| Type: | NC |
| Country: | UK |
| Grand Prix: | British Empire Trophy |
| Official Name: | XXIII British Empire Trophy |
| Location: | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire |
| Date: | 8 July |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Course: | Permanent racing facility |
| Course Length: | 4.71km (02.93miles) |
| Distance Laps: | 52 |
| Distance Length: | 244.92km (152.19miles) |
| Weather: | Wet, drying |
| Pole Driver: | John Surtees |
| Pole Country: | GBR |
| Pole Team: | Cooper-Climax |
| Pole Time: | 1:33.0 |
| Fast Driver: | Stirling Moss |
| Fast Team: | Cooper-Climax |
| Fast Time: | 1:36.4 |
| Fast Lap: | 50 |
| Fast Country: | GBR |
| First Driver: | Stirling Moss |
| First Country: | GBR |
| First Team: | Cooper-Climax |
| Second Driver: | John Surtees |
| Second Country: | GBR |
| Second Team: | Cooper-Climax |
| Third Driver: | Graham Hill |
| Third Country: | GBR |
| Third Team: | BRM |
The 1961 British Empire Trophy was the 23rd British Empire Trophy and an Intercontinental Formula motor race held on 8 July 1961 at the Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire. The race was run over 52 laps of the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, and was won by British driver Stirling Moss in a Cooper T53-Climax, who also set fastest lap. John Surtees in a similar Cooper and Graham Hill in a BRM P48 were second and third, Surtees having started from pole position.[1] [2]
