1961 BRDC International Trophy

NC UK BRDC International Trophy XIII BRDC International Trophy Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire 6 May 1961 Silverstone Circuit 1952 to 1974.png Permanent racing facility 4.710 km mi on 80 376.80 km mi on Very wet Bruce McLaren NZL Cooper-Climax 1:34.2 Stirling Moss Cooper-Climax 1:52.4 GBR Stirling Moss GBR Cooper-Climax Jack Brabham AUS Cooper-Climax Roy Salvadori GBR Cooper-Climax The 13th BRDC International Trophy was an Intercontinental Formula motor race held on 6 May 1961 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. The race was run over 80 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 and lapped the rest of the field. Jack Brabham and Roy Salvadori were second and third in similar cars.https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F161_10.htm XIII B.R.D.C. International Trophy 1961 2022-08-14 2022-08-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20220814155951/https://www.the-fastlane.co.uk/formula2/F161_10.htm livehttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1961/19/silverstone-international-trophy-meeting/ Silverstone International Trophy meeting 2022-08-14 2022-08-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20220820061456/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1961/19/silverstone-international-trophy-meeting live This race marked the final participation by a Vanwall car,https://primotipo.com/tag/1961-brdc-trophy-silverstone/ The Carnival Is Over… 2022-08-15 John Surtees bringing it home in fifth place. Results Pos No. Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid 1 4 GBR Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax 2:41:19.2, 87.18 mph 2 2 1 AUS Jack Brabham Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +1 lap 3 3 10 GBR Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax +2 laps 7 4 14 GBR Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax +2 laps 17 5 28 GBR John Surtees G.A. Vandervell Vanwall VW14 +3 laps 6 6 6 GBR Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 +3 laps 8 7 17 USA 1911 Chuck Daigh Reventlow Racing Automobiles Scarab-Meyer-Drake +3 laps 15 8 15 ITA Lorenzo Bandini Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati +10 laps 13 9 5 GBR Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM P48 +16 laps 4 10 7 GBR Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax +20 laps 5 Ret. 23 GBR Ron Flockhart Jack Brabham Racing Ltd. Cooper T53-Climax 71 laps, crash 12 Ret. 12 GBR Cliff Allison UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax 68 laps, misfire 11 Ret. 8 GBR Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus 18-Climax 55 laps, clutch 9 Ret. 24 GBR Tony Marsh Fred Tuck Cooper T45-Climax 38 laps, oil loss 14 Ret. 20 GBR Brian Naylor JBW Cars JBW-Maserati 15 laps, spin and stalled 16 Ret. 22 GBR Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus 18-Climax 8 laps, crash 18 Ret 2 NZL Bruce McLaren Atkins Cars Cooper T53-Climax 3 laps, crash 1 Ret 19 GBR Geoff Richardson Geoffrey Richardson Cooper-Climax 2 laps, spin 20 Ret 16 ITA Massimo Natili Scuderia Centro Sud Cooper T51-Maserati 0 laps, crash 19 DNS 9 GBR Mike Parkes Yeoman Credit Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax Crash 10 DNS 21 USA 1911 Dan Gurney Mrs. Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus 18-Climax Crash DNA 3 GBR Stirling Moss R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Lotus 18-Climax Drove #4 DNA 11 GBR John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax Drove #28 DNA 18 ITA Giulio Cabianca Scuderia Castellotti Cooper T51-Ferrari DNA 25 GBR Ian Burgess Camoradi International Lotus 18-Climax Withdrawn DNA 26 USA 1911 Lloyd Casner Camoradi International Lotus 18-Climax Withdrawn DNA 27 USA 1911 Masten Gregory Camoradi International Cooper T51-Climax Withdrawn DNA 4 FRA Maurice Trintignant R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53-Climax Car driven by Moss References BRDC International Trophy 1961 1961 Syracuse Grand Prix 1961 Naples Grand Prix 1960 BRDC International Trophy 1962 BRDC International Trophy Category:BRDC International Trophy BRDC International Trophy BRDC BRDC International Trophy