Ginther	3
	Dan Gurney	3
Most fastest race laps	Richie Ginther	2
	Phil Hill	2
Youngest driver	Ricardo Rodriguez	19 y/o
Oldest driver	Jack Fairman	48 y/o

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country	Drivers	Number
32.7%	Great Britain	Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Cliff Allison, Gerry Ashmore, Tony Brooks, Ian Burgess, Jack Fairman, Keith Greene, Innes Ireland, Jackie Lewis, Tony Marsh, Stirling Moss, Brian Naylor, Tim Parnell, Roy Salvadori, John Surtees, Henry Taylor, Trevor Taylor	18
16.4%	Italy	Giancarlo Baghetti, Lorenzo Bandini, Roberto Bussinello, Roberto Lippi, Massimo Natili, Renato Pirocchi, Giorgio Scarlatti, Gaetano Starrabba, Nino Vaccarella	9
16.4%	U.S.A.	Richie Ginther, Masten Gregory, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Walt Hansgen, Phil Hill, Roger Penske, Lloyd Ruby, Hap Sharp	9
7.3%	Belgium	Lucien Bianchi, Olivier Gendebien, Willy Mairesse, André Pilette	4
7.3%	Germany	Hans Herrmann, Wolfgang Seidel, Wolfgang von Trips, Edgar Barth	4
3.6%	France	Bernard Collomb, Maurice Trintignant	2
1.8%	Sweden	Jo Bonnier	1
1.8%	Argentina	Juan Manuel Bordeu	1
1.8%	Australia	Jack Brabham	1
1.8%	Netherlands	Carel Godin de Beaufort	1
1.8%	South Africa	Tony Maggs	1
1.8%	Switzerland	Michael May	1
1.8%	New Zealand	Bruce McLaren	1
1.8%	Mexico	Ricardo Rodriguez	1
1.8%	Canada	Peter Ryan	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1961 World Championship of Drivers

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Allison, Cliff	29 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Ashmore, Gerry	24 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Baghetti, Giancarlo	26 y/o	3	1	1	0	1
Bandini, Lorenzo	25 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Barth, Edgar	44 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Bianchi, Lucien	26 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Bonnier, Jo	31 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Bordeu, Juan Manuel	27 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Brabham, Jack	35 y/o	8	0	0	1	1
Brooks, Tony	29 y/o	8	0	1	0	1
Burgess, Ian	30 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Bussinello, Roberto	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Clark, Jim	25 y/o	8	0	2	0	1
Collomb, Bernard	30 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
de Beaufort, Carel Godin	27 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Fairman, Jack	48 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Gendebien, Olivier	37 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Ginther, Richie	30 y/o	7	0	3	0	2
Greene, Keith	23 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Gregory, Masten	29 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Gurney, Dan	30 y/o	8	0	3	0	0
Hall, Jim	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Hansgen, Walt	41 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Herrmann, Hans	33 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Hill, Graham	32 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Hill, Phil	34 y/o	7	2	6	5	2
Ireland, Innes	31 y/o	6	1	1	0	0
Lewis, Jackie	24 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Lippi, Roberto	34 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Maggs, Tony	24 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Mairesse, Willy	32 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Marsh, Tony	29 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
May, Michael	26 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
McLaren, Bruce	23 y/o	8	0	1	0	0
Moss, Stirling	31 y/o	9	2	2	1	1
Natili, Massimo	25 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Naylor, Brian	38 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Parnell, Tim	29 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Penske, Roger	24 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Pilette, André	42 y/o	0	0	0	0	0
Pirocchi, Renato	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Rodriguez, Ricardo	19 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Ruby, Lloyd	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Ryan, Peter	21 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Salvadori, Roy	39 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Scarlatti, Giorgio	39 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Seidel, Wolfgang	34 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Sharp, Hap	33 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Starrabba, Gaetano	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Surtees, John	27 y/o	8	0	0	0	0
Taylor, Henry	28 y/o	3	0	0	0	0
Taylor, Trevor	24 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Trintignant, Maurice	43 y/o	5	0	0	0	0
Vaccarella, Nino	28 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
von Trips, Wolfgang	33 y/o	7	2	4	1	0

#	Date	Circuit
1	1961-05-14	Monte Carlo
2	1961-05-22	Zandvoort
3	1961-06-18	Spa-Francorchamps
4	1961-07-02	Reims
5	1961-07-15	Aintree
6	1961-08-06	Nürburgring
7	1961-09-10	Monza
8	1961-10-08	Watkins Glen