| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Non-Championship Race in the 1961 Formula One season | ||
| Date | 26 March 1961 | |
| Official name | II Lombank Trophy | |
| Location | Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.361 km (2.71 mi) |
|
| Distance | 37 laps, 161.36 km (100.27 mi) | |
| Weather | Sunny, cool | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax |
| Time | 1:34.4 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver | Innes Ireland | Lotus-Climax |
| Time | 1:33.6 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Jack Brabham | Cooper-Climax |
| Second | Cliff Allison | Lotus-Climax |
| Third | John Surtees | Cooper-Climax |
The 2nd Lombank Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 26 March 1961 at Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, England. The race was run over 37 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T53.
This was the first Formula One event to be run to the new 1.5 litre rules, and the field was bolstered by a number of Inter-Continental Formula cars, i.e. cars that conformed to the old 2.5 litre Formula One. Only two of the Inter-Continental Formula cars finished the race, but they were a lap ahead of the other finishers. Some of the cars conforming to the new Formula One regulations were converted Formula Two cars.
Note: a blue background indicates an Inter-Continental Formula entrant.
| Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Time/Retired | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jack Brabham | Tommy Atkins | Cooper-Climax | 59:31.6 | 2 |
| 2 | 4 | Cliff Allison | UDT-Laystall Racing Team | Lotus-Climax | + 1:21.6 s | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | John Surtees | Yeoman Credit Racing Team | Cooper-Climax | 36 laps | 4 |
| 4 | 5 | Henry Taylor | UDT-Laystall Racing Team | Lotus-Climax | 36 laps | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | Roy Salvadori | Yeoman Credit Racing Team | Cooper-Climax | 35 laps | 5 |
| 6 | 7 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax | 35 laps | 6 |
| 7 | 19 | Tim Parnell | Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | 34 laps | 11 |
| 8 | 16 | Shane Summers | Terry Bartram | Cooper-Climax | 32 laps | 10 |
| Ret | 18 | George Morgan | Tommy Atkins | Cooper-Climax | Engine | 9 |
| Ret | 6 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax | Gearbox | 1 |
| Ret | 9 | Brian Naylor | JBW Cars | JBW-Maserati | Engine | 8 |
| Ret | 10 | Bernard Collomb | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax | Engine | 13 |
| Ret | 14 | Graham Eden | Graham Eden | Cooper-Climax | Accident | 14 |
| Ret | 15 | John Langton | Ronald Wrenn | Hume Cooper-Climax | Engine | 12 |
| WD | 8 | Jack Fairman | Tommy Atkins | Cooper-Climax | Car not ready | - |
| WD | 11 | Geoff Richardson | Geoff Richardson | Cooper-Connaught | Car not ready | - |
| WD | 12 | John Campbell-Jones | John Campbell-Jones | Cooper-Climax | - | |
| WD | 17 | Keith Greene | Gilby Engineering | Gilby-Climax | Car not ready | - |
| WD | 20 | Gerry Ashmore | Gerry Ashmore | Lotus-Climax | Car not delivered | - |
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