Race results
Race startSeptember 10, 1961 at 01:00GMT+01:00
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 2:03:13 | 43 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 46 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | +31.200 | 43 | 12 | 6 |
| 3 | 12 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | +2:28.400 | 43 | 14 | 4 |
| 4 | 60 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | +2:40.400 | 43 | 16 | 3 |
| 5 | 26 | Tony Brooks | BRM | +2:40.500 | 43 | 13 | 2 |
| 6 | 40 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | +1 Lap | 42 | 18 | 1 |
| 7 | 74 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | +2 Laps | 41 | 15 | 0 |
| 8 | 62 | Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper-Maserati | +2 Laps | 41 | 21 | 0 |
| 9 | 48 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | +2 Laps | 41 | 22 | 0 |
| 10 | 16 | Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | +3 Laps | 40 | 27 | 0 |
| 11 | 20 | Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | +4 Laps | 39 | 23 | 0 |
| 12 | 58 | Renato Pirocchi | Cooper-Maserati | +5 Laps | 38 | 29 | 0 |
| - | 28 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | DNF (Wheel bearing) | 36 | 11 | 0 |
| - | 6 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | DNF (Engine) | 23 | 3 | 0 |
| - | 72 | Gaetano Starrabba | Lotus-Maserati | DNF (Engine) | 19 | 30 | 0 |
| - | 44 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | DNF (Suspension) | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| - | 8 | Ricardo Rodríguez | Ferrari | DNF (Fuel system) | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| - | 32 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | DNF (Engine) | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| - | 50 | Nino Vaccarella | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | DNF (Engine) | 13 | 20 | 0 |
| - | 22 | Masten Gregory | Lotus-Climax | DNF (Suspension) | 11 | 17 | 0 |
| - | 24 | Graham Hill | BRM | DNF (Engine) | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| - | 10 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | DNF (Overheating) | 8 | 10 | 0 |
| - | 14 | Brian Naylor | JBW | DNF (Engine) | 6 | 31 | 0 |
| - | 38 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | DNF (Chassis) | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| - | 30 | Jack Fairman | Cooper-Climax | DNF (Engine) | 5 | 26 | 0 |
| - | 42 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | DNF (Accident) | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 4 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | DNF (Accident) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| - | 36 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | DNF (Accident) | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| - | 54 | Roberto Bussinello | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | DNF (Engine) | 1 | 24 | 0 |
| - | 56 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | DNF (Engine) | 1 | 28 | 0 |
| - | 52 | Roberto Lippi | De Tomaso-Osca | DNF (Engine) | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| - | 18 | Gerry Ashmore | Lotus-Climax | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| - | 46 | Edgar Barth | Porsche | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 58 | Massimo Natili | Cooper-Maserati | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 34 | Alfonso Thiele | Cooper-Climax | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 64 | Ernesto Prinoth | Lotus-Climax | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 66 | Menato Boffa | Cooper-Climax | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 70 | Michael May | Lotus-Climax | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |