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On This Day 1961 - Mike Hailwood Gave Honda Its First World Title
Mike Bowden Britiish Motorcyle Racing Honda Mike Hailwood On This Day
Mike Hailwood’s victory in the 250cc Swedish Grand Prix secured his first motorcycle World Championship. It also delivered the first world title ever won by Honda—a company that had arrived in international Grand Prix racing only two years earlier with ambition considerably greater than its experience.