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1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 13th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eleven Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 23 April, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Argentine Grand Prix on 15 October.

1961 Grand Prix season calendar

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner
23 April	ESP Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	AUS Tom Phillis	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking			DEU Fath / Wohlgemuth	Report
14 May	FRG West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	DDR Ernst Degner	JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
21 May	FRA French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	AUS Tom Phillis	AUS Tom Phillis		Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	CHE DEU Scheidegger / Burkhardt	Report
12 June	IOM Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Mike Hailwood	GBR Phil Read	GBR Mike Hailwood	DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
24 June	NLD Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	AUS Tom Phillis	GBR Mike Hailwood	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	DEU Deubel / Hörner	Report
2 July	BEL Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	CHE Luigi Taveri	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman		Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	CHE DEU Scheidegger / Burkhardt	Report
30 July	DDR East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	DDR Ernst Degner	GBR Mike Hailwood	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking		Report
12 August	NIR Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	SCO Bob McIntyre	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking		Report
3 September	ITA Nations Grand Prix	Monza	DDR Ernst Degner	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	GBR Mike Hailwood		Report
17 September	SWE Swedish Grand Prix	Råbelövsbanan	CHE Luigi Taveri	GBR Mike Hailwood	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking		Report
15 October	ARG Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	AUS Tom Phillis	AUS Tom Phillis		ARG Jorge Kissling		Report

Standings

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of six races were counted in 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of four were counted.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	Points
8	6	4	3	2	1

500cc final standings

Pos	Rider	Machine	GER
DEU	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	DDR
DDR	ULS
NIR	NAC
ITA	SWE
SWE	ARG
ARG	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	=	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	=	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	=	48	=	50	=	=	53	=	55	56	57	58	=	=	61	=	=	=	=	=	67	68	69	=	71	=	=	74	=	76	=	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Pos	Rider	Bike	GER
DEU	FRA
FRA	MAN
GBR	HOL
NLD	BEL
BEL	DDR
DDR	ULS
Ulster	NAC
ITA	SWE
SWE	ARG
ARG	Pts
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	MV Agusta	1	1	Ret	1	1	1	1	Ret	1		48 (56)
GBR Mike Hailwood	Norton / MV Agusta	4	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	2		40 (55)
GBR Frank Perris	Norton	2			5		Ret		Ret	3	3	16
SCO Bob McIntyre	Norton			2	3	3						14
SCO Alistair King	Norton			4				3	2	Ret		13
AUT Bert Schneider	Norton			18	Ret		3		5	4		9
ARG Jorge Kissling	Matchless										1	8
GBR Ron Langston	Matchless			5		5		4		Ret		7
ARG Juan Carlos Salatino	Norton										2	6
ZAF Paddy Driver	Norton	Ret		Ret		6	Ret		3			5
CAN Mike Duff	Matchless			14		4		10		5		5
DEU Hans-Günter Jäger	BMW / Norton	3							8			4
AUS Tom Phillis	Norton			3				Ret				4
FRA Antoine Paba	Norton		3									4
AUS John Farnsworth	Matchless / Norton			38			4	9		Ret		3
GBR Phil Read	Norton			Ret	4	Ret						3
CHE Gyula Marsovszky	Norton		4	Ret								3
ITA Alberto Pagani	Norton								4			3
ARG Juan Perkins	Norton										4	3
AUS Jack Findlay	Norton			DNS	DNS	8	5	8	6	Ret		3
DEU Ernst Hiller	BMW / Matchless	5			19	Ret			11	Ret		2
GBR Peter Chatterton	Norton			20				5				2
CHE Fritz Masserli	Matchless		5	44								2
ARG Eduardo Salatino	Norton										5	2
NZL Peter Pawson	Matchless / Norton			8	Ret	7				6		1
DEU Roland Föll	Matchless	8	6	Ret						11		1
DEU Lothar John	BMW	6			10	14	9			10		1
AUS Ron Miles	Norton			12	6			NEL				1
NIR Tom Thorp	Norton			13				6				1
FIN Anssi Resko	Norton / Matchless						6	11				1
URY Horacio Costas	Norton										6	1
GBR Tony Godfrey	Norton			6								1
DEU Karl Hoppe	Norton	Ret			7	11			7			0
NIR Tommy Robb	Matchless			Ret				7		8		0
GBR Roy Ingram	Norton			7		10		Ret				0
GBR Vernon Cottle	Norton	7		21			11			12		0
AUT Rudi Thalhammer	Norton				11					7		0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Tommy Robinson	Norton						7			Ret		0
BEL Raphaël Orinel	Norton		7									0
AUS Trevor Pound	Norton				8	9						0
FRA Jacques Insermini	Norton	12	11		Ret		8		Ret			0
FRA Louis Bernagozzi	Norton		8									0
DEU Rudolf Gläser	Norton	Ret		Ret	15				9	Ret		0
AUT Edy Lenz	Norton			45						9		0
GBR Ellis Boyce	Norton			9				Ret				0
FRA Rene Goetz	BSA		9									0
DEU Klaus Hamelmann	Norton	9										0
DEU Heinz Kauert	Matchless	10			Ret							0
DEU Toni Schmitz	Norton		Ret	Ret			10					0
FRA Georges Comy	Norton		10									0
GBR Fred Stevens	Norton			10								0
ITA Roberto Vigorito	Norton								10			0
GBR Peter Horton	Norton	11			Ret							0
GBR Jack Bullock	Norton			11								0
GBR Alf Shaw	Norton			41				12				0
GBR Geoffrey Tanner	Norton	Ret		Ret	12							0
GBR Dan Shorey	Norton			Ret		12						0
DEU Joachim Claus	Norton						12					0
CHE Bruno Hofmann	Norton		12									0
ITA Benedetto Zambotti	Gilera								12			0
NLD Anton Elbersen	BMW				13							0
SWE Sven-Olov Gunnarsson	Norton									13		0
NIR Tommy Holmes	Matchless							13				0
ITA Emanuele Maugliani	Gilera								13			0
DDR Johannes Müller	Norton						13					0
BEL Jules Nies	Norton					13						0
NLD Joop Vegelzang	Norton				14					15		0
SWE Bror-Erland Carlsson	Matchless / AJS		Ret							14		0
YUG Alfonz Breznik	Gilera								14			0
NIR Jimmy Jones	Norton							14				0
NIR John Brown	Norton							15				0
GBR Anthony Horton	Norton					15						0
GBR Brian Setchell	Norton			15								0
NIR Campbell Donaghy	BSA							16				0
GBR Derek Powell	Matchless			16								0
NIR Martin Brosnan	Norton							17				0
GBR Bill Smith	Matchless			17								0
GBR Dennis Craig	Matchless			37				18				0
GBR George Catlin	Matchless			19								0
NIR Billy McCosh	Matchless			22								0
GBR Monty Buxton	Norton			23								0
GBR Don Chapman	Norton			24				Ret				0
GBR Mike O'Rourke	Norton			25								0
IRL George Purvis	Matchless			26								0
GBR Arthur Wheeler	Matchless			27								0
GBR Harold Riley	BSA			28								0
GBR Den Jarman	AJS			29								0
GBR Derek Minter	Norton			30								0
GBR Louis Carr	Norton			31								0
GBR Alan Dugdale	Matchless			32								0
GBR Ronald Cousins	Norton			33								0
GBR Geoff Eccles	BSA			34								0
CAN Dave Wildman	AJS			35								0
SWE Billy Andersson	AJS			36								0
GBR Albert Moule	Norton			39								0
GBR Bill Robertson	AJS			40								0
GBR John Simmonds	Matchless			42								0
GBR Maurice Gittins	Norton			43								0
NZL Hugh Anderson	Norton			Ret				Ret	Ret			0
GBR John Hartle	Norton					Ret		Ret	Ret			0
Rhodesia and Nyasaland William Van Leeuwen	Norton				Ret		Ret			Ret		0
DEU Hans Pesl	Norton	Ret	Ret									0
GBR Chris Anderson	Norton			Ret								0
GBR R. Bennett	Norton			Ret								0
GBR Richard Brinnand	Norton			Ret								0
NIR Ralph Bryans	Norton							Ret				0
GBR Roly Capner	BSA			Ret								0
USA Fred Chase	Norton			Ret								0
ITA Artemio Cirelli	Gilera								Ret			0
ITA Gianfranco Demeniconi	Norton								Ret			0
GBR Graham Downes	Matchless			Ret								0
GBR Peter Evans	Matchless			Ret								0
GBR Harry Grant	BSA			Ret								0
DEU Alois Huber	BMW	Ret										0
NIR Len Ireland	Norton			Ret								0
FRA Pierre James	Norton		Ret									0
ITA Vasco Loro	Norton								Ret			0
ITA Giuseppe Mantelli	Gilera								Ret			0
GBR Peter Middleton	Norton			Ret								0
ITA Gilberto Milani	Norton			Ret								0
GBR George Northwood	Norton			Ret								0
DEU Karl Recktenwald	Norton	Ret										0
GBR Ralph Rensen	Norton	Ret										0
AUT Ladislaus Richter	Norton			Ret								0
ITA Renzo Rossi	Gilera								Ret			0
GBR Derek Russell	Norton			Ret								0
DEU Walter Scheimann	Norton			Ret								0
GBR Douglas Smith	Matchless			Ret								0
AUS Graham Smith	Norton			Ret								0
GBR Lewis Young	Norton			Ret								0

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350cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia	MV Agusta	32	4
2	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	26	2
3	CSK Gustav Havel	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	19	0
4	GBR Phil Read	United Kingdom	Norton	13	1
5	GBR Bob McIntyre	United Kingdom	Bianchi	10	0
6	AUT Rudi Thalhammer	Austria	Norton	7	0
=	GBR Ralph Rensen	United Kingdom	Norton	7	0
8	GBR Alistair King	United Kingdom	Bianchi	6	0
=	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	6	0
10	ITA Ernesto Brambilla	Italy	Bianchi	5	0
=	GBR Alan Shepherd	United Kingdom	AJS	5	0
12	GBR Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	AJS	4	0
13	GBR Derek Minter	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
14	FRG Hans Pesl	West Germany	Norton	2	0
=	ITA Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Benelli	2	0
=	GBR Ron Langston	United Kingdom	AJS	2	0
17	GBR Frank Perris	United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	CAN Mike Duff	Canada	AJS	2	0
19	GBR Roy Ingram	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	AUT Bert Schneider	Austria	Norton	1	0
=	NZL Hugh Anderson	New Zealand	Norton	1	0

250cc Standings

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	GBR Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	Honda	44	4
2	AUS Tom Phillis	Australia	Honda	38	2
3	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	36	2
4	JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Japan	Honda	29	1
5	GBR Bob McIntyre	United Kingdom	Honda	14	1
6	ITA Tarquinio Provini	Italy	Morini	10	0
7	ITA Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Benelli	10	0
8	Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking	Rhodesia	MV Agusta	8	1
9	JPN Fumio Ito	Japan	Yamaha	7	0
10	CHE Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	6	0
11	GBR Alan Shepherd	United Kingdom	MZ	6	0
=	CSK Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	6	0
13	DDR Ernst Degner	East Germany	MZ	3	0
=	JPN Sadao Shimazaki	Japan	Honda	3	0
15	DDR Hans Fischer	East Germany	MZ	3	0
16	JPN Naomi Taniguchi	Japan	Honda	2	0
17	GBR Dan Shorey	United Kingdom	NSU	1	0
=	JPN Yoshikazu Sunako	Japan	Yamaha	1	0
=	DDR Werner Musiol	East Germany	MZ	1	0

125cc

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	FRG
FRG	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GDR
GDR	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	SWE
SWE	ARG
ARG	Pts	1	44 (56)	2	42 (45)	3	30 (31)	4	28 (37)	5	24	6	16	7	12	8	7	9	6	10	5	10	5	12	3	12	3	12	3	15	2	15	2	15	2	18	2	19	1	19	1	19	1	Pos.	Rider	Bike	ESP
ESP	FRG
FRG	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GDR
GDR	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	SWE
SWE	ARG
ARG	Pts
AUS Tom Phillis	Honda	1		1F	3	1F	2F	2	3F	4F	6	1F
DDR Ernst Degner	MZ	2	1F	2F			4	1	2	1
CHE Luigi Taveri	Honda		5	5	2F		1	DSQ	6	3	1F
Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman	Honda	3		3	4	2	3	6	4	5	3	2
JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi	Honda		6	6				3F	1		2	3
GBR Mike Hailwood	EMC	4F		4
Honda				1				5
GBR Alan Shepherd	MZ		2			3	5
DDR Walter Brehme	MZ		3				6	5
JPN Teisuke Tanaka	Honda									2
DDR Werner Musiol	MZ					5					4
JPN Sadao Shimazaki	Honda				5							4
DDR Hans Fischer	MZ		4
GBR Phil Read	EMC					4
HUN László Szabó	MZ							4
GBR John Grace	Bultaco	5
SWE Ulf Svensson	Ducati										5
JPN Naomi Taniguchi	Honda											5
GBR Rex Avery	EMC					6				6
ESP Ricardo Quintanilla	Bultaco	6
GBR Ralph Rensen	Bultaco				6
ARG Héctor Pochettino	Bultaco											6

Constructors' standings

Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.

Pos.	Constructor	ESP
ESP	FRG
FRG	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GDR
GDR	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	SWE
SWE	ARG
ARG	Pts	1	48 (78)	2	42 (52)	3	10	4	4	5	2	Pos.	Constructor	ESP
ESP	FRG
FRG	FRA
FRA	MAN
IOM	NED
NLD	BEL
BEL	GDR
GDR	ULS
NIR	NAT
ITA	SWE
SWE	ARG
ARG	Pts
JPN Honda	1	5	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1
GDR MZ	2	1	2		3	4	1	2	1	4
GBR EMC	4		4		4				6
ESP Bultaco	5			6							6
ITA Ducati										5

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

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