11
Recorded Grand Prix wins
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Phil Read
One rider identity across recorded classes and seasons.
35
Recorded podiums
52
Known starts in available matrices
Coverage-limited observations, not certified career totals. Sprints, unrecorded classifications and unknown starts are excluded. Championship source totals retain their historical scoring context.
Rider biography
- Nationality
- British
- Born
- 1939-01-01
- Died
- 2022-10-06
- Birthplace
- Luton, Bedfordshire, England
Source-reported career summary
Original source labels are retained. A source's premier-class “MotoGP” summary can include 500cc history; it does not mean those victories were on modern MotoGP motorcycles. These reported totals are separate from the partial matrix calculations above.
- Gp Poles
- 4
- Gp Podiums
- 121
- Tt Podiums
- 13
- Gp Race Wins
- 52
- Gp Race Starts
- 152
- Gp Active Years
- 1961–1976
- Gp Fastest Laps
- 36
- Gp Championships
- 125cc – 1968250cc – 1964, 1965, 1968, 1971500cc – 1973, 1974Formula TT – 1977
Championship timeline
| Season | Class | Position | Reported points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 500cc | 3 | 25 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1963 | 250cc | — | 4 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1963 | 350cc | 11 | 4 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1963 | 500cc | 4 | 16 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1962 | 350cc | — | 1 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1962 | 500cc | 3 | 11 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1961 | 125cc | 12 | 3 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1961 | 350cc | 4 | 13 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
| 1961 | 500cc | 16 | 3 | Wikipedia revision ↗ |
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