- Winner
- Stirling Moss
- Team
- Team Lotus
- Top listed
- Stirling Moss, Richie Ginther, and Phil Hill
- Race date
- May 14, 1961
- Pole
- Stirling Moss
- Fastest lap
- Stirling Moss
- Classified drivers
- 21
- Circuit
- Circuit de Monaco
The decisive result
Stirling Moss finished first for Team Lotus. Richie Ginther is listed 2 for Ferrari, with Phil Hill 3 for Ferrari.
Grid to finish
Maurice Trintignant from P15 to P7 (+8), Cliff Allison from P14 to P8 (+6), and Dan Gurney from P10 to P5 (+5) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Stirling Moss started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 4 DNQ, 3 Finished, 2 +5 laps, 2 Engine, and 1 +11 laps. Stirling Moss holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:36.300 on lap 85. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.