August 6, 1961 Nürburgring | Lap distance 22.810 km
Report | Articles (1) | Photos (15) | 1961 season
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 7 | Stirling Moss (GBR) | Team Lotus 18/21 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 15 | 2.000000.400 | 3 | 1.000000.700 | 3 | 1.000000.000 | (13) | |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | Wolfgang von Trips (GER) | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari 156/61 | Dunlop | 15 | 3.000000.800 | +1.000000.400 | 5 | 5.000000.500 | 2 | 9.000000.900 | (10) |
| 3 | 4 | 4 | Phil Hill (USA) | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari 156/61 | Dunlop | 15 | 4.000000.900 | +2.000000.500 | 1 | 5.000000.200 | 1 | 7.000000.800 | (10) |
| 4 | 3 | 14 | Jim Clark (GBR) | Team Lotus 21 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 15 | 9.000000.500 | +7.000000.100 | 8 | 8.000000.100 | 6 | 7.000000.200 | (10) |
| 5 | 2 | 18 | John Surtees (GBR) | Cooper T53 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 15 | 5.000000.500 | +3.000000.100 | 10 | 1.000000.200 | 5 | 6.000000.100 | (12) |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Bruce McLaren (NZL) | Cooper T55 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 15 | 3.000000.800 | +1.000000.400 | 12 | 3.000000.000 | 8 | 0.0 | (12) |
| 7 | 9 | Dan Gurney (USA) | Porsche 718 | Porsche RSK | Dunlop | 15 | 5.000000.500 | +3.000000.100 | 7 | 6.000000.600 | 7 | 0.0 | (10) | |
| 8 | 5 | Richie Ginther (USA) | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari 156/61 | Dunlop | 15 | 5.000000.500 | +3.000000.100 | 14 | 6.000000.600 | 9 | 8.000000.100 | (5) | |
| 9 | 28 | Jackie Lewis (GBR) | Cooper T53 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 15 | 6.000000.100 | +3.000000.700 | 18 | 1.000000.400 | 13 | 2.000000.600 | (11) | |
| 10 | 19 | Roy Salvadori (GBR) | Cooper T53 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 15 | 3.000000.900 | +1.000000.500 | 15 | 2.000000.000 | 10 | 8.000000.300 | (11) | |
| 11 | 33 | Tony Maggs (RSA) | Team Lotus 18 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 14 | +1 lap | 22 | 5.000000.500 | 20 | 4.000000.500 | (8) | ||
| 12 | 30 | Ian Burgess (GBR) | Cooper T53 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 14 | +1 lap | 24 | 1.000000.400 | 23 | 3.000000.600 | (10) | ||
| 13 | 11 | Hans Herrmann (GER) | Porsche 718 | Porsche RSK | Dunlop | 14 | +1 lap | 11 | 2.000000.700 | 11 | 0.0 | (11) | ||
| 14 | 31 | Carel Godin de Beaufort (NED) | Porsche 718 | Porsche RSK | Dunlop | 14 | +1 lap | 17 | 8.000000.400 | 15 | 7.000000.400 | (10) | ||
| 15 | 37 | Tony Marsh (GBR) | Team Lotus 18 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 13 | +2 laps | 20 | 7.000000.700 | 16 | 9.000000.300 | (10) | ||
| 16 | 27 | Gerry Ashmore (GBR) | Team Lotus 18 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 13 | +2 laps | 25 | 6.000000.000 | 21 | 6.000000.100 | (12) | ||
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| -- | 38 | Bernard Collomb (FRA) | Cooper T53 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 11 | 26 | 3.000000.000 | 25 | 4.000000.500 | (9) | |||
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| accident | 6 | Willy Mairesse (BEL) | Ferrari 156 | Ferrari 156/61 | Dunlop | 13 | 13 | 5.000000.900 | 4 | 4.000000.100 | (12) | |||
| engine | 20 | Maurice Trintignant (FRA) | Cooper T51 | Maserati 150S | Dunlop | 12 | 21 | 8.000000.500 | 19 | 1.000000.900 | (8) | |||
| engine | 32 | Lorenzo Bandini (ITA) | Cooper T53 | Maserati 150S | Dunlop | 10 | 19 | 5.000000.400 | 17 | 0.0 | (10) | |||
| engine | 16 | Tony Brooks (GBR) | BRM P48/57 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 6 | 9 | 9.000000.300 | 14 | 4.000000.300 | (6) | |||
| engine | 8 | Jo Bonnier (SWE) | Porsche 718 | Porsche RSK | Dunlop | 5 | 4 | 4.000000.800 | 12 | 2.000000.000 | (4) | |||
| handling | 26 | Wolfgang Seidel (GER) | Team Lotus 18 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 3 | 23 | 9.000000.900 | 24 | 1.000000.900 | (1) | |||
| accident | 17 | Graham Hill (GBR) | BRM P48/57 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 1 | 1.000000.600 | 6 | 6.000000.400 | 18 | 1.000000.600 | (1) | ||
| fire | 15 | Innes Ireland (GBR) | Team Lotus 21 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 1 | 8.000000.000 | 16 | 2.000000.900 | 22 | 8.000000.000 | (1) | ||
| accident | 1 | Jack Brabham (AUS) | Cooper T58 | Climax FWMV | Dunlop | 0 | 2 | 1.000000.400 | ||||||
| Not started | ||||||||||||||
| accident | 25 | Michael May (SUI) | Team Lotus 18 | Climax 4 | Dunlop | 7.000000.500 | ||||||||
