1961 Isle of Man TT

The 1961 Isle of Man TT races, the fourth round of the 1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, involved five races on the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course on the Isle of Man. Three of the races were won by Mike Hailwood. He completed the six laps of the course in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 2.0 seconds at an average race speed of 100.61 mph to win the Senior TT race, after earlier winning the Ultra-Lightweight 125cc and Lightweight 250cc races[1] Phil Read won the 350cc Junior TT race, while Max Deubel and E.Hoerner won the Sidecar TT event.

  1. ^ Daily Mirror page 23 GREAT DOUBLE - HAIL MIKE ! Tuesday 13 June 1991 " Oxford motor cycling star Mike Hailwood and the Japanese Honda team. Mike 21, notched a brilliant double by winning both the 125 and 250cc T T races at record speeds on Honda machines."