| «1961-06» | Germany Grand Prix - XXIII Grosser Preis von Deutschland |
| 1961-08-06 | Nürburgring - 15 laps × 22.81 km : 342.15 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 7 | Stirling Moss | Lotus • Climax | 15 | 2:18:12.400 | 148.538 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 15 | +21.399 | +21.399 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 4 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 15 | +22.500 | +01.101 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | 14 | Jim Clark | Lotus • Climax | 15 | +01:17.100 | +54.600 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | 18 | John Surtees | Cooper • Climax | 15 | +01:53.100 | +36.000 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | 2 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper • Climax | 15 | +02:41.400 | +48.300 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 15 | +03:22.600 | +41.200 | |
| 8 | 14 | 5 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 15 | +05:23.100 | +02:00.500 | |
| 9 | 18 | 28 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper • Climax | 15 | +05:23.700 | +00.600 | |
| 10 | 15 | 19 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper • Climax | 15 | +12:11.500 | +06:47.800 | |
| 11 | 22 | 33 | Tony Maggs | Lotus • Climax | 14 | +1 lap | ||
| 12 | 24 | 30 | Ian Burgess | Cooper • Climax | 14 | +1 lap | ||
| 13 | 11 | 11 | Hans Herrmann | Porsche | 14 | +1 lap | ||
| 14 | 17 | 31 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 14 | +1 lap | ||
| 13 | 6 | Willy Mairesse | Ferrari | 13 | accident | |||
| 15 | 20 | 37 | Tony Marsh | Lotus • Climax | 13 | +2 laps | ||
| 16 | 25 | 27 | Gerry Ashmore | Lotus • Climax | 13 | +2 laps | ||
| 21 | 20 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper • Maserati | 12 | engine | |||
| 26 | 38 | Bernard Collomb | Cooper • Climax | 11 | engine | |||
| 19 | 32 | Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper • Maserati | 10 | engine | |||
| 9 | 16 | Tony Brooks | BRM • Climax | 6 | engine | |||
| 4 | 8 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 5 | engine | |||
| 23 | 26 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus • Climax | 3 | steering | |||
| 16 | 15 | Innes Ireland | Lotus • Climax | 1 | fire | |||
| 6 | 17 | Graham Hill | BRM • Climax | 1 | accident | |||
| 2 | 1 | Jack Brabham | Cooper • Climax | 0 | throttle | |||
| DNS | 25 | Michael May | Lotus • Climax | accident | ||||
| WDR | 10 | Edgar Barth | Porsche | too slow | ||||
| WDR | 12 | Masten Gregory | Cooper • Climax | not present | ||||
| WDR | 21 | Giorgio Scarlatti | De Tomaso • Alfa Romeo | not present | ||||
| WDR | 29 | Peter Monteverdi | MBM • Porsche | car unavailable | ||||
| WDR | 34 | Renato Pirocchi | Cooper • Maserati | not present | ||||
| WDR | 35 | Geoff Duke | Cooper • Climax | car unavailable | ||||
| WDR | 39 | John Campbell-Jones | Cooper • Climax | not present |
Fastest lap - 08:57.800 - 152.689 km/h - Phil Hill (lap 10)