1961 British Empire Trophy

The 1961 British Empire Trophy was the 23rd British Empire Trophy and an Intercontinental Formula motor race held on 8 July 1961 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. The race was run over 52 laps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Cooper T53-Climax, who also set fastest lap. John Surtees in a similar Cooper and Graham Hill in a BRM P48 were second and third, Surtees having started from pole position.[1][2]

1961 British Empire Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date 8 July 1961
Official name XXIII British Empire Trophy
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.710 km (2.927 mi)
Distance 52 laps, 244.92 km (152.19 mi)
Weather Wet, drying
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Climax
Time 1:33.0
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax
Time 1:36.4 on lap 50
Podium
First Cooper-Climax
Second Cooper-Climax
Third BRM

Results

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Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 7   Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax 1:27:19.2, 104.58 mph 2
2 22   John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +50.6s 1
3 12   Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 52 laps 8
4 2   Bruce McLaren Atkins Cars Cooper T53-Climax +1 lap 3
5 9   Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax +2 laps 10
6 24   Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +2 laps 7
7 17   Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati +2 laps 14
8 18   Tony Marsh Fred Tuck Cooper T45-Climax +2 laps 12
9 10   Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax +2 laps 5
10 3   Lucien Bianchi
  Henry Taylor
UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21-Climax +4 laps 16
11 16   Gino Munaron Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati +15 laps 17
Ret. 1   Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Cooper T53-Climax 23 laps, suspension 4
Ret. 11   Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 22 laps, valve springs 6
Ret. 19   Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Aston Martin DBR4 17 laps, gearbox 13
Ret. 6   Brian Naylor JBW Cars JBW-Maserati 11 laps, oil pressure 18
Ret. 23   Tim Parnell Yeoman Credit Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax 11 laps, crash 15
Ret. 4   Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax 4 laps, transmission 9
Ret. 8   Jack Fairman R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Ferguson P99-Climax 2 laps, gear selector 11
DNS 20   Chuck Daigh Reventlow Racing Automobiles Scarab-Meyer-Drake Crash
DNS 15   John Surtees G.A. Vandervell Vanwall VW14 Drove #22
DNS 1T   Jack Brabham G.A. Vandervell Vanwall VW14 Drove #1
DNS 8   Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Ferguson P99-Climax Drove #7; car driven by Fairman
DNA 5   Dan Gurney Mrs. Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus 18-Climax
DNA 14   Bruce Halford Jim Diggory Lotus 18-Climax
DNA 21   Gino Munaron Scuderia Castellotti Cooper T51-Ferrari Drove #16
DNA 16   Massimo Natili Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati Car driven by Munaron
DNA 23   Mike Parkes Yeoman Credit Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax Car driven by Parnell

References

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  1. ^ "XXIII British Empire Trophy 1961". Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  2. ^ "The rise and fall of the British Empire". Retrieved 2022-08-15.


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