1961 Isle of Man TT


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

1961 Sidecar TT final standings

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

1961 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings

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

1961 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings

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

1961 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings

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