Ronald Mead

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Nationality: United Kingdom
Bike: Velocette

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Career

Made a Grand Prix debut in 250cc at Isle of Man in 1950.

In 250cc (1950–1952): 2 starts, 0 wins, 1 podiums.

First podium: Isle of Man 1950 (250cc).

In all, 2 Grand Prix starts, 0 wins and 1 podiums (within the official results database).

Written automatically from the official results database (no opinions about the rider)

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 1 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1949 250cc (TT)

Season by season

250cc ★ Champion

The strip shows each year's team (team colour). Tap for team and machine

Scope: official results DB, 1949–1952 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Totals

250cc1949–1952

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate66.7%

Average finish (when classified)avg P3.3

20 pts · Poles 0

Includes 6 points from races with no result in the official records (counted from the official standings).

1 of these races have no result in the official data; their results come from the Italian Wikipedia.

Points are counted per class, never added across classes. Tap a number for the list of races | Scope: official results DB, 1949–1952 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1949. Of the 67 riders who debuted that year, 0 also raced in 2026.

Greats: 2+ world titles or 30+ MotoGP / 500cc wins. Up to 4 who shared 10+ races, most titles first. A finisher counts as ahead of a non-finisher.

Results by condition (races)

250cc 3 races · 1949–1952

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Isle of Man1 racesavg P3.0

Ulster2 racesavg P3.5

250cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1949–1952 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data

Every race

No season as a regular (starting at least half of the races)

? How the estimate is made

Estimate = average of the last 3 races before each absence

Seasons in which at least half of the races were started | Scope: official results DB, 1949–1952 (the rider's racing years); excludes 1 races with no official result data