1961 Formula One season

The 1961 Formula One season was the 15th season of Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1961 World Championship of Drivers[1] and the 1961 International Cup for F1 Manufacturers,[2] which were contested concurrently from 14 May to 8 October over an eight race series. The season also included numerous non-championship races for Formula One cars.

Phil Hill of Ferrari won his only Drivers' Championship after his teammate and rival Wolfgang von Trips was killed at the Italian Grand Prix, the penultimate race of the season. Ferrari won its first F1 manufacturers' title.[3] Hill was the first, and so far only American-born driver to win the World Championship, as the other American champion, Mario Andretti, was born in Italy.

Phil Hill won his only championship, driving a Ferrari
  1. ^ 1974 FIA Yearbook, grey section, page 118
  2. ^ 1974 FIA Yearbook, grey section, page 120
  3. ^ 1974 FIA Yearbook, grey section, pages 120–121