1971 Isle of Man TT

Annual motorcycle racing event March 2018 March 2018 The 1971 Isle of Man TT was a motorcycle event held on 12 June 1971, on the 37-mile Snaefell Mountain course on the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland. It was the third round of the F.I.M. 1971 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season (now MotoGP). The unbelievable happened in 1971 - Agostini's MV broke down on the first lap of the Junior. The crowd cheered when it was announced that the Italian had stopped at Ramsey with engine problems. His demise produced a dramatic race in which many of the favourites either crashed or broke down. Yamaha's Phil Read led Alan Barnett, Rod Gould and Dudley Robinson at the end of the first lap. Gould then crashed at Quarterbridge, but continued. On lap three Barnett came off at Glen Helen, and a lap later Read retired with chassis problems. With one lap to go Robinson led Yorkshireman Tony Jefferies, riding a Yamsel, but he crashed at Rhencullen, so Jefferies came home with 37 seconds to spare from newcomers Gordon Pantall, with Bill Smith third. Agostini had no such problems in the Senior, which was postponed by a day because of bad weather. Despite spending nearly two minutes in the pits to rectify carburation problems, he won comfortably from Peter Williams (Arter Matchless) and Frank Perris on a Suzuki. The Yamaha twins dominated the 250cc race, which was reduced to four laps. Phil Read led all the way when his main challenger Peter Williams's MZ expired at the end of the first lap. Barry Randle and Alan Barnett completed a Yamaha clean sweep. Barry Sheene made his one and only TT appearance in the 125cc race, (Sheene also competed in the 250cc Production race on a Crooks Suzuki) but slipped off his Suzuki at Quarterbridge on the second lap while lying second in appalling conditions. The race was won by Chas Mortimer, riding a Yamaha, at the slowest 125cc average on the Mountain Course since 1953. A new three-lap Formula 750 race was introduced to provide a class to accommodate the popular British 750cc racing machines. Tony Jefferies led throughout on a works Triumph after a splendid battle with the BSA of Ray Pickrell and the Norton of Peter Williams. Pickrell gained revenge in the 750cc class of the Production race. Riding a Triumph, he was involved in a tremendous duel with Williams until the Norton stopped on the third lap at the Bungalow. Pickrell was a comfortable winner from Jefferies and the BSA of Bob Heath. John Williams and Bill Smith brought Honda success in both the 500 and 250cc classes with dominant victories. Siggi Schauzu won his fifth TT after a superb duel with BMW teammate George Auerbacher in the World Championship sidecar race. Earlier in the week Auerbacher had secured his first TT victory in the 750cc sidecar event after ten years of trying. Schauzu broke the lap record from a standing start but dropped out on the second lap.Source: www.iomtt.com 1971 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 125cc final standings 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course. Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points 1 UK Chas Mortimer United Kingdom Yamaha 83.91 mph 1:20.54.0 15 2 Sweden Börje Jansson Sweden Maico 81.83 mph 1:23.43.6 12 3 UK John Kiddie United Kingdom Honda 76.14 mph 1:29.12.2 10 4 UK Peter Courtney United Kingdom Yamaha 75.92 mph 1:29.28.2 8 5 UK Nev Watts United Kingdom Honda 75.70 mph 1:29.43.6 6 6 UK C.Ward United Kingdom Maico 74.14 mph 1:30.23.6 5 7United Kingdom F.C. Smart United Kingdom Honda 74.96 mph 1.30.36.6 4 8United Kingdom Lindsay Porter United Kingdom Honda 73.99 mph 1.31.48.2 3 9United Kingdom Bill Rae United Kingdom Maico 73.19 mph 1.32.48.4 2 10United Kingdom John Pearson United Kingdom Bultaco 72.97 mph 1.33.05.0 1 DNFUnited Kingdom Barry Sheene United Kingdom Suzuki 1971 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings 4 Laps (150.92 Miles) Mountain Course. Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points 1 UK Phil Read Britain Yamaha 98.02 mph 1:32.23.3 15 2 UK Barry Randle Britain Yamaha 93.75 mph 1:34.27.6 12 3 UK Alan Barnett Britain Yamaha 95.09 mph 1:35.02.0 10 4 UK Rod Gould Britain Yamaha 95.09 mph 1:35.14.0 8 5 UK Bill Henderson Britain Yamaha 94.32 mph 1:36.01.2 6 6 Switzerland Gyula Marsovsky Switzerland Yamaha 94.04 mph 1:36.18.0 5 7 UK Peter Berwick United Kingdom Yamaha 93.65 mph 1:36.42.6 4 8 UK Ian Richards United Kingdom Yamaha 93.47 mph 1:36.53.4 3 9 Sweden Börje Jansson Sweden Yamasaki 93.39 mph 1:36.50.0 2 10 UK Gordon Pantall United Kingdom Yamaha 93.35 mph 1:37.00.8 1 1971 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings 5 Laps (188.65 Miles) Mountain Course. Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points 1 UK Tony Jefferies United Kingdom Yamsel 89.81 mph 2:05.48.6 15 2 UK Gordon Pantall United Kingdom Yamaha 89.55 mph 2:06.25.0 12 3 UK Bill Smith United Kingdom Honda 89.81 mph 2:07.40.8 10 4 UK John Williams United Kingdom AJS 88.94 mph 2:07.17.0 8 5 UK Mick Chatterton United Kingdom Yamaha 87.38 mph 2:09.33.6 6 6 UK Gerry Mateer United Kingdom Aermacchi 87.18 mph 2:09.51.8 5 7 UK Mick Grant United Kingdom Yamaha 86.50 mph 2:28.30.6 4 8 UK Billy Guthrie United Kingdom Yamaha 86.31 mph 2:11.09.0 3 9 East Germany Günter Bartusch East Germany MZ 86.15 mph 2:11.24.2 2 10 United Kingdom Peter Berwick United Kingdom Suzuki 85.90 mph 2:11.47.2 1 1971 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings 6 Laps (236.38 Miles) Mountain Course. Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points 1 Italy Giacomo Agostini Italy MV Agusta 102.49 mph 2:12.24.4 15 2 UK Peter Williams United Kingdom Matchless 98.40 mph 2:18.03.0 12 3 UK Frank Perris United Kingdom Suzuki 96.51 mph 2:20.45.4 10 4 Wales Selwyn Griffiths United Kingdom Matchless 95.03 mph 2:22.57.4 8 5 UK Gordon Pantall United Kingdom Kawasaki 95.02 mph 2:22.57.6 6 6 UK Roger Sutcliffe United Kingdom Matchless 94.38 mph 2:23.56.2 5 7 NZ Keith Turner New Zealand Suzuki 94.08 mph 2:24.23.2 4 8 UK Charlie Sanby United Kingdom Seeley 93.04 mph 2:26.00.8 3 9 UK Tom Dickie United Kingdom Matchless 92.82 mph 2:26.21.2 2 10 Germany Hans-Otto Butenuth Germany BMW 92.81 mph 2:26.21.8 1 1971 Isle of Man Sidecar 500cc TT final standings 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course. Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points 1 West Germany Siegfried Schauzu/W.Kalauch West Germany BMW 86.21 mph 1:18.47.6 15 2 West Germany Georg Auerbacher/H.Hahn West Germany BMW 86.10 mph 1:18.53.2 12 3 West Germany Arsenius Butscher/J.Huber West Germany BMW 81.31 mph 1:23.32.6 10 4 UK Jeff Gawley/G.Alcock United Kingdom Yamaha 80.22 mph 1:24.40.8 8 5 West Germany Richard Wegener/A.Heinrichs West Germany BMW 80.15 mph 1:24.44.6 6 6 UK Chris Vincent/M.Casey United Kingdom BSA 79.19 mph 1:25.40.6 5 7 UK Dick Hawes & J.P.Mann United Kingdom Seely 76.37 mph 1:28.56.2 4 8 UK Robin Williams & Jack McPherson United Kingdom Triumph 75.47 mph 1:30.00.6 3 9 UK J.Mines & G.Davis United Kingdom Matchless 75.25 mph 1:30.46.0 2 10 UK Peter Brown & F.Holden United Kingdom BSA 74.62 mph 1:31.01.8 1 Non-championship races 1971 Isle of Man Production 750 cc TT final standings 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course. Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Ray Pickrell Triumph 100.07 mph 1:30.30.2 2United Kingdom Tony Jefferies Triumph 98.38 mph 1:30.03.0 3United Kingdom Bob Heath BSA 97.08 mph 1:33.17.4 4West Germany Hans-Otto Butenuth BMW 93.75 mph 1:36.36.0 5United Kingdom David Nixon Triumph 93.02 mph 1:37.21.0 6United Kingdom B.J.Clark Norton 92.97 mph 1:37.24.6 7United Kingdom Tom Dickie BMW 91.08 mph 1:39.26.0 8United Kingdom Keith Heckles Norton 86.11 mph 1:45.10.8 9United Kingdom Tony Anderson BMW 85.81 mph 1:45.32.0 10United Kingdom Peter Darvill Honda 80.51 mph 1:52.29.4 1971 Isle of Man Production 500 cc TT final standings 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course. Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom John Williams Honda 91.04 mph 1:39.28.8 2United Kingdom Graham Penny Honda 89.09 mph 1:41.39.6 3United Kingdom A.T.Cooper Suzuki 86.63 mph 1:44.32.8 4United Kingdom Graham Bailey Suzuki 86.42 mph 1:44.47.8 5United Kingdom Tom Loughridge Suzuki 85.34 mph 1:46.07.4 6United Kingdom Martyn Ashwood Suzuki 85.34 mph 1:46.07.6 7Isle of Man Danny Shimmin Suzuki 84.39 mph 1:47.21.6 8United Kingdom P.Jones Suzuki 81.67 mph 1:50.53.2 9United Kingdom Bill Milne Kawasaki 80.55 mph 1:52.26.0 1971 Isle of Man Sidecar 750cc TT final standings 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course. Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1 West Germany Georg Auerbacher/H.Hahn BMW 86.86 mph 1.18.12.0 2United Kingdom A.J.Samson/D.A.Jose Triumph 82.50 mph 1.22.20.2 3United Kingdom R.Williamson/J.McPherson Weslake 82.25 mph 1.23.50.0 4United Kingdom R.Woodhouse/D.Woodhouse Honda 81.91 mph 1.22.55.0 5United Kingdom D.Wood/D.Coomber Norton 81.19 mph 1.23.39.8 6United Kingdom D.Plummer/M.Brett Triumph 80.77 mph 1.24.05.6 7United Kingdom B.Currie/M.Scott Triumph 80.60 mph 1.24.16.2 8United Kingdom M.Potter/P.J.Burleigh BSA 80.18 mph 1.24.43.4 9United Kingdom D.Hawes/J.P.Mann Seeley 80.09 mph 1.24.48.6 10United Kingdom A.Methersill/M.Mitchinson AMS 79.52 mph 1.25.24.8 1971 Isle of Man Production 250 cc TT final standings 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course. Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Bill Smith Honda 84.14 mph 1:47.43.6 2United Kingdom Charlie Williams Yamaha 84.04 mph 1:47.52.0 3Northern Ireland Tommy Robb Honda 82.49 mph 1:49.47.6 4United Kingdom Peter Berwick Suzuki 81.27 mph 1:51.26.4 5United Kingdom Gordon Daniels Suzuki 81.09 mph 1:51.41.4 6United Kingdom Lindsay Porter Suzuki 79.14 mph 1:54.26.6 7United Kingdom Roy Simmons Suzuki 76.53 mph 1:58.20.0 8United Kingdom Jim Evans Montesa 74.44 mph 2:01.20.8 9United Kingdom Bill Barker Honda 72.25 mph 2:05.21.0 1971 Isle of Man Formula 1 750 cc TT final standings 3 Laps (113.00 Miles) Mountain Course. Rank Rider Team Speed Time 1United Kingdom Tony Jefferies Triumph 102.85 mph 1:06.02.0 2United Kingdom Ray Pickrell BSA 102.81 mph 1:06.28.0 3United Kingdom Peter Williams Norton 101.22 mph 1:07.06.2 4Canada B.J.Clark Yamaha 96.76 mph 1:10.12.0 5United Kingdom Dudley P.Robinson Yamaha 96.39 mph 1:10.28.2 6United Kingdom David Nixon Triumph 95.64 mph 1:11.01.0 7United Kingdom Bill Smith Kawasaki 95.37 mph 1:11.13.2 8United Kingdom Tom Dickie BMW 92.38 mph 1:13.31.4 9United Kingdom Peter Darvill Honda 85.81 mph 1:13.44.6 10United Kingdom Charlie Dobson Norton 91.67 mph 1:14.06.0 References External links Detailed race results Mountain Course map Isle of Man Tt Tourist Trophy Isle of Man TT Category:Isle of Man TT