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1961 Isle of Man TT

Annual motorcycle racing event

Annual motorcycle racing event

The 1961 Isle of Man TT races, the fourth round of the 1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, involved five races on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course on the Isle of Man. Three of the races were won by Mike Hailwood. He completed the six laps of the course in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 2.0 seconds at an average race speed of 100.61 mph to win the Senior TT race, after earlier winning the Ultra-Lightweight 125cc and Lightweight 250cc races Phil Read won the 350cc Junior TT race, while Max Deubel and E.Hoerner won the Sidecar TT event.

1961 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 125cc final standings

3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1UK Mike HailwoodUnited KingdomHonda88.23 mph1:16.58.68
2Switzerland Luigi TaveriSwitzerlandHonda88.09 mph1:17.06.06
3Australia Tom PhillisAustraliaHonda87.28 mph1:17.49.04
4Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim RedmanRhodesiaHonda84.83 mph1:20.04.23
5Japan Sadao ShimazakiJapanHonda84.80 mph1:20.06.02
6UK Ralph RensenUnited KingdomBultaco83.26 mph1:21.35.21

1961 Sidecar TT final standings

3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1West Germany Max Deubel/E.Hoerner3West GermanyBMW87.65 mph1:17.29.88
2Switzerland Fritz Scheidegger/H.Burkhardt2SwitzerlandBMW87.03 mph1:18.02.66
3UK Pip Harris/R.V.Campbell8United KingdomBMW85.26 mph1:19.40.44
4West Germany A.Rohseipe/L.Bottcher12West GermanyNorton79.60 mph1:25.19.83
5UK Charlie Freeman/B.Nelson2United KingdomNorton78.82 mph1:26.10.62
6UK Colin Seeley/W.Rawlings35United KingdomMatchless77.93 mph1:27.09.81

1961 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings

5 Laps (188.65 Miles) Mountain Course.

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1UK Mike HailwoodUnited KingdomHonda98.38 mph1:55.03.68
2Australia Tom PhillisAustraliaHonda96.56 mph1:57.14.26
3Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim RedmanRhodesiaHonda93.09 mph2:01.36.24
4Japan Kunimitsu TakahashiJapanHonda92.25 mph2:02.43.23
5Japan Naomi TaniguchiJapanHonda88.90 mph2:07.20.02
6Japan Fumio ItoJapanYamaha87.88 mph2:08.49.01

1961 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings

6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1UK Phil ReadUnited KingdomNorton95.11 mph2:22.50.08
2Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary HockingRhodesiaMV Agusta94.25 mph2:24.07.86
3UK Ralph RensenUnited KingdomNorton93.65 mph2:25.03.04
4UK Derek MinterUnited KingdomNorton93.50 mph2:25.16.83
5Czechoslovakia Franta StastnyCzechoslovakiaJawa93.15 mph2:25.50.22
6UK Roy InghamUnited KingdomNorton92.97 mph2:26.07.01

1961 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings

6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.

PlaceRiderNumberCountryMachineSpeedTimePoints
1UK Mike HailwoodUnited KingdomNorton100.61 mph2:15.02.08
2Scotland Bob McIntyreUnited KingdomNorton99.20 mph2:16.54.46
3Australia Tom PhillisAustraliaNorton98.78 mph2:17.31.24
4Scotland Alistair KingUnited KingdomNorton97.73 mph2:18.59.83
5UK Ron LangstonUnited KingdomNorton97.52 mph2:19.17.62
6UK Tony GodfreyUnited KingdomNorton96.82 mph2:22.18.01

References

References

  1. ''Daily Mirror'' page 23 ''GREAT DOUBLE - HAIL MIKE !'' Tuesday 13 June 1991 " Oxford motor cycling star Mike Hailwood and the Japanese Honda team. Mike 21, notched a brilliant double by winning both the 125 and 250cc T T races at record speeds on Honda machines."
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