1961 World Sportscar Championship season

1961 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1961 World Sportscar Championship season was the 9th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for sportscars that ran in many worldwide endurance events. It ran from March 25, 1961 to August 15, 1961, and was composed of five races.

Schedule

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

Season results

Points were awarded for the top 6 finishers, in the order of 8-6-4-3-2-1. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.

Races

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

Manufacturers Championship

Only the best 3 results out of the 5 race season counted towards the championship. Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in italics.

Pos	Manufacturer	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

† - Race shortened, half points awarded.

External links

• 1961 World Sportscar Championship

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