1971 Isle of Man TT

Template:Short description Template:Use British English 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.

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	Template:Flagicon Chas Mortimer		United Kingdom	Yamaha	83.91 mph	1:20.54.0	15
2	Template:Flagicon Börje Jansson		Sweden	Maico	81.83 mph	1:23.43.6	12
3	Template:Flagicon John Kiddie		United Kingdom	Honda	76.14 mph	1:29.12.2	10
4	Template:Flagicon Peter Courtney		United Kingdom	Yamaha	75.92 mph	1:29.28.2	8
5	Template:Flagicon Nev Watts		United Kingdom	Honda	75.70 mph	1:29.43.6	6
6	Template:Flagicon C.Ward		United Kingdom	Maico	74.14 mph	1:30.23.6	5
7	Template:Flagicon F.C. Smart		United Kingdom	Honda	74.96 mph	1.30.36.6	4
8	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Porter		United Kingdom	Honda	73.99 mph	1.31.48.2	3
9	Template:Flagicon Bill Rae		United Kingdom	Maico	73.19 mph	1.32.48.4	2
10	Template:Flagicon John Pearson		United Kingdom	Bultaco	72.97 mph	1.33.05.0	1
DNF	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Phil Read		Britain	Yamaha	98.02 mph	1:32.23.3	15
2	Template:Flagicon Barry Randle		Britain	Yamaha	93.75 mph	1:34.27.6	12
3	Template:Flagicon Alan Barnett		Britain	Yamaha	95.09 mph	1:35.02.0	10
4	Template:Flagicon Rod Gould		Britain	Yamaha	95.09 mph	1:35.14.0	8
5	Template:Flagicon Bill Henderson		Britain	Yamaha	94.32 mph	1:36.01.2	6
6	Template:Flagicon Gyula Marsovsky		Switzerland	Yamaha	94.04 mph	1:36.18.0	5
7	Template:Flagicon Peter Berwick		United Kingdom	Yamaha	93.65 mph	1:36.42.6	4
8	Template:Flagicon Ian Richards		United Kingdom	Yamaha	93.47 mph	1:36.53.4	3
9	Template:Flagicon Börje Jansson		Sweden	Yamasaki	93.39 mph	1:36.50.0	2
10	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Tony Jefferies		United Kingdom	Yamsel	89.81 mph	2:05.48.6	15
2	Template:Flagicon Gordon Pantall		United Kingdom	Yamaha	89.55 mph	2:06.25.0	12
3	Template:Flagicon Bill Smith		United Kingdom	Honda	89.81 mph	2:07.40.8	10
4	Template:Flagicon John Williams		United Kingdom	AJS	88.94 mph	2:07.17.0	8
5	Template:Flagicon Mick Chatterton		United Kingdom	Yamaha	87.38 mph	2:09.33.6	6
6	Template:Flagicon Gerry Mateer		United Kingdom	Aermacchi	87.18 mph	2:09.51.8	5
7	Template:Flagicon Mick Grant		United Kingdom	Yamaha	86.50 mph	2:28.30.6	4
8	Template:Flagicon Billy Guthrie		United Kingdom	Yamaha	86.31 mph	2:11.09.0	3
9	Template:Flagicon Günter Bartusch		East Germany	MZ	86.15 mph	2:11.24.2	2
10	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Giacomo Agostini		Italy	MV Agusta	102.49 mph	2:12.24.4	15
2	Template:Flagicon Peter Williams		United Kingdom	Matchless	98.40 mph	2:18.03.0	12
3	Template:Flagicon Frank Perris		United Kingdom	Suzuki	96.51 mph	2:20.45.4	10
4	Template:Flagicon Selwyn Griffiths		United Kingdom	Matchless	95.03 mph	2:22.57.4	8
5	Template:Flagicon Gordon Pantall		United Kingdom	Kawasaki	95.02 mph	2:22.57.6	6
6	Template:Flagicon Roger Sutcliffe		United Kingdom	Matchless	94.38 mph	2:23.56.2	5
7	Template:Flagicon Keith Turner		New Zealand	Suzuki	94.08 mph	2:24.23.2	4
8	Template:Flagicon Charlie Sanby		United Kingdom	Seeley	93.04 mph	2:26.00.8	3
9	Template:Flagicon Tom Dickie		United Kingdom	Matchless	92.82 mph	2:26.21.2	2
10	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Siegfried Schauzu/W.Kalauch		West Germany	BMW	86.21 mph	1:18.47.6	15
2	Template:Flagicon Georg Auerbacher/H.Hahn		West Germany	BMW	86.10 mph	1:18.53.2	12
3	Template:Flagicon Arsenius Butscher/J.Huber		West Germany	BMW	81.31 mph	1:23.32.6	10
4	Template:Flagicon Jeff Gawley/G.Alcock		United Kingdom	Yamaha	80.22 mph	1:24.40.8	8
5	Template:Flagicon Richard Wegener/A.Heinrichs		West Germany	BMW	80.15 mph	1:24.44.6	6
6	Template:Flagicon Chris Vincent/M.Casey		United Kingdom	BSA	79.19 mph	1:25.40.6	5
7	Template:Flagicon Dick Hawes & J.P.Mann		United Kingdom	Seely	76.37 mph	1:28.56.2	4
8	Template:Flagicon Robin Williams & Jack McPherson		United Kingdom	Triumph	75.47 mph	1:30.00.6	3
9	Template:Flagicon J.Mines & G.Davis		United Kingdom	Matchless	75.25 mph	1:30.46.0	2
10	Template:Flagicon 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
1	Template:Flagicon Ray Pickrell	Triumph	100.07 mph	1:30.30.2
2	Template:Flagicon Tony Jefferies	Triumph	98.38 mph	1:30.03.0
3	Template:Flagicon Bob Heath	BSA	97.08 mph	1:33.17.4
4	Template:Flagicon Hans-Otto Butenuth	BMW	93.75 mph	1:36.36.0
5	Template:Flagicon David Nixon	Triumph	93.02 mph	1:37.21.0
6	Template:Flagicon B.J.Clark	Norton	92.97 mph	1:37.24.6
7	Template:Flagicon Tom Dickie	BMW	91.08 mph	1:39.26.0
8	Template:Flagicon Keith Heckles	Norton	86.11 mph	1:45.10.8
9	Template:Flagicon Tony Anderson	BMW	85.81 mph	1:45.32.0
10	Template:Flagicon 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
1	Template:Flagicon John Williams	Honda	91.04 mph	1:39.28.8
2	Template:Flagicon Graham Penny	Honda	89.09 mph	1:41.39.6
3	Template:Flagicon A.T.Cooper	Suzuki	86.63 mph	1:44.32.8
4	Template:Flagicon Graham Bailey	Suzuki	86.42 mph	1:44.47.8
5	Template:Flagicon Tom Loughridge	Suzuki	85.34 mph	1:46.07.4
6	Template:Flagicon Martyn Ashwood	Suzuki	85.34 mph	1:46.07.6
7	Template:Flagicon Danny Shimmin	Suzuki	84.39 mph	1:47.21.6
8	Template:Flagicon P.Jones	Suzuki	81.67 mph	1:50.53.2
9	Template:Flagicon 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	Template:Flagicon Georg Auerbacher/H.Hahn	BMW	86.86 mph	1.18.12.0
2	Template:Flagicon A.J.Samson/D.A.Jose	Triumph	82.50 mph	1.22.20.2
3	Template:Flagicon R.Williamson/J.McPherson	Weslake	82.25 mph	1.23.50.0
4	Template:Flagicon R.Woodhouse/D.Woodhouse	Honda	81.91 mph	1.22.55.0
5	Template:Flagicon D.Wood/D.Coomber	Norton	81.19 mph	1.23.39.8
6	Template:Flagicon D.Plummer/M.Brett	Triumph	80.77 mph	1.24.05.6
7	Template:Flagicon B.Currie/M.Scott	Triumph	80.60 mph	1.24.16.2
8	Template:Flagicon M.Potter/P.J.Burleigh	BSA	80.18 mph	1.24.43.4
9	Template:Flagicon D.Hawes/J.P.Mann	Seeley	80.09 mph	1.24.48.6
10	Template:Flagicon 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
1	Template:Flagicon Bill Smith	Honda	84.14 mph	1:47.43.6
2	Template:Flagicon Charlie Williams	Yamaha	84.04 mph	1:47.52.0
3	Template:Flagicon Tommy Robb	Honda	82.49 mph	1:49.47.6
4	Template:Flagicon Peter Berwick	Suzuki	81.27 mph	1:51.26.4
5	Template:Flagicon Gordon Daniels	Suzuki	81.09 mph	1:51.41.4
6	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Porter	Suzuki	79.14 mph	1:54.26.6
7	Template:Flagicon Roy Simmons	Suzuki	76.53 mph	1:58.20.0
8	Template:Flagicon Jim Evans	Montesa	74.44 mph	2:01.20.8
9	Template:Flagicon 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
1	Template:Flagicon Tony Jefferies	Triumph	102.85 mph	1:06.02.0
2	Template:Flagicon Ray Pickrell	BSA	102.81 mph	1:06.28.0
3	Template:Flagicon Peter Williams	Norton	101.22 mph	1:07.06.2
4	Template:Flagicon B.J.Clark	Yamaha	96.76 mph	1:10.12.0
5	Template:Flagicon Dudley P.Robinson	Yamaha	96.39 mph	1:10.28.2
6	Template:Flagicon David Nixon	Triumph	95.64 mph	1:11.01.0
7	Template:Flagicon Bill Smith	Kawasaki	95.37 mph	1:11.13.2
8	Template:Flagicon Tom Dickie	BMW	92.38 mph	1:13.31.4
9	Template:Flagicon Peter Darvill	Honda	85.81 mph	1:13.44.6
10	Template:Flagicon Charlie Dobson	Norton	91.67 mph	1:14.06.0

External links

• Detailed race results
• Mountain Course map