Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Shekarar farko ta tsarin lita 1.5-ta kasance ta hanyar ƙungiyar Ferrari da aka shirya sosai - kakar 1961 ita ce karo na farko da suka yi motar mota ta tsakiya, shahararren 156 "Sharknose" - yana ci gaba da ƙin shugaban Enzo Ferrari na motar mota da kuma tsohuwar imaninsa cewa mutanen da ba su da isasshen doki sun gina motocin mota. Stirling Moss ne kawai, a cikin wata tsohuwar Lotus, ya sami damar doke Ferraris a kan hanyoyi biyu inda kwarewarsa ta daidaita fa'idar ƙarfin Ferrari. Innes Ireland ya kuma lashe tseren, 1961 United States Grand Prix, bayan Ferrari bai shiga tseren ba. Giancarlo Baghetti a cikin Ferrari mai zaman kansa ya lashe gasar
Grand Prix na Faransa a karon farko a gasar, shi kadai ne direban da ya yi haka ban da Nino Farina, wanda ya lashe gasar farko ta gasar tseren Formula One. Baghetti ya kuma lashe tserensa guda biyu na Formula One da suka gabata, abubuwan da ba na gasar ba a Syracuse da Naples, amma tseren Faransa shine nasararsa kawai a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya. Gasar cin kofin tsakanin manyan direbobin Ferrari, Phil Hill da Wolfgang von Trips, ta ƙare cikin bala'i lokacin da von Trips ya yi karo da Jim Clark a Monza, inda ya kashe von Trips da 'yan kallo 14. Hill ya ci gaba da lashe gasar, na farko da direba na Amurka ya yi haka. Indianapolis 500, tseren da aka gudanar zuwa dokoki daban-daban zuwa Grand Prix kuma kusan ba shi da alaƙa da tseren titin Turai, an cire shi daga gasar.