1961 Lombank Trophy

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1961 Lombank Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Snetterton 1963 annotated.svg
Race details
Date26 March 1961
Official name II Lombank Trophy
Location Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.361 km (2.71 miles)
Distance 37 laps, 161.36 km (100.27 miles)
Weather Sunny, cool
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:34.4
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Lotus-Climax
Time 1:33.6
Podium
First Cooper-Climax
Second Lotus-Climax
Third 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 Intercontinental Formula cars, i.e. cars that conformed to the old 2.5 litre Formula One. Only two of the Intercontinental 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 Intercontinental Formula entrant.

PosNo.DriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Tommy Atkins Cooper-Climax 59:31.62
24 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cliff Allison UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax + 1:21.6 s3
33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 36 laps4
45 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 36 laps7
52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 35 laps5
67 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 35 laps6
719 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 34 laps11
816 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shane Summers Terry Bartram Cooper-Climax 32 laps10
Ret18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Morgan Tommy Atkins Cooper-Climax Engine9
Ret6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Innes Ireland Team Lotus Lotus-Climax Gearbox1
Ret9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Naylor JBW Cars JBW-Maserati Engine8
Ret10 Flag of France.svg Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax Engine13
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper-Climax Accident14
Ret15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Langton Ronald Wrenn Hume Cooper-Climax Engine12
WD8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Fairman Tommy Atkins Cooper-Climax Car not ready-
WD11 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Richardson Geoff Richardson Cooper-Connaught Car not ready-
WD12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Campbell-Jones John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax -
WD17 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Gilby-Climax Car not ready-
WD20 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gerry Ashmore Gerry Ashmore Lotus-Climax Car not delivered-

References

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1960 International Gold Cup
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