1961 Silver City Trophy
1961 Silver City Trophy | |||
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Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 3 June 1961 | ||
Official name | Silver City Trophy | ||
Location | Brands Hatch | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.265 km (2.65 miles) | ||
Distance | 76 laps, 311.345 km (201.4 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver |
| Lotus-Climax | |
Time | 1:42.8 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Stirling Moss | Lotus-Climax | |
Time | 1:42.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First |
| Lotus-Climax | |
Second |
| Lotus-Climax | |
Third |
| BRM-Climax |
Motor car race
The sixth 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 |
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1 | Stirling Moss | UDT-Laystall Racing Team | Lotus-Climax | 2.11:40.6 | 1 |
2 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax | + 10.0 s | 3 |
3 | Tony Brooks | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM-Climax | + 1:27.8 s | 5 |
4 | Roy Salvadori | Yeoman Credit Racing Team | Cooper-Climax | 75 laps | 6 |
5 | Dan Gurney | Louise Bryden-Brown | Lotus-Climax | 74 laps | 12 |
6 | Tony Marsh | Tony Marsh | Lotus-Climax | 71 laps | 13 |
7 | Tim Parnell | Tim Parnell | Lotus-Climax | 71 laps | 19 |
8 | Henry Taylor | UDT-Laystall Racing Team | Lotus-Climax | 69 laps | 10 |
9 | Trevor Taylor | Team Lotus | Lotus-Climax | 69 laps | 11 |
10 | Giuseppe Maugeri | Giuseppe Maugeri | Cooper-Climax | 60 laps | 22 |
11 | Jo Bonnier | UDT-Laystall Racing Team | Lotus-Climax | 57 laps | 15 |
12 | John Campbell-Jones | John Campbell-Jones | Cooper-Climax | 57 laps | 23 |
13 | Graham Hill | Owen Racing Organisation | BRM-Climax | 48 laps | 4 |
Ret | Graham Eden | Graham Eden | Cooper-Climax | Engine | 17 |
Ret | John Surtees | Yeoman Credit Racing Team | Cooper-Climax | Accident damage | 2 |
Ret | Keith Greene | Gilby Engineering | Gilby-Climax | Engine | 24 |
Ret | Bruce McLaren | Cooper Car Company | Cooper-Climax | Accident | 7 |
Ret | Jack Brabham | Cooper Car Company | Cooper-Climax | Cam follower | 8 |
Ret | Jackie Lewis | H & L Motors | Cooper-Climax | Ignition | 9 |
Ret | Alan Trow | Alan Trow (Motor Cycles) | Cooper-Climax | Engine | 18 |
Ret | Michael May | Scuderia Colonia | Lotus-Climax | Overheating | 14 |
Ret | Brian Naylor | JBW Car Co | JBW-Maserati | Overheating | 20 |
Ret | Wolfgang Seidel | Scuderia Colonia | Lotus-Climax | Gearbox | 16 |
Ret | Bernard Collomb | Bernard Collomb | Cooper-Climax | Fuel feed | 21 |
DNS | Shane Summers | Terry Bartram | Cooper-Climax | Fatal accident in practice | - |
WD | Cliff Allison | UDT-Laystall Racing Team | Lotus-Climax | Moss drove car | - |
WD | Bruce Halford | Jim Diggory | Lotus-Climax | Car not ready | - |
- Stirling Moss was entered by the Rob Walker Racing Team to drive a Cooper-Climax but he did not race this car.
References
- "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
- "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
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