II Silver City Trophy 1961
Brands Hatch, Great Britain

 

June 3 76 laps = 201.4 Miles Pole Position: Stirling Moss, 1'42.8" Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss, 1'42.0" = 93.52 mph

 

Pos Cla. # Driver, Nationality Entrant Car - Engine - Type Chassis Time, Laps Reason Out
1 1 26 Stirling Moss, GB UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21 - Climax S4 918 2:11'40.6" 91.78 mph
2 2 24 Jim Clark, GB Team Lotus Lotus 21 - Climax S4 930 2:11'50.6"  
3 3 42 Tony Brooks, GB Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 - Climax S4 572 2:13'08.4"  
4 4 6 Roy Salvadori, GB Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53 - Climax S4 FI-2-61 75  
5 5 32 Dan Gurney, USA Mrs Louise Bryden-Brown Lotus 18 - Climax S4 903 74  
6 6 34 Tony Marsh, GB Tony Marsh Lotus 18 - Climax S4 909 71  
7 7 38 Tim Parnell, GB Reg Parnell Lotus 18 - Climax S4 904 71  
8 8 28 Henry Taylor, GB UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18 - Climax S4 916 69  
9 9 22 Trevor Taylor, GB Team Lotus Lotus 18 - Climax S4 371 69 Misfire
10 10 50 Giuseppe Maugeri, I Giuseppe Maugeri Cooper T51 - Climax S4 FII-19-59 60  
11 11 30 Jo Bonnier, S UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21 - Climax S4 917 57 Petrol leaks
12 12 16 John Campbell-Jones, GB John Campbell-Jones Cooper T51 - Climax S4   57 Ignition
13 13 40 Graham Hill, GB Owen Racing Organisation BRM P57 - Climax S4 571 56  
                 
14 DNF 18 Graham Eden, GB Graham Eden Cooper T51 - Climax S4   41 Engine
15 DNF 8 John Surtees, GB Yeoman Credit Racing Team Cooper T53 - Climax S4 FI-1-61 34 Crash damage
16 DNF 46 Keith Greene, GB Gilby Engineering Ltd Gilby - Climax S4   32 Big ends
17 DNF 4 Bruce McLaren, NZ Cooper Car Co Cooper T55 - Climax S4 FI-11-61 28 Crash
18 DNF 2 Jack Brabham, AUS Cooper Car Co Cooper T55 - Climax S4 FI-10-61 25 Cam follower
19 DNF 10 Jack Lewis, GB H & L Motors Cooper T53 - Climax S4 FI-6-61 24 Ignition
20 DNF 44 Brian Naylor, GB JBW Car Co JBW - Maserati S4   16 Overheating
21 DNF 54 Alan Trow, GB Alan Trow (Motor Cycles) Cooper T45 - Climax S4   16 Seized engine
22 DNF 52 Michael May, CH Scuderia Colonia Lotus 18 - Climax S4 914 16 Overheating
23 DNF 48 Wolfgang Seidel, D Scuderia Colonia Lotus 18 - Climax S4
DNA Porsche 718/2		 373 12 Gearbox
24 DNF 14 Bernard Collomb, F Bernard Collomb Cooper T53 - Climax S4 FI-9-61 11 Petrol starvation
                 
25 DNS 12 Shane Summers, USA Terry Bartram Cooper T53 - Climax S4 FI-8-61   Fatal crash in practice
26 DNS 20 Stirling Moss, GB R.R.C. Walker Racing Team Cooper T53 - Climax S4 FI-7-61   Drove # 26
                 
27 DNA 26 Cliff Allison, GB UDT-Laystall Racing Team Lotus 18/21 - Climax S4      
28 DNA 36 Bruce Halford, GB Jim Diggory Lotus 18 - Climax     Car not ready

Grid

Hill
1'43.2"

 

Clark
1'43.0"

 

Surtees
1'42.8"

 

Moss
1'42.8"

 

McLaren
1'44.2"

 

Salvadori
1'43.8"

 

Brooks
1'43.2"

 

T. Taylor
1'46.0"

 

H. Taylor
1'45.8"

 

Lewis
1'45.2"

 

Brabham
1'44.6"

 

May
1'48.0"

 

Marsh
1'46.4"

 

Gurney
1'46.4"

 

Trow
1'52.8"

 

Eden
1'50.8"

 

Seidel
1'50.6"

 

Bonnier
1'52.2"

 

Collomb
1'55.2"

 

Naylor
1'53.6"

 

Parnell
1'53.4"

 

 

 

Greene
1'57.6"

 

C'bell-Jones
2'20.0"

 

Maugeri
2'07.0"

Lap leaders

Surtees

1 - 24

Clark

25 - 46

Moss

47 - 76

Surtees lead under pressure from Clark, selected neutral and hit bank. Moss slowly gained on the Scotsman to take the lead.

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