Season 1961 · Round 6

German Grand Prix

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1961-08-06 · Nürburgring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 15Lap · 342.150km
7 Stirling Moss
Lotus-Climax 2:18:12.400
Team win 12pt P1 · P4 · P11 · P15 · P16 · P23 · P25 · P29
4 Wolfgang von Trips
Ferrari +21.400
2 Phil Hill
Ferrari +22.500
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Willy Mairesse L13 Maurice Trintignant L12 Bernard Collomb L11 Lorenzo Bandini L10 Tony Brooks L6 Jo Bonnier L5 Wolfgang Seidel L3 Graham Hill L1 Innes Ireland L1 Jack Brabham L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 15/41 36.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P21
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Nürburgring Nürburg, Germany
15Lap 342.150km 41 races held (1951–) Lap record 1:18.354 · Juan Pablo Montoya (2001)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P8 Tony Brooks 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P8 John Surtees 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P15 Stirling Moss 1 wins · → Gerhard Berger -1
Pole Position
P1 Jim Clark 4 · GP #1
P20 Tony Brooks 1 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P20 Phil Hill 1 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P4 Graham Hill 16 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P15 Jack Brabham 12 starts · → Jarno Trulli -1
P21 John Surtees 11 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 5 10 L15 Moss · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Moss MOS 1 Moss MOS von Trips · P5 → P2 · +3 5 von Trips VON 2 von Trips VON Hill · P1 → P3 · -2 1 Hill HIL 3 Hill HIL Clark · P8 → P4 · +4 8 Clark CLA 4 Clark CLA Surtees · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Surtees SUR 5 Surtees SUR McLaren · P12 → P6 · +6 12 McLaren MCL 6 McLaren MCL Gurney · P7 → P7 7 Gurney GUR 7 Gurney GUR Ginther · P14 → P8 · +6 14 Ginther GIN 8 Ginther GIN Lewis · P18 → P9 · +9 18 Lewis LEW 9 Lewis LEW Salvadori · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Salvadori SAL 10 Salvadori SAL Maggs · P22 → P11 · +11 22 Maggs MAG 11 Maggs MAG Burgess · P24 → P12 · +12 24 Burgess BUR 12 Burgess BUR Herrmann · P11 → P13 · -2 11 Herrmann HER 13 Herrmann HER de Beaufort · P17 → P14 · +3 17 de Beaufort DE 14 de Beaufort DE Marsh · P20 → P15 · +5 20 Marsh MAR 15 Marsh MAR Ashmore · P25 → P16 · +9 25 Ashmore ASH 16 Ashmore ASH Mairesse · P13 → retired L13 Mairesse · retired L13 13 Mairesse MAI R Mairesse MAI Trintignant · P21 → retired L12 Trintignant · retired L12 21 Trintignant TRI R Trintignant TRI Collomb · P26 → retired L11 Collomb · retired L11 26 Collomb COL R Collomb COL Bandini · P19 → retired L10 Bandini · retired L10 19 Bandini BAN R Bandini BAN Brooks · P9 → retired L6 Brooks · retired L6 9 Brooks BRO R Brooks BRO Bonnier · P4 → retired L5 Bonnier · retired L5 4 Bonnier BON R Bonnier BON Seidel · P23 → retired L3 Seidel · retired L3 23 Seidel SEI R Seidel SEI Hill · P16 → retired L1 Hill · retired L1 16 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Ireland · P6 → retired L1 Ireland · retired L1 6 Ireland IRE R Ireland IRE Brabham · P2 → retired L0 Brabham · retired L0 2 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Barth · pit lane → P27 · +7 — Barth BAR 27 Barth BAR Gregory · pit lane → P28 · +7 — Gregory GRE 28 Gregory GRE May · pit lane → P29 · +7 — May MAY 29 May MAY Monteverdi · pit lane → P30 · +7 — Monteverdi MON 30 Monteverdi MON Pirocchi · pit lane → P31 · +7 — Pirocchi PIR 31 Pirocchi PIR Duke · pit lane → P32 · +7 — Duke DUK 32 Duke DUK Campbell-Jones · pit lane → P33 · +7 — Campbell-Jones CAM 33 Campbell-Jones CAM
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 3 15 2:18:12.400 9
2 4 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 5 15 +21.400 6
3 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 1 15 +22.500 4
4 14 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 8 15 +1:17.100 3
5 18 John Surtees Cooper-Climax 10 15 +1:53.100 2
6 2 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 12 15 +2:41.400 1
7 12 Dan Gurney Porsche 7 15 +3:23.100
8 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 14 15 +5:23.100
9 60 Jackie Lewis Cooper-Climax 18 15 +5:23.700
10 19 Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax 15 15 +12:11.500
11 33 Tony Maggs Lotus-Climax 22 14 +1 Lap
12 30 Ian Burgess Cooper-Climax 24 14 +1 Lap
13 11 Hans Herrmann Porsche 11 14 +1 Lap
14 74 Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 17 14 +1 Lap
15 37 Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 20 13 +2 Laps
16 18 Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax 25 13 +2 Laps
R 6 Willy Mairesse Ferrari 13 13 Accident
R 48 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 21 12 Engine
R 38 Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 26 11 Not classified
R 62 Lorenzo Bandini Cooper-Maserati 19 10 Engine
R 5 Tony Brooks BRM 9 6 Engine
R 11 Jo Bonnier Porsche 4 5 Engine
R 56 Wolfgang Seidel Lotus-Climax 23 3 Handling
R 4 Graham Hill BRM 16 1 Accident
R 15 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 6 1 Heat shield fire
R 1 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2 0 Accident
W 46 Edgar Barth Porsche 0 0 Withdrew
W 22 Masten Gregory Cooper-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 70 Michael May Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 29 Peter Monteverdi MBM 0 0 Withdrew
W 58 Renato Pirocchi Cooper-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 35 Geoff Duke Cooper-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
W 39 John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
2 Phil Hill
2
1 Jack Brabham
3
7 Stirling Moss
4
11 Jo Bonnier
5
4 Wolfgang von Trips
6
15 Innes Ireland
7
12 Dan Gurney
8
14 Jim Clark
9
5 Tony Brooks
10
18 John Surtees
11
11 Hans Herrmann
12
2 Bruce McLaren
13
6 Willy Mairesse
14
6 Richie Ginther
15
19 Roy Salvadori
16
4 Graham Hill
17
74 Carel Godin de Beaufort
18
60 Jackie Lewis
19
62 Lorenzo Bandini
20
37 Tony Marsh
21
48 Maurice Trintignant
22
33 Tony Maggs
23
56 Wolfgang Seidel
24
30 Ian Burgess
25
18 Gerry Ashmore
26
38 Bernard Collomb
PIT
46 Edgar Barth pit lane start
PIT
22 Masten Gregory pit lane start
PIT
70 Michael May pit lane start
PIT
29 Peter Monteverdi pit lane start
PIT
58 Renato Pirocchi pit lane start
PIT
35 Geoff Duke pit lane start
PIT
39 John Campbell-Jones pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 1996 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15