1961 International Gold Cup

VIII International Gold Cup Meeting
Oulton Park layout in 1961
Race details
Date	23 September, 1961
Official Name	VIII International Gold Cup Meeting
Location	Oulton Park Little Budworth, Cheshire, England
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.443km (2.761mi)
Distance	60 laps, 266.580km (165.681 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax
Time	1:44.6
Fastest Lap
Driver	Stirling Moss Ferguson-Climax
Time	1:46.4
Podium
First	Stirling Moss Ferguson-Climax
Second	Jack Brabham Cooper-Climax
Third	Bruce McLaren Cooper-Climax
Lap Leaders
No data available

The 1961 International Gold Cup was a non-championship race, held at Oulton Park on September 23. The race was won by Stirling Moss in an Emeryson-Climax, the only time that a four-wheel-drive car has won a Formula 1 race. Second went to two-time defending World Champion Jack Brabham, and in third was polesitter Bruce McLaren, both in Coopers.

Moss's victory is largely attributed to the early fall wet conditions.

Background

Entry list

The full entry list for the 1961 International Gold Cup is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
2	Jack Brabham	Privateer	Cooper	T55	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
3	Bruce McLaren	C.T. Atkins	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
4	Innes Ireland	Team Lotus	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
5	Jim Clark	Team Lotus	Lotus	21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
6	Trevor Taylor	Team Lotus	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
7	Stirling Moss	R.R.C. Walker Racing Team	Ferguson	P99	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
8	Graham Hill	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48/57	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
9	Tony Brooks	Owen Racing Organisation	BRM	P48/57	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
10	Jo Bonnier	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
11	Dan Gurney	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche	718	Porsche	547/3 F4 1.5	D
12	Bernard Collomb	Privateer	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
14	Masten Gregory	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
15	Henry Taylor	UDT Laystall Racing Team	Lotus	18/21	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
16	Roy Salvadori	Reg Parnell Racing	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
17	John Surtees	Reg Parnell Racing	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
18	Tim Parnell	Privateer	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
19	Brian Naylor		JBW	59	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
20	Chris Summers		Cooper	T45	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
21	Jackie Lewis		Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
22	Tony Marsh		BRM	P48	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
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25	David Piper	Gilby Engineering	Gilby	61	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
26	Graham Eden		Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
27	Chris Ashmore		Cooper	T51	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
28	Wolfgang Seidel	Scuderia Colonia	Lotus	18	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
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30	Ian Burgess	Camoradi International	Cooper	T53	Climax	FPF L4 1.5	D
31	Jack Fairman		Emeryson	1004	Maserati	Tipo 6 L4 1.5	D

Practice

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 1961 International Gold Cup are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	1:44.6	—
2	7	Stirling Moss	Ferguson-Climax	1:44.8	+ 0.2
3	8	Graham Hill	BRM	1:45.0	+ 0.4
4	5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	1:45.2	+ 0.6
5	9	Tony Brooks	BRM	1:45.2	+ 0.6
6	2	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	1:45.4	+ 0.8
7	17	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	1:45.6	+ 1.0
8	14	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	1:46.6	+ 2.0
9	22	Tony Marsh	BRM	1:47.0	+ 2.4
10	4	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	1:47.0	+ 2.4
11	16	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	1:47.6	+ 3.0
12	15	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:49.0	+ 4.4
13	6	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	1:50.0	+ 5.4
14	25	David Piper	Gilby-Climax	1:51.0	+ 6.4
15	19	Brian Naylor	JBW-Climax	1:51.6	+ 7.0
16	30	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	1:52.0	+ 7.4
17	21	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	1:52.6	+ 8.0
18	28	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	1:52.6	+ 8.0
19	26	Graham Eden	Cooper-Climax	1:53.8	+ 9.2
20	20	Chris Summers	Cooper-Climax	1:54.0	+ 9.4
21	18	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	1:55.8	+ 11.2
22	12	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	1:57.2	+ 12.6
23	27	Chris Ashmore	Cooper-Climax	1:57.4	+ 12.8

Race

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	Stirling Moss	Ferguson-Climax	60	1:51:53.8	2
2	2	Jack Brabham	Cooper-Climax	60	+ 46.0	6
3	3	Bruce McLaren	Cooper-Climax	60	+ 53.6	1
4	9	Tony Brooks	BRM	60	+ 56.8	5
5	14	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax	58	+ 2 Laps	8
6	30	Ian Burgess	Cooper-Climax	57	+ 4 Laps	16
7	22	Tony Marsh	BRM	56	+ 4 Laps	9
8	15	Henry Taylor	Lotus-Climax	56	+ 4 Laps	12
9	19	Brian Naylor	JBW-Climax	56	+ 4 Laps	15
10	28	Wolfgang Seidel	Lotus-Climax	56	+ 4 Laps	18
11	25	David Piper	Gilby-Climax	55	+ 5 Laps	14
12	20	Chris Summers	Cooper-Climax	54	+ 6 Laps	20
Ret	6	Trevor Taylor	Lotus-Climax	40	Exhaust	13
Ret	8	Graham Hill	BRM	39	Valve	3
Ret	17	John Surtees	Cooper-Climax	36	Magneto	7
Ret	5	Jim Clark	Lotus-Climax	32	Rear suspension	4
Ret	4	Innes Ireland	Lotus-Climax	23	Engine	10
Ret	27	Chris Ashmore	Cooper-Climax	23	Gearbox	23
Ret	16	Roy Salvadori	Cooper-Climax	17	Gearbox	11
Ret	12	Bernard Collomb	Cooper-Climax	14	Front suspension	22
Ret	21	Jackie Lewis	Cooper-Climax	7	Puncture	17
Ret	18	Tim Parnell	Lotus-Climax	1	Fuel pump	21
Ret	26	Graham Eden	Cooper-Climax	0	Accident	19
DNS	31	Jack Fairman	Ferguson-Climax		Practiced unofficially	-
WD	10	Jo Bonnier	Porsche			-
WD	11	Dan Gurney	Porsche			-
WD		John Campbell-Jones	Cooper-Climax		Driver injured	-
WD		Michael May	Lotus-Climax		No car	-
DNA		Roger Revol	BRM-Climax			-