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1961 British Empire Trophy

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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

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]

Results

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