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The 1961 British Empire Trophy was the 23rd British Empire Trophy and an Intercontinental Formula motor race held on 8 July 1961 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. The race was run over 52 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. John Surtees in a similar Cooper and Graham Hill in a BRM P48 were second and third, Surtees having started from pole position.^[1][2]

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Cooper T53-Climax	1:27:19.2, 104.58 mph	2
2	22	John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T53-Climax	+50.6s	1
3	12	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P48	52 laps	8
4	2	Bruce McLaren	Atkins Cars	Cooper T53-Climax	+1 lap	3
5	9	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus 18-Climax	+2 laps	10
6	24	Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper T53-Climax	+2 laps	7
7	17	Lorenzo Bandini	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51-Maserati	+2 laps	14
8	18	Tony Marsh	Fred Tuck	Cooper T45-Climax	+2 laps	12
9	10	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus 18-Climax	+2 laps	5
10	3	Lucien Bianchi Henry Taylor	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18/21-Climax	+4 laps	16
11	16	Gino Munaron	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51-Maserati	+15 laps	17
Ret.	1	Jack Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Cooper T53-Climax	23 laps, suspension	4
Ret.	11	Tony Brooks	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM P48	22 laps, valve springs	6
Ret.	19	Lex Davison	Ecurie Australie	Aston Martin DBR4	17 laps, gearbox	13
Ret.	6	Brian Naylor	JBW Cars	JBW-Maserati	11 laps, oil pressure	18
Ret.	23	Tim Parnell	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Lotus 18-Climax	11 laps, crash	15
Ret.	4	Henry Taylor	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	Lotus 18-Climax	4 laps, transmission	9
Ret.	8	Jack Fairman	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Ferguson P99-Climax	2 laps, gear selector	11
DNS	20	Chuck Daigh	Reventlow Racing Automobiles	Scarab-Meyer-Drake	Crash
DNS	15	John Surtees	G.A. Vandervell	Vanwall VW14	Drove #22
DNS	1T	Jack Brabham	G.A. Vandervell	Vanwall VW14	Drove #1
DNS	8	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Ferguson P99-Climax	Drove #7; car driven by Fairman
DNA	5	Dan Gurney	Mrs. Louise Bryden-Brown	Lotus 18-Climax
DNA	14	Bruce Halford	Jim Diggory	Lotus 18-Climax
DNA	21	Gino Munaron	Scuderia Castellotti	Cooper T51-Ferrari	Drove #16
DNA	16	Massimo Natili	Scuderia Centro Sud	Cooper T51-Maserati	Car driven by Munaron
DNA	23	Mike Parkes	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Lotus 18-Climax	Car driven by Parnell

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