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, 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.[1]
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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 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 1 Contents 1 1971 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 125cc final standings 2 1971 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings 3 1971 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings 4 1971 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings 5 1971 Isle of Man Sidecar 500cc TT final standings 6 Non championship races 6 1 1971 Isle of Man Production 750 cc TT final standings 6 2 1971 Isle of Man Production 500 cc TT final standings 6 3 1971 Isle of Man Sidecar 750cc TT final standings 6 4 1971 Isle of Man Production 250 cc TT final standings 6 5 1971 Isle of Man Formula 1 750 cc TT final standings 7 References 8 External links1971 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 125cc final standings Edit3 Laps 113 00 Miles Mountain Course Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points1 Chas Mortimer United Kingdom Yamaha 83 91 mph 1 20 54 0 152 Borje Jansson Sweden Maico 81 83 mph 1 23 43 6 123 John Kiddie United Kingdom Honda 76 14 mph 1 29 12 2 104 Peter Courtney United Kingdom Yamaha 75 92 mph 1 29 28 2 85 Nev Watts United Kingdom Honda 75 70 mph 1 29 43 6 66 C Ward United Kingdom Maico 74 14 mph 1 30 23 6 57 F C Smart United Kingdom Honda 74 96 mph 1 30 36 6 48 Lindsay Porter United Kingdom Honda 73 99 mph 1 31 48 2 39 Bill Rae United Kingdom Maico 73 19 mph 1 32 48 4 210 John Pearson United Kingdom Bultaco 72 97 mph 1 33 05 0 1DNF Barry Sheene United Kingdom Suzuki1971 Isle of Man Lightweight TT 250cc final standings Edit4 Laps 150 92 Miles Mountain Course Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points1 Phil Read Britain Yamaha 98 02 mph 1 32 23 3 152 Barry Randle Britain Yamaha 93 75 mph 1 34 27 6 123 Alan Barnett Britain Yamaha 95 09 mph 1 35 02 0 104 Rod Gould Britain Yamaha 95 09 mph 1 35 14 0 85 Bill Henderson Britain Yamaha 94 32 mph 1 36 01 2 66 Gyula Marsovsky Switzerland Yamaha 94 04 mph 1 36 18 0 57 Peter Berwick United Kingdom Yamaha 93 65 mph 1 36 42 6 48 Ian Richards United Kingdom Yamaha 93 47 mph 1 36 53 4 39 Borje Jansson Sweden Yamasaki 93 39 mph 1 36 50 0 210 Gordon Pantall United Kingdom Yamaha 93 35 mph 1 37 00 8 11971 Isle of Man Junior TT 350cc final standings Edit5 Laps 188 65 Miles Mountain Course Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points1 Tony Jefferies United Kingdom Yamsel 89 81 mph 2 05 48 6 152 Gordon Pantall United Kingdom Yamaha 89 55 mph 2 06 25 0 123 Bill Smith United Kingdom Honda 89 81 mph 2 07 40 8 104 John Williams United Kingdom AJS 88 94 mph 2 07 17 0 85 Mick Chatterton United Kingdom Yamaha 87 38 mph 2 09 33 6 66 Gerry Mateer United Kingdom Aermacchi 87 18 mph 2 09 51 8 57 Mick Grant United Kingdom Yamaha 86 50 mph 2 28 30 6 48 Billy Guthrie United Kingdom Yamaha 86 31 mph 2 11 09 0 39 Gunter Bartusch East Germany MZ 86 15 mph 2 11 24 2 210 Peter Berwick United Kingdom Suzuki 85 90 mph 2 11 47 2 11971 Isle of Man Senior TT 500cc final standings Edit6 Laps 236 38 Miles Mountain Course Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points1 Giacomo Agostini Italy MV Agusta 102 49 mph 2 12 24 4 152 Peter Williams United Kingdom Matchless 98 40 mph 2 18 03 0 123 Frank Perris United Kingdom Suzuki 96 51 mph 2 20 45 4 104 Selwyn Griffiths United Kingdom Matchless 95 03 mph 2 22 57 4 85 Gordon Pantall United Kingdom Kawasaki 95 02 mph 2 22 57 6 66 Roger Sutcliffe United Kingdom Matchless 94 38 mph 2 23 56 2 57 Keith Turner New Zealand Suzuki 94 08 mph 2 24 23 2 48 Charlie Sanby United Kingdom Seeley 93 04 mph 2 26 00 8 39 Tom Dickie United Kingdom Matchless 92 82 mph 2 26 21 2 210 Hans Otto Butenuth Germany BMW 92 81 mph 2 26 21 8 11971 Isle of Man Sidecar 500cc TT final standings Edit3 Laps 113 00 Miles Mountain Course Place Rider Number Country Machine Speed Time Points1 Siegfried Schauzu W Kalauch West Germany BMW 86 21 mph 1 18 47 6 152 Georg Auerbacher H Hahn West Germany BMW 86 10 mph 1 18 53 2 123 Arsenius Butscher J Huber West Germany BMW 81 31 mph 1 23 32 6 104 Jeff Gawley G Alcock United Kingdom Yamaha 80 22 mph 1 24 40 8 85 Richard Wegener A Heinrichs West Germany BMW 80 15 mph 1 24 44 6 66 Chris Vincent M Casey United Kingdom BSA 79 19 mph 1 25 40 6 57 Dick Hawes amp J P Mann United Kingdom Seely 76 37 mph 1 28 56 2 48 Robin Williams amp Jack McPherson United Kingdom Triumph 75 47 mph 1 30 00 6 39 J Mines amp G Davis United Kingdom Matchless 75 25 mph 1 30 46 0 210 Peter Brown amp F Holden United Kingdom BSA 74 62 mph 1 31 01 8 1Non championship races Edit1971 Isle of Man Production 750 cc TT final standings Edit 3 Laps 113 00 Miles Mountain Course Rank Rider Team Speed Time1 Ray Pickrell Triumph 100 07 mph 1 30 30 22 Tony Jefferies Triumph 98 38 mph 1 30 03 03 Bob Heath BSA 97 08 mph 1 33 17 44 Hans Otto Butenuth BMW 93 75 mph 1 36 36 05 David Nixon Triumph 93 02 mph 1 37 21 06 B J Clark Norton 92 97 mph 1 37 24 67 Tom Dickie BMW 91 08 mph 1 39 26 08 Keith Heckles Norton 86 11 mph 1 45 10 89 Tony Anderson BMW 85 81 mph 1 45 32 010 Peter Darvill Honda 80 51 mph 1 52 29 41971 Isle of Man Production 500 cc TT final standings Edit 3 Laps 113 00 Miles Mountain Course Rank Rider Team Speed Time1 John Williams Honda 91 04 mph 1 39 28 82 Graham Penny Honda 89 09 mph 1 41 39 63 A T Cooper Suzuki 86 63 mph 1 44 32 84 Graham Bailey Suzuki 86 42 mph 1 44 47 85 Tom Loughridge Suzuki 85 34 mph 1 46 07 46 Martyn Ashwood Suzuki 85 34 mph 1 46 07 67 Danny Shimmin Suzuki 84 39 mph 1 47 21 68 P Jones Suzuki 81 67 mph 1 50 53 29 Bill Milne Kawasaki 80 55 mph 1 52 26 01971 Isle of Man Sidecar 750cc TT final standings Edit 3 Laps 113 00 Miles Mountain Course Rank Rider Team Speed Time1 Georg Auerbacher H Hahn BMW 86 86 mph 1 18 12 02 A J Samson D A Jose Triumph 82 50 mph 1 22 20 23 R Williamson J McPherson Weslake 82 25 mph 1 23 50 04 R Woodhouse D Woodhouse Honda 81 91 mph 1 22 55 05 D Wood D Coomber Norton 81 19 mph 1 23 39 86 D Plummer M Brett Triumph 80 77 mph 1 24 05 67 B Currie M Scott Triumph 80 60 mph 1 24 16 28 M Potter P J Burleigh BSA 80 18 mph 1 24 43 49 D Hawes J P Mann Seeley 80 09 mph 1 24 48 610 A Methersill M Mitchinson AMS 79 52 mph 1 25 24 81971 Isle of Man Production 250 cc TT final standings Edit 3 Laps 113 00 Miles Mountain Course Rank Rider Team Speed Time1 Bill Smith Honda 84 14 mph 1 47 43 62 Charlie Williams Yamaha 84 04 mph 1 47 52 03 Tommy Robb Honda 82 49 mph 1 49 47 64 Peter Berwick Suzuki 81 27 mph 1 51 26 45 Gordon Daniels Suzuki 81 09 mph 1 51 41 46 Lindsay Porter Suzuki 79 14 mph 1 54 26 67 Roy Simmons Suzuki 76 53 mph 1 58 20 08 Jim Evans Montesa 74 44 mph 2 01 20 89 Bill Barker Honda 72 25 mph 2 05 21 01971 Isle of Man Formula 1 750 cc TT final standings Edit 3 Laps 113 00 Miles Mountain Course Rank Rider Team Speed Time1 Tony Jefferies Triumph 102 85 mph 1 06 02 02 Ray Pickrell BSA 102 81 mph 1 06 28 03 Peter Williams Norton 101 22 mph 1 07 06 24 B J Clark Yamaha 96 76 mph 1 10 12 05 Dudley P Robinson Yamaha 96 39 mph 1 10 28 26 David Nixon Triumph 95 64 mph 1 11 01 07 Bill Smith Kawasaki 95 37 mph 1 11 13 28 Tom Dickie BMW 92 38 mph 1 13 31 49 Peter Darvill Honda 85 81 mph 1 13 44 610 Charlie Dobson Norton 91 67 mph 1 14 06 0References Edit Source www iomtt comExternal links EditDetailed race results Mountain Course map Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1971 Isle of Man TT amp oldid 1074339614, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
