Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Gore rokutanga re1.5-litre formula rakatungamirirwa neboka rakagadzirirwa zvakanaka reFerrari - mwaka wa1961 ndiyo yaiva nguva yokutanga yavakaita motokari ine injini yepakati, iyo inozivikanwa 156 "Sharknose" - ichienda kunopesana nemutungamiriri wechikwata Enzo Ferrari kusada motokari ine injini yepakati uye kutenda kwake kwekare-kare kuti motokari ine injini yepakati yakavakwa nevanhu vakanga vasina simba rakakwana. Stirling Moss bedzi, ari muLotus yakarebesa, akakwanisa kukunda vaFerrari panzira mbiri umo unyanzvi hwake hwakaenzanisa simba raFerrari. Innes Ireland akakundawo mujaho, United States Grand Prix ya1961, mushure mokunge Ferrari isina kupinda mujaho. Giancarlo Baghetti ari muFerrari yakanyoreswa pachivande akakunda muFrench Grand Prix
mumutambo wake wokutanga, mutyairi bedzi akaita kudaro kunze kwaNino Farina, anokunda mujaho wokutanga weFormula One World Championship. Baghetti akanga akundawo makwikwi ake maviri chete eFormula One, makwikwi asiri emakwikwi kuSyracuse neNaples, asi mujaho weFrance waive kukunda kwake chete muWorld Championship. Makwikwi echikwata chemakwikwi pakati pevatyairi veFerrari vaitungamirira, Phil Hill naWolfgang von Trips, akaguma nenjodzi apo von Trips akarovera naJim Clark paMonza, achiuraya von Trips nevatariri 14. Hill akapfuurira kukunda mukwikwidzi, mutyairi wokutanga weAmerica kuita kudaro. Indianapolis 500, nhangemutange yaiitwa nemitemo yakasiyana chose chose neGrand Prix uye yakanga isingambobatanidzwi nemitambo yemigwagwa yokuEurope, yakabviswa mumakwikwi.