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1961 French Grand Prix
| P | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Time | Gap | Avg Speed | Race | ||||
| 1 | 16 | Phil Hill | Ferrari | 0 | 2:27.1 | 203.176 | 9 | |||||
| 2 | 8 | Jim Clark | Lotus-Climax | 3 | 2:30.1 | 3.0 | 199.115 | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 26 | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | 2 | 2:30.4 | 3.3 | 198.718 | Ret | ||||
| 4 | 12 | Dan Gurney | Porsche | 50 | 2:30.8 | 3.7 | 198.191 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | 20 | Wolfgang von Trips | Ferrari | 2 | 2:31.0 | 3.9 | 197.928 | Ret | ||||
| 5 | 50 | Giancarlo Baghetti | Ferrari | 51 | 2:31.0 | 3.9 | 197.928 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | 18 | Richie Ginther | Ferrari | 34 | 2:31.2 | 4.1 | 197.667 | 15 | ||||
| 8 | 10 | Jo Bonnier | Porsche | 26 | 2:31.8 | 4.7 | 196.885 | 7 | ||||
| 9 | 40 | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 2:32.1 | 5.0 | 196.497 | Ret | ||||
| 10 | 22 | Graham Hill | BRM-Climax | 37 | 2:32.3 | 5.2 | 196.239 | 6 | ||||
| 11 | 36 | Masten Gregory | Cooper-Climax | 24 | 2:33.1 | 6.0 | 195.214 | 12 | ||||
| 12 | 42 | Roy Salvadori | Cooper-Climax | 35 | 2:33.7 | 6.6 | 194.452 | 8 | ||||
| 13 | 6 | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax | 12 | 2:34.0 | 6.9 | 194.073 | 4 | ||||
| 14 | 4 | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | 13 | 2:34.5 | 7.4 | 193.445 | 5 | ||||
| 15 | 24 | Tony Brooks | BRM-Climax | 2 | 2:35.6 | 8.5 | 192.077 | Ret | ||||
| 16 | 30 | Henry Taylor | Lotus-Climax | 22 | 2:37.2 | 10.1 | 190.122 | 10 | ||||
| 17 | 48 | Willy Mairesse | Lotus-Climax | 2 | 2:38.2 | 11.1 | 188.920 | Ret | ||||
| 18 | 2 | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 2:38.8 | 11.7 | 188.207 | Ret | ||||
| 19 | 14 | Carel Godin de Beaufort | Porsche | 9 | 2:39.1 | 12.0 | 187.852 | Ret | ||||
| 20 | 46 | Michel May | Lotus-Climax | 47 | 2:40.7 | 13.6 | 185.981 | 11 | ||||
| 21 | 28 | Lucien Bianchi | Lotus-Climax | 7 | 2:42.8 | 15.7 | 183.582 | Ret | ||||
| 22 | 44 | Jackie Lewis | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 2:44.3 | 17.2 | 181.906 | Ret | ||||
| 23 | 38 | Ian Burgess | Lotus-Climax | 41 | 2:44.9 | 17.8 | 181.244 | 14 | ||||
| 24 | 32 | Maurice Trintignant | Cooper-Maserati | 11 | 2:45.0 | 17.9 | 181.135 | 13 | ||||
| 25 | 34 | Giorgio Scarlatti | De Tomaso-OSCA | 5 | 2:48.0 | 20.9 | 177.900 | Ret | ||||
| 26 | 52 | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax | 2 | 2:54.6 | 27.5 | 171.175 | Ret |