Italian Grand Prix 1961

Monza
10 September 1961
43 laps
430 km
10.000 km a lap
Title decided here

P1Phil Hill Ferrari2:03:13.000
P2Dan Gurney Porsche+31.200
P3Bruce McLaren Cooper+2:28.400

Pole positionWolfgang von TripsFerrari · 2:46.300
Fastest lapGiancarlo Baghetti2:48.400 · lap 2
Winner started fromP4on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Phil Hill	2	Ferrari	4	43	2:03:13.000	9
2	Dan Gurney	46	Porsche	12	43	+31.200	6
3	Bruce McLaren	12	Cooper · Climax	14	43	+2:28.400	4
4	Jackie Lewis	60	Cooper · Climax	16	43	+2:40.400	3
5	Tony Brooks	26	BRM · Climax	13	43	+2:40.500	2
6	Roy Salvadori	40	Cooper · Climax	18	42	+1 lap	1
7	Carel Godin de Beaufort	74	Porsche	15	41	+2 laps
8	Lorenzo Bandini	62	Cooper · Maserati	21	41	+2 laps
9	Maurice Trintignant	48	Cooper · Maserati	22	41	+2 laps
10	Tim Parnell	16	Lotus · Climax	27	40	+3 laps
11	Henry Taylor	20	Lotus · Climax	23	39	+4 laps
12	Renato Pirocchi	58	Cooper · Maserati	29	38	+5 laps
DNF	Stirling Moss	28	Lotus · Climax	11	36	Wheel bearing
DNF	Richie Ginther	6	Ferrari	3	23	Engine
DNF	Gaetano Starrabba	72	Lotus · Maserati	30	19	Engine
DNF	Jo Bonnier	44	Porsche	8	14	Suspension
DNF	Nino Vaccarella	50	De Tomaso · Alfa Romeo	20	13	Engine
DNF	Giancarlo Baghettifastest lap	32	Ferrari	6	13	Engine
DNF	Ricardo Rodríguez	8	Ferrari	2	13	Fuel system
DNF	Masten Gregory	22	Lotus · Climax	17	11	Suspension
DNF	Graham Hill	24	BRM · Climax	5	10	Engine
DNF	Jack Brabham	10	Cooper · Climax	10	8	Overheating
DNF	Brian Naylor	14	JBW · Climax	31	6	Engine
DNF	Jack Fairman	30	Cooper · Climax	26	5	Engine
DNF	Innes Ireland	38	Lotus · Climax	9	5	Chassis
DNF	John Surtees	42	Cooper · Climax	19	2	Accident
DNF	Wolfgang Seidel	56	Lotus · Climax	28	1	Engine
DNF	Roberto Bussinello	54	De Tomaso · Alfa Romeo	24	1	Engine
DNF	Roberto Lippi	52	De Tomaso · OSCA	32	1	Engine
DNF	Jim Clark	36	Lotus · Climax	7	1	Collision
DNF	Wolfgang von Trips	4	Ferrari	1	1	Fatal collision
DNF	Gerry Ashmore	18	Lotus · Climax	25	0	Accident
DNS	Massimo Natili	58	Cooper · Maserati	–		Car raced by Pirocchi
DNQ	André Pilette	68	Emeryson · Climax	–

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	Wolfgang von Trips	Ferrari	2:46.300
2	Ricardo Rodríguez	Ferrari	2:46.400	+0.100
3	Richie Ginther	Ferrari	2:46.800	+0.500
4	Phil Hill	Ferrari	2:47.200	+0.900
5	Graham Hill	BRM	2:48.700	+2.400
6	Giancarlo Baghetti	Ferrari	2:49.000	+2.700
7	Jim Clark	Lotus	2:49.200	+2.900
8	Jo Bonnier	Porsche	2:49.600	+3.300
9	Innes Ireland	Lotus	2:50.300	+4.000
10	Jack Brabham	Cooper	2:51.600	+5.300
11	Stirling Moss	Lotus	2:51.800	+5.500
12	Dan Gurney	Porsche	2:52.000	+5.700
13	Tony Brooks	BRM	2:52.200	+5.900
14	Bruce McLaren	Cooper	2:53.400	+7.100
15	Carel Godin de Beaufort	Porsche	2:53.800	+7.500
16	Jackie Lewis	Cooper	2:54.000	+7.700
17	Masten Gregory	Lotus	2:55.200	+8.900
18	Roy Salvadori	Cooper	2:55.200	+8.900
19	John Surtees	Cooper	2:55.600	+9.300
20	Nino Vaccarella	De Tomaso	2:56.000	+9.700
21	Lorenzo Bandini	Cooper	2:57.700	+11.400
22	Maurice Trintignant	Cooper	2:58.700	+12.400
23	Henry Taylor	Lotus	3:00.600	+14.300
24	Roberto Bussinello	De Tomaso	3:01.700	+15.400
25	Gerry Ashmore	Lotus	3:03.000	+16.700
26	Jack Fairman	Cooper	3:04.800	+18.500
27	Tim Parnell	Lotus	3:05.700	+19.400
28	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus	3:06.000	+19.700
29	Renato Pirocchi	Cooper	3:06.500	+20.200
30	Gaetano Starrabba	Lotus	3:07.900	+21.600
31	Brian Naylor	JBW	3:08.100	+21.800
32	Roberto Lippi	De Tomaso	3:08.900	+22.600
33	André Pilette	Emeryson	3:11.600	+25.300

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Giancarlo Baghetti	2	2:48.400

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 7. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 7
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Phil Hill	34	▲1
2	Wolfgang von Trips	33	▼1
3	Stirling Moss	21
4	Richie Ginther	16
5	Dan Gurney	15	▲2
6	Jim Clark	11	▼1
7	Giancarlo Baghetti	9	▼1
8	Bruce McLaren	8	▲2
9	Jack Brabham	4	▼1
10	John Surtees	4	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 7
Pos	Team	Points
1	Ferrari	40
2	Lotus	24
3	Porsche	17
4	Cooper	13
5	BRM	3