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.
Results 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
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