Race results
Race startAugust 6, 1961 at 01:00GMT+01:00
| POS. | NO. | Driver | Team | TIME | Laps | Grid | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 2:18:12.4 | 15 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 3 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | +21.400 | 15 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | +22.500 | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 14 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | +1:17.100 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 | 18 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | +1:53.100 | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | +2:41.400 | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | +3:23.100 | 15 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | 5 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | +5:23.100 | 15 | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | 28 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | +5:23.700 | 15 | 18 | 0 |
| 10 | 19 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | +12:11.500 | 15 | 15 | 0 |
| 11 | 33 | Tony Maggs | Lotus-Climax | +1 Lap | 14 | 22 | 0 |
| 12 | 30 | Ian Burgess | Cooper-Climax | +1 Lap | 14 | 24 | 0 |
| 13 | 11 | Hans Herrmann | Porsche | +1 Lap | 14 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | 31 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | +1 Lap | 14 | 17 | 0 |
| 15 | 37 | Tony Marsh | Lotus-Climax | +2 Laps | 13 | 20 | 0 |
| 16 | 27 | Gerry Ashmore | Lotus-Climax | +2 Laps | 13 | 25 | 0 |
| - | 6 | Willy Mairesse | Ferrari | DNF (Accident) | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| - | 20 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | DNF (Engine) | 12 | 21 | 0 |
| 19 | 38 | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax | +4 Laps | 11 | 26 | 0 |
| - | 32 | Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper-Maserati | DNF (Engine) | 10 | 19 | 0 |
| - | 16 | Tony Brooks | BRM | DNF (Engine) | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| - | 8 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | DNF (Engine) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| - | 26 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | DNF (Handling) | 3 | 23 | 0 |
| - | 17 | Graham Hill | BRM | DNF (Accident) | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| - | 15 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | DNF (Heat shield fire) | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| - | 1 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | DNF (Accident) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| - | 10 | Edgar Barth | Porsche | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 12 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 25 | Michael May | Lotus-Climax | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 29 | Peter Monteverdi | MBM | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 34 | Renato Pirocchi | Cooper-Climax | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 35 | Geoff Duke | Cooper-Climax | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - | 39 | John Campbell-Jones | Cooper-Climax | DNS (Withdrew) | 0 | 0 | 0 |