The Guards Trophy was an Intercontinental Formula motor race held on 7 August 1961 at Brands Hatch Circuit. The race was run over 76 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T53-Climax. Brabham lapped the entire field. Jim Clark in a Lotus 18-Climax was second and Graham Hill in a BRM P48 was third. Bruce McLaren in another T53 set fastest lap and finished fourth. Stirling Moss qualified in pole position but retired with gearbox problems.
This was the final Intercontinental Formula race. The formula had been overshadowed by the new 1.5 litre Formula One championship and was quietly abandoned.
Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 2 Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Cooper T53-Climax 2:10:53.6 5 2 16 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax +1 lap 7 3 28 Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 +1 lap 4 4 4 Bruce McLaren C.T. Atkins Cooper T53-Climax +1 lap 2 5 6 Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +2 laps 8 6 40 Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Aston Martin DBR4 +5 laps 13 7 30 Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati +42 laps 16 Ret. 26 Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 51 laps, throttle linkage 10 Ret. 14 Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax 34 laps, gearbox 6 Ret. 20 Dan Gurney UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21-Climax 26 laps, gearbox 9 Ret. 22 Bruce Halford S.J. Diggory (Motors) Ltd. Lotus 18-Climax 26 laps, crown wheel 14 Ret 34 Brian Naylor JBW Cars JBW-Maserati 25 laps, oil pressure 15 Ret. 12 Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax 23 laps, gearbox 1 Ret. 32 Massimo Natili Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati 19 laps, clutch 17 Ret. 8 John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax 19 laps, crash 3 Ret. 36 Tony Marsh Fred Tuck Cars Cooper T45-Climax 9 laps, brake pipe 12 Ret. 18 Masten Gregory UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21-Climax 5 laps, crash 11 DNA 10 Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper DNA 24 Chuck Daigh Reventlow Automobiles Ltd. Scarab-Meyer-Drake Driver injured, car not repaired DNA 38 Tommy Weber G.R. Pennington Tec-Mec-Maserati
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