Pit Lane F1
1961 Season - Round 7 - 1961-09-10
Phil Hill won the 1961 Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari, with Dan Gurney (Porsche) second and Bruce McLaren (Cooper-Climax) third. The win came from P4 on the grid.
Tim Parnell (Lotus-Climax) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P27 on the grid to P10 at the flag — a 17-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 18 drivers failing to finish.
30 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, completing round 7 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 4 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 12 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 14 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Jackie Lewis |
| Cooper-Climax |
| 16 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Tony Brooks | BRM | 13 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | 18 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 15 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper-Maserati | 21 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 22 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | 27 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 23 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Renato Pirocchi | Cooper-Maserati | 29 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 11 | Wheel bearing | 0 |
| 14 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 3 | Engine | 0 |
| 15 | Gaetano Starrabba | Lotus-Maserati | 30 | Engine | 0 |
| 16 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 8 | Suspension | 0 |
| 17 | Ricardo Rodríguez | Ferrari | 2 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| 19 | Nino Vaccarella | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 20 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Masten Gregory | Lotus-Climax | 17 | Suspension | 0 |
| 21 | Graham Hill | BRM | 5 | Engine | 0 |
| 22 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 10 | Overheating | 0 |
| 23 | Brian Naylor | JBW | 31 | Engine | 0 |
| 24 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 9 | Chassis | 0 |
| 25 | Jack Fairman | Cooper-Climax | 26 | Engine | 0 |
| 26 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 19 | Accident | 0 |
| 27 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 1 | Accident | 0 |
| 28 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 7 | Accident | 0 |
| 29 | Roberto Bussinello | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 24 | Engine | 0 |
| 30 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | 28 | Engine | 0 |
