1961 Isle of Man TT
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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 racesDaily 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." 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.
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| Place
! Rider ! Number ! Country ! Machine ! Speed ! Time ! Points |
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| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} Mike Hailwood | | Honda | 88.23 mph | 1:16.58.6 | 8 |
| 2
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Luigi Taveri | | Honda | 88.09 mph | 1:17.06.0 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Tom Phillis | | Honda | 87.28 mph | 1:17.49.0 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} Jim Redman | | Rhodesia | Honda | 84.83 mph | 1:20.04.2 | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Sadao Shimazaki | | Japan | Honda | 84.80 mph | 1:20.06.0 | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|UK}} Ralph Rensen | | Bultaco | 83.26 mph | 1:21.35.2 | 1 |
1961 Sidecar TT final standings
3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course.
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| Place
! Rider ! Number ! Country ! Machine ! Speed ! Time ! Points |
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| 1
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} Max Deubel/E.Hoerner | 3 | BMW | 87.65 mph | 1:17.29.8 | 8 |
| 2
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Fritz Scheidegger/H.Burkhardt | 2 | BMW | 87.03 mph | 1:18.02.6 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} Pip Harris/R.V.Campbell | 8 | BMW | 85.26 mph | 1:19.40.4 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|West Germany}} A.Rohseipe/L.Bottcher | 12 | Norton | 79.60 mph | 1:25.19.8 | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} Charlie Freeman/B.Nelson | 2 | Norton | 78.82 mph | 1:26.10.6 | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|UK}} Colin Seeley/W.Rawlings | 35 | 77.93 mph | 1:27.09.8 | 1 |
1961 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings
5 Laps (188.65 Miles) Mountain Course.
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| Place
! Rider ! Number ! Country ! Machine ! Speed ! Time ! Points |
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| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} Mike Hailwood | | Honda | 98.38 mph | 1:55.03.6 | 8 |
| 2
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Tom Phillis | | Honda | 96.56 mph | 1:57.14.2 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} Jim Redman | | Rhodesia | Honda | 93.09 mph | 2:01.36.2 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Kunimitsu Takahashi | | Japan | Honda | 92.25 mph | 2:02.43.2 | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Naomi Taniguchi | | Japan | Honda | 88.90 mph | 2:07.20.0 | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|Japan}} Fumio Ito | | Japan | Yamaha | 87.88 mph | 2:08.49.0 | 1 |
1961 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings
6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.
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| Place
! Rider ! Number ! Country ! Machine ! Speed ! Time ! Points |
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| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} Phil Read | | Norton | 95.11 mph | 2:22.50.0 | 8 |
| 2
| {{flagicon|Rhodesia and Nyasaland}} Gary Hocking | | Rhodesia | 94.25 mph | 2:24.07.8 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} Ralph Rensen | | Norton | 93.65 mph | 2:25.03.0 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|UK}} Derek Minter | | Norton | 93.50 mph | 2:25.16.8 | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} Franta Stastny | | Jawa | 93.15 mph | 2:25.50.2 | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|UK}} Roy Ingham | | Norton | 92.97 mph | 2:26.07.0 | 1 |
1961 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings
6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course.
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| Place
! Rider ! Number ! Country ! Machine ! Speed ! Time ! Points |
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| 1
| {{flagicon|UK}} Mike Hailwood | | Norton | 100.61 mph | 2:15.02.0 | 8 |
| 2
| {{flagicon|Scotland}} Bob McIntyre | | Norton | 99.20 mph | 2:16.54.4 | 6 |
| 3
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Tom Phillis | | Norton | 98.78 mph | 2:17.31.2 | 4 |
| 4
| {{flagicon|Scotland}} Alistair King | | Norton | 97.73 mph | 2:18.59.8 | 3 |
| 5
| {{flagicon|UK}} Ron Langston | | Norton | 97.52 mph | 2:19.17.6 | 2 |
| 6
| {{flagicon|UK}} Tony Godfrey | | Norton | 96.82 mph | 2:22.18.0 | 1 |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622221318/http://www.iomtt.com/Home/TTDatabase/races.aspx?meet_code=TT61 Detailed race results]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20031110221852/http://www.iommgp.com/tour/map.shtml Mountain Course map]
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