1961_Grand_Prix_motorcycle_racing_season

1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

The 1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 13th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix season. The season consisted of eleven Grand Prix races in five classes: 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and Sidecars 500cc. It began on 23 April, with Spanish Grand Prix and ended with Argentine Grand Prix on 15 October.

Gary Hocking, the 1961 350cc and 500cc World Champion.

Mike Hailwood (pictured in 1967) won his first out of 9 World Championship titles in the 250cc class in 1961.

Tom Phillis won the title in the 125cc class.

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Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	350cc winner	500cc winner	Sidecars 500cc winner	Report
1	23 April	Spanish Grand Prix	Montjuïc circuit	Tom Phillis	Gary Hocking			Fath / Wohlgemuth	Report
2	14 May	West German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	Ernst Degner	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Frantisek Stastny	Gary Hocking	Deubel / Hörner	Report
3	21 May	French Grand Prix	Charade Circuit	Tom Phillis	Tom Phillis		Gary Hocking	Scheidegger / Burkhardt	Report
4	12 June	Isle of Man TT	Snaefell Mountain	Mike Hailwood	Mike Hailwood	Phil Read	Mike Hailwood	Deubel / Hörner	Report
5	24 June	Dutch TT	TT Circuit Assen	Tom Phillis	Mike Hailwood	Gary Hocking	Gary Hocking	Deubel / Hörner	Report
6	2 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa-Francorchamps	Luigi Taveri	Jim Redman		Gary Hocking	Scheidegger / Burkhardt	Report
7	30 July	East German Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Ernst Degner	Mike Hailwood	Gary Hocking	Gary Hocking		Report
8	12 August	Ulster Grand Prix	Dundrod Circuit	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Bob McIntyre	Gary Hocking	Gary Hocking		Report
9	3 September	Nations Grand Prix	Monza	Ernst Degner	Jim Redman	Gary Hocking	Mike Hailwood		Report
10	17 September	Swedish Grand Prix	Råbelövsbanan	Luigi Taveri	Mike Hailwood	Frantisek Stastny	Gary Hocking		Report
11	15 October	Argentine Grand Prix	Buenos Aires	Tom Phillis	Tom Phillis		Jorge Kissling		Report

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Gary Hocking	Rhodesia	MV Agusta	32	4
2	Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	26	2
3	Gustav Havel	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	19	0
4	Phil Read	United Kingdom	Norton	13	1
5	Bob McIntyre	United Kingdom	Bianchi	10	0
6	Rudi Thalhammer	Austria	Norton	7	0
=	Ralph Rensen	United Kingdom	Norton	7	0
8	Alistair King	United Kingdom	Bianchi	6	0
=	Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	MV Agusta	6	0
10	Ernesto Brambilla	Italy	Bianchi	5	0
=	Alan Shepherd	United Kingdom	AJS	5	0
12	Tommy Robb	United Kingdom	AJS	4	0
13	Derek Minter	United Kingdom	Norton	3	0
14	Hans Pesl	West Germany	Norton	2	0
=	Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Benelli	2	0
=	Ron Langston	United Kingdom	AJS	2	0
17	Frank Perris	United Kingdom	Norton	2	0
=	Mike Duff	Canada	AJS	2	0
19	Roy Ingram	United Kingdom	Norton	1	0
=	Bert Schneider	Austria	Norton	1	0
=	Hugh Anderson	New Zealand	Norton	1	0

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	Honda	44	4
2	Tom Phillis	Australia	Honda	38	2
3	Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	36	2
4	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Japan	Honda	29	1
5	Bob McIntyre	United Kingdom	Honda	14	1
6	Tarquinio Provini	Italy	Morini	10	0
7	Silvio Grassetti	Italy	Benelli	10	0
8	Gary Hocking	Rhodesia	MV Agusta	8	1
9	Fumio Ito	Japan	Yamaha	7	0
10	Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	6	0
11	Alan Shepherd	United Kingdom	MZ	6	0
=	Frantisek Stastny	Czechoslovakia	Jawa	6	0
13	Ernst Degner	East Germany	MZ	3	0
=	Sadao Shimazaki	Japan	Honda	3	0
15	Hans Fischer	East Germany	MZ	3	0
16	Naomi Taniguchi	Japan	Honda	2	0
17	Dan Shorey	United Kingdom	NSU	1	0
=	Yoshikazu Sunako	Japan	Yamaha	1	0
=	Werner Musiol	East Germany	MZ	1	0

Place	Rider	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Tom Phillis	Australia	Honda	44	4
2	Ernst Degner	East Germany	MZ	42	3
3	Luigi Taveri	Switzerland	Honda	29	2
4	Jim Redman	Rhodesia	Honda	28	0
5	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Japan	Honda	24	1
6	Mike Hailwood	United Kingdom	EMC / Honda	16	1
7	Alan Shepherd	United Kingdom	MZ	12	0
8	Walter Brehme	East Germany	MZ	7	0
9	Teisuke Tanaka	Japan	Honda	6	0
10	Sadao Shimazaki	Japan	Honda	5	0
=	Werner Musiol	East Germany	MZ	5	0
12	Hans Fischer	East Germany	MZ	3	0
=	Phil Read	United Kingdom	EMC	3	0
=	László Szabó	Hungary	MZ	3	0
15	John Grace	United Kingdom	Bultaco	2	0
=	Ulf Svensson	Sweden	Ducati	2	0
=	Naomi Taniguchi	Japan	Honda	2	0
18	Rex Avery	United Kingdom	EMC	2	0
19	Ricardo Quintanilla	Spain	Bultaco	1	0
=	Ralph Rensen	United Kingdom	Bultaco	1	0
=	Héctor Pochettino	Argentina	Bultaco	1	0

1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season