German Grand Prix 1961

Nürburgring
Nürburg
6 August 1961
15 laps
342.2 km
22.810 km a lap

Pole positionPhil HillFerrari · 8:55.200
Fastest lapPhil Hill8:57.800 · lap 10
Winner started fromP3on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Stirling Moss	7	Lotus · Climax	3	15	2:18:12.400	9
2	Wolfgang von Trips	3	Ferrari	5	15	+21.400	6
3	Phil Hillfastest lap	4	Ferrari	1	15	+22.500	4
4	Jim Clark	14	Lotus · Climax	8	15	+1:17.100	3
5	John Surtees	18	Cooper · Climax	10	15	+1:53.100	2
6	Bruce McLaren	2	Cooper · Climax	12	15	+2:41.400	1
7	Dan Gurney	9	Porsche	7	15	+3:22.600
8	Richie Ginther	5	Ferrari	14	15	+5:23.100
9	Jackie Lewis	28	Cooper · Climax	18	15	+5:23.700
10	Roy Salvadori	19	Cooper · Climax	15	15	+12:11.500
11	Tony Maggs	33	Lotus · Climax	22	14	+1 lap
12	Ian Burgess	30	Cooper · Climax	24	14	+1 lap
13	Hans Herrmann	11	Porsche	11	14	+1 lap
14	Carel Godin de Beaufort	31	Porsche	17	14	+1 lap
15	Tony Marsh	37	Lotus · Climax	20	13	+2 laps
16	Gerry Ashmore	27	Lotus · Climax	25	13	+2 laps
DNF	Willy Mairesse	6	Ferrari	13	13	Accident
DNF	Maurice Trintignant	20	Cooper · Maserati	21	12	Engine
NC	Bernard Collomb	38	Cooper · Climax	26	11	+4 laps
DNF	Lorenzo Bandini	32	Cooper · Maserati	19	10	Engine
DNF	Tony Brooks	16	BRM · Climax	9	6	Engine
DNF	Jo Bonnier	8	Porsche	4	5	Engine
DNF	Wolfgang Seidel	26	Lotus · Climax	23	3	Handling
DNF	Innes Ireland	15	Lotus · Climax	16	1	Fire
DNF	Graham Hill	17	BRM · Climax	6	1	Accident
DNF	Jack Brabham	1	Cooper · Climax	2	0	Accident
DNS	Michael May	25	Lotus · Climax	–		Accident in practice

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Phil Hill	Ferrari	8:55.200
2	Jack Brabham	Cooper	9:01.400	+6.200
3	Stirling Moss	Lotus	9:01.700	+6.500
4	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	9:04.800	+9.600
5	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	9:05.500	+10.300
6	Graham Hill	BRM	9:06.400	+11.200
7	Dan Gurney	Porsche	9:06.600	+11.400
8	Jim Clark	Lotus	9:08.100	+12.900
9	Tony Brooks	BRM	9:09.300	+14.100
10	John Surtees	Cooper	9:11.200	+16.000
11	Hans Herrmann	Porsche	9:12.700	+17.500
12	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	9:13.000	+17.800
13	Willy Mairesse	Ferrari	9:15.900	+20.700
14	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	9:16.600	+21.400
15	Roy Salvadori	Cooper	9:22.000	+26.800
16	Innes Ireland	Lotus	9:22.900	+27.700
17	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	9:28.400	+33.200
18	Jackie Lewis	Cooper	9:31.400	+36.200
19	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper	9:35.400	+40.200
20	Tony Marsh	Lotus	9:37.700	+42.500
21	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper	9:38.500	+43.300
22	Tony Maggs	Lotus	9:45.500	+50.300
23	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus	9:59.900	+1:04.700
24	Ian Burgess	Cooper	10:01.400	+1:06.200
25	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus	10:06.000	+1:10.800
26	Bernard Collomb	Cooper	10:23.000	+1:27.800
27	Michael May	Lotus	10:37.500	+1:42.300

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Phil Hill	10	8:57.800

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 6. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 6
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Wolfgang von Trips	33
2	Phil Hill	29
3	Stirling Moss	21	▲1
4	Richie Ginther	16	▼1
5	Jim Clark	11	▲2
6	Giancarlo Baghetti	9	▼1
7	Dan Gurney	9	▼1
8	Jack Brabham	4
9	John Surtees	4	▲3
10	Bruce McLaren	4	▲1

Constructors' championship after round 6
Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	38
2	Lotus	24
3	Porsche	11
4	Cooper	10
5	BRM	1