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18 Giulio Cabianca Scuderia Castellotti Cooper T51-Ferrari DNA 25 Ian Burgess Camoradi International Lotus 18-Climax Withdrawn DNA 26 Lloyd Casner Camoradi International Lotus 18-Climax Withdrawn DNA 27 Masten Gregory Camoradi International Cooper T51-Climax Withdrawn DNA 4 Maurice Trintignant R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax Car driven by Moss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