1961 Lombank Trophy

  1961 Lombank Trophy

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
Course length	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 in Europe 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.

Results

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	-

References

• Results at Silhouet.com
• "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
• "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974, pp 10–11.