1961 French Grand Prix
🇫🇷 France Reims-Gueux, Reims, France Round 4 of 8
Podium
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | No. | Grid | Laps | Time / Gap | Status | Stops | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 50 | 12 | 52 | 2:14:17.5 | Finished | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 12 | 5 | 52 | +0.100s | Finished | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 8 | 9 | 52 | +1:01.000 | Finished | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 6 | 10 | 52 | +1:10.300 | Finished | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 4 | 8 | 52 | +1:41.800 | Finished | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Graham Hill | BRM | 22 | 6 | 52 | +1:41.900 | Finished | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 10 | 13 | 52 | +3:15.400 | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | 42 | 15 | 51 | +1 Lap | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 16 | 1 | 50 | +2 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 30 | 25 | 49 | +3 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Michael May | Lotus-Climax | 46 | 22 | 48 | +4 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | 36 | 16 | 43 | +9 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 32 | 23 | 42 | +10 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Ian Burgess | Lotus-Climax | 38 | 24 | 42 | +10 Laps | Finished | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 18 | 3 | 40 | +12 Laps | Oil pressure | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 26 | 4 | 31 | +21 Laps | Brakes | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Willy Mairesse | Lotus-Climax | 48 | 20 | 27 | +25 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 14 | 17 | 23 | +29 Laps | Overheating | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Lucien Bianchi | Lotus-Climax | 28 | 19 | 21 | +31 Laps | Overheating | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 20 | 2 | 18 | +34 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Giorgio Scarlatti | De Tomaso-Osca | 34 | 26 | 15 | +37 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 14 | 14 | +38 Laps | Oil pressure | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax | 52 | 21 | 6 | +46 Laps | Engine | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 40 | 7 | 4 | +48 Laps | Accident | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Tony Brooks | BRM | 24 | 11 | 4 | +48 Laps | Overheating | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 44 | 18 | 4 | +48 Laps | Overheating | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | 46 | 0 | 0 | +52 Laps | Withdrew | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Juan Manuel Bordeu | Lotus-Climax | — | 0 | 0 | +52 Laps | Withdrew | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Hans Herrmann | Porsche | 14 | 0 | 0 | +52 Laps | Withdrew | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Olivier Gendebien | Emeryson | 46 | 0 | 0 | +52 Laps | Withdrew | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Brian Naylor | JBW | 54 | 0 | 0 | +52 Laps | Withdrew | 0 | 0 |
Purple driver name = set fastest lap of the race.