1961 BRDC International Trophy
# 1961 BRDC International Trophy

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 | |
