Peter Murphy

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Nationality: New Zealand

Birth date and place from the official rider profile

Note: these totals are incomplete. The official data has no result for 2 races in seasons and classes this rider raced in; they are not counted: 1954 350cc (TT) / 1955 500cc (TT)

Season by season

500cc350cc ★ Champion

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

Scope: official results DB, 1953–1955 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Totals

350cc1954–1954

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P8.0

0 pts · Poles 0

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

500cc1953–1955

Win rate0.0%

Podium rate0.0%

Average finish (when classified)avg P5.0

2 pts · Poles 0

3 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, 1953–1955 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

Against the greats, and the class of their debut

Grand Prix debut in 1953. Of the 50 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)

All classes 4 races · 350cc / 500cc

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Ulster500cc 1avg P5.0

Spa500cc 1 · 350cc 1avg P8.0

Reims500cc 1—

Average finish across classes (Moto3, Moto2, MotoGP and so on together). See each class below for class-only figures. Only circuits with 3+ races count as a best track.

500cc 3 races · 1953–1955

By circuit (best average first)Small sample

Ulster1 racesavg P5.0

Spa1 races—

Reims1 races—

500cc: all in the Multiple suppliers era; no track-condition records; no grid records.

350cc 1 races · 1954

By tyre eraSmall sample

Win rate

Podium rate

Average finish (when classified)

350cc: no track-condition records; no grid records; one circuit only.

Fewer than 30 races: small sample (dashed). Average finish counts classified finishes only | Scope: official results DB, 1953–1955 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 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, 1953–1955 (the rider's racing years); excludes 2 races with no official result data

1953	Spa	DNF
1955	Reims	DNF
1955	Ulster	5 +2