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1961 Aintree 200

Motor race at Aintree Circuit, England

Field	Value
Type	NC
Country	UK
Grand Prix	Aintree 200
Official name	VI Aintree 200
Location	Aintree Circuit, Merseyside
Date	22 April
Year	1961
Image	Circuit Aintree.svg
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course_mi	3
Course_km	4.828
Distance_laps	50
Distance_mi	150
Distance_km	241.4
Weather	Wet
Pole_Driver	Graham Hill
Pole_Country	UK
Pole_Team	BRM-Climax
Pole_Time	2:00.2
Fast_Driver	Jack Brabham
Fast_Team	Cooper-Climax
Fast_Time	2:15.0
Fast_Country	Australia
First_Driver	Jack Brabham
First_Country	Australia
First_Team	Cooper-Climax
Second_Driver	Bruce McLaren
Second_Country	New Zealand
Second_Team	Cooper-Climax
Third_Driver	Graham Hill
Third_Country	UK
Third_Team	BRM-Climax

The 6th Aintree 200 was a Formula One motor race held on 22 April 1961 at Aintree Circuit, Merseyside. The race was run over 50 laps of the circuit, and was won by Australian driver Jack Brabham in a Cooper T55-Climax, setting fastest lap in the process. Team mate Bruce McLaren was second and Graham Hill, starting from pole position, was third in a BRM-Climax.

Results

Pos	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Time/Retired
Australia Jack Brabham	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	1.55:17.2	2
New Zealand Bruce McLaren	Cooper Car Company	Cooper-Climax	+ 28.4 s	3
UK Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM-Climax	+ 1:09.8 s	1
UK John Surtees	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	+ 1:58.2 s	4
USA Masten Gregory	Camoradi International	Cooper-Climax	49 laps	26
UK Jack Lewis	H & L Motors	Cooper-Climax	49 laps	6
UK Tony Marsh	Tony Marsh	Lotus-Climax	49 laps	8
UK Roy Salvadori	Yeoman Credit Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	48 laps	9
UK Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	48 laps	5
UK Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	48 laps	7
UK Gerry Ashmore	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	48 laps	12
UK Shane Summers	Terry Bartram	Cooper-Climax	47 laps	13
UK Keith Greene	Gilby Engineering	Gilby-Climax	47 laps	27
USA Dan Gurney	Louise Bryden-Brown	Lotus-Climax	47 laps	15
UK Cliff Allison	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	46 laps	11
Belgium André Pilette	Emeryson Cars	Emeryson-Climax	45 laps	22
UK Tony Brooks	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM-Climax	44 laps	10
UK Graham Eden	Graham Eden	Cooper-Climax	43 laps	19
UK Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus-Climax	41 laps	14
UK Ian Burgess	Camoradi International	Lotus-Climax	Took on extra oil	25
UK Henry Taylor	UDT-Laystall Racing Team	Lotus-Climax	Gearbox	17
France Bernard Collomb	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	Engine	20
UK Peter Procter	Anthony Brooke	Lotus-Climax	Ignition	24
UK Tim Parnell	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	Engine	28
Switzerland Michael May	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus-Climax	Engine	21
UK Stirling Moss	Rob Walker Racing Team	Cooper-Climax	Engine	23
UK George Morgan	Tommy Atkins	Cooper-Climax	Accident	16
Belgium Lucien Bianchi	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson-Maserati	Accident	18
USA Lloyd Casner	Camoradi International	Lotus-Climax	No car	-
UK Brian Naylor	JBW Car Co	JBW-Maserati	Car not ready	-
Germany Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus-Climax	No car	-
Belgium Willy Mairesse	Equipe Nationale Belge	Emeryson-Maserati	No car	-
UK John Campbell-Jones	John Campbell-Jones	Cooper-Climax		-

References

"The Grand Prix Who's Who", Steve Small, 1995.
"The Formula One Record Book", John Thompson, 1974.

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