The 1961 German Grand Prix was Round 6 of the 1961 Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Nürburgring in Germany on Sunday, 6 August 1961. Phil Hill started on pole position for Ferrari and Stirling Moss was the race winner in a Lotus Climax.
1961 German Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Stirling Moss | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 15 | 2:18:12.400 | 2:18:12.400 | - | - | 9:01.000 | 13 | 148.500 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | Wolfgang von Trips | Germany | Ferrari | Dunlop | 15 | +21.400 | 2:18:33.800 | +21.400 | +21.400 | 8:59.900 | 10 | 148.200 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Phil Hill | United States | Ferrari | Dunlop | 15 | +22.500 | 2:18:34.900 | +22.500 | +1.100 | 8:57.800 | 10 | 148.100 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | Jim Clark | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 15 | +77.100 | 2:19:29.500 | +1:17.100 | +54.600 | 9:07.200 | 10 | 147.200 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | John Surtees | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 15 | +113.100 | 2:20:05.500 | +1:53.100 | +36.000 | 9:06.100 | 12 | 146.500 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | Bruce McLaren | New Zealand | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 15 | +161.400 | 2:20:53.800 | +2:41.400 | +48.300 | 9:10.100 | 12 | 145.700 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | Dan Gurney | United States | Porsche | Dunlop | 15 | +202.600 | 2:21:35.500 | +3:23.100 | +41.700 | 9:10.000 | 10 | 145.000 | |
| 8 | 5 | Richie Ginther | United States | Ferrari | Dunlop | 15 | +323.100 | 2:23:35.500 | +5:23.100 | +2:00.000 | 9:18.100 | 5 | 143.000 | |
| 9 | 28 | Jackie Lewis | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 15 | +323.700 | 2:23:36.100 | +5:23.700 | +0.600 | 9:22.600 | 11 | 143.000 | |
| 10 | 19 | Roy Salvadori | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 15 | +731.500 | 2:30:23.900 | +12:11.500 | +6:47.800 | 9:18.300 | 11 | 136.500 | |
| 11 | 33 | Tony Maggs | South Africa | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 14 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 9:44.500 | 8 | |||
| 12 | 30 | Ian Burgess | Great Britain | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 14 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 9:53.600 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | 11 | Hans Herrmann | Germany | Porsche | Dunlop | 14 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 9:20.000 | 11 | ||||
| 14 | 31 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Netherlands | Porsche | Dunlop | 14 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 9:27.400 | 10 | ||||
| 15 | 37 | Tony Marsh | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 13 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 9:29.300 | 10 | |||
| 16 | 27 | Gerry Ashmore | Great Britain | Ferrari | Dunlop | 13 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 9:46.100 | 12 | ||||
| DNF | 6 | Willy Mairesse | Belgium | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 13 | DNF | 9:04.100 | 12 | |||||
| DNF | 20 | Maurice Trintignant | France | Cooper Maserati | Dunlop | 12 | DNF | 9:41.900 | 8 | |||||
| NC | 38 | Bernard Collomb | France | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | 11 | DNF | 10:54.500 | 9 | |||||
| DNF | 32 | Lorenzo Bandini | Italy | Cooper Maserati | Dunlop | 10 | DNF | 9:40.500 | 10 | |||||
| DNF | 16 | Tony Brooks | Great Britain | BRM Climax | Dunlop | 6 | DNF | 9:24.300 | 6 | |||||
| DNF | 8 | Jo Bonnier | Sweden | Porsche | Dunlop | 5 | DNF | 9:22.000 | 4 | |||||
| DNF | 26 | Wolfgang Seidel | Germany | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 3 | DNF | 10:51.900 | 1 | |||||
| DNF | 17 | Graham Hill | Great Britain | BRM Climax | Dunlop | 1 | DNF | 9:41.600 | 9:41.600 | 1 | 141.200 | |||
| DNF | 15 | Innes Ireland | Great Britain | Lotus Climax | Dunlop | 1 | DNF | 9:48.000 | 9:48.000 | 1 | 139.700 | |||
| DNF | 1 | Jack Brabham | Australia | Cooper Climax | Dunlop | DNF |