Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mumwaka wa1961 weFormula One, nemitemo mitsva ye1500 cc, timu yakachengeta Hill, von Trips naGinther, uye yakatanga imwe mota yakagadzirwa naChititi, iyo Ferrari 156 yakavakirwa pamotokari yeFormula 2 ya1960, iyo yaive yakanyanya mwaka wese. Vatyairi veFerrari Hill naVon Trips vakakwikwidzana nokuda kwokukunda. Giancarlo Baghetti akabatana pakati pemwaka uye akava mutyairi wokutanga kukunda pamakwikwi ake okutanga (
Mubairo Mukuru weFrance wa1961). Zvisinei, pakupera kwemwaka, von Trips akadonha pa1961 Italian Grand Prix uye akaurayiwa, pamwe chete nevatariri vanopfuura gumi nevaviri. Hill akakunda mukwikwidzi.