1961 Silver City Trophy

1961 Silver City Trophy
Non-championship race in the 1961 Formula One season
Race details
Date 3 June 1961
Official name Silver City Trophy
Location Brands Hatch
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.265 km (2.65 miles)
Distance 76 laps, 311.345 km (201.4 miles)
Pole position
Driver Lotus-Climax
Time 1:42.8
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Stirling Moss Lotus-Climax
Time 1:42.0
Podium
First Lotus-Climax
Second Lotus-Climax
Third BRM-Climax

The sixth Silver City Trophy was a motor race, run to Formula One rules, held on 3 June 1961 at Brands Hatch Circuit. The race was run over 76 laps of the circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Lotus 18/21.

The race was overshadowed by a fatal accident during qualifying when Shane Summers crashed his Cooper T53 into the concrete entrance to the paddock road tunnel.