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The 1961 British Empire Trophy was the 23rd
British Empire Trophy The British Empire Trophy was a motor race in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the c ...
and an
Intercontinental Formula Intercontinental Formula was an open wheel, single seater motor-racing formula introduced in 1961 as an alternative to Formula One. As its name implies it was hoped to encourage participation from the United States and Europe, but ultimately the ...
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held on 8 July 1961 at the
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Towcester, Silverstone and Whittlebury. It is the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted as the 1948 British Grand Prix. The 1950 ...
,
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. The race was run over 52 laps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, and was won by British driver
Stirling Moss Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss (17 September 1929 – 12 April 2020) was a British Formula One racing driver. An inductee into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, he won 212 of the 529 races he entered across several categories of comp ...
in a
Cooper T53 The Cooper T53 is a Formula One car built by British motorsport team Cooper for the 1960 Formula One season. Jack Brabham drove it to his second World Championship that year, and with teammate Bruce McLaren gave Cooper its second Constructors' Cham ...
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, who also set fastest lap.
John Surtees John Surtees, (11 February 1934 – 10 March 2017) was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and Formula One driver. On his way to become a seven-time Grand Prix motorcycle World Champion, he won his first title in 1956, and followed with ...
in a similar Cooper and
Graham Hill Norman Graham Hill (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver and team owner, who was the Formula One World Champion twice, winning in and as well as being runner up on three occasions (1963, 1964 and 1965). Despite ...
in a
BRM P48 The BRM P48 was a Formula One racing car raced in 1960 Formula One season, 1960. It was BRM's first rear-engined car. With rear-engined cars in the ascendancy, BRM hastily reworked the front-engined, now five-year-old BRM P25, P25. The car proved t ...
were second and third, Surtees having started from pole position.


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British Empire Trophy The British Empire Trophy was a motor race in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the c ...
, Year_of_race = 1961 , Previous_race_in_season = 1961 Silver City Trophy , Next_race_in_season = 1961 Solitude Grand Prix , Previous_year's_race = 1960 British Empire Trophy , Next_year's_race = 1970 British Empire Trophy British Empire Trophy
British Empire Trophy The British Empire Trophy was a motor race in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the c ...
British Empire Trophy The British Empire Trophy was a motor race in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the c ...
British Empire Trophy The British Empire Trophy was a motor race in the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the c ...