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
Motor car race
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.[1][2]
This race marked the final participation by a Vanwall car,[3] John Surtees bringing it home in fifth place.
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^"Silverstone International Trophy meeting". Retrieved 2022-08-14.
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