1961 Guards Trophy

NC GBR Guards Trophy 1961 Guards Trophy Brands Hatch, Kent 7 August 1961 Brands Hatch 1960-1975.svg Permanent racing facility 4.265 km mi on 76 324.14 km mi on Dry, sunny Stirling Moss GBR Cooper-Climax 1:37.4 Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax 1:40.2 NZL Jack Brabham AUS Cooper-Climax Jim Clark GBR Lotus-Climax Graham Hill GBR BRM 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.http://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F161_16.htm Guards Trophy 1961 2022-08-15https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-1961/51/brabham-wins-guards-trophy Brabham wins Guards Trophy 2022-08-15 This was the final Intercontinental Formula race. The formula had been overshadowed by the new 1.5 litre Formula One championshiphttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1961/16/brands-hatch-inter-continental Brands Hatch – Inter-Continental 2022-08-15 and was quietly abandoned. Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 2 AUS Jack Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Cooper T53-Climax 2:10:53.6 5 2 16 GBR Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax +1 lap 7 3 28 GBR Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 +1 lap 4 4 4 NZL Bruce McLaren C.T. Atkins Cooper T53-Climax +1 lap 2 5 6 GBR Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +2 laps 8 6 40 AUS Lex Davison Ecurie Australie Aston Martin DBR4 +5 laps 13 7 30 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper-Maserati +42 laps 16 Ret. 26 GBR Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 51 laps, throttle linkage 10 Ret. 14 GBR Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax 34 laps, gearbox 6 Ret. 20 USA 1911 Dan Gurney UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21-Climax 26 laps, gearbox 9 Ret. 22 GBR Bruce Halford S.J. Diggory (Motors) Ltd. Lotus 18-Climax 26 laps, crown wheel 14 Ret 34 GBR Brian Naylor JBW Cars JBW-Maserati 25 laps, oil pressure 15 Ret. 12 GBR Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax 23 laps, gearbox 1 Ret. 32 ITA Massimo Natili Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati 19 laps, clutch 17 Ret. 8 GBR John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax 19 laps, crash 3 Ret. 36 GBR Tony Marsh Fred Tuck Cars Cooper T45-Climax 9 laps, brake pipe 12 Ret. 18 USA 1911 Masten Gregory UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21-Climax 5 laps, crash 11 DNA 10 Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper DNA 24 USA 1911 Chuck Daigh Reventlow Automobiles Ltd. Scarab-Meyer-Drake Driver injured, car not repaired DNA 38 GBR Tommy Weber G.R. Pennington Tec-Mec-Maserati References Guards Trophy 1961 1961 Solitude Grand Prix 1961 Kanonloppet — 1962 Guards Trophy Guards Trophy Guards Trophy Guards Trophy