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1961 BRDC International Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date	6 May 1961
Official name	XIII BRDC International Trophy
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.710 km (2.927 mi)
Distance	80 laps, 376.80 km (234.13 mi)
Weather	Very wet
Pole position
Driver	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax
Time	1:34.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
Time	1:52.4
Podium
First	Stirling Moss	Cooper-Climax
Second	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax
Third	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax

The 13th BRDC International Trophy was an Intercontinental Formula motor race held on 6 May 1961 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. The race was run over 80 laps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Cooper T53-Climax, who also set fastest lap and lapped the rest of the field. Jack Brabham and Roy Salvadori were second and third in similar cars.

This race marked the final participation by a Vanwall car, John Surtees bringing it home in fifth place.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper T53-Climax	2:41:19.2, 87.18 mph	2
2	1	Jack Brabham	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T53-Climax	+1 lap	3
3	10	Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T53-Climax	+2 laps	7
4	14	Henry Taylor	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18-Climax	+2 laps	17
5	28	John Surtees	G.A. Vandervell	Vanwall VW14	+3 laps	6
6	6	Tony Brooks	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P48	+3 laps	8
7	17	Chuck Daigh	Reventlow Racing Automobiles	Scarab-Meyer-Drake	+3 laps	15
8	15	Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51-Maserati	+10 laps	13
9	5	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P48	+16 laps	4
10	7	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus 18-Climax	+20 laps	5
Ret.	23	Ron Flockhart	Jack Brabham Racing Ltd.	Cooper T53-Climax	71 laps, crash	12
Ret.	12	Cliff Allison	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18-Climax	68 laps, misfire	11
Ret.	8	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus 18-Climax	55 laps, clutch	9
Ret.	24	Tony Marsh	Fred Tuck	Cooper T45-Climax	38 laps, oil loss	14
Ret.	20	Brian Naylor	JBW Cars	JBW-Maserati	15 laps, spin and stalled	16
Ret.	22	Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus 18-Climax	8 laps, crash	18
Ret	2	Bruce McLaren	Atkins Cars	Cooper T53-Climax	3 laps, crash	1
Ret	19	Geoff Richardson	Geoffrey Richardson	Cooper-Climax	2 laps, spin	20
Ret	16	Massimo Natili	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51-Maserati	0 laps, crash	19
DNS	9	Mike Parkes	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Lotus 18-Climax	Crash	10
DNS	21	Dan Gurney	Mrs. Louise Bryden-Brown	Lotus 18-Climax	Crash
DNA	3	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Lotus 18-Climax	Drove #4
DNA	11	John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T53-Climax	Drove #28
DNA	18	Giulio Cabianca	Scuderia Castellotti	Cooper T51-Ferrari
DNA	25	Ian Burgess	Camoradi International	Lotus 18-Climax	Withdrawn
DNA	26	Lloyd Casner	Camoradi International	Lotus 18-Climax	Withdrawn
DNA	27	Masten Gregory	Camoradi International	Cooper T51-Climax	Withdrawn
DNA	4	Maurice Trintignant	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper T53-Climax	Car driven by Moss

References

1. "XIII B.R.D.C. International Trophy 1961". Retrieved 2022-08-14.
2. "Silverstone International Trophy meeting". Retrieved 2022-08-14.
3. "The Carnival Is Over…". Retrieved 2022-08-15.

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