# Campionat del Món de motociclisme de 1961

La temporada de 1961 del Campionat del món de motociclisme fou la 13a edició d'aquest campionat, organitzat per la FIM. El campionat va constar d'onze proves, una d'elles el Gran Premi d'Espanya al Circuit de Montjuïc. També va suposar el retorn del Gran Premi de Suècia i els primers Grans Premis a l'altra banda del Teló d'acer (a la República Democràtica Alemanya) i fora d'Europa (a l'Argentina).

## Grans Premis

Fonts:
| Cursa | Gran Premi | Circuit | Guanyador 125cc | Guanyador 250cc | Guanyador 350cc | Guanyador 500cc | Resultats |
| 1 | Gran Premi d'Espanya | Montjuïc | Tom Phillis | Gary Hocking | | | Resultat |
| 2 | Gran Premi d'Alemanya Occidental | Hockenheim | Ernst Degner | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Frantisek Stastny | Gary Hocking | Resultat |
| 3 | Gran Premi de França | Clermont-Ferrand | Tom Phillis | Tom Phillis | | Gary Hocking | Resultat |
| 4 | TT de l'Illa de Man | Illa de Man | Mike Hailwood | Mike Hailwood | Phil Read | Mike Hailwood | Resultat |
| 5 | TT d'Holanda | Assen | Tom Phillis | Mike Hailwood | Gary Hocking | Gary Hocking | Resultat |
| 6 | Gran Premi de Bèlgica | Spa | Luigi Taveri | Jim Redman | | Gary Hocking | Resultat |
| 7 | Gran Premi d'Alemanya Oriental | Sachsen | Ernst Degner | Mike Hailwood | Gary Hocking | Gary Hocking | Resultat |
| 8 | Gran Premi de l'Ulster | Dundrod | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Bob McIntyre | Gary Hocking | Gary Hocking | Resultat |
| 9 | Gran Premi de les Nacions | Monza | Ernst Degner | Jim Redman | Gary Hocking | Mike Hailwood | Resultat |
| 10 | Gran Premi de Suècia | Kristianstad | Luigi Taveri | Mike Hailwood | Frantisek Stastny | Gary Hocking | Resultat |
| 11 | Gran Premi de l'Argentina | Buenos Aires | Tom Phillis | Tom Phillis | | Jorge Kissling | Resultat |

## Campions del món

| Campió | 125cc | 250cc | 350cc | 500cc |
| Campió | Tom Phillis | Mike Hailwood | Gary Hocking | Gary Hocking |

## Sistema de puntuació

Barem de puntuació de 1950 a 1968:
| Posició | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Punts | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |

## 500 cc

| Pos | Pilot | Moto | GER | FRA | IOM | NED | BEL | DDR | ULS | NAT | SWE | ARG | Pts |
| 1 | Gary Hocking | MV Agusta | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 1 | | 48 |
| 2 | Mike Hailwood | Norton / MV Agusta | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | | 40 |
| 3 | Frank Perris | Norton | 2 | | | 5 | | Ret | | Ret | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | Bob McIntyre | Norton | | | 2 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | 14 |
| 5 | Alistair King | Norton | | | 4 | | | | 3 | 2 | Ret | | 13 |
| 6 | Bertie Schneider | Norton | | | 18 | Ret | | 3 | | 5 | 4 | | 9 |
| 7 | Jorge Kissling | Matchless | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Ron Langston | Matchless | | | 5 | | 5 | | 4 | | Ret | | 7 |
| 9 | Juan Carlos Salatino | Norton | | | | | | | | | | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Paddy Driver | Norton | Ret | | Ret | | 6 | Ret | | 3 | | | 5 |
| 11 | Mike Duff | Matchless | | | 14 | | 4 | | 10 | | 5 | | 5 |
| 12 | Hans-Günter Jäger | BMW / Norton | 3 | | | | | | | 8 | | | 4 |
| 13 | Tom Phillis | Norton | | | 3 | | | | Ret | | | | 4 |
| 14 | Antoine Paba | Norton | | 3 | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| 15 | John Farnsworth | Matchless / Norton | | | 38 | | | 4 | 9 | | Ret | | 3 |
| 16 | Phil Read | Norton | | | Ret | 4 | Ret | | | | | | 3 |
| 17 | Gyula Marsovszky | Norton | | 4 | Ret | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 18 | Alberto Pagani | Norton | | | | | | | | 4 | | | 3 |
| = | Juan Perkins | Norton | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | Jack Findlay | Norton | | | NVC | NVC | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | Ret | | 3 |
| 21 | Ernst Hiller | BMW / Matchless | 5 | | | 19 | Ret | | | 11 | Ret | | 2 |
| 22 | Derek Chatterton | Norton | | | 20 | | | | 5 | | | | 2 |
| 23 | Fritz Masserli | Matchless | | 5 | 44 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 24 | Eduardo Salatino | Norton | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 2 |
| 25 | Peter Pawson | Matchless / Norton | | | 8 | Ret | 7 | | | | 6 | | 1 |
| 26 | Roland Föll | Matchless | 8 | 6 | Ret | | | | | | 11 | | 1 |
| 27 | Lothar John | BMW | 6 | | | 10 | 14 | 9 | | | 10 | | 1 |
| 28 | Ron Miles | Norton | | | 12 | 6 | | | NEL | | | | 1 |
| 29 | Tom Thorp | Norton | | | 13 | | | | 6 | | | | 1 |
| 30 | Anssi Resko | Norton / Matchless | | | | | | 6 | 11 | | | | 1 |
| 31 | Horacio Costa | Norton | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 1 |
| = | Tony Godfrey | Norton | | | 6 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 33 | Karl Hoppe | Norton | Ret | | | 7 | 11 | | | 7 | | | 0 |
| 34 | Tommy Robb | Matchless | | | Ret | | | | 7 | | 8 | | 0 |
| 35 | Richard Ingram | Norton | | | 7 | | 10 | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 36 | Vernon Cottle | Norton | 7 | | 21 | | | 11 | | | 12 | | 0 |
| 37 | Rudolf Thalhammer | Norton | | | | 11 | | | | | 7 | | 0 |
| 38 | Tommy Robinson | Norton | | | | | | 7 | | | Ret | | 0 |
| 39 | Raphaël Orinel | Norton | | 7 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 40 | Trevor Pound | Norton | | | | 8 | 9 | | | | | | 0 |
| 41 | Jacques Insermini | Norton | 12 | 11 | | Ret | | 8 | | Ret | | | 0 |
| 42 | Louis Bernagozzi | Norton | | 8 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Rudolf Gläser | Norton | Ret | | Ret | 15 | | | | 9 | Ret | | 0 |
| 44 | Edy Lenz | Norton | | | 45 | | | | | | 9 | | 0 |
| 45 | Ellis Boyce | Norton | | | 9 | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 46 | Georges Goetz | BSA | | 9 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Klaus Hamelmann | Norton | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 48 | Heinz Kauert | Matchless | 10 | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Toni Schmitz | Norton | | | Ret | | | 10 | | | | | 0 |
| 50 | Georges Comy | Norton | | 10 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Fred Stevens | Norton | | | 10 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Roberto Vigorito | Norton | | | | | | | | 10 | | | 0 |
| 53 | Peter Horton | Norton | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jack Bullock | Norton | | | 11 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 55 | Alf Shaw | Norton | | | 41 | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Geoffrey Tanner | Norton | Ret | | Ret | 12 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 57 | Dan Shorey | Norton | | | Ret | | 12 | | | | | | 0 |
| 58 | Joachim Claus | Norton | | | | | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Bruno Hofmann | Norton | | 12 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Benedetto Zambotti | Gilera | | | | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| 61 | Anton Elbersen | BMW | | | | 13 | | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Sven-Olov Gunnarsson | Norton | | | | | | | | | 13 | | 0 |
| = | Tommy Holmes | Matchless | | | | | | | 13 | | | | 0 |
| = | Emanuele Maugliani | Gilera | | | | | | | | 13 | | | 0 |
| = | Johannes Müller | Norton | | | | | | 13 | | | | | 0 |
| = | Jules Nies | Norton | | | | | 13 | | | | | | 0 |
| 67 | Joop Vegelzang | Norton | | | | 14 | | | | | 15 | | 0 |
| 68 | Bror-Erland Carlsson | Matchless / AJS | | Ret | | | | | | | 14 | | 0 |
| 69 | Alfonz Breznik | Gilera | | | | | | | | 14 | | | 0 |
| = | Jimmy Jones | Norton | | | | | | | 14 | | | | 0 |
| 71 | John Brown | Norton | | | | | | | 15 | | | | 0 |
| = | Anthony Horton | Norton | | | | | 15 | | | | | | 0 |
| = | Brian Setchell | Norton | | | 15 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 74 | Campbell Donaghy | BSA | | | | | | | 16 | | | | 0 |
| = | Derek Powell | Matchless | | | 16 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 76 | Martin Brosnan | Norton | | | | | | | 17 | | | | 0 |
| = | Bill Smith | Matchless | | | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 78 | Dennis Craig | Matchless | | | 37 | | | | 18 | | | | 0 |
| 79 | George Catlin | Matchless | | | 19 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 80 | Billy McCosh | Matchless | | | 22 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 81 | Monty Buxton | Norton | | | 23 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 82 | Don Chapman | Norton | | | 24 | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 83 | Mike O'Rourke | Norton | | | 25 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 84 | George Purvis | Matchless | | | 26 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 85 | Arthur Wheeler | Matchless | | | 27 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 86 | Harold Riley | BSA | | | 28 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 87 | Den Jarman | AJS | | | 29 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 88 | Derek Minter | Norton | | | 30 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 89 | Louis Carr | AJS | | | 31 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 90 | Alan Dugdale | Matchless | | | 32 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 91 | Ronald Cousins | Norton | | | 33 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 92 | Geoff Eccles | BSA | | | 34 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 93 | Dave Wildman | AJS | | | 35 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 94 | Billy Andersson | AJS | | | 36 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 95 | Albert Moule | Norton | | | 39 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 96 | Bill Robertson | AJS | | | 40 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 97 | John Simmonds | Matchless | | | 42 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 98 | 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. Bennet | 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 |
| - | G. 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 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Pilot | Moto | GER | FRA | IOM | NED | BEL | DDR | ULS | NAT | SWE | ARG | Pts |
| Color | Resultat |
| Or | Guanyador |
| Argent | 2n lloc |
| Bronze | 3r lloc |
| Verd | Va acabar sumant punts |
| Blau | Va acabar sense sumar punts |
| Blau | No classificat (NC) |
| Porpra | Es retirà (Ret o DNF) |
| Vermell | No qualificat (NQ o DNQ) |
| Vermell | No pre-qualificat (NPQ o DNPQ) |
| Negre | Desqualificat (DSQ) |
| Blanc | No va començar (NVC o DNS) |
| Blanc | Abandonà (AB o WD) |
| Blanc | Retirat per lesió (LES) |
| Blanc | Cursa cancel·lada (C) |
| Gris | No va entrenar (NE o DNP) |
| Gris | No va arribar (NA o DNA) |
| Gris | Exclòs (EX) |

## 350 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Gary Hocking | MV Agusta | 32 | 4 |
| 2 | Frantisek Stastny | Jawa | 26 | 2 |
| 3 | Gustav Havel | Jawa | 19 | 0 |
| 4 | Phil Read | Norton | 13 | 1 |
| 5 | Bob McIntyre | Bianchi | 10 | 0 |
| 6 | Rudi Thalhammer | Norton | 7 | 0 |
| = | Ralph Rensen | Norton | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Alistair King | Bianchi | 6 | 0 |
| = | Mike Hailwood | MV Agusta | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Ernesto Brambilla | Bianchi | 5 | 0 |
| = | Alan Shepherd | AJS | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Tommy Robb | AJS | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Derek Minter | Norton | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | Hans Pesl | Norton | 2 | 0 |
| = | Silvio Grassetti | Benelli | 2 | 0 |
| = | Ron Langston | AJS | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Frank Perris | Norton | 2 | 0 |
| = | Mike Duff | AJS | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Roy Ingram | Norton | 1 | 0 |
| = | Bert Schneider | Norton | 1 | 0 |
| = | Hugh Anderson | Norton | 1 | 0 |

## 250 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Mike Hailwood | Honda | 44 | 4 |
| 2 | Tom Phillis | Honda | 38 | 2 |
| 3 | Jim Redman | Honda | 36 | 2 |
| 4 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Honda | 29 | 1 |
| 5 | Bob McIntyre | Honda | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | Tarquinio Provini | Morini | 10 | 0 |
| 7 | Silvio Grassetti | Benelli | 10 | 0 |
| 8 | Gary Hocking | MV Agusta | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | Fumio Ito | Yamaha | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | Luigi Taveri | Honda | 6 | 0 |
| 11 | Alan Shepherd | MZ | 6 | 0 |
| = | Frantisek Stastny | Jawa | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | Ernst Degner | MZ | 3 | 0 |
| = | Sadao Shimazaki | Honda | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | Hans Fischer | MZ | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Naomi Taniguchi | Honda | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Dan Shorey | NSU | 1 | 0 |
| = | Yoshikazu Sunako | Yamaha | 1 | 0 |
| = | Werner Musiol | MZ | 1 | 0 |

## 125 cc

| Posició | Pilot | Moto | Punts | Victòries |
| 1 | Tom Phillis | Honda | 44 | 4 |
| 2 | Ernst Degner | MZ | 42 | 3 |
| 3 | Luigi Taveri | Honda | 29 | 2 |
| 4 | Jim Redman | Honda | 28 | 0 |
| 5 | Kunimitsu Takahashi | Honda | 24 | 1 |
| 6 | Mike Hailwood | EMC / Honda | 16 | 1 |
| 7 | Alan Shepherd | MZ | 12 | 0 |
| 8 | Walter Brehme | MZ | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Teisuke Tanaka | Honda | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Sadao Shimazaki | Honda | 5 | 0 |
| = | Werner Musiol | MZ | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Hans Fischer | MZ | 3 | 0 |
| = | Phil Read | EMC | 3 | 0 |
| = | László Szabó | MZ | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | John Grace | Bultaco | 2 | 0 |
| = | Ulf Svensson | Ducati | 2 | 0 |
| = | Naomi Taniguchi | Honda | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Rex Avery | EMC | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Ricardo Quintanilla | Bultaco | 1 | 0 |
| = | Ralph Rensen | Bultaco | 1 | 0 |
| = | Héctor Pochettino | Bultaco | 1 | 0 |

## Referències

* ↑ Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000 (en anglès). Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
* ↑ «The Official MotoGP website» (en anglès). Arxivat de l'original el 2020-11-29. [Consulta: 6 juliol 2010].