1961 British Empire Trophy

June 2026 NC UK British Empire Trophy XXIII British Empire Trophy Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 8 July 1961 Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png Permanent racing facility 4.710 km mi on 52 244.92 km mi on Wet, drying John Surtees GBR Cooper-Climax 1:33.0 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1:36.4 50 GBR Stirling Moss GBR Cooper-Climax John Surtees GBR Cooper-Climax Graham Hill GBR 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.http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F161_14.htm XXIII British Empire Trophy 1961 2022-08-15https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1961/40/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-british-empire The rise and fall of the British Empire 2022-08-15 Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 7 GBR Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax 1:27:19.2, 104.58 mph 2 2 22 GBR John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +50.6s 1 3 12 GBR Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 52 laps 8 4 2 NZL Bruce McLaren Atkins Cars Cooper T53-Climax +1 lap 3 5 9 GBR Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax +2 laps 10 6 24 GBR Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +2 laps 7 7 17 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati +2 laps 14 8 18 GBR Tony Marsh Fred Tuck Cooper T45-Climax +2 laps 12 9 10 GBR Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax +2 laps 5 10 3 BEL Lucien BianchiGBR Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21-Climax +4 laps 16 11 16 ITA Gino Munaron Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati +15 laps 17 Ret. 1 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Cooper T53-Climax 23 laps, suspension 4 Ret. 11 GBR Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 22 laps, valve springs 6 Ret. 19 AUS Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Aston Martin DBR4 17 laps, gearbox 13 Ret. 6 GBR Brian Naylor JBW Cars JBW-Maserati 11 laps, oil pressure 18 Ret. 23 GBR Tim Parnell Yeoman Credit Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax 11 laps, crash 15 Ret. 4 GBR Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax 4 laps, transmission 9 Ret. 8 GBR Jack Fairman R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Ferguson P99-Climax 2 laps, gear selector 11 DNS 20 USA 1911 Chuck Daigh Reventlow Racing Automobiles Scarab-Meyer-Drake Crash DNS 15 GBR John Surtees G.A. Vandervell Vanwall VW14 Drove #22 DNS 1T AUS Jack Brabham G.A. Vandervell Vanwall VW14 Drove #1 DNS 8 GBR Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Ferguson P99-Climax Drove #7; car driven by Fairman DNA 5 USA 1911 Dan Gurney Mrs. Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus 18-Climax DNA 14 GBR Bruce Halford Jim Diggory Lotus 18-Climax DNA 21 ITA Gino Munaron Scuderia Castellotti Cooper T51-Ferrari Drove #16 DNA 16 ITA Massimo Natili Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati Car driven by Munaron DNA 23 GBR Mike Parkes Yeoman Credit Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax Car driven by Parnell References British Empire Trophy 1961 1961 Silver City Trophy 1961 Solitude Grand Prix 1960 British Empire Trophy 1970 British Empire Trophy Category:British Empire Trophy British Empire Trophy British Empire Trophy British Empire Trophy