1961 World Sportscar Championship

1961 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1961 World Sportscar Championship season was the ninth season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1961 World Sports Car Championship,^[1] which was contested over a five race series ^[1] that ran from 25 March to 15 August 1961. The title was won by Italian manufacturer Ferrari.^[1]

Schedule

Ferrari won the 1961 World Sports Car Championship with their 250 TR61 (pictured) and Dino 246S models

Maserati placed second with their Tipo 61 (pictured) and Tipo 63 models

Porsche placed third with their 718 RS61 model (pictured)

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	25 March
2	Targa Florio	Palermo	30 April
3	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	28 May
4	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	10-11 June
5	4 Hours of Pescara	Pescara Circuit	15 August

Season results

Races

Rnd	Circuit	Winning Team	Winning Drivers	Winning Car	Results
1	Sebring	#14 Scuderia Ferrari	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari 250 TR61	Results
2	Palermo	#162 Scuderia Ferrari	Wolfgang von Trips Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari Dino 246SP	Results
3	Nürburgring	#1 Camoradi USA	Masten Gregory Lloyd Casner	Maserati Tipo 61	Results
4	La Sarthe	#10 Scuderia Ferrari	Phil Hill Olivier Gendebien	Ferrari 250 TR61	Results
5	Pescara	#4 Scuderia Centro Sud	Lorenzo Bandini Giorgio Scarlatti	Ferrari 250 TR61	Results

Manufacturers Championship

Points were awarded to the top 6 places, in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1, however manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car in each race, with no points awarded to places filled by other cars from the same manufacturer..

Only half points were awarded at the Pescara race as it was staged over a four-hour duration, which was less than the FIA’s minimum requirement of six hours or 1000km.

Only the best 3 results out of the 5 race season counted towards the championship totals of each manufacturer. Discarded points are shown within brackets.

Pos ^[1]	Manufacturer ^[1]	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Total
1	Ferrari	8	8	(6)	8	(4)	24
2	Maserati		3	8	3	(2)	14
3	Porsche	2	6	(1)	(2)	3	11
4	O.S.C.A.					1	1

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett points totals of their respective manufacturers in the 1961 World Sports Car Championship.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Previous FIA Championship Winners, World Sports Car Championship (Makes), FIA Yearbook, 1974

External links

World Sportscar Championship seasons

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