1961 London Trophy

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Flag of the United Kingdom  1961 London Trophy
Race details
Non-Championship Race in the 1961 Formula One season
Date 22 May 1961
Official name IX London Trophy
Location Crystal Palace
Course Permanent racing facility
1.384 mi / 2.227 km
Distance 37 laps, 51.2 mi / 82.4 km
Pole position
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax
Time 59.0
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom Roy Salvadori / Henry Taylor Cooper-Climax / Lotus-Climax
Time 59.6
Podium
First Flag of the United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Cooper-Climax
Second Flag of the United Kingdom Henry Taylor Lotus-Climax
Third Flag of the United Kingdom Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax

The 9th London Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 22 May 1961 at Crystal Palace Circuit. The race was run over 37 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Roy Salvadori in a Cooper T53.

This race was run on the same day as the World Championship 1961 Dutch Grand Prix, but since entry to that event was by invitation only, many regular Formula One drivers were attracted to Crystal Palace.

[edit] Results

Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 Flag of the United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 37:22.8 1
2 Flag of the United Kingdom Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax + 8.0 s 2
3 Flag of the United Kingdom Tony Marsh Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax + 29.8 s 5
4 Flag of the United Kingdom Shane Summers Terry Bartram Cooper-Climax 36 laps 7
5 Flag of Germany Wolfgang Seidel Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax 36 laps 6
6 Flag of the United Kingdom John Campbell-Jones John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 35 laps 9
7 Flag of the United Kingdom Jackie Lewis H & L Motors Cooper-Climax 35 laps 3
8 Flag of the United Kingdom Cliff Allison UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 35 laps 4
9 Flag of France Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax 34 laps 13
10 Flag of the United Kingdom Alan Trow Alan Trow (Motor Cycles) Cooper-Climax 34 laps 10
11 Flag of the United Kingdom John Langton Team Salvatore Evangelista Hume-Cooper-Climax 33 laps 11
Ret Flag of Italy Giuseppe Maugeri Giuseppe Maugeri Cooper-Climax Accident 12
Ret Flag of the Netherlands Klaas Twisk Tulip Stable Cooper-Climax Engine 14
DNS Flag of the United Kingdom Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper-Climax Engine in practice (8)
WD Flag of the United Kingdom George Morgan Tommy Atkins Cooper-Climax -
WD Flag of Belgium Mauro Bianchi Equipe Nationale Belge Emeryson-Maserati Car not ready -
WD Flag of the United Kingdom Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Gilby-Climax Car not ready -

[edit] References

  • "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
  • "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
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