Phil Read

**Phillip William Read**,  (1 January 1939 – 6 October 2022) was an English professional motorcycle racer.

## Grand Prix motorcycle racing results

Points system from 1950 to 1968:
|**Position**|width=20|1|width=20|2|width=20|3|width=20|4|width=20|5|width=20|6|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**Points**|8|6|4|3|2|1|||||||

Points system from 1969 onwards:
|**Position**|width=20|1|width=20|2|width=20|3|width=20|4|width=20|5|width=20|6|width=20|7|width=20|8|width=20|9|width=20|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)

|Year|Class|Team|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|11|12|13|Points|Rank|Wins||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|ESP <small>-</small>|GER <small>-</small>|FRA <small>-</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NED <small>4</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|SWE <small>-</small>|ARG <small>-</small>|||3|||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
||GER <small>-</small>||style="background:#FFFFBF;"|IOM <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NED <small>4</small>||DDR <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|ULS <small>4</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|SWE <small>-</small>||||13||||||||
|1||||||||||||||||||||||||
||GER <small>-</small>|FRA <small>-</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NED <small>4</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|SWE <small>-</small>|ARG <small>-</small>|||3|||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#CFCFFF;"|IOM <small>7</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NED <small>6</small>||ULS <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|||||||1|||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|NED <small>3</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|ULS <small>3</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NAT <small>4</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ARG <small>-</small>||||||11|||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|ESP <small>-</small>|GER <small>-</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|NED <small>-</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>||ARG <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|JPN <small>3</small>|||4||||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
||style="background:#FFDF9F;"|GER <small>3</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|NED <small>-</small>||ULS <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>||JPN <small>-</small>|||4|||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|||style="background:#FFDF9F;"|IOM <small>3</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NED <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|BEL <small>2</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ARG <small>-</small>|JPN <small>-</small>|||16||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|USA <small>-</small>|ESP <small>-</small>|FRA <small>-</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NED <small>2</small>||GER <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|JPN <small>-</small>||6||||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|USA <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|ESP <small>3</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_FRA_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NED <small>2</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_GER_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|DDR <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_ULS_ <small>1</small>||style="background:#FFFFBF;"|NAT <small>1</small>|JPN <small>-</small>||46|||
|5||||||||||||||||||||||||
||||style="background:#DFDFDF;"|IOM <small>2</small>|NED <small>-</small>||GER <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|JPN <small>-</small>||6||||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|USA <small>2</small>|||style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NED <small>6</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|BEL <small>2</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|GER <small>3</small>|DDR <small>-</small>||||||rowspan=2|25|||||
|rowspan=2|1|||||||||||||||||||||||
|||||||||style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_ULS_ <small>1</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|JPN <small>-</small>||||||||||||
|USA <small>-</small>|GER <small>-</small>|ESP <small>-</small>|FRA <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|IOM <small>1</small>|NED <small>-</small>||DDR <small>-</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|JPN <small>-</small>|8||||||||||
|1||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_USA_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_GER_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_ESP_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|FRA <small>1</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_NED_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|_BEL_ <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|DDR <small>2</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CZE <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_ULS_ <small>1</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|JPN <small>-</small>|56|
|7||||||||||||||||||||||||
||GER <small>-</small>|||style="background:#DFDFDF;"|IOM <small>2</small>|NED <small>-</small>||DDR <small>-</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|JPN <small>-</small>|6||||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|_ESP_ <small>4</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|GER <small>3</small>||style="background:#FFDF9F;"|NED <small>3</small>||style="background:#DFFFDF;"|DDR <small>4</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|FIN <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|ULS <small>3</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|IOM <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NAT <small>4</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|JPN <small>5</small>||29||
|1||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|ESP <small>3</small>|GER <small>-</small>|FRA <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NED <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|_BEL_ <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|DDR <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|CZE <small>2</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|_JPN_ <small>2</small>||34||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
||GER <small>-</small>|FRA <small>-</small>|NED <small>-</small>||DDR <small>-</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|JPN <small>1</small>||8||||||||||
|1||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|ESP <small>2</small>|GER <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FRA <small>2</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_IOM_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|NED <small>1</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|DDR <small>2</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|ULS <small>2</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|CAN <small>-</small>|JPN <small>-</small>|40|||||
|2||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|ESP <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|GER <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FRA <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|IOM <small>2</small>|NED <small>-</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_DDR_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CZE <small>1</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|NAT <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|CAN <small>2</small>|JPN <small>-</small>|50|||
|4||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|GER <small>1</small>|ESP <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|IOM <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_NED_ <small>1</small>||style="background:#FFFFBF;"|DDR <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CZE <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|FIN <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|_ULS_ <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NAT <small>2</small>||||40|||
|6||||||||||||||||||||||||
|GER <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_ESP_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NED <small>2</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|BEL <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|_DDR_ <small>2</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_CZE_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_FIN_ <small>1</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_NAT_ <small>1</small>||||46|||
|5||||||||||||||||||||||||
|ESP <small>-</small>|GER <small>-</small>|FRA <small>-</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|NED <small>-</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_NAT_ <small>1</small>|YUG <small>-</small>||15|||||||||
|1||||||||||||||||||||||||
|ESP <small>-</small>|GER <small>-</small>||style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|NED <small>-</small>||DDR <small>-</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_NAT_ <small>1</small>|YUG <small>-</small>||15|||||||||
|1||||||||||||||||||||||||
|GER <small>-</small>|FRA <small>-</small>|YUG <small>-</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|_NED_ <small>2</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|NAT <small>3</small>|ESP <small>-</small>||22|||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|GER <small>-</small>||YUG <small>-</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|NED <small>3</small>||DDR <small>-</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|ESP <small>-</small>||10||||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|AUT <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_GER_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_IOM_ <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_NED_ <small>1</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|DDR <small>3</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|SWE <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|FIN <small>10</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NAT <small>6</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|ESP <small>2</small>||73||||
|3||||||||||||||||||||||||
|AUT <small>-</small>|GER <small>-</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NED <small>2</small>||DDR <small>-</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|SWE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|ESP <small>-</small>||12|||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|AUT <small>-</small>|GER <small>-</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|NED <small>-</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|DDR <small>-</small>||SWE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ULS <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NAT <small>4</small>|ESP <small>-</small>||8||||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|GER <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|FRA <small>1</small>|AUT <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_IOM_ <small>1</small>|YUG <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NED <small>4</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|BEL <small>3</small>|DDR <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|CZE <small>3</small>|SWE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ESP <small>-</small>|58||||||
|2||||||||||||||||||||||||
|GER <small>-</small>|FRA <small>-</small>|AUT <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NAT <small>4</small>|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|IOM <small>NC</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|YUG <small>3</small>|style="background:#DFFFDF;"|NED <small>5</small>||style="background:#FFFFBF;"|DDR <small>1</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SWE <small>2</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|ESP <small>-</small>|51|||||
|1||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FRA <small>2</small>|AUT <small>-</small>|GER <small>-</small>|NAT <small>-</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|YUG <small>-</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NED <small>2</small>||style="background:#FFDF9F;"|CZE <small>3</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|SWE <small>3</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FIN <small>2</small>|ESP <small>-</small>||56||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FRA <small>2</small>|AUT <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|GER <small>1</small>||IOM <small>-</small>|YUG <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|NED <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|BEL <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|CZE <small>2</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|SWE <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|FIN <small>2</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|_ESP_ <small>1</small>||84|||
|4||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|**FRA** <small>1</small>|GER <small>-</small>|AUT <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|NAT <small>3</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|NED <small>3</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|***BEL*** <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SWE <small>2</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|**FIN** <small>1</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|**CZE** <small>1</small>||||82||||
|4||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|FRA <small>3</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|AUT <small>3</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|GER <small>2</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NAT <small>2</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|NED <small>3</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|BEL <small>1</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|SWE <small>2</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|style="background:#FFFFBF;"|CZE <small>1</small>||||76|||
|2||||||||||||||||||||||||
|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|FRA <small>Ret</small>|style="background:#FFDF9F;"|AUT <small>3</small>|style="background:#DFDFDF;"|NAT <small>2</small>|IOM <small>-</small>|NED <small>-</small>|BEL <small>-</small>|SWE <small>-</small>|FIN <small>-</small>|CZE <small>-</small>|GER <small>-</small>||||22||||||||
|0||||||||||||||||||||||||

## Other websites

- Phil Read official web site
- MotoGP Legends at MotoGP.com
- Phil Read career statistics at MotoGP.com
- Phil Read at iomtt.com

## Infobox (motorcycle rider)

- **image**: Phil Read 1968 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Read in 1968
- **name**: Phil Read

- **birth place**: Luton, Bedfordshire, England
- **death place**: Canterbury, England
- **nationality**: British
- **gp active years**: 1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1961 – 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1976
- **gp teams**: Yamaha Motor Company, Yamaha, MV Agusta
- **gp race starts**: 152
- **gp championships**: 125cc – 1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1968250cc – 1964 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1964, 1965 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1965, 1968 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1968, 1971 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1971500cc- 1973 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1973, 1974 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1974Formula TT – 1977
- **gp race wins**: 52
- **gp podiums**: 121
- **gp poles**: 4
- **gp fastest laps**: 36
- **gp first race**: 1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1961 350cc Isle of Man TT
- **gp first win**: 1961 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1961 350cc Isle of Man TT
- **gp last win**: 1975 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1975 500cc Czechoslovakian Grand Prix
- **gp last race**: 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season, 1976 500cc Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, Nations Grand Prix
- **tt contested**: 14 (1961 Isle of Man TT, 1961 – 1973 Isle of Man TT, 1973, 1977 Isle of Man TT, 1977)
- **tt wins**: 8
- **tt first win**: 1961 Isle of Man TT, 1961 Junior TT
- **tt last win**: 1977 Isle of Man TT, 1977 Senior TT
- **tt podiums**: 13