1961 Silver City Trophy
Appearance
1961 Silver City Trophy | |||
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Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 3 June 1961 | ||
Official name | Silver City Trophy | ||
Location | Brands Hatch | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.265 km (2.65 miles) | ||
Distance | 76 laps, 311.345 km (201.4 miles) | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Lotus-Climax | ||
Time | 1:42.8 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
![]() | Lotus-Climax | |
Time | 1:42.0 | ||
Podium | |||
First |
![]() | Lotus-Climax | |
Second |
![]() | Lotus-Climax | |
Third |
![]() | BRM-Climax |
The sixth Silver City Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 June 1961 at Brands Hatch Circuit. The race was run over 76 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Lotus 18/21.
The race was overshadowed by a fatal accident during qualifying when Shane Summers crashed his Cooper T53 into the concrete entrance to the paddock road tunnel.
Results
[edit]- Stirling Moss was entered by the Rob Walker Racing Team to drive a Cooper-Climax but he did not race this car.
References
[edit]- "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
- "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.