Round 7 · 10 September 1961
1961 Italian Grand Prix: results
Phil Hill (Ferrari) won the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, round 7 of the championship, held on 10 September 1961 at Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (Italy), starting from position 4. Dan Gurney (Porsche) and Bruce McLaren (Cooper-Climax) completed the podium. Pole position went to Wolfgang von Trips.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 4 | 2:03:13.000 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 12 | +31.200 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 14 | +148.400 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 16 | +160.400 s | 3 | Finished |
| 5 | Tony Brooks | BRM | 13 | +160.500 s | 2 | Finished |
| 6 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | 18 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 7 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 15 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 8 | Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper-Maserati | 21 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 9 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 22 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 10 | Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | 27 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 11 | Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 23 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 12 | Renato Pirocchi | Cooper-Maserati | 29 | +5 Laps | — | +5 Laps |
| 13 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 11 | — | — | Wheel bearing |
| 14 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 3 | — | — | Engine |
| 15 | Gaetano Starrabba | Lotus-Maserati | 30 | — | — | Engine |
| 16 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 8 | — | — | Suspension |
| 17 | Ricardo Rodríguez | Ferrari | 2 | — | — | Fuel system |
| 18 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 6 | — | — | Engine |
| 19 | Nino Vaccarella | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 20 | — | — | Engine |
| 20 | Masten Gregory | Lotus-Climax | 17 | — | — | Suspension |
| 21 | Graham Hill | BRM | 5 | — | — | Engine |
| 22 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 10 | — | — | Overheating |
| 23 | Brian Naylor | JBW | 31 | — | — | Engine |
| 24 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 9 | — | — | Chassis |
| 25 | Jack Fairman | Cooper-Climax | 26 | — | — | Engine |
| 26 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 19 | — | — | Accident |
| 27 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 1 | — | — | Accident |
| 28 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 7 | — | — | Accident |
| 29 | Roberto Bussinello | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 24 | — | — | Engine |
| 30 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | 28 | — | — | Engine |