1961 Silver City Trophy

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1961 Silver City Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Brands Hatch 1960-1975.svg
Race details
Date3 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 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Time 1:42.0
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Lotus-Climax
Third BRM-Climax

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

PosDriverEntrantConstructorTime/RetiredGrid
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stirling Moss UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 2.11:40.61
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus-Climax + 10.0 s3
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Brooks Owen Racing Organisation BRM-Climax + 1:27.8 s5
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Salvadori Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax 75 laps6
5 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Gurney Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus-Climax 74 laps12
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Marsh Tony Marsh Lotus-Climax 71 laps13
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tim Parnell Tim Parnell Lotus-Climax 71 laps19
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Taylor UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 69 laps10
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Taylor Team Lotus Lotus-Climax 69 laps11
10 Flag of Italy.svg Giuseppe Maugeri Giuseppe Maugeri Cooper-Climax 60 laps22
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Jo Bonnier UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax 57 laps15
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Campbell-Jones John Campbell-Jones Cooper-Climax 57 laps23
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hill Owen Racing Organisation BRM-Climax 48 laps4
Ret Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Eden Graham Eden Cooper-Climax Engine17
Ret Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Surtees Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper-Climax Accident damage2
Ret Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Greene Gilby Engineering Gilby-Climax Engine24
Ret Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce McLaren Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax Accident7
Ret Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Cooper Car Company Cooper-Climax Cam follower8
Ret Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Lewis H & L Motors Cooper-Climax Ignition9
Ret Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Trow Alan Trow (Motor Cycles) Cooper-Climax Engine18
Ret Flag of Switzerland.svg Michael May Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax Overheating14
Ret Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Naylor JBW Car Co JBW-Maserati Overheating20
Ret Flag of Germany.svg Wolfgang Seidel Scuderia Colonia Lotus-Climax Gearbox16
Ret Flag of France.svg Bernard Collomb Bernard Collomb Cooper-Climax Fuel feed21
DNS Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shane Summers Terry Bartram Cooper-Climax Fatal accident in practice-
WD Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cliff Allison UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus-Climax Moss drove car-
WD Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bruce Halford Jim Diggory Lotus-Climax Car not ready-

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