1961 Season — Drivers' Championship

Drivers' Championship — Final

Pos	Driver	Team	Pts	Wins
1	Phil Hill	Ferrari	34	2
2	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	33	2
3	Stirling Moss	Lotus-Climax	21	2
4	Dan Gurney	Porsche	21	0
5	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	16	0
6	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	12	1
7	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	11	0
8	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	11	0
9	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	9	1
10	Tony Brooks	BRM	6	0
11	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	4	0
12	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	4	0
13	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	3	0
14	Olivier Gendebien	Lotus-Climax	3	0
15	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	3	0
16	Graham Hill	BRM	3	0
17	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	2	0
—	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
—	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	0	0
—	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
—	Cliff Allison	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Roger Penske	Cooper-Climax	0	0
—	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	0	0
—	Peter Ryan	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Hap Sharp	Cooper-Climax	0	0
—	Tony Maggs	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Michael May	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	0	0
—	Renato Pirocchi	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
—	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Tony Marsh	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Keith Greene	Gilby	0	0
—	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Jim Hall	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Lloyd Ruby	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus-Maserati	0	0
—	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	0	0
—	Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari	0	0
—	Walt Hansgen	Cooper-Climax	0	0
—	Lucien Bianchi	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	0	0
—	Jack Fairman	Cooper-Climax	0	0
—	Nino Vaccarella	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	0
—	Ken Miles	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Giorgio Scarlatti	De Tomaso-Osca	0	0
—	Brian Naylor	JBW	0	0
—	Edgar Barth	Porsche	0	0
—	Juan Manuel Bordeu	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo	0	0
—	Massimo Natili	Cooper-Maserati	0	0
—	Peter Monteverdi	MBM	0	0
—	Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso-Osca	0	0
—	Geoff Duke	Cooper-Climax	0	0
—	John Campbell-Jones	Cooper-Climax	0	0
—	Alfonso Thiele	Cooper-Climax	0	0
—	Ernesto Prinoth	Lotus-Climax	0	0
—	Menato Boffa	Cooper-Climax	0	0