1961 Isle of Man TT
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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[1] 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
[edit ]3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | Honda | 88.23 mph | 1:16.58.6 | 8 | |
| 2 | Switzerland Luigi Taveri | Switzerland | Honda | 88.09 mph | 1:17.06.0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Australia Tom Phillis | Australia | Honda | 87.28 mph | 1:17.49.0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 84.83 mph | 1:20.04.2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Japan Sadao Shimazaki | Japan | Honda | 84.80 mph | 1:20.06.0 | 2 | |
| 6 | United Kingdom Ralph Rensen | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 83.26 mph | 1:21.35.2 | 1 |
1961 Sidecar TT final standings
[edit ]3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany Max Deubel/E.Hoerner | 3 | West Germany | BMW | 87.65 mph | 1:17.29.8 | 8 |
| 2 | Switzerland Fritz Scheidegger/H.Burkhardt | 2 | Switzerland | BMW | 87.03 mph | 1:18.02.6 | 6 |
| 3 | United Kingdom Pip Harris/R.V.Campbell | 8 | United Kingdom | BMW | 85.26 mph | 1:19.40.4 | 4 |
| 4 | West Germany A.Rohseipe/L.Bottcher | 12 | West Germany | Norton | 79.60 mph | 1:25.19.8 | 3 |
| 5 | United Kingdom Charlie Freeman/B.Nelson | 2 | United Kingdom | Norton | 78.82 mph | 1:26.10.6 | 2 |
| 6 | United Kingdom Colin Seeley/W.Rawlings | 35 | United Kingdom | Matchless | 77.93 mph | 1:27.09.8 | 1 |
1961 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings
[edit ]5 Laps (188.65 Miles) Mountain Course.
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | Honda | 98.38 mph | 1:55.03.6 | 8 | |
| 2 | Australia Tom Phillis | Australia | Honda | 96.56 mph | 1:57.14.2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman | Rhodesia | Honda | 93.09 mph | 2:01.36.2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Japan Kunimitsu Takahashi | Japan | Honda | 92.25 mph | 2:02.43.2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Japan Naomi Taniguchi | Japan | Honda | 88.90 mph | 2:07.20.0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Japan Fumio Ito | Japan | Yamaha | 87.88 mph | 2:08.49.0 | 1 |
1961 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings
[edit ]6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Phil Read | United Kingdom | Norton | 95.11 mph | 2:22.50.0 | 8 | |
| 2 | Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking | Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 94.25 mph | 2:24.07.8 | 6 | |
| 3 | United Kingdom Ralph Rensen | United Kingdom | Norton | 93.65 mph | 2:25.03.0 | 4 | |
| 4 | United Kingdom Derek Minter | United Kingdom | Norton | 93.50 mph | 2:25.16.8 | 3 | |
| 5 | Czechoslovakia Franta Stastny | Czechoslovakia | Jawa | 93.15 mph | 2:25.50.2 | 2 | |
| 6 | United Kingdom Roy Ingham | United Kingdom | Norton | 92.97 mph | 2:26.07.0 | 1 |
1961 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings
[edit ]6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.
| Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Mike Hailwood | United Kingdom | Norton | 100.61 mph | 2:15.02.0 | 8 | |
| 2 | Scotland Bob McIntyre | United Kingdom | Norton | 99.20 mph | 2:16.54.4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Australia Tom Phillis | Australia | Norton | 98.78 mph | 2:17.31.2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Scotland Alistair King | United Kingdom | Norton | 97.73 mph | 2:18.59.8 | 3 | |
| 5 | United Kingdom Ron Langston | United Kingdom | Norton | 97.52 mph | 2:19.17.6 | 2 | |
| 6 | United Kingdom Tony Godfrey | United Kingdom | Norton | 96.82 mph | 2:22.18.0 | 1 |
References
[edit ]- ^ 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."