1961 Silver City Trophy

United Kingdom  1961 Silver City Trophy
Race details
Non-Championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Date 3 June 1961
Official name II Silver City Trophy
Location Brands Hatch
Course Permanent racing facility
4.265 km (2.65 mi)
Distance 76 laps, 311.345 km (201.4 mi)
Pole position
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Time 1:42.8
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Time 1:42.0
Podium
First United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Second United Kingdom Jim Clark Lotus-Climax
Third United Kingdom Tony Brooks BRM-Climax

The 2nd Silver City Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 June 1961 at Brands Hatch Circuit. The race was run over 76 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Lotus 18/21.

The race was overshadowed by a fatal accident during qualifying when Shane Summers crashed his Cooper T53 into the concrete entrance to the paddock road tunnel.

Results

Pos Driver Entrant Constructor Time/Retired Grid
1 United Kingdom Stirling Moss UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 2.11:40.6 1
2 United Kingdom Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 10.0 s 3
3 United Kingdom Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM-Climax + 1:27.8 s 5
4 United Kingdom Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 75 laps 6
5 United States Dan Gurney Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus-Climax 74 laps 12
6 United Kingdom Tony Marsh Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 71 laps 13
7 United Kingdom Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 71 laps 19
8 United Kingdom Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 69 laps 10
9 United Kingdom Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 69 laps 11
10 Italy Giuseppe Maugeri Giuseppe Maugeri Cooper-Climax 60 laps 22
11 Sweden Jo Bonnier UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 57 laps 15
12 United Kingdom John Campbell-Jones John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 57 laps 23
13 United Kingdom Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM-Climax 48 laps 4
Ret United Kingdom Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper-Climax Engine 17
Ret United Kingdom John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax Accident damage 2
Ret United Kingdom Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Gilby-Climax Engine 24
Ret New Zealand Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax Accident 7
Ret Australia Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax Cam follower 8
Ret United Kingdom Jackie Lewis H & L Motors Cooper-Climax Ignition 9
Ret United Kingdom Alan Trow Alan Trow (Motor Cycles) Cooper-Climax Engine 18
Ret Switzerland Michael May Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax Overheating 14
Ret United Kingdom Brian Naylor JBW Car Co JBW-Maserati Overheating 20
Ret Germany Wolfgang Seidel Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax Gearbox 16
Ret France Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax Fuel feed 21
DNS United Kingdom Shane Summers Terry Bartram Cooper-Climax Fatal accident in practice -
WD United Kingdom Cliff Allison UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax Moss drove car -
WD United Kingdom Bruce Halford Jim Diggory Lotus-Climax Car not ready -

References

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