The 5th
Lewis-Evans Trophy was a
motor race
Motorsport, motorsports or motor sport is a global term used to encompass the group of competitive sporting events which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles. The terminology can also be used to describe forms of competition of two ...
, run to
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
rules, held on 1 October 1961 at
Brands Hatch
Brands Hatch is a motor racing circuit in West Kingsdown, Kent, England, United Kingdom. Originally used as a grasstrack motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently host ...
Circuit. The race was run over 30 laps of the circuit, and was dominated by British driver
Tony Marsh in a
BRM
British Racing Motors (BRM) was a British Formula One motor racing team. Founded in 1945 and based in the market town of Bourne in Lincolnshire, it participated from 1951 to 1977, competing in 197 grands prix and winning seventeen. BRM wo ...
P48.
This Formula One race was unusual in that non-British competitors were not permitted to take part. French driver
Bernard Collomb
Bernard Marie François Alexandre Collomb-Clerc (7 October 1930 in Annecy, Haute-Savoie – 19 September 2011 in La Colle-sur-Loup, Alpes-Maritimes) was a Formula One driver from France. He participated in six World Championship Grands Prix, de ...
, who had intended to enter the race, decided to lend his car to
John Campbell-Jones.
Qualifying
Results
References
* "The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
* "The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.
{{F1 NC race report
, Name_of_race =
Lewis-Evans Trophy
, Year_of_race = 1961
, Previous_race_in_season =
1961 International Gold Cup
The 8th Gold Cup was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 23 September 1961 at Oulton Park, England. The race was run over 60 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Ferguson P99.
This was the only tim ...
, Next_race_in_season =
1961 Coppa Italia
, Previous_year's_race = —
, Next_year's_race = —
Lewis-Evans Trophy