1961 Gold Cup
23 September - Oulton Park: 266.45 km (4.441 km x 60 Laps)


Fastest Lap: Stirling Moss (Ferguson-Climax P99), 1:46.4, 93.42mph
Pole Position: Bruce McLaren (Cooper-Climax T53), 1:44.6

Results:

1  Stirling Moss                 Ferguson-Climax P99 'P99/1'     1h51m53.8, 88.83mph
2  Jack Brabham                  Cooper-Climax T55 'F1-10-61'    1h52m39.8
3  Bruce McLaren                 Cooper-Climax T53 'FII-8-60'    1h52m47.4
4  Tony Brooks                   BRM-Climax P57 '572'            1h52m50.6
5  Masten Gregory                Lotus-Climax 18 '917'           58 laps
6  Ian Burgess                   Cooper-Climax T53P 'F1-3-61'    57 laps
7  Tony Marsh                    BRM P -Climax                   56 laps
8  Henry Taylor                  Lotus 18/21-Climax              56 laps
9  Brian Naylor                  J.B.W.-Maserati                 56 laps
10 Wolfgang Seidel               Lotus 18-Climax                 56 laps
11 David Piper                   Gilby -Climax                   55 laps
12 Chris Summers                 Cooper T -Climax                54 laps

Did Not Finish:

   Graham Hill                   BRM P57-Climax                  39
   Jim Clark                     Lotus 21-Climax                 32
   John Surtees                  Cooper T-Climax
   Innes Ireland                 Lotus 18-Climax                 25
   Roy Salvadori                 Cooper T53P-Climax              18
   Trevor Taylor                 Lotus 18-Climax
   Jack Lewis                    Cooper T53P-Climax
   Graham Eden                   Cooper T51-Climax               10
   Tim Parnell                   Lotus 18-Climax
   Bernard Collomb               Cooper
   Gerry Ashmore                 Lotus 18-Climax

Did Not Qualify:

   Jack Fairman                  Emeryson-Climax

Did Not Attend:

   Dan Gurney                    Porsche
   Jo Bonnier                    Porsche
   John Campbell-Jones           Cooper
   Michael May                   Lotus 18-Climax
   Roger Revol                   BRM