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1961 BRDC International Trophy

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1961 BRDC International Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date 6 May 1961
Official name XIII BRDC International Trophy
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.710 km (2.927 mi)
Distance 80 laps, 376.80 km (234.13 mi)
Weather Very wet
Pole position
Driver Cooper-Climax
Time 1:34.2
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax
Time 1:52.4
Podium
First Cooper-Climax
Second Cooper-Climax
Third Cooper-Climax

The 13th BRDC International Trophy was an Intercontinental Formula motor race held on 6 May 1961 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. The race was run over 80 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 and lapped the rest of the field. Jack Brabham and Roy Salvadori were second and third in similar cars.[1][2]

This race marked the final participation by a Vanwall car,[3] John Surtees bringing it home in fifth place.

Results

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Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 4 United Kingdom Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax 2:41:19.2, 87.18 mph 2
2 1 Australia Jack Brabham Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +1 lap 3
3 10 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +2 laps 7
4 14 United Kingdom Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax +2 laps 17
5 28 United Kingdom John Surtees G.A. Vandervell Vanwall VW14 +3 laps 6
6 6 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 +3 laps 8
7 17 United States Chuck Daigh Reventlow Racing Automobiles Scarab-Meyer-Drake +3 laps 15
8 15 Italy Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati +10 laps 13
9 5 United Kingdom Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 +16 laps 4
10 7 United Kingdom Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax +20 laps 5
Ret. 23 United Kingdom Ron Flockhart Jack Brabham Racing Ltd. Cooper T53-Climax 71 laps, crash 12
Ret. 12 United Kingdom Cliff Allison UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax 68 laps, misfire 11
Ret. 8 United Kingdom Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax 55 laps, clutch 9
Ret. 24 United Kingdom Tony Marsh Fred Tuck Cooper T45-Climax 38 laps, oil loss 14
Ret. 20 United Kingdom Brian Naylor JBW Cars JBW-Maserati 15 laps, spin and stalled 16
Ret. 22 United Kingdom Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus 18-Climax 8 laps, crash 18
Ret 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Atkins Cars Cooper T53-Climax 3 laps, crash 1
Ret 19 United Kingdom Geoff Richardson Geoffrey Richardson Cooper-Climax 2 laps, spin 20
Ret 16 Italy Massimo Natili Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati 0 laps, crash 19
DNS 9 United Kingdom Mike Parkes Yeoman Credit Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax Crash 10
DNS 21 United States Dan Gurney Mrs. Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus 18-Climax Crash
DNA 3 United Kingdom Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax Drove #4
DNA 11 United Kingdom John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax Drove #28
DNA 18 Italy Giulio Cabianca Scuderia Castellotti Cooper T51-Ferrari
DNA 25 United Kingdom Ian Burgess Camoradi International Lotus 18-Climax Withdrawn
DNA 26 United States Lloyd Casner Camoradi International Lotus 18-Climax Withdrawn
DNA 27 United States Masten Gregory Camoradi International Cooper T51-Climax Withdrawn
DNA 4 France Maurice Trintignant R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax Car driven by Moss

References

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  1. ^ "XIII B.R.D.C. International Trophy 1961". Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  2. ^ "Silverstone International Trophy meeting". Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  3. ^ "The Carnival Is Over…". Retrieved 2022-08-15.


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