Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date
8 July 1961
Official name
XXIII British Empire Trophy
Location
Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
4.710 km (2.927 mi)
Distance
52 laps, 244.92 km (152.19 mi)
Weather
Wet, drying
Pole position
Driver
John Surtees
Cooper-Climax
Time
1:33.0
Fastest lap
Driver
Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax
Time
1:36.4 on lap 50
Podium
First
Stirling Moss
Cooper-Climax
Second
John Surtees
Cooper-Climax
Third
Graham Hill
BRM
Motor car race
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]
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