1961 Guards Trophy
1961 Guards Trophy | |||
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Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 7 August 1961 | ||
Official name | 1961 Guards Trophy | ||
Location | Brands Hatch, Kent | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 4.265 km (2.650 mi) | ||
Distance | 76 laps, 324.14 km (201.41 mi) | ||
Weather | Dry, sunny | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Cooper-Climax | ||
Time | 1:37.4 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Bruce McLaren | Cooper-Climax | |
Time | 1:40.2 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Cooper-Climax | ||
Second | Lotus-Climax | ||
Third |
BRM |
The Guards Trophy was an Intercontinental Formula motor race held on 7 August 1961 at Brands Hatch Circuit. The race was run over 76 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T53-Climax. Brabham lapped the entire field. Jim Clark in a Lotus 18-Climax was second and Graham Hill in a BRM P48 was third. Bruce McLaren in another T53 set fastest lap and finished fourth. Stirling Moss qualified in pole position but retired with gearbox problems.[1][2]
This was the final Intercontinental Formula race. The formula had been overshadowed by the new 1.5 litre Formula One championship[3] and was quietly abandoned.
Results
Pos | No. | Driver | Entrant | Constructor | Time/Retired | Grid |
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1 | 2 | Jack Brabham | Brabham Racing Organisation
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Cooper T53-Climax | 2:10:53.6 | 5 |
2 | 16 | Jim Clark | Team Lotus | Lotus 18-Climax | +1 lap | 7 |
3 | 28 | Graham Hill | Owen Racing Organisation
|
BRM P48 | +1 lap | 4 |
4 | 4 | Bruce McLaren | C.T. Atkins | Cooper T53-Climax | +1 lap | 2 |
5 | 6 | Roy Salvadori | Yeoman Credit Racing Team
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Cooper T53-Climax | +2 laps | 8 |
6 | 40 | Lex Davison | Ecurie Australie | Aston Martin DBR4 | +5 laps | 13 |
7 | 30 | Lorenzo Bandini | Scuderia Centro Sud | Cooper-Maserati | +42 laps | 16 |
Ret. | 26 | Tony Brooks | Owen Racing Organisation
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BRM P48 | 51 laps, throttle linkage | 10 |
Ret. | 14 | Innes Ireland | Team Lotus | Lotus 18-Climax | 34 laps, gearbox | 6 |
Ret. | 20 | Dan Gurney | UDT-Laystall Racing Team | Lotus 18/21-Climax
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26 laps, gearbox | 9 |
Ret. | 22 | Bruce Halford | S.J. Diggory (Motors) Ltd. | Lotus 18-Climax | 26 laps, crown wheel | 14 |
Ret | 34 | Brian Naylor | JBW Cars | JBW-Maserati | 25 laps, oil pressure | 15 |
Ret. | 12 | Stirling Moss | R.R.C. Walker Racing Team
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Cooper T53-Climax | 23 laps, gearbox | 1 |
Ret. | 32 | Massimo Natili | Scuderia Centro Sud | Cooper T51-Maserati | 19 laps, clutch | 17 |
Ret. | 8 | John Surtees | Yeoman Credit Racing Team
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Cooper T53-Climax | 19 laps, crash | 3 |
Ret. | 36 | Tony Marsh | Fred Tuck Cars | Cooper T45-Climax | 9 laps, brake pipe | 12 |
Ret. | 18 | Masten Gregory | UDT-Laystall Racing Team | Lotus 18/21-Climax
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5 laps, crash | 11 |
DNA | 10 | Yeoman Credit Racing Team
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Cooper | |||
DNA | 24 | Chuck Daigh | Reventlow Automobiles Ltd. | Scarab-Meyer-Drake | Driver injured, car not repaired | |
DNA | 38 | Tommy Weber | G.R. Pennington | Tec-Mec-Maserati |
References
- ^ "Guards Trophy 1961". Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ "Brabham wins Guards Trophy". Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ "Brands Hatch – Inter-Continental". Retrieved 2022-08-15.