1961: Participants

Total de pilots participants: 53
Total d’equips participants: 34
Debutants: 19 (Gerry Ashmore, Giancarlo Baghetti, Lorenzo Bandini, Juan Manuel Bordeu, Roberto Bussinello, Bernard Collomb, Walt Hansgen, Jack Lewis, Roberto Lippi, Tony Maggs, Michael May, Massimo Natili,, Roger Penske, Renato Pirocchi, Ricardo Rodríguez, Peter Ryan, Hap Sharp, Gaetano Starrabba, Nino Vaccarella)
Última temporada: 18 (Cliff Allison, Juan Manuel Bordeu, Tony Brooks, Jack Fairman, Olivier Gendebien, Hans Herrmann, Tony Marsh, Michael May, Stirling Moss, Massimo Natili, Brian Naylor, Renato Pirocchi, Lloyd Ruby, Peter Ryan, Giorgio Scarlatti, Gaetano Starrabba, Henry Taylor, Wolfgang von Trips)
Defuncions a la F1: 1 (Wolfgang von Trips)
Defuncions en altres categories: 0

Defuncions no relacionades amb l’esport: 0
Retirats per lesions a la F1: 1 (Cliff Allison, Stirling Moss – inicis de 1962)
Retirats per lesions en altres categories: 0
Pilot més jove: Ricardo Rodríguez, 19 anys i 213 dies, Itàlia
Pilot més vell: Jack Fairman, 48 anys i 191 dies, Itàlia

Entrant Cotxe Pneu. Pilots
Scuderia Ferrari
SpA SEFAC
Ferrari 156 D Ricardo Rodríguez
Wolfgang von Trips
Phil Hill
Richie Ginther
Willy Mairesse
Olivier Gendebien
Cooper Car Company Cooper T55-Climax
Cooper T58-Climax
D Jack Brabham
Bruce McLaren
Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati
Cooper T53-Maserati
D Lorenzo Bandini
Massimo Natili
Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax
Lotus 18/21-Climax
Lotus 21-Climax
D Innes Ireland
Jim Clark
Trevor Taylor
Willy Mairesse
Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48/57-Climax D Graham Hill
Tony Brooks
R. R. C. Walker 
Racing Team
Lotus 18-Climax
Lotus 18/21-Climax
Lotus 21-Climax
Ferguson P99-Climax
D Stirling Moss
Jack Fairman
Porsche System Engineering Porsche 718/2
Porsche 787
D Jo Bonnier
Dan Gurney
Hans Herrmann
Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 718 D Carel Godin de Beaufort
Hans Herrmann
J. B. Naylor JBW 59-Climax D Brian Naylor
Camoradi International Cooper T53-Climax
Lotus 18-Climax
D Masten Gregory
Ian Burgess
Yeoman Credit
Racing Team
Cooper T53-Climax D John Surtees
Roy Salvadori
UDT Laystall
Racing Team
Lotus 18-Climax
Lotus 18/21-Climax
D Roy Salvadori
Jack Fairman
Equipe Nationale Belge Emeryson 61-Maserati
Emeryson 61-Climax
Lotus 18-Climax
D Lucien Bianchi
Olivier Gendebien
Willy Mairesse
André Pilette
Fred Tuck Cars Cooper T45-Climax D Jack Fairman
Scuderia Serenissima Cooper T51-Maserati
De Tomaso F1-OSCA
De Tomaso F1-Alfa Romeo
D Maurice Trintignant
Giorgio Scarlatti
Nino Vaccarella
Scuderia Sant’Ambroeus
FISA
Ferrari 156 D Giancarlo Baghetti
Jim Hall Lotus 18-Climax D Jim Hall
H&L Motors Cooper T53-Climax D Jackie Lewis
Tony Marsh Lotus 18-Climax D Tony Marsh
Gilby Engineering Gilby 61-Climax D Keith Greene
Scuderia Colonia Lotus 18-Climax D Wolfgang Seidel
Michael May
Bernard Collomb Cooper T53-Climax D Bernard Collomb
Pescara Racing Team Cooper T45-Maserati D Renato Pirocchi
Isobele de Tomaso De Tomaso F1-Alfa Romeo D Roberto Bussinello
Scuderia Settecolli De Tomaso F1-OSCA D Roberto Lippi
Tim Parnell Lotus 18-Climax D Tim Parnell
Gerry Ashmore Lotus 18-Climax D Gerry Ashmore
Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus 18-Climax D Tony Maggs
Gaetano Starrabba Lotus 18-Maserati D Gaetano Starrabba
J. Wheeler Autosport Cooper T51-Climax D Peter Ryan
Hap Sharp Cooper T53-Climax D Hap Sharp
John M. Wyatt III Cooper T53-Climax D Roger Penske
Momo Corporation Cooper T53-Climax D Walt Hansgen
J. Frank Harrison Lotus 18-Climax D Lloyd Ruby