1961 Formula One standings
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Rank | Driver | Points | Starts | Poles | Wins | Podiums | Avg. Start | Avg. Finish | Races Led | Races Led Most | X Led | Laps Led | Races Led Points | Avg % Led | % Beat | Fastest Laps | Laps | Not Classified |
1 | Phil Hill | 34 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 94 | 4 | 31.42 | 91.19 | 2 | 388 | 0 |
2 | Wolfgang von Trips | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3.14 | 8.14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 156 | 2 | 32.14 | 68.55 | 0 | 312 | 2 |
3 | Stirling Moss | 21 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4.88 | 9.63 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 132 | 2 | 27.13 | 61.02 | 0 | 406 | 4 |
4 | Dan Gurney | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8.63 | 5.13 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.96 | 81.36 | 0 | 486 | 0 |
5 | Richie Ginther | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.57 | 7.14 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 23 | 0 | 5.01 | 72.96 | 2 | 358 | 1 |
6 | Innes Ireland | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9.67 | 13.83 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 7.00 | 47.97 | 0 | 239 | 3 |
7 | Jim Clark | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8.50 | 10.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 56.50 | 1 | 414 | 2 |
8 | Bruce McLaren | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11.00 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 69.49 | 0 | 461 | 1 |
9 | Giancarlo Baghetti | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12.33 | 14.00 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4.49 | 54.12 | 1 | 92 | 2 |
10 | Tony Brooks | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.38 | 12.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 49.15 | 1 | 378 | 2 |
11 | Jack Brabham | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.75 | 16.00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 3.50 | 32.20 | 1 | 279 | 6 |
12 | John Surtees | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.88 | 15.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 35.59 | 0 | 217 | 4 |
13 | Jackie Lewis | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 46.15 | 0 | 98 | 2 |
14 | Olivier Gendebien | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 7.50 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.00 | 65.79 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
15 | Jo Bonnier | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.50 | 10.75 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.24 | 55.93 | 0 | 406 | 2 |
16 | Graham Hill | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.88 | 14.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 38.98 | 0 | 315 | 5 |
17 | Roy Salvadori | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.60 | 8.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 71.09 | 0 | 279 | 1 |
18 | Maurice Trintignant | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 12.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.86 | 0 | 213 | 2 |
19 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.33 | 13.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 48.61 | 0 | 247 | 1 |
20 | Lorenzo Bandini | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.50 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.48 | 0 | 142 | 2 |
21 | Cliff Allison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.00 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 53.33 | 0 | 93 | 0 |
22 | Roger Penske | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 61.11 | 0 | 96 | 0 |
23 | Hans Herrmann | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 12.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 37.04 | 0 | 177 | 0 |
24 | Peter Ryan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.00 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 55.56 | 0 | 96 | 0 |
25 | Masten Gregory | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.40 | 12.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 52.03 | 0 | 239 | 2 |
26 | Henry Taylor | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.67 | 16.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 44.71 | 0 | 93 | 1 |
27 | Tim Parnell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.00 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 43.33 | 0 | 52 | 1 |
28 | Hap Sharp | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.00 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 93 | 0 |
29 | Tony Maggs | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 59.26 | 0 | 83 | 0 |
30 | Michael May | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.50 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 42.50 | 0 | 90 | 1 |
31 | Ian Burgess | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.33 | 13.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 53.16 | 0 | 125 | 0 |
32 | Renato Pirocchi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.00 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 64.52 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
33 | Trevor Taylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.00 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.29 | 0 | 73 | 0 |
34 | Tony Marsh | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.50 | 19.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 31.48 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
35 | Keith Greene | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 51.72 | 0 | 69 | 0 |
36 | Gerry Ashmore | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.33 | 25.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 14.12 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
37 | Wolfgang Seidel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.33 | 23.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 21.18 | 0 | 62 | 2 |
38 | Lucien Bianchi | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.33 | 19.67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 24.32 | 0 | 75 | 3 |
39 | Willy Mairesse | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.67 | 18.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 25.71 | 0 | 47 | 3 |
40 | Bernard Collomb | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.50 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
41 | Jack Fairman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.00 | 22.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 30.00 | 0 | 44 | 2 |
42 | Giorgio Scarlatti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.00 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 20.00 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
43 | Massimo Natili | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.00 | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
44 | Gaetano Starrabba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.00 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 54.84 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
45 | Ricardo Rodríguez | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.00 | 17.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 48.39 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
46 | Nino Vaccarella | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 19.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 41.94 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
47 | Roberto Bussinello | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.00 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9.68 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
48 | Brian Naylor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.00 | 23.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 29.03 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
49 | Roberto Lippi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.00 | 31.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.23 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
50 | Jim Hall | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 33.33 | 0 | 76 | 1 |
51 | Lloyd Ruby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.00 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 27.78 | 0 | 76 | 1 |
52 | Walt Hansgen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.00 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.56 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
53 | Juan Manuel Bordeu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
54 | Edgar Barth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
55 | André Pilette | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |