- 1961 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 125cc final standings
- 1961 Sidecar TT final standings
- 1961 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings
- 1961 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings
- 1961 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings
- References
- External links
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}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 standings3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course. | Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 1 | UK}} 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 | 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 | UK}} Ralph Rensen | United Kingdom | Bultaco | 83.26 mph | 1:21.35.2 | 1 |
1961 Sidecar TT final standings3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course. | Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 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 | UK}} 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 | UK}} Charlie Freeman/B.Nelson | 2 | United Kingdom | Norton | 78.82 mph | 1:26.10.6 | 2 | | 6 | UK}} Colin Seeley/W.Rawlings | 35 | United Kingdom | Matchless | 77.93 mph | 1:27.09.8 | 1 |
1961 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings5 Laps (188.65 Miles) Mountain Course. | Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 1 | UK}} 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 | 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 standings6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course. | Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 1 | UK}} Phil Read | United Kingdom | Norton | 95.11 mph | 2:22.50.0 | 8 | | 2 | Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} Gary Hocking | Rhodesia | MV Agusta | 94.25 mph | 2:24.07.8 | 6 | | 3 | UK}} Ralph Rensen | United Kingdom | Norton | 93.65 mph | 2:25.03.0 | 4 | | 4 | UK}} 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 | UK}} Roy Ingham | United Kingdom | Norton | 92.97 mph | 2:26.07.0 | 1 |
1961 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course. | Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Speed | Time | Points |
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| 1 | UK}} 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 | UK}} Ron Langston | United Kingdom | Norton | 97.52 mph | 2:19.17.6 | 2 | | 6 | UK}} Tony Godfrey | United Kingdom | Norton | 96.82 mph | 2:22.18.0 | 1 |
References1. ^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."
External links- Detailed race results{{Dead link|date=February 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20031110221852/http://www.iommgp.com/tour/map.shtml Mountain Course map]
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