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Mike
Hailwood's Complete Motorcycle Racing Career 1958
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| 1964
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Eight races counted toward the 1963 500cc World Championship. Points were awarded in each race to the first 6 riders. [8 for a win, 6 for second, then 4,3,2, and 1 point for 6th place.] The Champion was decided by a net calculation as follows: Halve the number of races and add one if even, subtract one if odd, then count a riders best scores. For 1963, a riders top 5 scores were taken into account. Mike won 7 of the eight 500cc races for a gross total of 56 and a maximum net of 40. Second was A. Shepard with a net of 21 points. Mike was 500cc World Champion in1963, for the third year in a row. His 500cc World Champion run would last for four years, from 1962 to 1965. |
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[Mike at 23 years of age] |
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Jun |
Race |
Class |
Bike |
Place |
Notes |
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Isle of Man TT |
350cc |
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Isle of Man TT |
500cc |
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29 |
350cc |
MV |
2 |
- |
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29 |
Dutch TT |
500cc |
MV |
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Jul |
Race |
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Notes |
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7 |
Belgian Grand Prix |
500cc |
MV |
1 |
Lap Record 125.61 |
Aug |
Race |
Class |
Bike |
Place |
Notes |
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10 |
Ulster Grand Prix |
350cc |
MV |
2 |
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10 |
Ulster Grand Prix |
500cc |
MV |
1 |
Lap Record 101.28 |
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?? |
East German Grand Prix |
250cc |
MZ |
1 |
Race Record 98.23 |
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?? |
East German Grand Prix |
350cc |
MV |
1 |
Lap Record 102.67 |
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?? |
East German Grand Prix |
500cc |
MV |
1 |
Lap Record 104.65 |
Sep |
Race |
Class |
Bike |
Place |
Notes |
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1 |
Finnish Grand Prix |
350cc |
MV |
1 |
Lap Record 75.85 |
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1 |
Finnish Grand Prix |
500cc |
MV |
1 |
Lap Record 80.62 |
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15 |
Italian Grand Prix |
500cc |
MV |
1 |
Lap Record 119.99 |
Oct |
Race |
Class |
Bike |
Place |
Notes |
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6 |
Argentine Grand Prix |
500cc |
MV |
1 |
- |
Nov |
Race |
Class |
Bike |
Place |
Notes |
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10 |
Japanese Grand Prix |
500cc |
MZ |
5 |
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