1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season 1961 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season 1960 1962 thumb|Gary Hocking, the 1961 350cc and 500cc World Champion. thumb|Mike Hailwood (pictured in 1967) won his first out of 9 World Championship titles in the 250cc class in 1961. thumb|Tom Phillis won the title in the 125cc class. 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. 1961 Grand Prix season calendar Round Date Grand Prix Circuit 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Sidecars 500cc winner Report 1 23 April ESP 1945 Spanish Grand Prix Montjuïc Circuit AUS Tom Phillis Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking FRG Fath / Wohlgemuth Report 2 14 May FRG West German Grand Prix Hockenheimring DDR Ernst Degner JPN 1947 Kunimitsu Takahashi TCH František Šťastný Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking FRG Deubel / Hörner Report 3 21 May FRA 1830 French Grand Prix Circuit de Charade AUS Tom Phillis AUS Tom Phillis Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking CHE FRG Scheidegger / Burkhardt Report 4 12 June IOM Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain Course GBR Mike Hailwood GBR Mike Hailwood GBR Phil Read GBR Mike Hailwood FRG Deubel / Hörner Report 5 24 June NLD Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen AUS Tom Phillis GBR Mike Hailwood Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking FRG Deubel / Hörner Report 6 2 July BEL Belgian Grand Prix Spa-Francorchamps CHE Luigi Taveri Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking CHE FRG Scheidegger / Burkhardt Report 7 30 July DDR East German Grand Prix Sachsenring DDR Ernst Degner GBR Mike Hailwood Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Report 8 12 August NIR Ulster Grand Prix Dundrod Circuit JPN 1947 Kunimitsu Takahashi SCO Bob McIntyre Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Report 9 3 September ITA 1946 Nations Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza DDR Ernst Degner Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking GBR Mike Hailwood Report 10 17 September SWE Swedish Grand Prix Råbelövsbanan CHE Luigi Taveri GBR Mike Hailwood TCH František Šťastný Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Report 11 15 October ARG 1861 Argentine Grand Prix Autódromo de Buenos Aires AUS Tom Phillis AUS Tom Phillis ARG 1861 Jorge Kissling Report Standings Scoring system Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Only the best of six races were counted in 125cc, 250cc, 350cc and 500cc championships, while in the Sidecars, the best of four were counted. Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Points 8 6 4 3 2 1 500cc final standings Pos Rider Machine GERDEU FRAFRA MANIOM HOLNLD BELBEL DDRDDR ULSNIR NACITA SWESWE ARGARG Pts 1 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking MV Agusta 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 48 (56) 2 GBR Mike Hailwood Norton / MV Agusta 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 40 (55) 3 GBR Frank Perris Norton 2 5 Ret Ret 3 3 16 4 SCO Bob McIntyre Norton 2 3 3 14 5 SCO Alistair King Norton 4 3 2 Ret 13 6 AUT Bert Schneider Norton 18 Ret 3 5 4 9 7 ARG Jorge Kissling Matchless 1 8 8 GBR Ron Langston Matchless 5 5 4 Ret 7 9 ARG Juan Carlos Salatino Norton 2 6 10 ZAF 1928 Paddy Driver Norton Ret Ret 6 Ret 3 5 11 CAN 1957 Mike Duff Matchless 14 4 10 5 5 12 DEU Hans-Günter Jäger BMW / Norton 3 8 4 13 AUS Tom Phillis Norton 3 Ret 4 14 FRA Antoine Paba Norton 3 4 15 AUS John Farnsworth Matchless / Norton 38 4 9 Ret 3 16 GBR Phil Read Norton Ret 4 Ret 3 17 CHE Gyula Marsovszky Norton 4 Ret 3 18 ITA Alberto Pagani Norton 4 3 = ARG Juan Perkins Norton 4 3 20 AUS Jack Findlay NortonDNSDNS 8 5 8 6 Ret 3 21 DEU Ernst Hiller BMW / Matchless 5 19 Ret 11 Ret 2 22 GBR Peter Chatterton Norton 20 5 2 23 CHE Fritz Masserli Matchless 5 44 2 24 ARG Eduardo Salatino Norton 5 2 25 NZL Peter Pawson Matchless / Norton 8 Ret 7 6 1 26 DEU Roland Föll Matchless 8 6 Ret 11 1 27 DEU Lothar John BMW 6 10 14 9 10 1 28 AUS Ron Miles Norton 12 6 NEL 1 29 NIR Tom Thorp Norton 13 6 1 30 FIN Anssi Resko Norton / Matchless 6 11 1 31 URY Horacio Costas Norton 6 1 = GBR Tony Godfrey Norton 6 1 33 DEU Karl Hoppe Norton Ret 7 11 7 0 34 NIR Tommy Robb Matchless Ret 7 8 0 35 GBR Roy Ingram Norton 7 10 Ret 0 36 GBR Vernon Cottle Norton 7 21 11 12 0 37 AUT Rudi Thalhammer Norton 11 7 0 38 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Tommy Robinson Norton 7 Ret 0 39 BEL Raphaël Orinel Norton 7 0 40 AUS Trevor Pound Norton 8 9 0 41 FRA Jacques Insermini Norton 12 11 Ret 8 Ret 0 42 FRA Louis Bernagozzi Norton 8 0 43 DEU Rudolf Gläser Norton Ret Ret 15 9 Ret 0 44 AUT Edy Lenz Norton 45 9 0 45 GBR Ellis Boyce Norton 9 Ret 0 46 FRA Rene Goetz BSA 9 0 = DEU Klaus Hamelmann Norton 9 0 48 DEU Heinz Kauert Matchless 10 Ret 0 = DEU Toni Schmitz Norton Ret Ret 10 0 50 FRA Georges Comy Norton 10 0 = GBR Fred Stevens Norton 10 0 = ITA Roberto Vigorito Norton 10 0 53 GBR Peter Horton Norton 11 Ret 0 = GBR Jack Bullock Norton 11 0 55 GBR Alf Shaw Norton 41 12 0 56 GBR Geoffrey Tanner Norton Ret Ret 12 0 57 GBR Dan Shorey Norton Ret 12 0 58 DEU Joachim Claus Norton 12 0 = CHE Bruno Hofmann Norton 12 0 = ITA Benedetto Zambotti Gilera 12 0 61 NLD Anton Elbersen BMW 13 0 = SWE Sven-Olov Gunnarsson Norton 13 0 = NIR Tommy Holmes Matchless 13 0 = ITA Emanuele Maugliani Gilera 13 0 = DDR Johannes Müller Norton 13 0 = BEL Jules Nies Norton 13 0 67 NLD Joop Vegelzang Norton 14 15 0 68 SWE Bror-Erland Carlsson Matchless / AJS Ret 14 0 69 YUG Alfonz Breznik Gilera 14 0 = NIR Jimmy Jones Norton 14 0 71 NIR John Brown Norton 15 0 = GBR Anthony Horton Norton 15 0 = GBR Brian Setchell Norton 15 0 74 NIR Campbell Donaghy BSA 16 0 = GBR Derek Powell Matchless 16 0 76 NIR Martin Brosnan Norton 17 0 = GBR Bill Smith Matchless 17 0 78 GBR Dennis Craig Matchless 37 18 0 79 GBR George Catlin Matchless 19 0 80 NIR Billy McCosh Matchless 22 0 81 GBR Monty Buxton Norton 23 0 82 GBR Don Chapman Norton 24 Ret 0 83 GBR Mike O'Rourke Norton 25 0 84 IRL George Purvis Matchless 26 0 85 GBR Arthur Wheeler Matchless 27 0 86 GBR Harold Riley BSA 28 0 87 GBR Den Jarman AJS 29 0 88 GBR Derek Minter Norton 30 0 89 GBR Louis Carr Norton 31 0 90 GBR Alan Dugdale Matchless 32 0 91 GBR Ronald Cousins Norton 33 0 92 GBR Geoff Eccles BSA 34 0 93 CAN 1957 Dave Wildman AJS 35 0 94 SWE Billy Andersson AJS 36 0 95 GBR Albert Moule Norton 39 0 96 GBR Bill Robertson AJS 40 0 97 GBR John Simmonds Matchless 42 0 98 GBR Maurice Gittins Norton 43 0 - NZL Hugh Anderson Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - GBR John Hartle Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - Rhodesia and Nyasaland William Van Leeuwen Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 - DEU Hans Pesl Norton Ret Ret 0 - GBR Chris Anderson Norton Ret 0 - GBR R. Bennett Norton Ret 0 - GBR Richard Brinnand Norton Ret 0 - NIR Ralph Bryans Norton Ret 0 - GBR Roly Capner BSA Ret 0 - USA Fred Chase Norton Ret 0 - ITA Artemio Cirelli Gilera Ret 0 - ITA Gianfranco Demeniconi Norton Ret 0 - GBR Graham Downes Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Peter Evans Matchless Ret 0 - GBR Harry Grant BSA Ret 0 - DEU Alois Huber BMW Ret 0 - NIR Len Ireland Norton Ret 0 - FRA Pierre James Norton Ret 0 - ITA Vasco Loro Norton Ret 0 - ITA Giuseppe Mantelli Gilera Ret 0 - GBR Peter Middleton Norton Ret 0 - ITA Gilberto Milani Norton Ret 0 - GBR George Northwood Norton Ret 0 - DEU Karl Recktenwald Norton Ret 0 - GBR Ralph Rensen Norton Ret 0 - AUT Ladislaus Richter Norton Ret 0 - ITA Renzo Rossi Gilera Ret 0 - GBR Derek Russell Norton Ret 0 - DEU Walter Scheimann Norton Ret 0 - GBR Douglas Smith Matchless Ret 0 - AUS Graham Smith Norton Ret 0 - GBR Lewis Young Norton Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike GERDEU FRAFRA MANGBR HOLNLD BELBEL DDRDDR ULSUlster NACITA SWESWE ARGARG PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap 350cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Rhodesia MV Agusta 32 4 2 TCH František Šťastný Czechoslovakia Jawa 26 2 3 TCH Gustav Havel Czechoslovakia Jawa 19 0 4 GBR Phil Read United Kingdom Norton 13 1 5 GBR Bob McIntyre United Kingdom Bianchi 10 0 6 AUT Rudi Thalhammer Austria Norton 7 0 = GBR Ralph Rensen United Kingdom Norton 7 0 8 GBR Alistair King United Kingdom Bianchi 6 0 = GBR Mike Hailwood United Kingdom MV Agusta 6 0 10 ITA Ernesto Brambilla Italy Bianchi 5 0 = GBR Alan Shepherd United Kingdom AJS 5 0 12 GBR Tommy Robb United Kingdom AJS 4 0 13 GBR Derek Minter United Kingdom Norton 3 0 14 FRG Hans Pesl West Germany Norton 2 0 = ITA Silvio Grassetti Italy Benelli 2 0 = GBR Ron Langston United Kingdom AJS 2 0 17 GBR Frank Perris United Kingdom Norton 2 0 = CAN 1957 Mike Duff Canada AJS 2 0 19 GBR Roy Ingram United Kingdom Norton 1 0 = AUT Bert Schneider Austria Norton 1 0 = NZL Hugh Anderson New Zealand Norton 1 0 250cc Standings Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins 1 GBR Mike Hailwood United Kingdom Honda 44 4 2 AUS Tom Phillis Australia Honda 38 2 3 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Rhodesia Honda 36 2 4 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi Japan Honda 29 1 5 GBR Bob McIntyre United Kingdom Honda 14 1 6 ITA Tarquinio Provini Italy Morini 10 0 7 ITA Silvio Grassetti Italy Benelli 10 0 8 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Gary Hocking Rhodesia MV Agusta 8 1 9 JPN Fumio Ito Japan Yamaha 7 0 10 CHE Luigi Taveri Switzerland Honda 6 0 11 GBR Alan Shepherd United Kingdom MZ 6 0 = TCH František Šťastný Czechoslovakia Jawa 6 0 13 DDR Ernst Degner East Germany MZ 3 0 = JPN Sadao Shimazaki Japan Honda 3 0 15 DDR Hans Fischer East Germany MZ 3 0 16 JPN Naomi Taniguchi Japan Honda 2 0 17 GBR Dan Shorey United Kingdom NSU 1 0 = JPN Yoshikazu Sunako Japan Yamaha 1 0 = DDR Werner Musiol East Germany MZ 1 0 125cc Riders' standings Pos. Rider Bike ESPESP FRGFRG FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL GDRGDR ULSNIR NATITA SWESWE ARGARG Pts 1 AUS Tom Phillis Honda 1 1F 3 1F 2F 2 3F 4F 6 1F 44 (56) 2 DDR Ernst Degner MZ 2 1F 2F 4 1 2 1 42 (45) 3 CHE Luigi Taveri Honda 5 5 2F 1 DSQ 6 3 1F 30 (31) 4 Rhodesia and Nyasaland Jim Redman Honda 3 3 4 2 3 6 4 5 3 2 28 (37) 5 JPN Kunimitsu Takahashi Honda 6 6 3F 1 2 3 246 GBR Mike Hailwood EMC 4F 416 Honda 1 5 7 GBR Alan Shepherd MZ 2 3 5 12 8 DDR Walter Brehme MZ 3 6 5 7 9 JPN Teisuke Tanaka Honda 2 6 10 DDR Werner Musiol MZ 5 4 5 10 JPN Sadao Shimazaki Honda 5 4 5 12 DDR Hans Fischer MZ 4 3 12 GBR Phil Read EMC 4 3 12 HUN László Szabó MZ 4 3 15 GBR John Grace Bultaco 5 2 15 SWE Ulf Svensson Ducati 5 2 15 JPN Naomi Taniguchi Honda 5 2 18 GBR Rex Avery EMC 6 6 2 19 ESP 1945 Ricardo Quintanilla Bultaco 6 1 19 GBR Ralph Rensen Bultaco 6 1 19 ARG Héctor Pochettino Bultaco 6 1 Pos. Rider Bike ESPESP FRGFRG FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL GDRGDR ULSNIR NATITA SWESWE ARGARG Pts Constructors' standings Each constructor is awarded the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race. Pos. Constructor ESPESP FRGFRG FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL GDRGDR ULSNIR NATITA SWESWE ARGARG Pts 1 JPN Honda 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 48 (78) 2 GDR MZ 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 4 42 (52) 3 GBR EMC 4 4 4 6 10 4 ESP 1945 Bultaco 5 6 6 4 5 ITA Ducati 5 2 Pos. Constructor ESPESP FRGFRG FRAFRA MANIOM NEDNLD BELBEL GDRGDR ULSNIR NATITA SWESWE ARGARG Pts References Haefliger Werner FIM MotoGP Results 1949–2023 Guide Lightweight class 41–44 978-2-9701086-8-9 2024 Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. 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