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 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)

 Year Class Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points Rank Wins 1961 125cc EMC ESP- GER- FRA- IOMNC NED4 BEL- DDR- ULS- NAT- SWE- ARG- 3 12th 0 350cc Norton GER- IOM1 NED4 DDR- ULS4 NAT- SWE- 13 5th 1 500cc Norton GER- FRA- IOMNC NED4 BEL- DDR- ULS- NAT- SWE- ARG- 3 15th 0 1962 350cc Norton IOM7 NED6 ULS- DDR- NAT- FIN- 1 15th 0 500cc Norton IOMNC NED3 BEL- ULS3 DDR- NAT4 FIN- ARG- 11 3rd 0 1963 250cc Yamaha ESP- GER- IOM- NED- BEL- ULS- DDR- NAT- ARG- JPN3 4 10th 0 350cc Gilera GER3 IOMNC NED- ULS- DDR- NAT- FIN- JPN- 4 11th 0 500cc Gilera IOM3 NED2 BEL2 ULS- DDR- NAT- FIN- ARG- JPN- 16 4th 0 1964 125cc Yamaha USA- ESP- FRA- IOM- NED2 GER- DDR- ULS- FIN- NAT- JPN- 6 8th 0 250cc Yamaha USA- ESP3 FRA1 IOMNC NED2 BEL- GER1 DDR1 ULS1 NAT1 JPN- 46 1st 5 350cc AJS IOM2 NED- GER- DDR- ULS- FIN- NAT- JPN- 6 6th 0500cc Matchless USA2 IOMNC NED6 BEL2 GER3 DDR-253rd1 Norton ULS1 FIN- NAT- JPN- 1965 125cc Yamaha USA- GER- ESP- FRA- IOM1 NED- DDR- CZE- ULS- FIN- NAT- JPN- 8 10th 1 250cc Yamaha USA1 GER1 ESP1 FRA1 IOMNC NED1 BEL2 DDR2 CZE1 ULS1 FIN- NAT- JPN- 56 1st 7 350cc Yamaha GER- IOM2 NED- DDR- CZE- ULS- FIN- NAT- JPN- 6 9th 0 1966 125cc Yamaha ESP4 GER3 NED3 DDR4 CZE- FIN1 ULS3 IOM2 NAT4 JPN5 29 4th 1 250cc Yamaha ESP3 GER- FRA- NED2 BEL2 DDR2 CZE2 FIN- ULS- IOMNC NAT- JPN2 34 2nd 0 350cc Yamaha GER- FRA- NED- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- IOM- NAT- JPN1 8 8th 11967 125cc Yamaha ESP2 GER- FRA2 IOM1 NED1 BEL- DDR2 CZE- FIN- ULS2 NAT- CAN- JPN- 40 2nd 2 250cc Yamaha ESP1 GER2 FRA2 IOM2 NED- BEL- DDR1 CZE1 FIN- ULS- NAT1 CAN2 JPN- 50 2nd 41968 125cc Yamaha GER1 ESP- IOM1 NED1 DDR1 CZE1 FIN1 ULS2 NAT2 40 1st 6 250cc Yamaha GER- ESP1 IOMNC NED2 BEL1 DDR2 CZE1 FIN1 ULS- NAT1 46 1st 51969 250cc Yamaha ESP- GER- FRA- IOMNC NED- BEL- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT1 YUG- 15 13th 1 350cc Yamaha ESP- GER- IOMNC NED- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT1 YUG- 15 13th 11970 250cc Yamaha GER- FRA- YUG- IOM- NED2 BEL- DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT3 ESP- 22 12th 0 350cc Yamaha GER- YUG- IOM- NED3 DDR- CZE- FIN- ULS- NAT- ESP- 10 17th 01971 250cc Yamaha AUT- GER1 IOM1 NED1 BEL- DDR3 CZE- SWE- FIN10 ULS- NAT6 ESP2 73 1st 3 350cc Yamaha AUT- GER- IOMNC NED2 DDR- CZE- SWE- FIN- ULS- NAT- ESP- 12 16th 0 500cc Ducati AUT- GER- IOM- NED- BEL- DDR- SWE- FIN- ULS- NAT4 ESP- 8 18th 01972 250cc Yamaha GER- FRA1 AUT- NAT- IOM1 YUG- NED4 BEL3 DDR- CZE3 SWE- FIN- ESP- 58 4th 2 350cc MV Agusta GER- FRA- AUT- NAT4 IOMNC YUG3 NED5 DDR1 CZE- SWE2 FIN- ESP- 51 5th 11973 350cc MV Agusta FRA2 AUT- GER- NAT- IOM- YUG- NED2 CZE3 SWE3 FIN2 ESP- 56 3rd 0 500cc MV Agusta FRA2 AUT- GER1 IOM- YUG- NED1 BEL2 CZE2 SWE1 FIN2 ESP1 84 1st 4 1974 500cc MV Agusta FRA1 GER- AUT- NAT3 IOM- NED3 BEL1 SWE2 FIN1 CZE1 82 1st 4 1975 500cc MV Agusta FRA3 AUT3 GER2 NAT2 IOM- NED3 BEL1 SWE2 FIN- CZE1 76 2nd 2 1976 500cc Suzuki FRARet AUT3 NAT2 IOM- NED- BEL- SWE- FIN- CZE- GER- 22 10th 0

References

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

Category:1939 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:British motorcycle racers
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire