1961 Drivers' Championship Standings
[edit] Points System
1st - 9 points
2nd - 6 points
3rd - 4 points
4th - 3 points
5th - 2 points
6th - 1 point
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| Pts | Wins | Pods | Poles | |
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| 1 | 
| Phil Hill | Ferrari | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 5 | |
| 2 | 
| Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| 3 | 
| Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 |
| Dan Gurney | Porsche | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 |
| Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 6 |
| Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 7 |
| Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | 
| Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | 
| Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 10 |
| Tony Brooks | BRM-Climax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | 
| Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |
| John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |
| Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 14 | 
| Olivier Gendebien | Ferrari | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | 
| Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |
| Graham Hill | BRM-Climax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |
| Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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