| Type: | NC |
| Country: | Italy |
| Grand Prix: | Syracuse |
| Official Name: | XI Gran Premio di Siracusa |
| Location: | Syracuse Circuit, Syracuse, Sicily |
| Date: | 25 April |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Course: | Temporary road circuit |
| Course Mi: | 3.487 |
| Course Km: | 5.612 |
| Distance Laps: | 56 |
| Distance Mi: | 195.27 |
| Distance Km: | 314.26 |
| Pole Driver: | Dan Gurney |
| Pole Country: | USA |
| Pole Team: | Porsche |
| Pole Time: | 1:56.8 |
| Fast Driver: | Dan Gurney |
| Fast Team: | Porsche |
| Fast Time: | 1:54.9 |
| Fast Country: | USA |
| First Driver: | Giancarlo Baghetti |
| First Country: | Italy |
| First Team: | Ferrari |
| Second Driver: | Dan Gurney |
| Second Country: | USA |
| Second Team: | Porsche |
| Third Driver: | Jo Bonnier |
| Third Country: | Sweden |
| Third Team: | Porsche |
The 11th Syracuse Grand Prix was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 25 April 1961 at Syracuse Circuit, Sicily. The race was run over 56 laps of the circuit, and was won by Italian driver Giancarlo Baghetti in a Ferrari 156 in his first Formula One race, the only driver to achieve this feat. Baghetti went on to win his next two Formula One races, including his first World Championship race.[1]
