1961 Formula One season
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The 1961 Formula One season was the 15th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 12th World Championship of Drivers, the 4th International Cup for F1 Manufacturers, and numerous non-ch
Phil Hill (pictured in 1966) won his first and only championship, driving for Ferrari.
Wolfgang von Trips posthumously finished as runner-up in the World Drivers' Championship, having been killed at the Italian Grand Prix.
Stirling Moss finished third in his last Formula One season.
Ferrari won the International Cup for F1 Manufacturers with the Ferrari 156.
Phil Hill
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Philip Toll Hill Jr. was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1966. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1961 with Ferrari, and won three Grands Prix
1961 Formula One season
…Manufacturers, and numerous non-championship Formula One races. The World Championship was contested over eight races between 14 May and 8 October 1961. Phil Hill driving for Ferrari won his first and only Drivers' Championship after his teammate and rival Wolfgang von Trips was killed during the Italian Grand…
Hill at the 1991 United States Grand Prix
Hill driving a Ferrari 250 TR at the 12 hours of Sebring (1958)
Hill driving for Ferrari at the 1962 German Grand Prix