1961 Aintree 200

Motor race at Aintree Circuit, England NC UK Aintree 200 VI Aintree 200 Aintree Circuit, Merseyside 22 April 1961 Circuit Aintree.svg Permanent racing facility 3 4.828 50 150 241.4 Wet Graham Hill UK BRM-Climax 2:00.2 Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax 2:15.0 Australia Jack Brabham Australia Cooper-Climax Bruce McLaren New Zealand Cooper-Climax Graham Hill UK BRM-Climax The 6th Aintree 200 was a Formula One motor race held on 22 April 1961 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T55-Climax, setting fastest lap in the process. Teammate Bruce McLaren was second and Graham Hill, starting from pole position, was third in a BRM-Climax. Results Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 Australia Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax 1.55:17.2 2 2 New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax + 28.4 s 3 3 UK Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM-Climax + 1:09.8 s 1 4 UK John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax + 1:58.2 s 4 5 USA Masten Gregory Camoradi International Cooper-Climax 49 laps 26 6 UK Jack Lewis H & L Motors Cooper-Climax 49 laps 6 7 UK Tony Marsh Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 49 laps 8 8 UK Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 48 laps 9 9 UK Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 48 laps 5 10 UK Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 48 laps 7 11 UK Gerry Ashmore Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 48 laps 12 12 UK Shane Summers Terry Bartram Cooper-Climax 47 laps 13 13 UK Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Gilby-Climax 47 laps 27 14 USA Dan Gurney Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus-Climax 47 laps 15 15 UK Cliff Allison UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 46 laps 11 16 Belgium André Pilette Emeryson Cars Emeryson-Climax 45 laps 22 17 UK Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM-Climax 44 laps 10 18 UK Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper-Climax 43 laps 19 19 UK Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 41 laps 14 DSQ UK Ian Burgess Camoradi International Lotus-Climax Took on extra oil 25 Ret UK Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax Gearbox 17 Ret France Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax Engine 20 Ret UK Peter Procter Anthony Brooke Lotus-Climax Ignition 24 Ret UK Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax Engine 28 Ret Switzerland Michael May Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax Engine 21 Ret UK Stirling Moss Rob Walker Racing Team Cooper-Climax Engine 23 Ret UK George Morgan Tommy Atkins Cooper-Climax Accident 16 Ret Belgium Lucien Bianchi Equipe Nationale Belge Emeryson-Maserati Accident 18 WD USA Lloyd Casner Camoradi International Lotus-Climax No car - WD UK Brian Naylor JBW Car Co JBW-Maserati Car not ready - WD Germany Wolfgang Seidel Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax No car - WD Belgium Willy Mairesse Equipe Nationale Belge Emeryson-Maserati No car - WD UK John Campbell-Jones John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax - References "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995. "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974. Aintree 200 1961 1961 Vienna Grand Prix 1961 Syracuse Grand Prix 1959 BARC "200" 1962 Aintree 200 Aintree 200 Category:1961 in British motorsport Category:April 1961 sports events in the United Kingdom