| Circuit | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza |
|---|---|
| Date | 1961-09-10 |
| Round | 7 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time/Status | Fastest Lap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 4 | 43 | 2:03 | — | 9 |
| 2 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 12 | 43 | +31.200 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 14 | 43 | +2:28.400 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 16 | 43 | +2:40.400 | — | 3 |
| 5 | Tony Brooks | BRM | 13 | 43 | +2:40.500 | — | 2 |
| 6 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | 18 | 42 | +1 Lap | — | 1 |
| 7 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 15 | 41 | +2 Laps | — | 0 |
| 8 | Lorenzo Bandini | Cooper-Maserati | 21 | 41 | +2 Laps | — | 0 |
| 9 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 22 | 41 | +2 Laps | — | 0 |
| 10 | Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | 27 | 40 | +3 Laps | — | 0 |
| 11 | Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 23 | 39 | +4 Laps | — | 0 |
| 12 | Renato Pirocchi | Cooper-Maserati | 29 | 38 | +5 Laps | — | 0 |
| 13 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 11 | 36 | Wheel bearing | — | 0 |
| 14 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 3 | 23 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 15 | Gaetano Starrabba | Lotus-Maserati | 30 | 19 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 16 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 8 | 14 | Suspension | — | 0 |
| 17 | Ricardo Rodríguez | Ferrari | 2 | 13 | Fuel system | — | 0 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 6 | 13 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 19 | Nino Vaccarella | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 20 | 13 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 20 | Masten Gregory | Lotus-Climax | 17 | 11 | Suspension | — | 0 |
| 21 | Graham Hill | BRM | 5 | 10 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 22 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 10 | 8 | Overheating | — | 0 |
| 23 | Brian Naylor | JBW | 31 | 6 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 24 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 9 | 5 | Chassis | — | 0 |
| 25 | Jack Fairman | Cooper-Climax | 26 | 5 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 26 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 19 | 2 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 27 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 1 | 1 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 28 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 7 | 1 | Accident | — | 0 |
| 29 | Roberto Bussinello | De Tomaso-Alfa Romeo | 24 | 1 | Engine | — | 0 |
| 30 | Wolfgang Seidel | Lotus-Climax | 28 | 1 | Engine | — | 0 |