Phil Read
Phillip William Read, (1 January 1939 – 6 October 2022) was an English professional motorcycle racer.
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Luton, Bedfordshire, England | 1 January 1939||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 October 2022 Canterbury, England | (aged 83)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Prix motorcycle racing results
Points system from 1950 to 1968:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Points | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Points system from 1969 onwards:
Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Points | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Phil Read Media
Read appeared on a 1969 Yemeni stamp
Read on 250 Yamaha number 61 following Mike Hailwood 35 with Rod Gould 33 close behind, around 1967 at Cadwell Park
Phil Read (8) finished second at the 1970 Dutch TT
References
Other websites
- Phil Read official web site
- MotoGP Legends at MotoGP.com Archived 2017-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Phil Read career statistics at MotoGP.com Archived 2020-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- Phil Read at iomtt.com
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Preceded by None |
TT Formula One World Champion 1977 |
Succeeded by Mike Hailwood |