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.
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1961, grand, prix, motorcycle, racing, season, 1961, grand, prix, motorcycle, racing, season, previous, 1960, next, 1962, 13th, road, racing, world, championship, grand, prix, season, season, consisted, eleven, grand, prix, races, five, classes, 500cc, 350cc, . 1961 F I M Grand Prix motorcycle racing season Previous 1960 Next 1962 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 Contents 1 1961 Grand Prix season calendar 2 Standings 2 1 Scoring system 2 1 1 500cc final standings 2 2 350cc Standings 2 3 250cc Standings 2 4 125cc Standings 3 References1961 Grand Prix season calendar EditRound Date Grand Prix Circuit 125cc winner 250cc winner 350cc winner 500cc winner Sidecars 500cc winner Report1 23 April Spanish Grand Prix Montjuic circuit Tom Phillis Gary Hocking Fath Wohlgemuth Report2 14 May West German Grand Prix Hockenheimring Ernst Degner Kunimitsu Takahashi Frantisek Stastny Gary Hocking Deubel Horner Report3 21 May French Grand Prix Charade Circuit Tom Phillis Tom Phillis Gary Hocking Scheidegger Burkhardt Report4 12 June Isle of Man TT Snaefell Mountain Mike Hailwood Mike Hailwood Phil Read Mike Hailwood Deubel Horner Report5 24 June Dutch TT TT Circuit Assen Tom Phillis Mike Hailwood Gary Hocking Gary Hocking Deubel Horner Report6 2 July Belgian Grand Prix Spa Francorchamps Luigi Taveri Jim Redman Gary Hocking Scheidegger Burkhardt Report7 30 July East German Grand Prix Sachsenring Ernst Degner Mike Hailwood Gary Hocking Gary Hocking Report8 12 August Ulster Grand Prix Dundrod Circuit Kunimitsu Takahashi Bob McIntyre Gary Hocking Gary Hocking Report9 3 September Nations Grand Prix Monza Ernst Degner Jim Redman Gary Hocking Mike Hailwood Report10 17 September Swedish Grand Prix Rabelovsbanan Luigi Taveri Mike Hailwood Frantisek Stastny Gary Hocking Report11 15 October Argentine Grand Prix Buenos Aires Tom Phillis Tom Phillis Jorge Kissling ReportStandings EditScoring system Edit 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 1500cc final standings Edit Pos Rider Machine GER FRA MAN HOL BEL DDR ULS NAC SWE ARG Pts1 Gary Hocking MV Agusta 1 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 Ret 1 48 56 2 Mike Hailwood Norton MV Agusta 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 40 55 3 Frank Perris Norton 2 5 Ret Ret 3 3 164 Bob McIntyre Norton 2 3 3 145 Alistair King Norton 4 3 2 Ret 136 Bert Schneider Norton 18 Ret 3 5 4 97 Jorge Kissling Matchless 1 88 Ron Langston Matchless 5 5 4 Ret 79 Juan Carlos Salatino Norton 2 610 Paddy Driver Norton Ret Ret 6 Ret 3 511 Mike Duff Matchless 14 4 10 5 512 Hans Gunter Jager BMW Norton 3 8 413 Tom Phillis Norton 3 Ret 414 Antoine Paba Norton 3 415 John Farnsworth Matchless Norton 38 4 9 Ret 316 Phil Read Norton Ret 4 Ret 317 Gyula Marsovszky Norton 4 Ret 318 Alberto Pagani Norton 4 3 Juan Perkins Norton 4 320 Jack Findlay Norton DNS DNS 8 5 8 6 Ret 321 Ernst Hiller BMW Matchless 5 19 Ret 11 Ret 222 Peter Chatterton Norton 20 5 223 Fritz Masserli Matchless 5 44 224 Eduardo Salatino Norton 5 225 Peter Pawson Matchless Norton 8 Ret 7 6 126 Roland Foll Matchless 8 6 Ret 11 127 Lothar John BMW 6 10 14 9 10 128 Ron Miles Norton 12 6 NEL 129 Tom Thorp Norton 13 6 130 Anssi Resko Norton Matchless 6 11 131 Horacio Costas Norton 6 1 Tony Godfrey Norton 6 133 Karl Hoppe Norton Ret 7 11 7 034 Tommy Robb Matchless Ret 7 8 035 Roy Ingram Norton 7 10 Ret 036 Vernon Cottle Norton 7 21 11 12 037 Rudi Thalhammer Norton 11 7 038 Tommy Robinson Norton 7 Ret 039 Raphael Orinel Norton 7 040 Trevor Pound Norton 8 9 041 Jacques Insermini Norton 12 11 Ret 8 Ret 042 Louis Bernagozzi Norton 8 043 Rudolf Glaser Norton Ret Ret 15 9 Ret 044 Edy Lenz Norton 45 9 045 Ellis Boyce Norton 9 Ret 046 Rene Goetz BSA 9 0 Klaus Hamelmann Norton 9 048 Heinz Kauert Matchless 10 Ret 0 Toni Schmitz Norton Ret Ret 10 050 Georges Comy Norton 10 0 Fred Stevens Norton 10 0 Roberto Vigorito Norton 10 053 Peter Horton Norton 11 Ret 0 Jack Bullock Norton 11 055 Alf Shaw Norton 41 12 056 Geoffrey Tanner Norton Ret Ret 12 057 Dan Shorey Norton Ret 12 058 Joachim Claus Norton 12 0 Bruno Hofmann Norton 12 0 Benedetto Zambotti Gilera 12 061 Anton Elbersen BMW 13 0 Sven Olov Gunnarsson Norton 13 0 Tommy Holmes Matchless 13 0 Emanuele Maugliani Gilera 13 0 Johannes Muller Norton 13 0 Jules Nies Norton 13 067 Joop Vegelzang Norton 14 15 068 Bror Erland Carlsson Matchless AJS Ret 14 069 Alfonz Breznik Gilera 14 0 Jimmy Jones Norton 14 071 John Brown Norton 15 0 Anthony Horton Norton 15 0 Brian Setchell Norton 15 074 Campbell Donaghy BSA 16 0 Derek Powell Matchless 16 076 Martin Brosnan Norton 17 0 Bill Smith Matchless 17 078 Dennis Craig Matchless 37 18 079 George Catlin Matchless 19 080 Billy McCosh Matchless 22 081 Monty Buxton Norton 23 082 Don Chapman Norton 24 Ret 083 Mike O Rourke Norton 25 084 George Purvis Matchless 26 085 Arthur Wheeler Matchless 27 086 Harold Riley BSA 28 087 Den Jarman AJS 29 088 Derek Minter Norton 30 089 Louis Carr Norton 31 090 Alan Dugdale Matchless 32 091 Ronald Cousins Norton 33 092 Geoff Eccles BSA 34 093 Dave Wildman AJS 35 094 Billy Andersson AJS 36 095 Albert Moule Norton 39 096 Bill Robertson AJS 40 097 John Simmonds Matchless 42 098 Maurice Gittins Norton 43 0 Hugh Anderson Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 John Hartle Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 William Van Leeuwen Norton Ret Ret Ret 0 Hans Pesl Norton Ret Ret 0 Chris Anderson Norton Ret 0 R Bennett Norton Ret 0 Richard Brinnand Norton Ret 0 Ralph Bryans Norton Ret 0 Roly Capner BSA Ret 0 Fred Chase Norton Ret 0 Artemio Cirelli Gilera Ret 0 Gianfranco Demeniconi Norton Ret 0 Graham Downes Matchless Ret 0 Peter Evans Matchless Ret 0 Harry Grant BSA Ret 0 Alois Huber BMW Ret 0 Len Ireland Norton Ret 0 Pierre James Norton Ret 0 Vasco Loro Norton Ret 0 Giuseppe Mantelli Gilera Ret 0 Peter Middleton Norton Ret 0 Gilberto Milani Norton Ret 0 George Northwood Norton Ret 0 Karl Recktenwald Norton Ret 0 Ralph Rensen Norton Ret 0 Ladislaus Richter Norton Ret 0 Renzo Rossi Gilera Ret 0 Derek Russell Norton Ret 0 Walter Scheimann Norton Ret 0 Douglas Smith Matchless Ret 0 Graham Smith Norton Ret 0 Lewis Young Norton Ret 0Pos Rider Bike GER FRA MAN HOL BEL DDR ULS NAC SWE ARG Pts Colour ResultGold WinnerSilver Second placeBronze Third placeGreen Points finishBlue Non points finishNon classified finish NC Purple Retired Ret Red Did not qualify DNQ Did not pre qualify DNPQ Black Disqualified DSQ White Did not start DNS Withdrew WD Race cancelled C Blank Did not practice DNP Did not arrive DNA Excluded EX Bold PoleItalics Fastest Lap350cc Standings Edit Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins1 Gary Hocking Rhodesia MV Agusta 32 42 Frantisek Stastny Czechoslovakia Jawa 26 23 Gustav Havel Czechoslovakia Jawa 19 04 Phil Read United Kingdom Norton 13 15 Bob McIntyre United Kingdom Bianchi 10 06 Rudi Thalhammer Austria Norton 7 0 Ralph Rensen United Kingdom Norton 7 08 Alistair King United Kingdom Bianchi 6 0 Mike Hailwood United Kingdom MV Agusta 6 010 Ernesto Brambilla Italy Bianchi 5 0 Alan Shepherd United Kingdom AJS 5 012 Tommy Robb United Kingdom AJS 4 013 Derek Minter United Kingdom Norton 3 014 Hans Pesl West Germany Norton 2 0 Silvio Grassetti Italy Benelli 2 0 Ron Langston United Kingdom AJS 2 017 Frank Perris United Kingdom Norton 2 0 Mike Duff Canada AJS 2 019 Roy Ingram United Kingdom Norton 1 0 Bert Schneider Austria Norton 1 0 Hugh Anderson New Zealand Norton 1 0250cc Standings Edit Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins1 Mike Hailwood United Kingdom Honda 44 42 Tom Phillis Australia Honda 38 23 Jim Redman Rhodesia Honda 36 24 Kunimitsu Takahashi Japan Honda 29 15 Bob McIntyre United Kingdom Honda 14 16 Tarquinio Provini Italy Morini 10 07 Silvio Grassetti Italy Benelli 10 08 Gary Hocking Rhodesia MV Agusta 8 19 Fumio Ito Japan Yamaha 7 010 Luigi Taveri Switzerland Honda 6 011 Alan Shepherd United Kingdom MZ 6 0 Frantisek Stastny Czechoslovakia Jawa 6 013 Ernst Degner East Germany MZ 3 0 Sadao Shimazaki Japan Honda 3 015 Hans Fischer East Germany MZ 3 016 Naomi Taniguchi Japan Honda 2 017 Dan Shorey United Kingdom NSU 1 0 Yoshikazu Sunako Japan Yamaha 1 0 Werner Musiol East Germany MZ 1 0125cc Standings Edit Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins1 Tom Phillis Australia Honda 44 42 Ernst Degner East Germany MZ 42 33 Luigi Taveri Switzerland Honda 29 24 Jim Redman Rhodesia Honda 28 05 Kunimitsu Takahashi Japan Honda 24 16 Mike Hailwood United Kingdom EMC Honda 16 17 Alan Shepherd United Kingdom MZ 12 08 Walter Brehme East Germany MZ 7 09 Teisuke Tanaka Japan Honda 6 010 Sadao Shimazaki Japan Honda 5 0 Werner Musiol East Germany MZ 5 012 Hans Fischer East Germany MZ 3 0 Phil Read United Kingdom EMC 3 0 Laszlo Szabo Hungary MZ 3 015 John Grace United Kingdom Bultaco 2 0 Ulf Svensson Sweden Ducati 2 0 Naomi Taniguchi Japan Honda 2 018 Rex Avery United Kingdom EMC 2 019 Ricardo Quintanilla Spain Bultaco 1 0 Ralph Rensen United Kingdom Bultaco 1 0 Hector Pochettino Argentina Bultaco 1 0References EditBula Maurice amp Schertenleib Jean Claude 2001 Continental Circus 1949 2000 Chronosports S A ISBN 2 940125 32 5 The Official MotoGP website Retrieved 2010 07 06 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season amp oldid 1129902619, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
