Season 1961 · Round 1

Monaco Grand Prix

1961 Season R2 →
1961-05-14 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 100Lap · 314.500km
7 Stirling Moss
Lotus-Climax 2:45:50.100
6 Richie Ginther
Ferrari +3.600
Team win 13pt P2 · P3 · P4 2-3
2 Phil Hill
Ferrari +41.300
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
3
Michael May L42 Jack Brabham L38 Graham Hill L11
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna 6 wins
Graham Hill active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
100Lap 314.500km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Graham Hill 5 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
P5 Stirling Moss 3 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P9 Maurice Trintignant 2 wins · → Nico Rosberg -1
Starts
P6 Graham Hill 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P11 Jack Brabham 14 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P21 Bruce McLaren 12 starts · → Michele Alboreto -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 90 L100 Moss · P1 → P1 1 Moss MOS 1 Moss MOS Ginther · P2 → P2 2 Ginther GIN 2 Ginther GIN Hill · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Hill HIL 3 Hill HIL von Trips · P6 → P4 · +2 6 von Trips VON 4 von Trips VON Gurney · P11 → P5 · +6 11 Gurney GUR 5 Gurney GUR McLaren · P7 → P6 · +1 7 McLaren MCL 6 McLaren MCL Trintignant · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Trintignant TRI 7 Trintignant TRI Allison · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Allison ALL 8 Allison ALL Herrmann · P13 → P9 · +4 13 Herrmann HER 9 Herrmann HER Clark · P3 → P10 · -7 3 Clark CLA 10 Clark CLA Surtees · P12 → P11 · +1 12 Surtees SUR 11 Surtees SUR Bonnier · P9 → P12 · -3 9 Bonnier BON 12 Bonnier BON Brooks · P8 → P13 · -5 8 Brooks BRO 13 Brooks BRO May · P14 → retired L42 May · retired L42 14 May MAY R May MAY Brabham · P21 → retired L38 Brabham · retired L38 21 Brabham BRA R Brabham BRA Hill · P4 → retired L11 Hill · retired L11 4 Hill HIL R Hill HIL Ireland · pit lane → P17 · +5 — Ireland IRE 17 Ireland IRE
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 7 Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax 1 100 2:45:50.100 9
2 6 Richie Ginther Ferrari 2 100 +3.600 6
3 2 Phil Hill Ferrari 5 100 +41.300 4
4 4 Wolfgang von Trips Ferrari 6 98 Accident 3
5 12 Dan Gurney Porsche 11 98 +2 Laps 2
6 2 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 7 95 +5 Laps 1
7 48 Maurice Trintignant Cooper-Maserati 16 95 +5 Laps
8 16 Cliff Allison Lotus-Climax 15 93 +7 Laps
9 11 Hans Herrmann Porsche 13 91 +9 Laps
10 14 Jim Clark Lotus-Climax 3 89 +11 Laps
11 18 John Surtees Cooper-Climax 12 68 Engine
12 11 Jo Bonnier Porsche 9 59 Injection
13 5 Tony Brooks BRM 8 54 Engine
R 70 Michael May Lotus-Climax 14 42 Oil pipe
R 1 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 21 38 Ignition
R 4 Graham Hill BRM 4 11 Fuel pump
W 15 Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax 0 0 Withdrew
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
7 Stirling Moss
2
6 Richie Ginther
3
14 Jim Clark
4
4 Graham Hill
5
2 Phil Hill
6
4 Wolfgang von Trips
7
2 Bruce McLaren
8
5 Tony Brooks
9
11 Jo Bonnier
11
12 Dan Gurney
12
18 John Surtees
13
11 Hans Herrmann
14
70 Michael May
15
16 Cliff Allison
16
48 Maurice Trintignant
21
1 Jack Brabham
PIT
15 Innes Ireland 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